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Only three words hold C second and L third, and no two of them start alike.
Three different letters start three words. ECLAT begins with E, YCLAD with Y and SCLIM with S, so the first box settles the answer outright.
ECLAT means brilliant success or showy display, and it is the entry a reader is likely to know. YCLAD is an archaic past participle of clothe, and SCLIM is a Scots form of climb.
C followed by L needs something in front of it, and almost nothing in English sits there comfortably. The three that survive are each unusual in their own way.
Roughly ay klah, following the French it came from. The T at the end stays silent.
Clothed, an archaic form you will only meet in older poetry. The Y at the front is an old past participle marker.
Only for word games. It is a Scots variant of climb and would look out of place in ordinary writing.