5-Letter Words Starting with CH
CH opens an enormous family of English words — from chair to chime to chaos. When your first two tiles are C and H, you need the full field, not a top-ten.
Below is the complete computed list of 5-letter CH words, with exact count and letter stats to help you pick the sharpest next guess.
91exact word count
Cmost common start (91 words)
Smost common end (20 words)
1.4avg vowels per word
The full list — 91 words
Letter frequency by position
| Position 1 | C 91 |
|---|---|
| Position 2 | H 91 |
| Position 3 | I 25 A 24 E 15 |
| Position 4 | R 17 M 10 N 8 |
| Position 5 | S 20 E 14 K 10 |
Computed from the 91 words on this page. Use the most frequent letters for high-information guesses.
- chads
- chafe
- chaff
- chain
- chair
- chalk
- champ
- chams
- chant
- chaos
- chape
- chaps
- chard
- chare
- charm
- charr
- chars
- chart
- chary
- chase
- chasm
- chats
- chavs
- chaws
- cheap
- cheat
- check
- cheek
- cheep
- cheer
- chefs
- chela
- chemo
- chert
- chess
- chest
- chevy
- chews
- chewy
- chiao
- chick
- chico
- chide
- chief
- child
- chili
- chill
- chimb
- chime
- chimp
- china
- chine
- ching
- chink
- chino
- chins
- chips
- chirk
- chirm
- chirp
- chirr
- chits
- chive
- chivy
- chock
- chocs
- choir
- choke
- choli
- chomp
- chook
- chops
- chord
- chore
- chose
- chows
- chron
- chubs
- chuck
- chufa
- chuff
- chugs
- chump
- chums
- chunk
- churl
- churn
- churr
- chute
- chyle
- chyme
How this list was made. Every word above was computed from the SCOWL
en_US-large word list (123,247 English words) using the exact filter for this page — no
hand-picking, no padding, no guessing. Counts are exact. The list includes some uncommon
and Scrabble-style words because the source dictionary is comprehensive; that is by design.