Pattern library

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.

86exact word count
Cmost common start (86 words)
Emost common end (16 words)
1.5avg vowels per word

The full list — 86 words

chafe chaff chain chair chalk champ chang chant chaos chape chard chare chari charm charr chart chary chase chasm cheap cheat check cheek cheep cheer chela chemo cheri chert chess chest chevy chewy chiai chian chiao chiba chick chico chide chief child chile chili chill chimb chime chimp chimu china chine chink chino chios chirk chirm chirp chirr chita chive chivy chloe chock choir choke choli chomp chook chord chore chose chris chron chubb chuck chufa chuff chump chung 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 (73,959 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.