CH is the second digraph most Wordle players learn to spot, after SH. Two letters spell one sound, so confirming it costs two positions and returns one consonant, and the 5 letter words starting with CH then depend on whichever vowel comes next.
A and I split the third position almost evenly between them. Chair, Chain, Child and China take one or the other, so testing those two vowels early removes more than half the field, while U and Y in that slot leave very little to check.
There are 146 five letter words starting with CH. Child, Chief, China, Cheap and Chair are the strongest Wordle guesses because none of them repeat a letter. A and I fill the third slot more than any other letters, so test those two first.
5 Letter Words Starting With CH
C and H give you one sound across two tiles, so the vowel behind them carries the information. The wider set begins at five letter words in English.
| Chace | Chack | Chaco | Chado |
| Chads | Chafe | Chaff | Chaft |
| Chain | Chair | Chais | Chalk |
| Chals | Champ | Chams | Chana |
| Chang | Chank | Chant | Chaos |
| Chape | Chaps | Chapt | Chara |
| Chard | Chare | Chark | Charm |
| Charr | Chars | Chart | Chary |
| Chase | Chasm | Chats | Chave |
| Chavs | Chawk | Chaws | Chaya |
| Chays | Cheap | Cheat | Check |
| Cheek | Cheep | Cheer | Chefs |
| Cheka | Chela | Chelp | Chemo |
| Chems | Chere | Chert | Chess |
| Chest | Cheth | Chevy | Chews |
| Chewy | Chiao | Chias | Chibs |
| Chica | Chich | Chick | Chico |
| Chics | Chide | Chief | Chiel |
| Chiks | Child | Chile | Chili |
| Chill | Chimb | Chime | Chimo |
| Chimp | China | Chine | Ching |
| Chink | Chino | Chins | Chips |
| Chirk | Chirl | Chirm | Chiro |
| Chirp | Chirr | Chirt | Chiru |
| Chits | Chive | Chivs | Chivy |
| Chizz | Chock | Choco | Chocs |
| Chode | Chogs | Choil | Choir |
| Choke | Choko | Choky | Chola |
| Choli | Chomp | Chons | Choof |
| Chook | Choom | Choon | Chops |
| Chord | Chore | Chose | Chota |
| Chott | Chout | Choux | Chowk |
| Chows | Chubs | Chuck | Chufa |
| Chuff | Chugs | Chump | Chums |
| Chunk | Churl | Churn | Churr |
| Chuse | Chute | Chuts | Chyle |
| Chyme | Chynd |
5 Letter Words Starting With CH By Third Letter
A and I dominate the third slot, and O follows them at a distance. Five letter words with H as the second letter in English leaves the first letter open.
5 Letter Words Starting With CHA
| Chain | Chair | Chalk |
| Champ | Chang | Chant |
| Chaos | Charm | Chart |
| Chase | Chaff | Chaps |
| Chara | Chard | Chars |
| Chasm | Chats | Chace |
| Chaco | Chads | Chafe |
| Chana | Charr | Chary |
| Chavs | Chaya | Chack |
| Chado | Chaft | Chais |
| Chals | Chams | Chank |
| Chape | Chapt | Chare |
| Chark | Chave | Chawk |
| Chaws | Chays |
5 Letter Words Starting With CHE
| Cheap | Cheat | Check |
| Cheek | Cheer | Chefs |
| Chess | Chest | Chevy |
| Chemo | Chews | Chewy |
| Cheep | Cheka | Chela |
| Chems | Chere | Chert |
| Chelp | Cheth |
5 Letter Words Starting With CHI
| Chick | Chief | Child |
| Chile | Chili | Chill |
| China | Chips | Chica |
| Chico | Chime | Chimp |
| Chine | Ching | Chink |
| Chino | Chins | Chirp |
| Chiao | Chibs | Chics |
| Chide | Chirk | Chiro |
| Chiru | Chits | Chive |
| Chias | Chich | Chiel |
| Chiks | Chimb | Chimo |
| Chirl | Chirm | Chirr |
| Chirt | Chivs | Chivy |
| Chizz |
5 Letter Words Starting With CHO
| Choir | Choke | Chord |
| Chose | Chock | Choco |
| Chomp | Chops | Chore |
| Chocs | Chode | Chola |
| Choli | Chook | Choon |
| Chota | Choux | Chowk |
| Chows | Chogs | Choil |
| Choko | Choky | Chons |
| Choof | Choom | Chott |
| Chout |
5 Letter Words Starting With CHU
| Chuck | Chunk | Chump |
| Chums | Churn | Chute |
| Chubs | Chuff | Chugs |
| Churl | Chufa | Churr |
| Chuse | Chuts |
5 Letter Words Starting With CH By Ending Letter
K is the ending that separates CH from the other digraphs, with fifteen words closing on it. 5 letter words starting with CO works the same way.
5 Letter Words Starting With CH Ending In S
| Chaos | Chefs | Chess |
| Chips | Chaps | Chars |
| Chats | Chews | Chins |
| Chops | Chums | Chads |
| Chavs | Chems | Chibs |
| Chics | Chits | Chocs |
| Chows | Chubs | Chugs |
| Chais | Chals | Chams |
| Chaws | Chays | Chias |
| Chiks | Chivs | Chogs |
| Chons | Chuts |
5 Letter Words Starting With CH Ending In E
| Chase | Chile | Choke |
| Chose | Chime | Chine |
| Chore | Chute | Chace |
| Chafe | Chere | Chide |
| Chive | Chode | Chape |
| Chare | Chave | Chuse |
| Chyle | Chyme |
5 Letter Words Starting With CH Ending In K
| Chalk | Check | Cheek |
| Chick | Chuck | Chunk |
| Chink | Chock | Chirk |
| Chook | Chowk | Chack |
| Chank | Chark | Chawk |
5 Letter Words Starting With CH Ending In O
| Chemo | Chico | Chino |
| Choco | Chaco | Chiao |
| Chiro | Chado | Chimo |
| Choko |
5 Letter Words Starting With CH Ending In T
| Chant | Chart | Cheat |
| Chest | Chert | Chaft |
| Chapt | Chirt | Chott |
| Chout |
5 Letter Words Starting With CH Ending In A
| China | Chara | Chica |
| Chana | Chaya | Cheka |
| Chela | Chola | Chota |
| Chufa |
5 Letter Words Starting With CH With A
A leads the third slot with 41 words, so a green A early points at the CHA run. 5 letter words starting with CL works the same way.
| Chain | Chair | Chalk |
| Champ | Chang | Chant |
| Chaos | Charm | Chart |
| Chase | Cheap | Cheat |
| China | Chaff | Chaps |
| Chara | Chard | Chars |
| Chasm | Chats | Chica |
| Chace | Chaco | Chads |
| Chafe | Chana | Charr |
| Chary | Chavs | Chaya |
| Cheka | Chela | Chiao |
| Chola | Chota | Chack |
| Chado | Chaft | Chais |
| Chals | Chams | Chank |
| Chape | Chapt | Chare |
| Chark | Chave | Chawk |
| Chaws | Chays | Chias |
| Chufa |
5 Letter Words Starting With CH With I
I runs close behind A, and CHI accounts for 40 of these. 5 letter words starting with CI works the same way.
| Chain | Chair | Chick |
| Chief | Child | Chile |
| Chili | Chill | China |
| Chips | Choir | Chica |
| Chico | Chime | Chimp |
| Chine | Ching | Chink |
| Chino | Chins | Chirp |
| Chiao | Chibs | Chics |
| Chide | Chirk | Chiro |
| Chiru | Chits | Chive |
| Choli | Chais | Chias |
| Chich | Chiel | Chiks |
| Chimb | Chimo | Chirl |
| Chirm | Chirr | Chirt |
| Chivs | Chivy | Chizz |
| Choil |
5 Letter Words Starting With CH For Wordle
None of these repeat a letter, and CH gives you more of them than most openings do. 5 letter words starting with WH works the same way.
| Child | Chief | China |
| Cheap | Chair | Chain |
| Chose | Chest | Chart |
| Chase | Chaos | Chips |
| Charm | Cheat | Chile |
| Champ | Choir | Chang |
Only 36 CH words repeat a letter, so the odds already favour a guess without a repeat. Save Check, Chill and Chess until a repeat is confirmed.
5 Letter Words Starting With CH For Scrabble
Chizz reaches 28 points on tile value alone, with the double Z doing the work before any bonus square.
| Word | Points |
|---|---|
| Chizz | 28 |
| Chowk | 17 |
| Choux | 17 |
| Choky | 17 |
| Chawk | 17 |
| Chuff | 16 |
| Chuck | 16 |
| Chock | 16 |
| Chivy | 16 |
| Chick | 16 |
| Chewy | 16 |
| Chevy | 16 |
| Check | 16 |
| Chaff | 16 |
| Chack | 16 |
5 Letter Words Starting With CH And Their Meanings
Cooking, geology and Scots usage account for most of the harder entries here.
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Chard | A leafy vegetable with thick pale stalks, related to beet |
| Chafe | To rub the skin raw, or to feel irritated by restraint |
| Chasm | A deep fissure in rock, or a wide gap between positions |
| Chela | The pincer claw of a crab or a scorpion |
| Chert | A hard sedimentary rock made of fine grained silica |
| Chime | To sound with a ringing note, as a clock or a bell does |
| Chine | The backbone of an animal, or a deep narrow ravine |
| Chino | A cotton twill fabric, or the trousers cut from it |
| Chirp | The short sharp note a bird or an insect makes |
| Chiru | A Tibetan antelope prized for its fine wool |
| Chive | A slender herb of the onion family used as a garnish |
| Chola | A woman of mixed Indigenous and Spanish descent in Latin America |
| Choux | A light pastry dough used for eclairs and profiteroles |
| Chuff | To puff loudly, as a steam engine does under load |
| Churl | A rude or mean spirited person, once a term for a peasant |
| Churn | To stir cream into butter, or to move with violent agitation |
| Chute | A sloping channel for sending things down to a lower level |
| Chyle | A milky fluid of fat and lymph formed during digestion |
| Chyme | The semi liquid mass food becomes after leaving the stomach |
| Chape | The metal cap fitted to the tip of a scabbard |
FAQs
The strongest are Child, Chief, China, Cheap and Chair, since none of them repeat a letter. Check, Chill and Chess spend a slot on a repeat, so keep them for later turns.
The R words run to Chart, Charm, Chore, Chord, Chirp, Chard, Chare, Chars, Chary, Churn and Churl. Chirk, Chirr and Chert belong there too.
The U words are Chuck, Chunk, Chute, Churn, Chump, Chums and Chugs. Choux, Chubs, Chuff, Chiru and Churl carry one too.
No five letter word starts with CHR. Chrome and christ run to six letters, so CHA, CHE, CHI, CHO and CHU are the only third letters available.
Chizz takes the top score at 28 points. Chowk, Choux, Choky and Chawk follow at 17, then Chuff, Chuck, Chock, Chivy, Chick, Chewy and Chevy at 16.
The P ending gives you Champ, Cheap, Chirp, Chimp, Chomp, Chump and Cheep. Chelp closes the group and is accepted in Scrabble.
CHU gives you Chuck, Chunk, Chute, Churn, Chump, Chums, Chugs, Chubs, Chuff and Churl, along with Chufa, Chuse and Chuts.
Yes, Chirp is valid and scores 12 points. It names the short sharp note a bird or an insect makes.
