5 Letter Words Starting with CH

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  • CHACE
  • CHACK
  • CHACO
  • CHADS
  • CHAFE
  • CHAFF
  • CHAFT
  • CHAGA
  • CHAIN
  • CHAIR
  • CHAIS
  • CHAIT
  • CHAJA
  • CHAKA
  • CHALK
  • CHAMA
  • CHAMM
  • CHAMP
  • CHAMS
  • CHANE
  • CHANG
  • CHANK
  • CHANT
  • CHAOS
  • CHAPE
  • CHAPS
  • CHAPT
  • CHARA
  • CHARD
  • CHARE
  • CHARK
  • CHARM
  • CHARR
  • CHARS
  • CHART
  • CHARY
  • CHASE
  • CHASM
  • CHASS
  • CHATI
  • CHATS
  • CHAUI
  • CHAUK
  • CHAUM
  • CHAUS
  • CHAVE
  • CHAWK
  • CHAWL
  • CHAWN
  • CHAWS
  • CHAYA
  • CHAYS
  • CHAZY
  • CHEAP
  • CHEAT
  • CHECK
  • CHEEK
  • CHEEP
  • CHEER
  • CHEET
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190 five letter words begin with CH, and the two letters make one sound rather than a blend you can hear separately.

The Vowels That Follow CH

A takes about twenty eight percent, I twenty four, O nineteen and E fifteen. U adds another ten.

Every branch is a vowel. CH takes no consonant after it in English, which makes this page unusually predictable in shape.

The CH Words in Everyday Use

CHECK, CHILD, CHEAP, CHIEF and CHAIR are the most common entries, and they cover four of the five branches.

  • CHECK
  • CHILD
  • CHEAP
  • CHIEF
  • CHAIR

Why CH Is Easy to Miss From Sound Alone

Because the pair reads as a single sound, players hear the word and reach for one letter rather than two.

That costs a turn on this page more often than any other mistake, so it is worth checking the spelling before ruling CH out.

The same trap catches PH and WH elsewhere, but CH produces far more five letter words than either of them.

Opening a CH Puzzle

CHAIR covers the largest branch and tests A, I and R, three of the most common letters at this length.

CHOSE is the follow up if the A misses, since its O and E reach two more branches without repeating anything.

CHILD covers the I branch if both of those fail, which leaves only the small U branch untested.

Frequently Asked Questions

Are CHAIR and CHAIN easy to confuse

They share four letters and differ in the last box alone, so a guess on either one settles the other immediately.

Does CH ever take a consonant after it

Not at the start of a five letter English word. Every entry on this page puts a vowel in the third box.

Which branch has the fewest familiar words

The U branch. CHUCK and CHUNK lead it, and below those it runs to rarer forms than the other four branches do.

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