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10 Letter Words Starting With CH

There are 797 valid 10 letter words that start with CH, drawn from NWL2023, CSW24, and Words With Friends. Sorted below by score, with the single highest scorer called out.

Highest Scoring 10-Letter Words

US Scrabble (NWL)

chabazites - 26 points

UK Scrabble (CSW)

chabazites - 26 points

Words With Friends

chabazites - 27 points

10 Letter Words (797)

View all words starting with CH

Top 20 Highest-Scoring 10 Letter Words Starting With ch

Point values shown for US Scrabble, UK Scrabble, and Words With Friends. The average across this full 797 word list is 61.1 combined points.

Rank Word US Scrabble UK Scrabble WWF Points Total
🏆 #1 chabazites 26 26 27 79
#2 chachalaca 22 22 24 68
#3 chachapuya 25 25 26 76
#4 chaconines 17 17 20 54
#5 chadacryst 21 21 21 63
#6 chaenactis 17 17 19 53
#7 chaetifera 18 18 18 54
#8 chaetodons 16 16 17 49
#9 chaetodont 16 16 17 49
#10 chaetopoda 18 18 19 55
#11 chaetopods 18 18 19 55
#12 chaetosema 17 17 18 52
#13 chaetosoma 17 17 18 52
#14 chaetotaxy 25 25 24 74
#15 chafferers 21 21 21 63
#16 chafferies 21 21 21 63
#17 chaffering 22 22 24 68
#18 chaffiness 21 21 22 64
#19 chaffingly 25 25 27 77
#20 chagrining 17 17 21 55

Where 10 Letter Words Fit on the Board

At 10 letters, a word almost always uses your entire rack plus tiles already on the board these are realistically bingo-adjacent plays rather than everyday moves, which is why the list leans heavily on compound and suffixed forms (-nesses, -ation, -izing). If you're looking for words you can play more often, shorter lengths starting with CH will give you far more flexible options try 10 letter words starting with CH for a more practical middle ground.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the highest-scoring 10 letter word starting with ch?

chabazites — worth 79 combined points (US Scrabble: 26, UK Scrabble: 26, Words With Friends: 27).

How many 10 letter words start with ch?

797 valid words, combining entries from NWL2023, CSW24, and the Words With Friends dictionary.

Are 10 letter words realistic to actually play?

Only occasionally — you'd need most of your rack plus letters already on the board to reach 10 tiles. They're worth knowing for the rare bingo-extension play, but for regular turns, shorter ch words will come up far more often.