8 Letter Words Starting With CH
There are 897 valid 8 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 8-Letter Words
US Scrabble (NWL)
chafewax - 26 points
UK Scrabble (CSW)
chafewax - 26 points
Words With Friends
chafewax - 26 points
8 Letter Words (897)
View all words starting with CHTop 20 Highest-Scoring 8 Letter Words Starting With ch
Point values shown for US Scrabble, UK Scrabble, and Words With Friends. The average across this full 897 word list is 54.1 combined points.
| Rank | Word | US Scrabble | UK Scrabble | WWF Points | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | chabasie | 15 | 15 | 16 | 46 |
| #2 | chabouks | 19 | 19 | 21 | 59 |
| #3 | chabutra | 15 | 15 | 17 | 47 |
| #4 | chachkas | 22 | 22 | 22 | 66 |
| #5 | chacking | 20 | 20 | 23 | 63 |
| #6 | chackled | 20 | 20 | 22 | 62 |
| #7 | chackler | 19 | 19 | 21 | 59 |
| #8 | chaconne | 15 | 15 | 18 | 48 |
| #9 | chadarim | 16 | 16 | 17 | 49 |
| #10 | chaddars | 15 | 15 | 15 | 45 |
| #11 | chaddors | 15 | 15 | 15 | 45 |
| #12 | chadelle | 14 | 14 | 16 | 44 |
| #13 | chadless | 14 | 14 | 15 | 43 |
| #14 | chadlock | 20 | 20 | 22 | 62 |
| #15 | chaebols | 15 | 15 | 17 | 47 |
| #16 | chaetura | 13 | 13 | 14 | 40 |
| 🏆 #17 | chafewax | 26 | 26 | 26 | 78 |
| #18 | chaffers | 19 | 19 | 19 | 57 |
| #19 | chaffery | 22 | 22 | 21 | 65 |
| #20 | chaffier | 19 | 19 | 19 | 57 |
Where 8 Letter Words Fit on the Board
At 8 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 8 letter words starting with CH for a more practical middle ground.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the highest-scoring 8 letter word starting with ch?
chafewax — worth 78 combined points (US Scrabble: 26, UK Scrabble: 26, Words With Friends: 26).
How many 8 letter words start with ch?
897 valid words, combining entries from NWL2023, CSW24, and the Words With Friends dictionary.
Are 8 letter words realistic to actually play?
Only occasionally — you'd need most of your rack plus letters already on the board to reach 8 tiles. They're worth knowing for the rare bingo-extension play, but for regular turns, shorter ch words will come up far more often.