9 Letter Words Starting With CH
There are 875 valid 9 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 9-Letter Words
US Scrabble (NWL)
chabazite - 25 points
UK Scrabble (CSW)
chabazite - 25 points
Words With Friends
chabazite - 26 points
9 Letter Words (875)
View all words starting with CHTop 20 Highest-Scoring 9 Letter Words Starting With ch
Point values shown for US Scrabble, UK Scrabble, and Words With Friends. The average across this full 875 word list is 58.0 combined points.
| Rank | Word | US Scrabble | UK Scrabble | WWF Points | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | chabasite | 16 | 16 | 17 | 49 |
| 🏆 #2 | chabazite | 25 | 25 | 26 | 76 |
| #3 | chablises | 16 | 16 | 18 | 50 |
| #4 | chackling | 21 | 21 | 25 | 67 |
| #5 | chaconine | 16 | 16 | 19 | 51 |
| #6 | chaconnes | 16 | 16 | 19 | 51 |
| #7 | chaetetes | 14 | 14 | 14 | 42 |
| #8 | chaetites | 14 | 14 | 14 | 42 |
| #9 | chaetodon | 15 | 15 | 16 | 46 |
| #10 | chaetopod | 17 | 17 | 18 | 52 |
| #11 | chaferies | 17 | 17 | 17 | 51 |
| #12 | chafeweed | 21 | 21 | 21 | 63 |
| #13 | chaffered | 21 | 21 | 21 | 63 |
| #14 | chafferer | 20 | 20 | 20 | 60 |
| #15 | chaffiest | 20 | 20 | 20 | 60 |
| #16 | chaffinch | 25 | 25 | 26 | 76 |
| #17 | chaffings | 21 | 21 | 23 | 65 |
| #18 | chaffless | 20 | 20 | 21 | 61 |
| #19 | chafflike | 24 | 24 | 25 | 73 |
| #20 | chaffrons | 20 | 20 | 21 | 61 |
Where 9 Letter Words Fit on the Board
At 9 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 9 letter words starting with CH for a more practical middle ground.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the highest-scoring 9 letter word starting with ch?
chabazite — worth 76 combined points (US Scrabble: 25, UK Scrabble: 25, Words With Friends: 26).
How many 9 letter words start with ch?
875 valid words, combining entries from NWL2023, CSW24, and the Words With Friends dictionary.
Are 9 letter words realistic to actually play?
Only occasionally — you'd need most of your rack plus letters already on the board to reach 9 tiles. They're worth knowing for the rare bingo-extension play, but for regular turns, shorter ch words will come up far more often.