8-letter words starting with CH
Embark on a linguistic journey with words that begin with the letter CH. This section showcases how CH at the start shapes the identity and sound of various words. From commonly used terms to rare finds, explore the diverse range of words that start with CH, enriching your vocabulary and appreciation for language.
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| children | 14 | - | - |
| cheering | 14 | providing freedom from worry | - |
| changing | 15 | marked by continuous change or effective action | - |
| champion | 17 | someone who has won first place in a competition | - |
| cheating | 14 | violating accepted standards or rules | - |
| charming | 16 | possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers | charming incantations |
| chairman | 15 | act or preside as chair, as of an academic department in a university | - |
| chemical | 17 | relating to or used in chemistry | chemical engineer |
| chanting | 14 | the act of singing in a monotonous tone | - |
| chatting | 14 | - | - |
| childish | 17 | indicating a lack of maturity | childish tantrums |
| chambers | 17 | English architect (1723-1796) | - |
| charging | 15 | - | - |
| channels | 13 | official routes of communication | you have to go through channels |
| cheerful | 16 | pleasantly (even unrealistically) optimistic | - |
| charcoal | 15 | a very dark grey color | - |
| chopping | 18 | - | - |
| christie | 13 | prolific English writer of detective stories (1890-1976) | - |
| chandler | 14 | United States writer of detective thrillers featuring the character of Philip Marlowe (1888-1959) | - |
| chilling | 14 | provoking fear terror | - |
| checkers | 19 | a checkerboard game for two players who each have 12 pieces; the object is to jump over and so capture the opponent's pieces | - |
| charisma | 15 | a personal attractiveness or interestingness that enables you to influence others | - |
| chainsaw | 16 | portable power saw; teeth linked to form an endless chain | - |
| chestnut | 13 | any of several attractive deciduous trees yellow-brown in autumn; yield a hard wood and edible nuts in a prickly bur | - |
| chastity | 16 | abstaining from sexual relations (as because of religious vows) | - |
| chipping | 18 | the act of chipping something | - |
| chlorine | 13 | a common nonmetallic element belonging to the halogens; best known as a heavy yellow irritating toxic gas; used to purify water and as a bleaching agent and disinfectant; occurs naturally only as a salt (as in sea water) | - |
| chinaman | 15 | (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Chinese descent | - |
| checkout | 19 | the act of inspecting or verifying | - |
| chipmunk | 21 | a burrowing ground squirrel of western America and Asia; has cheek pouches and a light and dark stripe running down the body | - |
| chitchat | 18 | light informal conversation for social occasions | - |
| choppers | 17 | - | - |
| chaplain | 15 | a clergyman ministering to some institution | - |
| chivalry | 19 | courtesy towards women | - |
| charades | 14 | guessing game in which one player pantomimes a word or phrase for others to guess | - |
| chloride | 14 | any compound containing a chlorine atom | - |
| chugging | 16 | - | - |
| churning | 14 | moving with or producing or produced by vigorous agitation | winds whipped the piled leaves into churning masses |
| christen | 13 | administer baptism to | - |
| chomping | 18 | the act of chewing noisily | - |
| chromium | 17 | a hard brittle multivalent metallic element; resistant to corrosion and tarnishing | - |
| cheerios | 13 | - | - |
| chlorate | 13 | any salt of chloric acid | - |
| chaperon | 15 | one who accompanies and supervises a young woman or gatherings of young people | - |
| chatroom | 15 | a site on the internet where a number of users can communicate in real time (typically one dedicated to a particular topic) | - |
| chutzpah | 27 | (Yiddish) unbelievable gall; insolence; audacity | - |
| chickpea | 21 | large white roundish Asiatic legume; usually dried | - |
| chiseled | 14 | having a clean and distinct outline as if precisely cut along the edges | a finely chiseled nose |
| choirboy | 18 | a boy who sings in a choir | - |
| cheshire | 16 | - | - |
| chenille | 13 | a soft tufted cord used in embroidery | - |
| chastise | 13 | censure severely | She chastised him for his insensitive remarks |
| cherubim | 17 | - | - |
| chiseler | 13 | a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud | - |
| chitlins | 13 | small intestines of hogs prepared as food | - |
| chauffer | 19 | - | - |
| champers | 17 | - | - |
| churlish | 16 | having a bad disposition; surly | churlish as a bear |
| chateaus | 13 | - | - |
| chattery | 16 | - | - |
| chirring | 14 | - | - |
| chancery | 18 | a court with jurisdiction in equity | - |
| cheerier | 13 | - | - |
| chewable | 18 | able to be chewed or cut | - |
| chubbier | 17 | - | - |
| chapatti | 15 | flat pancake-like bread cooked on a griddle | - |
| charring | 14 | - | - |
| chequers | 22 | - | - |
| choruses | 13 | - | - |
| chuckled | 20 | - | - |
| chumming | 18 | - | - |
| cheekily | 20 | in a brash cheeky manner | - |
| chillier | 13 | - | - |
| chambray | 20 | a lightweight fabric woven with white threads across a colored warp | - |
| chancing | 16 | - | - |
| chattier | 13 | - | - |
| cheesing | 14 | - | - |
| chessman | 15 | any of 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess | - |
| childbed | 17 | concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child | - |
| chiliasm | 15 | belief in the Christian doctrine of the millennium mentioned in the Book of Revelations | - |
| chipotle | 15 | a ripe jalapeno that has been dried for use in cooking | - |
| choleric | 15 | characterized by anger | a choleric outburst |
| chunking | 18 | (psychology) the configuration of smaller units of information into large coordinated units | - |
| chabouks | 19 | - | - |
| chachkas | 22 | - | - |
| chacking | 20 | - | - |
| chaconne | 15 | - | - |
| chadarim | 16 | - | - |
| chaddars | 15 | - | - |
| chaddors | 15 | - | - |
| chadless | 14 | - | - |
| chaebols | 15 | - | - |
| chaffers | 19 | - | - |
| chaffery | 22 | - | - |
| chaffier | 19 | - | - |
| chaffing | 20 | - | - |
| chaffron | 19 | - | - |
| chagrins | 14 | - | - |
| chainers | 13 | - | - |
| chaining | 14 | - | - |
| chainlet | 13 | - | - |
| chainman | 15 | - | - |
| chainmen | 15 | - | - |
| chairing | 14 | - | - |
| chairmen | 15 | - | - |
| chalaned | 14 | - | - |
| chalazae | 22 | - | - |
| chalazal | 22 | - | - |
| chalazas | 22 | - | - |
| chalazia | 22 | - | - |
| chalcids | 16 | - | - |
| chalders | 14 | - | - |
| chaldron | 14 | a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 36 bushels | - |
| chaliced | 16 | - | - |
| chalices | 15 | - | - |
| chalkier | 17 | - | - |
| chalking | 18 | - | - |
| chalkpit | 19 | a quarry for chalk | - |
| challahs | 16 | - | - |
| challans | 13 | - | - |
| challies | 13 | - | - |
| challoth | 16 | - | - |
| chalones | 13 | - | - |
| chalonic | 15 | - | - |
| chalupas | 15 | - | - |
| chamades | 16 | - | - |
| chamelot | 15 | - | - |
| chamfers | 18 | - | - |
| chamfron | 18 | medieval plate armor to protect a horse's head | - |
| chamisal | 15 | - | - |
| chamisas | 15 | - | - |
| chamises | 15 | - | - |
| chamisos | 15 | - | - |
| chamlets | 15 | - | - |
| chammied | 18 | - | - |
| chammies | 17 | - | - |
| champaca | 19 | - | - |
| champacs | 19 | - | - |
| champaks | 21 | - | - |
| champart | 17 | - | - |
| champier | 17 | - | - |
| champing | 18 | - | - |
| chancels | 15 | - | - |
| chancers | 15 | - | - |
| chancier | 15 | - | - |
| chancily | 18 | - | - |
| chancres | 15 | - | - |
| chanfron | 16 | medieval plate armor to protect a horse's head | - |
| changers | 14 | - | - |
| changeup | 16 | - | - |
| channers | 13 | - | - |
| chanoyos | 16 | - | - |
| chanoyus | 16 | - | - |
| chansons | 13 | - | - |
| chantage | 14 | - | - |
| chanters | 13 | - | - |
| chanteys | 16 | - | - |
| chanties | 13 | - | - |
| chantors | 13 | - | - |
| chaology | 17 | - | - |
| chaordic | 16 | - | - |
| chapatis | 15 | - | - |
| chapbook | 21 | - | - |
| chapeaus | 15 | - | - |
| chapeaux | 22 | - | - |
| chapelry | 18 | - | - |
| chapiter | 15 | the upper part of a column that supports the entablature | - |
| chapless | 15 | - | - |
| chaplets | 15 | - | - |
| chappals | 17 | - | - |
| chappati | 17 | - | - |
| chappess | 17 | - | - |
| chappier | 17 | - | - |
| chappies | 17 | - | - |
| chapping | 18 | - | - |
| chapters | 15 | - | - |
| chaptrel | 15 | - | - |
| chaqueta | 22 | - | - |
| characid | 16 | any freshwater fish of the family Characinidae | - |
| characin | 15 | any freshwater fish of the family Characinidae | - |
| characts | 15 | - | - |
| charanga | 14 | - | - |
| charango | 14 | - | - |
| charases | 13 | - | - |
| charette | 13 | - | - |
| chargers | 14 | - | - |
| charidee | 14 | - | - |
| chariest | 13 | - | - |
| chariots | 13 | - | - |
| charisms | 15 | - | - |
| charkhas | 20 | - | - |
| charking | 18 | - | - |
| charlady | 17 | - | - |
| charleys | 16 | - | - |
| charlier | 13 | - | - |
| charlies | 13 | - | - |
| charlock | 19 | weedy Eurasian plant often a pest in grain fields | - |
| charmers | 15 | - | - |
| charmful | 18 | - | - |
| charneco | 15 | - | - |
| charnels | 13 | - | - |
| charoset | 13 | - | - |
| charpais | 15 | - | - |
| charpies | 15 | - | - |
| charpoys | 18 | - | - |
| charquid | 23 | - | - |
| charquis | 22 | - | - |
| charrier | 13 | - | - |
| charters | 13 | - | - |
| charting | 14 | - | - |
| chartism | 15 | the principles of a body of 19th century English reformers who advocated better social and economic conditions for working people | - |
| chartist | 13 | a stock market analyst who tries to predict market trends from graphs of recent prices of securities | - |
| charvers | 16 | - | - |
| chasings | 14 | - | - |
| chasmier | 15 | - | - |
| chasseed | 14 | - | - |
| chasseur | 13 | - | - |
| chastely | 16 | in a chaste and virtuous manner | she lived chastely |
| chastens | 13 | - | - |
| chastest | 13 | - | - |
| chasuble | 15 | a long sleeveless vestment worn by a priest when celebrating Mass | - |
| chatbots | 15 | - | - |
| chatchka | 22 | - | - |
| chatchke | 22 | - | - |
| chateaux | 20 | - | - |
| chatline | 13 | - | - |
| chattels | 13 | - | - |
| chatters | 13 | - | - |
| chatties | 13 | - | - |
| chattily | 16 | in a chatty manner | `when I was a girl,' she said chattily, `I used to ride a bicycle' |
| chaufers | 16 | - | - |
| chauffed | 20 | - | - |
| chaufing | 17 | - | - |
| chaumers | 15 | - | - |
| chaunced | 16 | - | - |
| chaunces | 15 | - | - |
| chaunged | 15 | - | - |
| chaunges | 14 | - | - |
| chaunted | 14 | - | - |
| chaunter | 13 | - | - |
| chauntry | 16 | - | - |
| chausses | 13 | - | - |
| chauvins | 16 | - | - |
| chavette | 16 | - | - |
| chavvier | 19 | - | - |
| chawdron | 17 | - | - |
| chayotes | 16 | - | - |
| chayroot | 16 | - | - |
| chazanim | 24 | - | - |
| chazzans | 31 | - | - |
| chazzens | 31 | - | - |
| cheapens | 15 | - | - |
| cheapest | 15 | - | - |
| cheapies | 15 | - | - |
| cheaping | 16 | - | - |
| cheapish | 18 | - | - |
| cheaters | 13 | - | - |
| cheatery | 16 | - | - |
| chechako | 22 | - | - |
| chechias | 18 | - | - |
| checkbox | 28 | - | - |
| checkier | 19 | - | - |
| checking | 20 | - | - |
| checkoff | 25 | - | - |
| checkrow | 22 | plant in checkrows | - |
| checksum | 21 | a digit representing the sum of the digits in an instance of digital data; used to check whether errors have occurred in transmission or storage | - |
| checkups | 21 | - | - |
| chedarim | 16 | - | - |
| cheddars | 15 | - | - |
| cheddary | 18 | - | - |
| cheddite | 15 | - | - |
| chedites | 14 | - | - |
| cheekful | 20 | - | - |
| cheekier | 17 | - | - |
| cheeking | 18 | - | - |
| cheepers | 15 | - | - |
| cheeping | 16 | - | - |
| cheerers | 13 | - | - |
| cheerily | 16 | in a cheerful manner | - |
| cheerled | 14 | - | - |
| cheesier | 13 | - | - |
| cheesily | 16 | - | - |
| cheetahs | 16 | - | - |
| cheewink | 20 | common towhee of eastern North America | - |
| chefdoms | 19 | - | - |
| cheffier | 19 | - | - |
| cheffing | 20 | - | - |
| chekists | 17 | - | - |
| chelated | 14 | relating to or characterized by chelation | - |
| chelates | 13 | - | - |
| chelator | 13 | - | - |
| cheliped | 16 | - | - |
| chellups | 15 | - | - |
| cheloids | 14 | - | - |
| chelones | 13 | - | - |
| chelping | 16 | - | - |
| chemises | 15 | - | - |
| chemisms | 17 | - | - |
| chemists | 15 | - | - |
| chemmies | 17 | - | - |
| chemurgy | 19 | - | - |
| chenixes | 20 | - | - |
| chenopod | 16 | - | - |
| chequier | 22 | - | - |
| chequing | 23 | - | - |
| cheroots | 13 | - | - |
| cherried | 14 | - | - |
| cherrier | 13 | - | - |
| cherries | 13 | - | - |
| chertier | 13 | - | - |
| cherubic | 17 | having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub | a cherubic face |
| cherubin | 15 | - | - |
| cheruped | 16 | - | - |
| chervils | 16 | - | - |
| chesnuts | 13 | - | - |
| chessels | 13 | - | - |
| chessmen | 15 | - | - |
| chestful | 16 | - | - |
| chestier | 13 | - | - |
| chestily | 16 | - | - |
| chesting | 14 | - | - |
| chetniks | 17 | - | - |
| chetrums | 15 | - | - |
| chevalet | 16 | - | - |
| cheverel | 16 | - | - |
| cheveril | 16 | - | - |
| cheveron | 16 | - | - |
| cheverye | 19 | - | - |
| cheville | 16 | - | - |
| cheviots | 16 | a range of hills on the border between England and Scotland | - |
| chevrets | 16 | - | - |
| chevrons | 16 | - | - |
| chevrony | 19 | - | - |
| chevying | 20 | - | - |
| chewiest | 16 | - | - |
| chewinks | 20 | - | - |
| chhertum | 18 | - | - |
| chiacked | 20 | - | - |
| chiantis | 13 | - | - |
| chiasmal | 15 | of or relating to a chiasm | - |
| chiasmas | 15 | - | - |
| chiasmic | 17 | of or relating to a chiasm | - |
| chiasmus | 15 | inversion in the second of two parallel phrases | - |
| chiastic | 15 | - | - |
| chiaused | 14 | - | - |
| chiauses | 13 | - | - |
| chibbing | 18 | - | - |
| chibouks | 19 | - | - |
| chicanas | 15 | - | - |
| chicaned | 16 | - | - |
| chicaner | 15 | - | - |
| chicanes | 15 | - | - |
| chicanos | 15 | - | - |
| chiccory | 20 | - | - |
| chichier | 18 | - | - |
| chickees | 19 | - | - |
| chickens | 19 | - | - |
| chickory | 22 | - | - |
| chicness | 15 | elegance by virtue of being fashionable | - |
| chidings | 15 | - | - |
| chiefdom | 19 | - | - |
| chiefery | 19 | - | - |
| chiefess | 16 | - | - |
| chiefest | 16 | - | - |
| chiffons | 19 | - | - |
| chiffony | 22 | - | - |
| chigetai | 14 | Mongolian wild ass | - |
| chiggers | 15 | - | - |
| chignons | 14 | - | - |
| chikaras | 17 | - | - |
| chikhors | 20 | - | - |
| childing | 15 | - | - |
| chiliads | 14 | - | - |
| chiliast | 13 | a person who believes in the coming of the millennium (a time of great peace and prosperity) | - |
| chilidog | 15 | - | - |
| chiliois | 13 | - | - |
| chillada | 14 | - | - |
| chillers | 13 | - | - |
| chillest | 13 | - | - |
| chillies | 13 | - | - |
| chillily | 16 | - | - |
| chillums | 15 | - | - |
| chilopod | 16 | - | - |
| chimaera | 15 | (Greek mythology) fire-breathing female monster with a lion's head and a goat's body and a serpent's tail; daughter of Typhon | - |
| chimbley | 20 | - | - |
| chimenea | 15 | - | - |
| chimeras | 15 | - | - |
| chimeres | 15 | - | - |
| chimeric | 17 | being or relating to or like a chimera | his Utopia is not as chimeric commonwealth but a practical improvement on what already exists |
| chimerid | 16 | - | - |
| chiminea | 15 | - | - |
| chimleys | 18 | - | - |
| chimneys | 18 | - | - |
| chinamen | 15 | - | - |
| chinampa | 17 | - | - |
| chinbone | 15 | - | - |
| chinched | 19 | - | - |
| chinches | 18 | - | - |
| chindits | 14 | - | - |
| chinkara | 17 | - | - |
| chinkier | 17 | - | - |
| chinkies | 17 | - | - |
| chinking | 18 | - | - |
| chinless | 13 | having a receding chin | - |
| chinning | 14 | - | - |
| chinones | 13 | - | - |
| chinooks | 17 | - | - |
| chinsing | 14 | - | - |
| chintses | 13 | - | - |
| chintzes | 22 | - | - |
| chinwags | 17 | - | - |
| chipmuck | 23 | - | - |
| chippers | 17 | - | - |
| chippier | 17 | - | - |
| chippies | 17 | - | - |
| chipsets | 15 | - | - |
| chiragra | 14 | - | - |
| chirkest | 17 | - | - |
| chirking | 18 | - | - |
| chirling | 14 | - | - |
| chirming | 16 | - | - |
| chirpers | 15 | - | - |
| chirpier | 15 | - | - |
| chirpily | 18 | in a cheerfully buoyant manner | - |
| chirping | 16 | - | - |
| chirrups | 15 | - | - |
| chirrupy | 18 | - | - |
| chirting | 14 | - | - |
| chitling | 14 | - | - |
| chitosan | 13 | - | - |
| chitters | 13 | - | - |
| chittier | 13 | - | - |
| chitties | 13 | - | - |
| chitting | 14 | - | - |
| chivaree | 16 | a noisy mock serenade (made by banging pans and kettles) to a newly married couple | - |
| chivvied | 20 | - | - |
| chivvies | 19 | - | - |
| chivving | 20 | - | - |
| chivying | 20 | - | - |
| chizzing | 32 | - | - |
| chloasma | 15 | a tan discoloration of a woman's face that is associated with pregnancy or with the use of oral contraceptives | - |
| chlorals | 13 | - | - |
| chlordan | 14 | - | - |
| chlorids | 14 | - | - |
| chlorins | 13 | - | - |
| chlorite | 13 | a generally green or black mineral; it occurs as a constituent of many rocks typically in the form of a flat crystal | - |
| chlorous | 13 | - | - |
| chobdars | 16 | - | - |
| choccier | 17 | - | - |
| choccies | 17 | - | - |
| chockers | 19 | - | - |
| chockful | 22 | packed full to capacity | - |
| chockier | 19 | - | - |
| chockies | 19 | - | - |
| chocking | 20 | - | - |
| choctaws | 18 | - | - |
| choicely | 18 | - | - |
| choicest | 15 | - | - |
| choiring | 14 | - | - |
| choirman | 15 | - | - |
| choirmen | 15 | - | - |
| chokidar | 18 | - | - |
| chokiest | 17 | - | - |
| cholates | 13 | - | - |
| cholemia | 15 | - | - |
| cholents | 13 | - | - |
| choleras | 13 | - | - |
| choliamb | 17 | - | - |
| cholines | 13 | - | - |
| chollers | 13 | - | - |
| chommies | 17 | - | - |
| chompers | 17 | - | - |
| chondral | 14 | - | - |
| chondres | 14 | - | - |
| chondrin | 14 | a substance that resembles gelatin and is obtained by boiling cartilage in water | - |
| chondrus | 14 | a genus of protoctist | - |
| choofing | 17 | - | - |
| chookies | 17 | - | - |
| chooking | 18 | - | - |
| choosers | 13 | - | - |
| choosier | 13 | - | - |
| choosily | 16 | - | - |
| choosing | 14 | - | - |
| chopines | 15 | - | - |
| choppier | 17 | - | - |
| choppily | 20 | - | - |
| choragic | 16 | pertaining to or characteristic of a choragus | - |
| choragus | 14 | (ancient Greece) leader of a group or festival; leader of a chorus | - |
| chorales | 13 | - | - |
| chorally | 16 | by a chorus | chorally accompanied |
| chordate | 14 | any animal of the phylum Chordata having a notochord or spinal column | - |
| chordees | 14 | - | - |
| chording | 15 | - | - |
| choreboy | 18 | - | - |
| choregic | 16 | - | - |
| choregus | 14 | - | - |
| choreman | 15 | - | - |
| choremen | 15 | - | - |
| choreoid | 14 | - | - |
| choriamb | 17 | - | - |
