9-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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| character | 16 | a formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability | requests for character references are all too often answered evasively |
| chocolate | 16 | a medium brown to dark-brown color | - |
| christian | 14 | a religious person who believes Jesus is the Christ and who is a member of a Christian denomination | - |
| challenge | 15 | take exception to | She challenged his claims |
| childhood | 19 | the state of a child between infancy and adolescence | - |
| champagne | 19 | a region of northeastern France | - |
| chuckling | 21 | - | - |
| charlotte | 14 | the largest city in North Carolina; located in south central North Carolina | - |
| chemistry | 19 | the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions | - |
| chauffeur | 20 | drive someone in a vehicle | - |
| chevalier | 17 | a gallant or courtly gentleman | - |
| checkmate | 22 | a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king | - |
| cherished | 18 | characterized by feeling or showing fond affection for | a cherished friend |
| chihuahua | 20 | a city in northern Mexico in the state of Chihuahua; commercial center of northern Mexico | - |
| checkbook | 26 | a book issued to holders of checking accounts | - |
| chronicle | 16 | a record or narrative description of past events | - |
| chameleon | 16 | lizard of Africa and Madagascar able to change skin color and having a projectile tongue | - |
| chartered | 15 | hired for the exclusive temporary use of a group of travelers | a chartered plane |
| chieftain | 17 | the leader of a group of people | - |
| chaperone | 16 | one who accompanies and supervises a young woman or gatherings of young people | - |
| chamomile | 18 | Eurasian plant with apple-scented foliage and white-rayed flowers and feathery leaves used medicinally; in some classification systems placed in genus Anthemis | - |
| checklist | 20 | a list of items (names or tasks etc.) to be checked or consulted | - |
| childless | 15 | without offspring | in some societies a childless woman is rejected by her tribesmen |
| charlatan | 14 | a flamboyant deceiver; one who attracts customers with tricks or jokes | - |
| childlike | 19 | exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity | childlike trust |
| chlamydia | 20 | a sexually transmitted infection caused by bacteria of the genus Chlamydia | - |
| chopstick | 22 | one of a pair of slender sticks used as oriental tableware to eat food with | - |
| channeled | 15 | - | - |
| checkered | 21 | patterned with alternating squares of color | - |
| chantilly | 17 | - | - |
| chrysalis | 17 | pupa of a moth or butterfly enclosed in a cocoon | - |
| childcare | 17 | a service involving care for other people's children | - |
| cheekbone | 20 | the arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek | - |
| chapstick | 22 | - | - |
| chickadee | 21 | any of various small grey-and-black songbirds of North America | - |
| champaign | 19 | extensive tract of level open land | - |
| chelonian | 14 | a reptile of the order Chelonia | - |
| chinaware | 17 | dishware made of high quality porcelain | - |
| chastised | 15 | - | - |
| chocolaty | 19 | - | - |
| chromatic | 18 | based on a scale consisting of 12 semitones | a chromatic scale |
| chambered | 19 | having compartmental chambers | a spiral chambered seashell |
| cheapness | 16 | tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar | - |
| chequered | 24 | patterned with alternating squares of color | - |
| chicanery | 19 | the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them) | - |
| charwoman | 19 | a human female employed to do housework | - |
| chanteuse | 14 | - | - |
| cheongsam | 17 | - | - |
| chiseling | 15 | - | - |
| chokehold | 22 | a restraining hold; someone loops the arm around the neck of another person in a tight grip, usually from behind | he grabbed the woman in a chokehold, demanded her cash and jewelry, and then fled |
| chorister | 14 | a singer in a choir | - |
| chaffinch | 25 | small European finch with a cheerful song | - |
| chagrined | 16 | feeling or caused to feel ill at ease or self-conscious or ashamed | chagrined at the poor sales of his book |
| chairlift | 17 | a ski lift on which riders (skiers or sightseers) are seated and carried up or down a mountainside; seats are hung from an endless overhead cable | - |
| charmless | 16 | - | - |
| chatterer | 14 | passerine bird of New World tropics | - |
| chiselled | 15 | - | - |
| chondrite | 15 | a rock of meteoric origin containing chondrules | - |
| cheerless | 14 | causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy | something cheerless about the room |
| chelation | 14 | (medicine) the process of removing a heavy metal from the bloodstream by means of a chelate as in treating lead or mercury poisoning | - |
| cherisher | 17 | - | - |
| chrysalid | 18 | - | - |
| churchman | 21 | a clergyman or other person in religious orders | - |
| chabazite | 25 | a group of minerals of the zeolite family consisting of a hydrous silicate of calcium and aluminum | - |
| chaconine | 16 | - | - |
| chaconnes | 16 | - | - |
| chaetodon | 15 | any fish of the genus Chaetodon | - |
| chaetopod | 17 | - | - |
| chaffered | 21 | - | - |
| chafferer | 20 | - | - |
| chaffiest | 20 | - | - |
| chaffings | 21 | - | - |
| chaffrons | 20 | - | - |
| chainfall | 17 | - | - |
| chainless | 14 | - | - |
| chainlets | 14 | - | - |
| chainsaws | 17 | - | - |
| chainshot | 17 | - | - |
| chainwork | 21 | - | - |
| chairback | 22 | - | - |
| chairdays | 18 | - | - |
| chairmans | 16 | - | - |
| chakalaka | 22 | - | - |
| chalaning | 15 | - | - |
| chalanned | 15 | - | - |
| chalazion | 23 | a small sebaceous cyst of the eyelid resulting when a Meibomian gland is blocked | - |
| chalcogen | 17 | - | - |
| chaldrons | 15 | - | - |
| chalkface | 23 | - | - |
| chalkiest | 18 | - | - |
| chalkland | 19 | - | - |
| chalklike | 22 | - | - |
| chalkmark | 24 | - | - |
| chalkpits | 20 | - | - |
| challaned | 15 | - | - |
| challises | 14 | - | - |
| chalumeau | 16 | - | - |
| chalutzes | 23 | - | - |
| chalutzim | 25 | - | - |
| chalybean | 19 | - | - |
| chalybite | 19 | iron ore in the form of ferrous carbonate | - |
| chamberer | 18 | - | - |
| chambrays | 21 | - | - |
| chamelots | 16 | - | - |
| chametzes | 25 | - | - |
| chamfered | 20 | - | - |
| chamferer | 19 | - | - |
| chamfrain | 19 | - | - |
| chamfrons | 19 | - | - |
| chamisals | 16 | - | - |
| chammying | 22 | - | - |
| chamoised | 17 | - | - |
| chamoises | 16 | - | - |
| champacas | 20 | - | - |
| champarts | 18 | - | - |
| champerty | 21 | an unethical agreement between an attorney and client that the attorney would sue and pay the costs of the client's suit in return for a portion of the damages awarded | soliciting personal injury cases may constitute champerty |
| champiest | 18 | - | - |
| champions | 18 | - | - |
| champleve | 21 | (for metals) having areas separated by metal and filled with colored enamel and fired | - |
| chanceful | 19 | of uncertain outcome; especially fraught with risk | - |
| chanciest | 16 | - | - |
| chancroid | 17 | infectious venereal ulcer | - |
| chancrous | 16 | of or having chancres | - |
| chandelle | 15 | a flight maneuver consisting of a steep climbing turn executed to gain altitude while changing direction | - |
| chandlers | 15 | - | - |
| chandlery | 18 | a storeroom where candles are kept | - |
| chanfrons | 17 | - | - |
| changeful | 18 | such that alteration is possible; having a marked tendency to change | - |
| changeups | 17 | - | - |
| channeler | 14 | - | - |
| chantable | 16 | - | - |
| chantages | 15 | - | - |
| chantings | 15 | - | - |
| chantress | 14 | - | - |
| chantries | 14 | - | - |
| chanukiah | 21 | - | - |
| chaparral | 16 | dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes | - |
| chapaties | 16 | - | - |
| chapattis | 16 | - | - |
| chapbooks | 22 | - | - |
| chapeless | 16 | - | - |
| chaperons | 16 | - | - |
| chapesses | 16 | - | - |
| chapiters | 16 | - | - |
| chaplains | 16 | - | - |
| chapleted | 17 | provided with a chaplet | - |
| chappatis | 18 | - | - |
| chappiest | 18 | - | - |
| chaprassi | 16 | - | - |
| chapteral | 16 | - | - |
| chaptered | 17 | - | - |
| chaptrels | 16 | - | - |
| chaquetas | 23 | - | - |
| charabanc | 18 | a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport | - |
| characids | 17 | - | - |
| characins | 16 | - | - |
| charangas | 15 | - | - |
| charangos | 15 | - | - |
| charbroil | 16 | - | - |
| charcoals | 16 | - | - |
| charcoaly | 19 | - | - |
| charettes | 14 | - | - |
| chargeful | 18 | - | - |
| chargings | 16 | - | - |
| chargrill | 15 | - | - |
| charidees | 15 | - | - |
| chariness | 14 | the trait of being cautious and watchful | - |
| charioted | 15 | - | - |
| charismas | 16 | - | - |
| charities | 14 | - | - |
| charivari | 17 | a noisy mock serenade (made by banging pans and kettles) to a newly married couple | - |
| charlocks | 20 | - | - |
| charmeuse | 16 | - | - |
| charmonia | 16 | - | - |
| charnecos | 16 | - | - |
| charoseth | 17 | - | - |
| charosets | 14 | - | - |
| charreada | 15 | - | - |
| charriest | 14 | - | - |
| chartable | 16 | - | - |
| charterer | 14 | - | - |
| chartisms | 16 | - | - |
| chartists | 14 | - | - |
| chartless | 14 | (of unknown regions) not yet surveyed or investigated | - |
| charwomen | 19 | - | - |
| chaseable | 16 | - | - |
| chaseport | 16 | - | - |
| chasmiest | 16 | - | - |
| chasseing | 15 | - | - |
| chassepot | 16 | - | - |
| chasseurs | 14 | - | - |
| chastened | 15 | - | - |
| chastener | 14 | - | - |
| chastiser | 14 | - | - |
| chastises | 14 | - | - |
| chasubles | 16 | - | - |
| chatchkas | 23 | - | - |
| chatchkes | 23 | - | - |
| chatelain | 14 | - | - |
| chatlines | 14 | - | - |
| chatoyant | 17 | varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles | chatoyant (or shot) silk |
| chatrooms | 16 | - | - |
| chattered | 15 | - | - |
| chattiest | 14 | - | - |
| chauffers | 20 | - | - |
| chauffing | 21 | - | - |
| chauncing | 17 | - | - |
| chaunging | 16 | - | - |
| chaunters | 14 | - | - |
| chaunting | 15 | - | - |
| chaussure | 14 | - | - |
| chavender | 18 | - | - |
| chavettes | 17 | - | - |
| chavviest | 20 | - | - |
| chawbacon | 21 | a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture | - |
| chawdrons | 18 | - | - |
| chayroots | 17 | - | - |
| chazzanim | 34 | - | - |
| chazzenim | 34 | - | - |
| cheapened | 17 | - | - |
| cheapener | 16 | - | - |
| cheapjack | 29 | made of inferior workmanship and materials | cheapjack moviemaking...that feeds on the low taste of the mob |
| cheapshot | 19 | - | - |
| cheatable | 16 | - | - |
| cheatings | 15 | - | - |
| chechakos | 23 | - | - |
| chechaquo | 28 | - | - |
| checkable | 22 | - | - |
| checkiest | 20 | - | - |
| checkings | 21 | - | - |
| checkless | 20 | - | - |
| checkmark | 26 | - | - |
| checkoffs | 26 | - | - |
| checkouts | 20 | - | - |
| checkrail | 20 | - | - |
| checkrein | 20 | a rein designed to keep the horse's head in the desired position | - |
| checkroom | 22 | a room where baggage or parcels are checked | - |
| checkrows | 23 | - | - |
| checkstop | 22 | - | - |
| checksums | 22 | - | - |
| cheddites | 16 | - | - |
| cheechako | 23 | - | - |
| cheekfuls | 21 | - | - |
| cheekiest | 18 | - | - |
| cheekless | 18 | - | - |
| cheeriest | 14 | - | - |
| cheerings | 15 | - | - |
| cheerlead | 15 | act as a cheerleader in a sports event | - |
| cheesevat | 17 | - | - |
| cheesiest | 14 | - | - |
| cheewinks | 21 | - | - |
| cheffiest | 20 | - | - |
| cheilitis | 14 | inflammation and cracking of the skin of the lips | - |
| chelaship | 19 | - | - |
| chelating | 15 | - | - |
| chelators | 14 | - | - |
| chelicera | 16 | either of the first pair of fang-like appendages near the mouth of an arachnid; often modified for grasping and piercing | - |
| cheliform | 19 | - | - |
| chelipeds | 17 | - | - |
| cheloidal | 15 | - | - |
| chemicals | 18 | - | - |
| chemicked | 23 | - | - |
| chemisorb | 18 | take up a substance by chemisorption | - |
| chemitype | 21 | - | - |
| chemitypy | 24 | - | - |
| chemokine | 20 | - | - |
| chemosorb | 18 | - | - |
| chemostat | 16 | - | - |
| chempaduk | 23 | - | - |
| chemsexes | 23 | - | - |
| chemtrail | 16 | - | - |
| chemurgic | 19 | - | - |
| chenilles | 14 | - | - |
| chenopods | 17 | - | - |
| chequiest | 23 | - | - |
| cheralite | 14 | - | - |
| cherimoya | 19 | large tropical fruit with leathery skin and soft pulp; related to custard apples | - |
| cherishes | 17 | - | - |
| chermoula | 16 | - | - |
| chernozem | 25 | - | - |
| cherriest | 14 | - | - |
| cherrying | 18 | - | - |
| chertiest | 14 | - | - |
| cherubims | 18 | - | - |
| cherubins | 16 | - | - |
| cheruping | 17 | - | - |
| cheshires | 17 | - | - |
| chestfuls | 17 | - | - |
| chestiest | 14 | - | - |
| chestnuts | 14 | - | - |
| chevalets | 17 | - | - |
| chevelure | 17 | - | - |
| cheverels | 17 | - | - |
| cheverils | 17 | - | - |
| cheverons | 17 | - | - |
| cheveryes | 20 | - | - |
| chevilles | 17 | - | - |
| chevrette | 17 | - | - |
| chevroned | 18 | - | - |
| chevrotin | 17 | - | - |
| chewiness | 17 | - | - |
| chiacking | 21 | - | - |
| chiarezza | 32 | - | - |
| chiarezze | 32 | - | - |
| chiasmata | 16 | - | - |
| chiausing | 15 | - | - |
| chibouque | 25 | - | - |
| chicalote | 16 | - | - |
| chicaners | 16 | - | - |
| chicaning | 17 | - | - |
| chichiest | 19 | - | - |
| chickaree | 20 | - | - |
| chickened | 21 | - | - |
| chickling | 21 | - | - |
| chickpeas | 22 | - | - |
| chickweed | 24 | any of various plants related to the common chickweed | - |
| chicories | 16 | - | - |
| chidingly | 19 | - | - |
| chidlings | 16 | - | - |
| chiefdoms | 20 | - | - |
| chiefless | 17 | - | - |
| chiefling | 18 | - | - |
| chiefries | 17 | - | - |
| chiefship | 22 | - | - |
| chigetais | 15 | - | - |
| chignoned | 16 | - | - |
| chilblain | 16 | inflammation of the hands and feet caused by exposure to cold and moisture | - |
| childbeds | 18 | - | - |
| childlier | 15 | - | - |
| childness | 15 | - | - |
| chiliadal | 15 | - | - |
| chiliadic | 17 | - | - |
| chiliagon | 15 | - | - |
| chiliarch | 19 | - | - |
| chiliasms | 16 | - | - |
| chiliasts | 14 | - | - |
| chilidogs | 16 | - | - |
| chilladas | 15 | - | - |
| chillaxed | 22 | - | - |
| chillaxes | 21 | - | - |
| chilliest | 14 | - | - |
| chillings | 15 | - | - |
| chillness | 14 | - | - |
| chilopods | 17 | - | - |
| chiltepin | 16 | - | - |
| chimaeras | 16 | - | - |
| chimaeric | 18 | - | - |
| chimbleys | 21 | - | - |
| chimblies | 18 | - | - |
| chimeneas | 16 | - | - |
| chimerids | 17 | - | - |
| chimerism | 18 | - | - |
| chimineas | 16 | - | - |
| chimneyed | 20 | - | - |
| chinampas | 18 | - | - |
| chinaroot | 14 | - | - |
| chinbones | 16 | - | - |
| chincapin | 18 | small nut of either of two small chestnut trees of the southern United States; resembles a hazelnut | - |
| chinchier | 19 | - | - |
| chinching | 20 | - | - |
| chincough | 20 | - | - |
| chinkapin | 20 | small nut of either of two small chestnut trees of the southern United States; resembles a hazelnut | - |
| chinkaras | 18 | - | - |
| chinkiest | 18 | - | - |
| chinoises | 14 | - | - |
| chinovnik | 21 | - | - |
| chinstrap | 16 | - | - |
| chintzier | 23 | - | - |
| chintzily | 26 | in a stingy manner | their rich uncle treated them rather chintzily |
| chipboard | 19 | a cheap hard material made from wood chips that are pressed together and bound with synthetic resin | - |
| chipmaker | 22 | - | - |
| chipmucks | 24 | - | - |
| chipmunks | 22 | - | - |
| chipochia | 21 | - | - |
| chipolata | 16 | a small thin sausage | - |
| chipotles | 16 | - | - |
| chippable | 20 | - | - |
| chippered | 19 | - | - |
| chipperer | 18 | - | - |
| chippiest | 18 | - | - |
| chippings | 19 | - | - |
| chiragras | 15 | - | - |
| chiragric | 17 | - | - |
| chirality | 17 | - | - |
| chirimoya | 19 | - | - |
| chirology | 18 | telling fortunes by lines on the palm of the hand | - |
| chironomy | 19 | - | - |
| chiropody | 20 | the branch of medicine concerned with the feet | - |
| chiropter | 16 | - | - |
| chirpiest | 16 | - | - |
| chirpings | 17 | - | - |
| chirruped | 17 | - | - |
| chirruper | 16 | - | - |
| chiselers | 14 | - | - |
| chiseller | 14 | a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud | - |
| chitchats | 19 | - | - |
| chitinoid | 15 | - | - |
| chitinous | 14 | of or resembling chitin | - |
| chitlings | 15 | small intestines of hogs prepared as food | - |
| chitosans | 14 | - | - |
| chittered | 15 | - | - |
| chittiest | 14 | - | - |
| chivalric | 19 | characteristic of the time of chivalry and knighthood in the Middle Ages | chivalric rites |
| chivareed | 18 | - | - |
| chivarees | 17 | - | - |
| chivaried | 18 | - | - |
| chivaries | 17 | - | - |
| chivvying | 24 | - | - |
| chiweenie | 17 | - | - |
| chiyogami | 20 | - | - |
| chlamydes | 20 | - | - |
| chlamyses | 19 | - | - |
| chloasmas | 16 | - | - |
| chloracne | 16 | - | - |
| chlorates | 14 | - | - |
| chlordane | 15 | - | - |
| chlordans | 15 | - | - |
| chlorella | 14 | any alga of the genus Chlorella | - |
| chlorides | 15 | - | - |
| chloridic | 17 | - | - |
| chlorines | 14 | - | - |
| chlorites | 14 | - | - |
| chloritic | 16 | - | - |
| chloroses | 14 | - | - |
| chlorosis | 14 | iron deficiency anemia in young women; characterized by weakness and menstrual disturbances and a green color to the skin | - |
| chlorotic | 16 | of or pertaining to or suffering from chlorosis | - |
| chocciest | 18 | - | - |
| chockfull | 23 | - | - |
| chockiest | 20 | - | - |
| choenixes | 21 | - | - |
| choiceful | 19 | - | - |
| choirboys | 19 | - | - |
| choirgirl | 15 | - | - |
| choirlike | 18 | - | - |
| chokeable | 20 | - | - |
| chokebore | 20 | - | - |
| chokecoil | 20 | - | - |
| chokedamp | 23 | the atmosphere in a mine following an explosion; high in carbon dioxide and incapable of supporting life | - |
| chokerman | 20 | - | - |
| chokermen | 20 | - | - |
| chokidars | 19 | - | - |
| chokingly | 22 | - | - |
| cholaemia | 16 | - | - |
| cholaemic | 18 | - | - |
| cholecyst | 19 | - | - |
| cholelith | 17 | - | - |
| cholemias | 16 | - | - |
| choleraic | 16 | relating to or resulting from or resembling cholera | - |
| choleroid | 15 | - | - |
| choliambs | 18 | - | - |
| choltries | 14 | - | - |
| chometzes | 25 | - | - |
| chondrify | 21 | turn into cartilage | - |
| chondrins | 15 | - | - |
| chondroid | 16 | - | - |
| chondroma | 17 | a common benign tumor of cartilage cells | - |
| chondrule | 15 | small granule (of e.g. chrysolite) found in some meteoric rocks | - |
| choosiest | 14 | - | - |
| chophouse | 19 | a restaurant that specializes in steaks | - |
| choplogic | 19 | - | - |
| choppered | 19 | - | - |
| choppiest | 18 | - | - |
| choppings | 19 | - | - |
| chopsocky | 25 | - | - |
| choralist | 14 | - | - |
| chordates | 15 | - | - |
| chordings | 16 | - | - |
| chordlike | 19 | - | - |
| chordwise | 18 | - | - |
| choreatic | 16 | - | - |
| choreboys | 19 | - | - |
| choreuses | 14 | - | - |
| choriambi | 18 | - | - |
| choriambs | 18 | - | - |
| chorioids | 15 | - | - |
| chorionic | 16 | of or relating to a chorion | a chorionic villus is a minute vascular projection on the fetal chorion |
| chorizont | 23 | - | - |
| choroidal | 15 | - | - |
| chorology | 18 | - | - |
| chortlers | 14 | - | - |
| chortling | 15 | - | - |
| chorusing | 15 | - | - |
| chorussed | 15 | - | - |
| chorusses | 14 | - | - |
| chounters | 14 | - | - |
| chowchows | 25 | - | - |
| chowdered | 19 | - | - |
| chowdowns | 21 | - | - |
| chowhound | 21 | - | - |
| chowkidar | 22 | - | - |
| chowtimes | 19 | - | - |
| chresards | 15 | - | - |
| chrismals | 16 | - | - |
| chrismons | 16 | - | - |
| christens | 14 | - | - |
| christies | 14 | - | - |
| christoms | 16 | - | - |
| chromakey | 23 | - | - |
| chromates | 16 | - | - |
| chromatid | 17 | one of two identical strands into which a chromosome splits during mitosis | - |
