6-letter words with C as the 1st letter and H as the 5th letter

The pattern C _ _ _ H _ has 34 tournament-dictionary matches, but just 3 rank among the most common English words. CATCHY and COUGHS are easier to recognize than rarer entries such as CONCHA or COUCHE. The dictionary split is sharp: Collins lists all 34, while NWL2023 and ENABLE include fewer.

6-letter words with C as the 1st letter and H as the 5th letter

• The fixed pattern C _ _ _ H _ returns 34 tournament-dictionary words.
• Only 3 matches are among the top 25,000 English words by frequency.
• All 34 appear in Collins, while NWL2023 carries 20 and ENABLE 18.
• CATCHY, CHICHI, CHICHA, CHOCHO, COACHY, and CONCHY each score 16 points in Scrabble.
• The same C-and-H pattern has 23 five-letter matches and 74 seven-letter ones.
• The average score across the set is 13.2 points, and 27 of the 34 entries have dictionary definitions.

Which endings appear most often?

Nine of the 34 words end in S, the biggest single ending; E follows with 8. A closes 5 words, while Y appears at the end of 4. Those four endings account for most of the pattern's 34 entries.

The rarer endings are I and O, three words each, and T with two. The C-first, E-fifth pattern is far larger at 483 matches, so fixing H in the fifth slot shrinks the search dramatically.

Which matches score well, and what is the catch?

CATCHY, CHICHI, CHICHA, CHOCHO, COACHY, and CONCHY share the top Scrabble score: 16 points each. COUTHY, CHETHS, CRWTHS, and CYATHI score 14. The average score across the pattern is 13.2, so these entries lean toward higher-value letters.

Familiarity is the main limitation: only 3 entries are common by frequency, and 7 have no dictionary definition. Verify the word list your game uses before committing to an unfamiliar form.