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

C in the first slot and H in the last gives every match a fixed 7-point frame before any other tile lands. The endings then split hard: CH closes 19 matches, SH closes 8, GH closes 5 and AH closes 4. CHURCH, CLINCH, CLUTCH, CROTCH, CROUCH and CRUNCH are the only entries most players meet outside a board.

What the C H frame always gives you

• All 41 matches open on C and finish on H.
• CH closes 19 matches, SH closes 8, GH closes 5 and AH closes 4.
• CHURCH and CHINCH tie for the top score at 16 points.
• Six matches are common English, led by CHURCH and CLUTCH.
• Six letters is the shortest this frame can be, so no 5-letter version exists.

How many 6-letter words start with C and end in H?

The count is 41. Six letters is the floor for this shape, because nothing shorter can hold an H in the sixth slot; the seven-letter version adds 35 more matches.

Endings spread across seven pairs: CH on 19, SH on 8, GH on 5, AH on 4, with TH and PH on 2 each and a single EH. A closing CH is worth 7 points by itself, so the biggest group is also the most valuable.

Nineteen matches close in CH, and CHURCH and CHINCH open with the same pair they finish with.

Which of these words is worth playing?

CHURCH and CHINCH tie at 16 points, CHOUGH reaches 15, and seven entries sit on 14: CHALAH, CHALEH, CHETAH, CHOUSH, COHOSH, COWISH and COYISH. Five of those seven hide a second H in the middle.

Familiar words stay cheap because they waste the expensive tiles. CLUTCH and CRUNCH score 13, while CHURCH gains from doubling its C and H.

Only six matches rank as common English: CHURCH, CLINCH, CLUTCH, CROTCH, CROUCH and CRUNCH. Collins covers 40 matches, NWL2023 covers 31 and ENABLE covers 30, with CAMASH and CLEUGH left to Collins alone.