6-letter words with C as the 2nd letter and H as the 3rd letter

The pattern is _CH___, so the opening C-H pair narrows the search quickly. SCHOOL and SCHEME are familiar examples, but many matches are less everyday. S accounts for more than half of the starting letters, while just 6 entries fall among common English words; the strongest Scrabble scorer, SCHIZY, is a less obvious one.

What stands out in 6-letter words with C second and H third?

• 51 entries match the fixed C-H positions across tournament dictionaries.
• SCHOOL and SCHEME show the familiar SCH opening.
• S starts 27 matches; E is next with 9.
• Only 6 entries rank among common English words.
• SCHIZY leads the Scrabble scores at 23 points.

Which letters begin these six-letter words?

S dominates the first position: 27 of the 51 matches begin with it. E follows at 9, then O at 7 and A at 5. I begins 2 words and T appears just once, so SCH- is a strong pattern to test first when your clue already fixes C and H in positions two and three.

The familiar SCHOOL and SCHEME sit beside less common S-words such as SCHISM and SCHIST. The small number of starts from I and T gives those openings extra value when S, E, O, and A do not fit your crossing letters.

Which matches score highest in Scrabble?

SCHIZY tops the ranking at 23 points. Those are sharp scoring options, but they are not the words most players will reach for in ordinary conversation; SCHOOL and SCHEME are much more recognizable.

Dictionary coverage is not identical across games: Collins includes 49 matches, NWL2023 includes 42, and ENABLE includes 38. The overall count includes entries found in at least one of those tournament lists. Only 38 have definitions, so a valid game entry is not always a familiar one; check your game's word list before playing an obscure match.

How should you narrow the C-H pattern?

For 6-letter words with C as the 2nd letter and H as the 3rd letter, first sort by the opening letter, then use your final three tiles to filter the remaining options. Endings vary: S appears most often at the end, with 9 matches, while E comes next with 5.

Keep the commonness gap in mind: just 6 of the 51 entries are common by frequency. SCHOOL and SCHEME are useful recognition anchors, but an unfamiliar result is not automatically a miss; the dictionary counts show that these fixed letters reach well beyond everyday vocabulary.