6-letter words with C as the 3rd letter and H as the 4th letter

The fixed CH pair appears in familiar words such as INCHES and ANCHOR, but most matches are not everyday vocabulary. Only 12 of the 139 entries rank among the top 25,000 English words by frequency. S is the most common final letter, giving you a clear clue when the last tile is still unknown.

Quick facts about the fixed CH pair

• There are 139 tournament-dictionary words with C third and H fourth.
• Only 12 matches fall within the top 25,000 English words by frequency.
• S is the leading final letter; D comes next, followed by R and N.
• Initial letters are led by L (16), R (15), and M (14).

Which patterns narrow these six-letter matches?

INCHES, ANCHOR, ARCHER, RICHER, and RICHES show how the CH pair fits several familiar word shapes. The opening letters vary: L, R, and M lead, while A, E, N, T, and O also appear among the most frequent starts. So a known first letter can narrow the search, but no single prefix dominates.

The endings offer a stronger filter. S leads by a wide margin, with D in second place, then R and N. Try INCHES, RICHES, or ARCHES when S is fixed; for a different ending, ANCHOR and ARCHER illustrate the R group, though the repeated CH is the anchor, not a guarantee of a common word.

Scores and limits for the C-H pattern

ZECHIN is the top scorer at 20 Scrabble points before board bonuses. WYCHES and PACHAK each score 17, while RICHLY, YACHTS, and CACHED score 14. The counterintuitive play is that an unfamiliar word can outscore a common-looking option; check your game's word list before building a move around one.

Dictionary coverage is not identical: Collins includes 132 matches, compared with 90 in ENABLE and 102 in NWL2023. Those totals overlap, so they are not separate piles to add together. The low common-word count is another limitation: this pattern is a precise clue, but many answers will be specialist vocabulary rather than words you use every day.

For more candidates, compare the same C-and-H positions at a neighboring length or change the fourth letter while keeping C third. Those variations reveal if the clue is truly the fixed CH pair or if one tile is still uncertain.