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

The pattern fixes two positions but leaves the middle letters open: C _ _ _ _ H _. Only one matching word falls within the common-word frequency group, so this is a specialist-heavy set rather than an everyday vocabulary list. Crunchy and ceviche are recognizable examples; many other matches are less familiar, making dictionary coverage worth checking before you play.

At a glance: the C-first, H-sixth pattern

• Exactly 35 tournament-listed words have C first and H sixth.
• Only one match is common by our frequency measure.
• S is the most frequent final letter, appearing on 16 words.
• COCKSHY scores 21; CHURCHY and CHINCHY each score 20.
• Collins accepts 33 matches, NWL2023 accepts 28, and ENABLE accepts 26.

How many 7-letter words with C first and H sixth are there?

There are 35 words matching the positions across the tournament dictionaries. The totals differ by list: Collins has 33, NWL2023 has 28, and ENABLE has 26. A word present in one list is not necessarily playable in another, so check your game's dictionary when a borderline entry decides the turn.

The endings give a quick way to narrow a rack or a crossword clue. Sixteen words finish in S, while E and Y account for 7 and 6 matches respectively. That makes an S ending the strongest first guess when the final tile is still unknown, though it leaves most of the word unresolved.

Which matching words score the most?

COCKSHY leads the score list at 21 points. CHURCHY and CHINCHY follow at 20, with CHARKHA at 19. Those high values come from their less common letters, but the words themselves are not all familiar; confirm acceptance before building a play around one.

For more recognizable possibilities, try CRUNCHY, CEVICHE, or CAPTCHA as pattern checks. The list also contains CALIPHS, CHOUGHS, and CATECHU, which show why a fixed-letter clue can produce answers from quite different word families. The average score is 15.1, so this group is not just a handful of unusually valuable outliers.

Using 7-letter words with C first and H sixth