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5-Letter Words Starting with CHA

There are 33 five-letter words that start with CHA on Word.ws, from chaat to chaya. The most common are chair, chain, chart, chase and chaos.

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All 33 five-letter words that start with CHA

  • chaat10n. Any savory snack, sold from a roadside stall in India or other South...
  • chack16v. To toss up the head frequently, as a horse to avoid the restraint of...
  • chafe13n. Heat excited by friction.
  • chaff16n. The inedible parts of a grain-producing plant.
  • chaga11n. A parasitic fungus of trees, usually birch, found on the circumboreal...
  • chain10n. A series of interconnected rings or links usually made of metal.
  • chair10n. An item of furniture used to sit on or in, comprising a seat, legs or...
  • chala10n. Croton scouleri, a tree native to the Galapagos.
  • chalk14n. A soft, white, powdery limestone (calcium carbonate, CaCO₃).
  • chama12n. Any of several types of informal cooperative society.
  • champ14n. Buddy, sport, mate. (as a term of address).
  • chana10n. A dish principally made from chickpeas or chickpea paste.
  • chang11n. A traditional harp of central and southwest Asia.
  • chank14n. The large spiral shell of several species of sea conch, much used in...
  • chant10v. To sing, especially without instruments, and as applied to monophonic...
  • chaos10n. The unordered state of matter in classical accounts of cosmogony.
  • chape12n. The lower metallic cap at the end of a sword's scabbard.
  • chapo12n. Chapati (food).
  • chaps12n. Protective leather leggings attached at the waist.
  • chara10n. A green alga of the genus Chara.
  • chard11n. An edible leafy vegetable, Beta vulgaris subsp. cicla, with a slightly...
  • chare10n. A narrow lane or passage between houses in a town.
  • chark14n. Charcoal; coke.
  • charm12n. An object, act or words believed to have magic power (usually carries a...
  • chart10n. A map illustrating the geography of a specific phenomenon.
  • chary13adj. Careful, cautious, shy, wary.
  • chase10n. The act of one who chases another; a pursuit.
  • chasm12n. A deep, steep-sided rift, gap or fissure; a gorge or abyss.
  • chast10v. To chasten.
  • chaun10n. A gap or rift.
  • chaus10n. Synonym of jungle cat (Felis chaus).
  • chawl13n. A type of residential tenement building found in India, typically for...
  • chaya13n. A teahouse in Japan.
11 rare five-letter words that start with CHA

Questions about these words

How many five-letter words that start with CHA are there?
Word.ws lists 33 five-letter words that start with CHA, plus 11 rare ones.
What are common five-letter words that start with CHA?
chair, chain, chart, chase, chaos, charm, champ and chang.
Which of the five-letter words that start with CHA has the highest letter score?
chaff scores 16 points with the standard letter tile values.

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Word lists and meanings adapted from the Wiktionary entry of each word. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out names, abbreviations, misspellings and offensive words, and ordered the most common words by how often they appear in English (wordfreq). Meanings from Wiktionary; this is not an official Scrabble, Words With Friends or Wordle word list. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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