With C and E and H somewhere in the word, 188 options remain. BEACH, BEECH, BELCH are the ones to try.
Of the 17 everyday words on this page, 14 could also be the answer.
Best First Guesses
Start with one of these. All three are among the 188 words below, and the number beside each is how many would still be left in the worst case.
- CHASE: takes 188 down to 51 at worst. It is on the answer list.
- CACHE: down to 52. It is on the answer list.
- CHOSE: down to 60. It is on the answer list.
What These Words Have in Common
The last square lands on E more than any other letter: 65 words, about a third of the set. The letters that turn up alongside most often are A (44), T (30) and O (29). 17 of these 188 words turn up in ordinary writing. The rest are worth a read, but not worth a guess.
Best 5 Letter Words With C, E and H
The strongest picks, with answer-list words first.
- BEACH
- BEECH
- BELCH
- BENCH
- CACHE
- CHAFE
- CHASE
- CHEAP
- CHEAT
- CHECK
- CHEEK
- CHEER
- CHESS
- CHEST
- CHIDE
- CHIEF
- CHIME
- CHOKE
- CHORE
- CHOSE
- CHUTE
- EPOCH
- ETHIC
- FETCH
- HENCE
- LEACH
- LEECH
- NICHE
- PEACH
- PERCH
- REACH
- RETCH
- TEACH
- WELCH
- WENCH
- CHEVY
- CHILE
- COHEN
5 Letter Words With C, E and H Starting With B
- BEACH
- BEECH
- BELCH
- BENCH
- BACHE
- BECHE
- BLECH
- BOCHE
5 Letter Words With C, E and H Starting With C
- CACHE
- CHAFE
- CHASE
- CHEAP
- CHEAT
- CHECK
- CHEEK
- CHEER
- CHESS
- CHEST
- CHIDE
- CHIEF
- CHIME
- CHOKE
- CHORE
- CHOSE
- CHUTE
- CHEVY
- CHILE
- COHEN
- CANEH
- CHACE
- CHANE
- CHAPE
- CHARE
- CHAVE
- CHEBA
- CHEDI
- CHEEB
- CHEEP
- CHEET
- CHEFS
- CHEGO
- CHEIR
- CHEKA
- CHEKE
- CHEKI
- CHELA
- CHELP
- CHEMO
- CHEMS
- CHENA
- CHENG
- CHERA
- CHERE
- CHERT
- CHESE
- CHETH
- CHEVE
- CHEWS
- CHEWY
- CHIEL
- CHIEN
- CHINE
- CHIVE
- CHLOE
- CHODE
- CHOEL
- CHOES
- CHUDE
- CHUET
- CHUJE
- CHUSE
- CHYLE
- CHYME
- COHOE
- COHUE
- COTHE
- CRCHE
- CZECH
5 Letter Words With C, E and H Starting With E
- EPOCH
- ETHIC
- ECASH
- ECHAR
- ECHEA
- ECHED
- ECHES
- ECHIS
- ECHOS
- ELCHI
- ENOCH
5 Letter Words With C, E and H Starting With H
- HENCE
- HACEK
- HACHE
- HANCE
- HECCO
- HECHT
- HECKS
- HECTE
- HELCO
- HEMIC
- HENCH
- HEUCH
5 Letter Words With C, E and H Starting With L
- LEACH
- LEECH
- LACHE
- LECHE
- LENCH
- LETCH
- LEUCH
- LOCHE
5 Letter Words With C, E and H Starting With M
- MACHE
- MEACH
- MECHA
- MECHS
- MEECH
- MELCH
- MERCH
- MICHE
- MOCHE
5 Letter Words With C, E and H Starting With P
- PEACH
- PERCH
- PECHS
- PECHT
- PELCH
- PESCH
- POCHE
- PYCHE
5 Letter Words With C, E and H Starting With R
- REACH
- RETCH
- RACHE
- REECH
- REICH
- RHEIC
- RICHE
- ROCHE
- RUCHE
5 Letter Words With C, E and H Starting With T
- TEACH
- TACHE
- TECHS
- TECHY
- TENCH
- TETCH
- TEUCH
- THECA
- THEIC
- TYCHE
5 Letter Words With C, E and H Starting With A, D, F and other letters
- ACHED
- ACHEN
- ACHER
- ACHES
- ACHEY
- ARCHE
- DENCH
- DEOCH
- FETCH
- FECHT
- FELCH
- FICHE
- FLCHE
- ICHED
- ICHES
- KEACH
- KEECH
- KENCH
- KERCH
- KETCH
- NICHE
- NACHE
- NECHE
- OCHER
- OCHES
- OCHRE
- OUCHE
- OWCHE
- SECHS
- SEECH
- SHICE
- STECH
- UCHEE
- VACHE
- VETCH
- WELCH
- WENCH
- WECHT
- YECCH
- YECHS
- YECHY
- YEECH
- YEUCH
Less Familiar Words Here
This page carries a lot of words most players would not define. Reading them once is quicker than meeting them cold in a puzzle.
- THECA: Outer sheath of the pupa of certain insects.
- LETCH: Man with strong sexual desires.
- CHELA: A Hindu disciple of a swami.
- OCHER: Of a moderate orange-yellow color.
- RETCH: An involuntary spasm of ineffectual vomiting. It is on the answer list.
- CHIDE: Censure severely or angrily. It is on the answer list.
- TECHY: Easily irritated or annoyed.
- CHIVE: Perennial having hollow cylindrical leaves used for seasoning.
- TENCH: Freshwater dace-like game fish of Europe and western Asia noted for ability to survive outside water.
- CHERT: Variety of silica containing microcrystalline quartz.
- BELCH: Expel gas from the stomach. It is on the answer list.
- KETCH: A sailing vessel with two masts; the mizzen is forward of the rudderpost.
- CHAFE: Cause friction. It is on the answer list.
- CHEEP: Make high-pitched sounds.
FAQs
Can a Wordle answer contain C, E and H?
Yes. CHECK, CHIEF and REACH all sit on the Wordle answer list, so the pattern is worth playing for rather than ruling out.
Do any of these use the same letter twice?
Yes. CHECK and HENCE are two of them. Crossing off a letter after one grey square is the quickest way to miss an answer like these.
Is COHOE really a word?
Yes. Small salmon of northern Pacific coasts and the Great Lakes. It is not on the Wordle answer list, so keep it for Scrabble.
Which one has the best chance of just being the answer?
CHECK. It is the most ordinary word here that the answer list carries, so it is the guess to make when you want to win the round rather than learn from it.
Are all of these accepted as guesses?
Yes. Every word on this list is a legal guess, including the ones that look wrong. YEUCH and YEECH are among them. Only a smaller set sits on the answer list, and those are the ones marked in green.
Which of these would most players overlook?
BELCH, CHAFE and CHIDE. All three are on the answer list, and none is a word you would reach for early, so they are worth remembering once the obvious guesses run out.