13 words come out when you unscramble CHAO, starting with CHAO itself: 9 in Scrabble, 9 in Words With Friends. The best shorter words score 8: 4 of them, ACH, CHA and HOC included. The 4 letters split into 2 vowels and 2 consonants.
Looking for ocha, aoch, haoc, ocah, aohc, hcao, ohca, hoac, haco or oach? They use the same letters as CHAO, so the words on this page are their answers too.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from CHAO split into 1 with 4 letters, 7 with 3 and 5 with 2.
Keep every letter of CHAO but one, change that one, and you get:
More 4-letter words: starting with CH · ending in AO · all 4-letter words
The meaning of CHAO, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept CHAO, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHAO itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 13) | 8 | 13 | 7 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ACH, CHA, HOC, CH and HOA, 5 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: OCH.
Each word below uses all the letters of CHAO and one more.