Pattern size
8 words fit both edges
3 tiles remain unsettled. CLASH fills them with L, A, and S, so it is a useful word to compare with the exact letters your board has kept or rejected.
8 real matches in Wurdella
5-Letter Words Starting With C and Ending In H
C at the front and H at the end leave 8 complete answers, running alphabetically from CATCH to CULCH. Only the 3 interior tiles can change from one result to the next.
Repeated letters
4 answers repeat a letter
CATCH, COACH, COUCH, and CULCH each use a duplicate. For a cleaner letter test, compare them with CLASH, COUGH, and CRASH.
Reading order
CATCH to CULCH: the whole shortlist
CATCH, CLASH, COACH, COUCH, COUGH, CRASH, CRWTH, and CULCH make up the entire result set, so there is no hidden second page of answers.
All 8 matches from CATCH to CULCH
8 choices are few enough to verify one by one. Compare CATCH, COUGH and CULCH with the same care, then cross out anything that contradicts the board.
- CATCH
- CLASH
- COACH
- COUCH
- COUGH
- CRASH
- CRWTH
- CULCH
What separates these 8 candidates
A, C, and O appear across the open parts of the list more often than the other movable letters. CLASH exposes 3 distinct letters outside the fixed clue: L, A, and S.
Leaders in open positions
- second: O in 3 words
- third: A in 3 words
- fourth: C in 4 words
Movable letters seen most often
- A appears outside the fixed clue in 4 candidates
- C appears outside the fixed clue in 4 candidates
- O appears outside the fixed clue in 3 candidates
- U appears outside the fixed clue in 3 candidates
- L appears outside the fixed clue in 2 candidates
Vowel count across the matches
4 of the 8 matches use 1 vowel. CLASH is one concrete example of that shape.
0 vowels: 11 vowel: 42 vowels: 3
C and H lock the outside
Compare the inside of CLASH
Ignore the already-proven C and H while measuring new information. The middle of CLASH contributes L, A, and S. Compare those interior letters with the same positions in the other answers; one yellow or gray clue there can settle a 8-word shortlist quickly.
CLASH fits both edges, but that only settles two squares. Its interior L, A, and S must still match the exact positions and letter quantities shown in your round.
Browse solving strategies →Meanings found in this 8-word result set
Every match on this page has a glossary note. The entries for CATCH, CLASH, and COACH show the exact sense Wurdella uses, which is worth checking before an unfamiliar spelling costs a turn.
- CATCH
- To intercept and hold something moving through the air or to capture someone or something.
- CLASH
- A serious disagreement or forceful collision.
- COACH
- A person who trains or instructs an individual or team, or a type of passenger vehicle.
- COUCH
- A long upholstered seat designed for more than one person.
- COUGH
- To expel air suddenly from the lungs with a sharp sound.
- CRASH
- A sudden violent collision, fall, or failure.
- CRWTH
- A traditional Welsh bowed stringed instrument.
- CULCH
- Shells, gravel, or other material spread on an oyster bed to provide a surface for young oysters to attach to.
Keep C and H at the edges, then revise the middle
From 5-Letter Words Starting With C and Ending In H, the nearest alternative is 5-Letter Words Starting With C and Ending In E, currently with 20 matches. Use the links below only when new board feedback changes the constraint you actually know.
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5-Letter Words Starting With C and Ending In E
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5-Letter Words Starting With C and Ending In R
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5-Letter Words Starting With B and Ending In H
Open list →9 matches
5-Letter Words Starting With C and Ending In L
Open list →8 matches
5-Letter Words Starting With C and Ending In K
Open list →Inspect the middle of CLASH
Anchor C first and H last, then read only the interior of CLASH. If L, A, and S conflict with a fixed, yellow or excluded tile, cross it out and move to the next candidate.