There are 14 words that start with 'chela'.
| chela | chelae | chelas |
| chelate | chelated | chelates |
| chelator | chelaship | chelating |
| chelation | chelators | chelaships |
| chelatable | chelations | |
Note: These 14 words that start with 'chela' are found from the USA & Canada version of the tournament Scrabble word list.