Convert query result to list with ToList in CSharp

using System;//from   w  w  w. j  av  a  2s.  c o  m
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;

public class MainClass {
    public static void Main() {
        string[] words = { "ch", "a", "b" };
        var sortedWords =
            from w in words
            orderby w
            select w;
        var wordList = sortedWords.ToList();
        Console.WriteLine("The sorted word list:");
        foreach (var w in wordList) {
            Console.WriteLine(w);
        }
    }
}