5-letter words with G as the 4th letter and H as the 5th letter

The fixed ending is GH, so the clue leaves three open letters to identify. You’ll see familiar choices such as TOUGH, LAUGH, and ROUGH alongside less common entries like HEWGH and HAUGH. Collins includes all 30 matches, while ENABLE and NWL2023 each include 23; check your game’s word list before playing an unfamiliar entry.

How many 5-letter words fit G fourth and H last?

• Thirty tournament-dictionary entries have G in position four and H in position five.
• All 30 finish in GH; the first letter is H most often, with five matches.
• Seven entries rank among the top 25,000 English words by frequency.
• Collins lists 30 matches; ENABLE and NWL2023 list 23 apiece.
• B and L each start four matches, while A, S, and T start three apiece.

Which examples and scores stand out?

TOUGH, LAUGH, ROUGH, WEIGH, COUGH, and DOUGH are familiar ways to satisfy the ending. The less everyday set includes HOUGH, WAUGH, BURGH, LOUGH, and HEUGH, so a match to the letter pattern does not guarantee a word you’ll recognize.

HEWGH leads the scoring list at 15 points. KAUGH follows at 13, while WEIGH, THIGH, HOUGH, and WAUGH each score 12. The average score across the matches is 10.6, but the top scorer is a particularly obscure play.

Can these G-H words help with Wordle?

Nine entries matching this pattern appear in the Wordle answer list, and all nine are also in a tournament dictionary. The full set has 30 allowed guesses, so the pattern is much narrower than the complete guess pool.

Use the fixed GH ending only after your board clues support it; otherwise, spending a guess on a rare option such as HEWGH is a poor trade. For a clue already locking G and H into place, compare familiar candidates like TOUGH, LAUGH, and ROUGH before testing obscure forms.