5-letter words with H as the 2nd letter and A as the 5th letter
5-letter words with H as the 2nd letter and A as the 5th letter total 33, and 11 of them start CH-.
3 of 33 are everyday words (9%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.
With H in 2nd place, S is the most common 5th letter (111 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.
Best words to play first
- CHINA10
- SHIVA11
- THETA8
- CHARA10
- CHICA12
- SHURA8
- SHEVA11
- CHOLA10
- CHANA10
- THANA8
- CHAYA13
- CHOTA10
- SHOLA8
- PHYLA13
- SHAMA10
- THEMA10
- CHELA10
- WHATA11
- CHEKA14
- THUJA15
- KHAYA15
- SHAYA11
- CHAGA11
- KHOJA19
- PHOCA12
- THECA10
- KHEDA13
- JHALA15
- BHUNA10
- CHUFA13
- THUYA11
- RHYTA11
- WHYDA15
All valid words 33
- BHUNA10
- CHAGA11
- CHANA10
- CHARA10
- CHAYA13
- CHEKA14
- CHELA10
- CHICA12
- CHINA10
- CHOLA10
- CHOTA10
- CHUFA13
- JHALA15
- KHAYA15
- KHEDA13
- KHOJA19
- PHOCA12
- PHYLA13
- RHYTA11
- SHAMA10
- SHAYA11
- SHEVA11
- SHIVA11
- SHOLA8
- SHURA8
- THANA8
- THECA10
- THEMA10
- THETA8
- THUJA15
- THUYA11
- WHATA11
- WHYDA15
Highest-scoring words
| Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Dictionaries |
|---|---|---|---|
| KHOJA | 19 | 20 | Collins only |
| THUJA | 15 | 17 | All three |
| KHAYA | 15 | 13 | Collins only |
| JHALA | 15 | 17 | Collins only |
| WHYDA | 15 | 13 | NWL only |
| CHEKA | 14 | 14 | Collins only |
| CHAYA | 13 | 12 | Collins only |
| PHYLA | 13 | 13 | All three |
| KHEDA | 13 | 12 | All three |
| CHUFA | 13 | 14 | All three |
| CHICA | 12 | 13 | Collins · NWL |
| PHOCA | 12 | 13 | Collins only |
Every match opens with a consonant, and CH- alone covers 11 of the 33 words, from CHINA and CHICA to CHOLA and CHUFA. The heavy letters do the scoring: KHOJA, THUJA, KHAYA, JHALA and WHYDA each reach 15 or more. Only CHINA and THETA are common English, and both are Wordle answers.
The _H_A shape in numbers
- Thirty-three matches, all of them ending in A.
- Every match opens with a consonant, and CH- leads with 11.
- KHOJA tops the scores at 19, with four more words on 15.
- Two matches are Wordle answers: CHINA and THETA.
- Three matches are common English, and 27 have a definition.
CH- opens a third of the list
CH- is the most productive opening by a distance, covering CHINA, CHICA, CHOLA, CHOTA, CHELA, CHANA, CHAYA, CHARA, CHEKA, CHUFA and CHAGA. Add the SH- group and the CH/SH pair accounts for half the list.
Both families end in A, which is why so many of these words read as borrowed vocabulary rather than native English. The remaining starts spread across K, T, P, W, J and B, so no other opener rewards memorising the way CH- does.
The K, J and W words carry the scores
The top of the score table leans on rare letters. KHOJA reaches 19 with both a K and a J, while THUJA, KHAYA, JHALA and WHYDA share 15. Drop those five and the average slides from 11.5 to 10.7, which shows how much one rare letter lifts a short list.
Only CHAGA falls outside the legal Wordle guesses. With 32 playable matches and just two answers, the shape is better for eliminating letters than for guessing the solution outright.
Why the top scorers travel poorly
ENABLE carries only 11 of the 33 matches and NWL2023 17, against 30 in Collins. KHOJA and JHALA are Collins-only, while WHYDA sits alone in NWL2023, so the best scorers travel poorly between lists.
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