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5-letter words with H as the 2nd letter and S as the 4th letter

The 26 5-letter words with H as the 2nd letter and S as the 4th letter include familiar picks like THESE, THOSE, CHASE, and GHOST.

26 wordsTop pick THESEHighest score WHISK 15

10 of 26 are everyday words (38%). A friendly list: most players will know the top picks.

With H in 2nd place, R is the most common 4th letter (67 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Best words to play first 26 · most-used first

All valid words 26

A to Z. Includes rare and Collins-only words. Linked tiles open the word's meaning, score and rhymes.

Letters by positionIn 31% of these words the 3rd letter is I.
1st letter
  1. C23%
  2. W23%
  3. S19%
3rd letter
  1. I31%
  2. E23%
  3. A19%
5th letter
  1. E31%
  2. T23%
  3. H19%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
Score spreadMost of these words score 10 in Scrabble; WHISK tops the list with 15. Scores before board bonuses.
  1. 88 points: 4 words
  2. 9 points: 3 words
  3. 1010 points: 8 words
  4. 11 points: 7 words
  5. 1212 points: 1 words
  6. 13 points: 1 words
  7. 1414 points: 1 words
  8. 15 points: 1 words
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
WHISK1514All three
WHISH1412All three
PHISH1312NWL only
CHASM1213All three
WHOSE1110All three
SHUSH1110All three
WHIST1110All three
SHISH119Collins only
WHOSO1110All three
SHASH119Collins only
WHISS1110Collins only
PHASE1010All three

The pattern is _H_S_, so the first and final letters do the work of narrowing your choices. C and W each start six matches, while S starts five. The endings cluster around E, T, and H, and ten entries are classed as common, so you get recognizable guesses alongside less familiar options.

What stands out in the H-and-S pattern?

  • Only 26 tournament-dictionary words fit the pattern _H_S_.
  • THESE, THOSE, WHOSE, PHASE, and CHOSE are among the familiar matches.
  • Words beginning with C and W tie at six each; S follows with five.
  • Eight matches end in E, compared with six ending in T and five in H.
  • Twelve matches appear in the Wordle answer list, and all 12 are dictionary-listed.

Which familiar words fit the pattern?

THESE, THOSE, and WHOSE share the ending -SE, while CHOSE and PHASE give you two more familiar choices. That makes E the strongest final-letter clue: eight of the 26 matches end there. If your other letters point to C, CHASE and CHEST are also worth checking.

GHOST and CHESS show how sharply the first letter can change the sound of the same _H_S_ frame. The starting letters are split across six C words, six W words, five S words, and smaller groups beginning with G, P, or T. Ten matches count as common, so the full set is not equally familiar.

How should you use these pattern matches in a game?

For Wordle, the 12 answers that match this pattern are a useful clue when H and S are already fixed. The allowed-guess count is 26, so the pattern leaves more possible guesses than answer-list matches. The answer names are not identified here; use the remaining revealed letters to narrow the candidates rather than treating every match as an answer.

For Scrabble, WHISK leads the score ranking at 15 points; WHISH scores 14 and PHISH scores 13. Those are stronger scoring options than familiar words such as THESE or CHASE, but only play a word your game accepts. Dictionary coverage differs: Collins has 25 matches, NWL2023 has 20, and ENABLE has 17.

Questions people ask

How many Wordle answers have H second and S fourth?
Twelve Wordle answers have H in the second position and S in the fourth. The matching pattern is _H_S_, and the full answer list is not named here. There are 26 allowed guesses matching the same positions, so an allowed guess is not necessarily an answer.
Which H-second, S-fourth word scores the most?
WHISK scores the most among these matches, with 15 points. WHISH follows at 14, and PHISH scores 13. Board premiums can change a play's total, so these figures are the word scores before any letter or word-square bonuses.
Are all 26 words accepted in every word game?
No, the dictionary totals differ. Collins includes 25 matches, NWL2023 includes 20, and ENABLE includes 17. Check the word list used by your game before relying on an unfamiliar entry; the total of 26 counts words appearing in at least one tournament dictionary.

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