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

The 42 5-letter words with H as the 2nd letter and T as the 5th letter include familiar picks like SHORT, CHEST, and WHEAT.

42 wordsTop pick SHORTHighest score PHPHT 15

15 of 42 are everyday words (36%). A friendly list: most players will know the top picks.

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.

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Common words 15 · most-used first

All valid words 42

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

Letters by positionIn 36% of these words the 1st letter is S.
1st letter
  1. S36%
  2. C24%
  3. W17%
3rd letter
  1. O29%
  2. A24%
  3. E24%
4th letter
  1. R17%
  2. F17%
  3. S14%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
Score spreadMost of these words score 8 in Scrabble; PHPHT tops the list with 15. Scores before board bonuses.
  1. 88 points: 14 words
  2. 9 points: 4 words
  3. 1010 points: 9 words
  4. 11 points: 8 words
  5. 1212 points: 2 words
  6. 13 points: 2 words
  7. 1414 points: 2 words
  8. 15 points: 1 words
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
PHPHT1515All three
WHIFT1413Collins only
WHEFT1413Collins only
CHAFT1313Collins only
WHIPT1313All three
CHAPT1213All three
SHAKT1211Collins only
SHIFT1110All three
THEFT1110All three
WHEAT1110All three
SHAFT1110All three
WHIST1110All three

The fixed pattern is _H__T: keep H in slot two and T at the end, then use the first, third, and fourth letters to narrow your options. SHORT, SHOOT, SHIRT, and SHIFT are recognizable candidates, while PHPHT leads the score table. Familiar examples make the pattern easy to spot, but the full set also includes less common plays.

At a glance: the pattern's standout facts

  • The fixed H-and-T pattern has 42 five-letter matches across the tournament dictionaries.
  • Fifteen entries rank among the more familiar words, including SHORT, CHEST, and SHEET.
  • S leads the opening letters with 15 matches; C follows with 10, then W with 7.
  • Sixteen matching entries are Wordle answers, while 41 are allowed guesses.
  • Collins includes 41 matches, NWL2023 includes 31, and ENABLE includes 30.

Which words are the familiar matches?

SHORT, SHOOT, SHIRT, SHIFT, CHEST, CHART, GHOST, SHEET, THEFT, CHEAT, SHOUT, and WHEAT are the clearest everyday anchors. Their different opening letters show why the fixed H and final T do not point to just one word family.

The first letter is a quick way to sort candidates: S leads with 15 entries, followed by C with 10 and W with 7. Start with those groups when your board leaves the first tile open, but keep less familiar spellings in reserve if the common options are ruled out.

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

For Wordle, 16 of the matching entries appear in the answer list, compared with 41 accepted guesses. Treat the pattern as a filter, not proof that every valid guess can be a solution. In Scrabble, PHPHT scores 15, while WHIFT and WHEFT each score 14; those top scorers are much less familiar than SHORT or CHEST.

Dictionary coverage varies: Collins has 41 matches, NWL2023 has 31, and ENABLE has 30. Those counts overlap, rather than adding up to the total, and a word accepted in one game's list can fail in another.

Check your game's word list before a tournament play. For the same letter positions at six letters, the count rises to 72.

Questions people ask

How many five-letter words have H second and T last?
There are 42 matching five-letter words across the tournament dictionaries. Familiar examples include SHORT, CHEST, SHIFT, and WHEAT, though the complete set also contains less common entries.
How many of these words can be Wordle answers?
Sixteen matching entries appear in the Wordle answer list. The allowed-guess count is 41, so some accepted guesses are not answers; use the pattern to narrow candidates, not to treat every guess as a solution.
Which H-second, T-ending word scores the most in Scrabble?
PHPHT is the top scorer at 15 points. WHIFT and WHEFT follow at 14 points each, while familiar options such as SHIFT, THEFT, and WHEAT score 11.

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