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

The pattern is _I_H_, so the first and final letters do all the remaining work. Thirteen of the 53 matches rank among common English words, while the rest include specialist or less familiar forms. Endings are uneven: T is far more common than any other final letter, which makes it a strong clue when your puzzle has one.

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

• The pattern _I_H_ has 53 words in at least one tournament dictionary.
• Collins includes 53 matches; NWL2023 includes 38 and ENABLE includes 37.
• RIGHT, MIGHT, NIGHT, LIGHT, and FIGHT are recognizable examples.
• Fourteen matches are Wordle answers, and all 14 are in a tournament dictionary.

Which final letters fit this pattern most often?

T leads by a wide margin: 21 of the 53 words end in T. E comes next with 11, followed by S with 8 and Y with 6. If you know the last letter is T, candidates such as RIGHT, NIGHT, and LIGHT share the same final pattern.

The remaining endings are much thinner: A accounts for 3 words, I for 2, and O and U for 1 each. That skew is a useful solving clue, but it is not a reason to rule out a rarer ending when your confirmed letters point there.

What scores well, and where should you check the word?

VICHY tops the scoring data at 16 points before board bonuses. FISHY and WITHY each score 14, while PITHY, FICHE, and TICHY score 13. The average score across the pattern is 10.6, so those high values stand out rather than describe every option.

For 5-letter words with I as the 2nd letter and H as the 4th letter, dictionary coverage is a real limitation: Collins has 53 entries, but NWL2023 has 38 and ENABLE has 37. Thirty-six matches have definitions. Don't assume a word accepted in Collins transfers to an NWL game; check your game's word list, especially for less familiar forms such as NICHT or WIGHT.