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

The fixed pattern is _O_H_: O sits in position two and H in position four, leaving three slots to solve. Just 1 match ranks among the top 25,000 English words by frequency, so familiar options such as MOCHA and MOTHS stand out from specialist entries. One match is a Wordle answer, and all 34 are accepted guesses.

At a glance: the _O_H_ pattern

• 34 words fit the five-letter pattern _O_H_.
• M begins 6 matches, more than any other first letter; T follows with 4.
• 16 matches end in S; Y comes next with 5.
• VOZHD has the highest tile score at 21, ahead of QOPHS at 19.
• MOCHA scores 12, while MOTHS is another familiar match.

How many words fit the O__H_ pattern?

There are 34 matches across the tournament dictionaries. Collins includes 31, NWL2023 includes 22, and ENABLE includes 18; those totals overlap because some words appear in more than one dictionary.

The rare-looking pattern has just 1 common word by the frequency cutoff, but MOCHA and MOTHS give you recognizable candidates. The other examples include MOCHI, LOCHS, and BOTHY. Check your game's dictionary before relying on an unfamiliar entry.

How should you narrow the remaining choices?

Start with the first and last letters you already know. M leads with 6 words, while the ending S accounts for 16 matches; checking those slots first quickly separates MOTHS from words with endings such as Y, E, or I.

For a word game, keep score and familiarity separate. VOZHD and QOPHS lead the tile-score ranking, but MOCHA scores 12 and is far more familiar. The single common match is a reminder that a valid tournament entry is not automatically an everyday word.