5-letter words with T as the 1st letter and H as the 4th letter

Tight and tithe are the two Wordle answers, but only tight counts as a common word. Six matches put C in slot three, where it pairs with the fixed H to form a CH digraph, and that subgroup supplies both 13-point leaders. S closes six entries, and E and Y close four each.

What stands out in the T-H group

• Eighteen tournament words carry T first and H fourth.
• Six of them slot a C into the third position, forming a CH pair.
• Techy and tichy tie for the top score at 13 points.
• S ends six matches, and E and Y end four each.
• Tight and tithe are the only two Wordle answers.
• B and L each add 16 words to the wider H-fourth family; M leads it with 26.

Why does a C in slot three change these words?

With H fixed in the fourth position, any C placed third turns into a CH digraph and the C's three points come along with it. Techs, techy, tache, tichy, tacho and tachs make up that group of six.

The other twelve spread across eight different third letters. T appears four times with tithe, tythe, taths and teths, and P covers tophi, tophe and tophs.

How do the scores and dictionaries divide?

Techy and tichy share first place at 13 points, and takhi follows on 12. The average is 10.1, so the CH-plus-Y combination in the two leaders sits only a few points above the typical entry. Tythe and toshy reach 11.

Collins carries all 18 matches, NWL2023 keeps 12 and ENABLE keeps 11, so the rarer spellings thin out depending on the game. Tophi and takhi are the two that nobody could call everyday vocabulary. Confirm a word you do not recognise against your game's word list.