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

The pattern _E__H_ fixes two positions while leaving the first, third, fourth, and final letters open. WEIGHT, HEIGHT, and DEATHS are among the familiar matches; VETCHY, REISHI, and SEICHE show how quickly the vocabulary gets less obvious. Just 6 entries fall within the top 25,000 English words by frequency, so common everyday guesses cover only a small slice.

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

• The pattern matches 46 six-letter words in tournament dictionaries.
• Collins accepts 44 matches; NWL2023 accepts 32, and ENABLE accepts 30.
• Only 6 matches fall within the top 25,000 English words by frequency.
• B leads as the first letter, with 10 words; H comes next with 6.
• S ends 20 matches, twice as many as Y, the next most common ending.

Which endings are most common?

WEIGHT, HEIGHT, and DEATHS show three familiar shapes inside this constrained pattern. Yet the set is not simply common vocabulary: only 6 words meet the frequency cutoff, even though the dictionary union contains 46. For solving, try likely endings before cycling through first letters: S accounts for 20 final letters, while Y accounts for 10.

That split is a strong pruning clue, not a guarantee. The examples also include PEACHY, which ends in Y, and GEISHA, which ends in A. If the final tile is known, check the 20 S-ending candidates before treating a less common ending as impossible.

This pattern rewards position-based pruning more than relying on familiar words alone.

Which matches score highest?

VETCHY scores 17 points, the highest score among these words. PEACHY, BEACHY, BEECHY, BENCHY, and YECCHS each score 16, so the top scorers cluster around CH and less common letter combinations. The average score is 12.3, making the 17-point leader an exception rather than a typical result.

Dictionary coverage is uneven: Collins includes 44 matches, but NWL2023 has 32 and ENABLE has 30. Changing only the second letter to O gives 86 matches, nearly twice as many as this E-pattern. Check your game's word list before playing a less familiar entry such as YECCHS; this tournament-dictionary set does not guarantee every app accepts every word.