6-letter words with G as the 4th letter and H as the 5th letter

This fixed G-H pair creates a familiar sound in words such as FLIGHT, BRIGHT, and HEIGHT, but the full set also includes less common entries. Eighteen words fall within the top 25,000 English words by frequency. The remaining entries can be valuable for a pattern clue, though dictionary coverage varies by game.

The G-H pattern at a glance

• The pattern has 64 words across the covered tournament dictionaries.
• WEIGHT, BOUGHT, and CAUGHT are among the recognizable examples.
• Thirty-two words end in T, while 22 end in S.
• S is the most common first letter, with 10 words; B follows with 8.
• The average letter score is 12.

Which familiar words fit this pattern?

Many everyday examples put a vowel before the G-H pair: WEIGHT, HEIGHT, FLIGHT, and SLIGHT all follow the pattern. Add BRIGHT, FRIGHT, and PLIGHT to spot how often the sequence appears in familiar words ending in -IGHT.

Other common forms end in -GHT, including BOUGHT, CAUGHT, FOUGHT, TAUGHT, and SOUGHT. That final T is a strong clue: 32 entries end in T, more than any other final letter in the set.

Not every match is a common word. DINGHY and SANGHA show that the same letter positions can occur in quite different word shapes, so don’t assume every answer will rhyme with WEIGHT.

How should you use the G-H pattern in a word game?

For 6-letter words with G as the 4th letter and H as the 5th letter, test the ending before guessing the first three letters. T and S together account for 54 of the 64 matches, making those endings a practical place to start when the final tile is unknown.

Scrabble scores reward some less familiar entries: QUIGHT scores 19, the highest score, while KNIGHT and DINGHY each score 14. The 12-point average is a reminder that common-looking words are not automatically the strongest plays.

Dictionary coverage is uneven: Collins includes 63 matches, compared with 46 in NWL2023 and 44 in ENABLE. Check your game's word list before building a play around an unfamiliar entry such as QUIGHT.