6-letter words with H as the 1st letter and A as the 3rd letter

Only 12 of these words fall within our common-word frequency range, so familiar choices sit beside less everyday entries. HEALTH, HEAVEN and HEARTS are easy to recognize; HOAXED and HOAXER show how different the same letter pattern can look. The first and third slots are fixed, leaving four letters free.

The pattern at a glance

• 43 words match H _ A _ _ _ in at least one tournament dictionary.
• HEALTH, HEAVEN, HEADED, HEARTS and HEATED are familiar examples.
• 12 entries meet our common-word frequency cutoff.
• HOAXED leads the tile-value tally at 17 points before board premiums.

6-letter words with H as the 1st letter and A as the 3rd letter

The pattern fixes only two positions: H begins each answer, and A lands third. The four open slots leave room for several recognizable families, including HEAL- in HEALED and HEALER, HEAR- in HEARTS and HEARTH, and HEAT- in HEATED and HEATER.

This is a narrow slice of six-letter words. The same H-and-A pattern with S in the first position has 409 matches, far more than this H group. For this clue, check the first and third letters before spending time on the remaining blanks.

Endings split the 43 matches further. S finishes 11 of them, while D, E, and R each end 7. That makes a final S the most useful single test when the middle letters are still unknown.

Which matching words score well?

HOAXED is the top scorer at 17 points; HOAXES and HOAXER each score 16. Their X gives them an edge over familiar options such as HEALTH, which scores 12. These are tile-value totals before any premium squares change a play.

Dictionary coverage varies: Collins includes 42 matches, NWL2023 includes 32, and ENABLE includes 30. The counts overlap, so they do not add up to the 43-word total. Some entries may not be accepted in your game; check its word list when a play depends on a less familiar form.