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

This is a tight letter pattern: just 13 tournament-dictionary words begin with H and put another H in slot five. The contrast is striking: keep H in the fifth position but change the first letter to S, and the count rises to 69. Only one of these 13 words is common by the frequency measure.

The H-H pattern at a glance

• There are 13 matches across the tournament dictionaries.
• HEIGHT and HONCHO are familiar examples among the pattern matches.
• HITCHY leads the Scrabble scores at 17 points; HUMPHs scores 16.
• Seven words end in S, while T and Y each finish two.

How many 6-letter words have H in positions 1 and 5?

The answer is 13, and the dictionary split explains why a solver may see different totals: Collins includes all 13, while ENABLE and NWL2023 each include 10. For a tournament game, that three-way split decides which matches stay legal.

The endings cluster around S: HEATHS, HUMPHs, and HORAHs show that pattern, among others. T and Y each occur twice at the end; I and O appear once apiece. That makes the final letter a useful narrowing clue when the repeated Hs are already fixed.

Where do the scores and endings diverge?

HITCHY scores 17, ahead of HUMPHs at 16 and HEATHY at 15. HEIGHT scores 13, so the most familiar-looking option is not the top raw scorer. These are base word scores; board premiums and placement can change the points in a real game.

The list is not a reliable source of everyday vocabulary: only one match falls within the common-word cutoff, and several entries are specialist or uncommon. For 6-letter words with H in positions 1 and 5, use the pattern to solve a clue, then verify an unfamiliar answer in your game's dictionary.