6-letter words with H as the 1st letter and I as the 4th letter

Lock H into the opening slot and I into the fourth, and the remaining pattern is H??I??. The matches range from familiar forms such as HAVING and HIDING to less everyday entries such as HADITH and HERIOT. Just 8 rank among the top 25,000 English words by frequency, so this clue has a few clear starting points but plenty of specialist vocabulary too.

6-letter words with H as the 1st letter and I as the 4th letter

• Exactly 80 words fit the pattern across the tournament dictionaries.
• Only 8 are among the top 25,000 English words by frequency; HAVING and HIKING are familiar examples.
• The most common final letter is G: 34 matches end that way.
• HAZILY leads the scoring list at 21 points; HAZING follows at 19.
• 65 matches have a definition; the dictionary totals are 79 Collins, 58 NWL2023, and 55 ENABLE.

Which letters most often finish these words?

G is the clear first choice: 34 of the 80 matches end in that letter. S is next with 11, followed by R with 7 and Y with 6, so try G before testing less frequent endings.

Several recognizable examples share the -ing ending: HAVING, HOPING, HIDING, HIRING, HIKING, HATING, HOMING, and HONING. Once H and I are fixed, checking whether the final two letters could complete that familiar pattern is a quick way to narrow your options.

Dictionary coverage and point leaders

Across 6-letter words with H as the 1st letter and I as the 4th letter, Collins includes 79 entries, NWL2023 includes 58, and ENABLE includes 55. Those dictionary totals overlap, so the combined pool of 80 does not mean every word is accepted in every game.

For Scrabble scoring, HAZILY tops the group at 21 points, ahead of HAZING at 19 and HAZIER at 18. The less familiar high scorers are not automatic plays: check your game's word list before relying on a specialist entry such as HAZILY.