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

6-letter words with H first and N fourth have 26 matches, including familiar choices such as HAUNTS, HOUNDS, and HORNET.

26 wordsTop pick HAUNTSHighest score HYPNIC 16

3 of 26 are everyday words (12%). A mix of familiar words and game-only finds.

With H in 1st place, I is the most common 4th letter (80 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Best words to play first 26 · most-used first

  • HAUNTS9
  • HOUNDS10
  • HORNET9
  • HORNED10
  • HORNER9
  • HERNIA9
  • HYENAS12
  • HYMNAL14
  • HEINIE9
  • HAUNCH14
  • HOBNOB13
  • HENNER9
  • HYPNIC16
  • HYMNED15
  • HENNAS9
  • HAINTS9
  • HAINED10
  • HOGNUT10
  • HENNED10
  • HAINCH14
  • HENNIN9
  • HINNIE9
  • HUDNAS10
  • HYENIC14
  • HYMNIC16
  • HYPNUM16
All valid words 26

A to Z. Includes rare and Collins-only words. Linked tiles open the word's meaning, score and rhymes.

  • HAINCH14
  • HAINED10
  • HAINTS9
  • HAUNCH14
  • HAUNTS9
  • HEINIE9
  • HENNAS9
  • HENNED10
  • HENNER9
  • HENNIN9
  • HERNIA9
  • HINNIE9
  • HOBNOB13
  • HOGNUT10
  • HORNED10
  • HORNER9
  • HORNET9
  • HOUNDS10
  • HUDNAS10
  • HYENAS12
  • HYENIC14
  • HYMNAL14
  • HYMNED15
  • HYMNIC16
  • HYPNIC16
  • HYPNUM16
Letters by positionIn 27% of these words the 2nd letter is Y.
2nd letter
  1. Y27%
  2. E23%
  3. O23%
3rd letter
  1. N19%
  2. I15%
  3. R15%
5th letter
  1. I27%
  2. E27%
  3. A15%
6th letter
  1. S23%
  2. D15%
  3. C12%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
Score spreadMost of these words score 9 in Scrabble; HYPNIC tops the list with 16. Scores before board bonuses.
  1. 99 points: 10 words
  2. 10 points: 6 words
  3. 1111 points: 0 words
  4. 12 points: 1 words
  5. 1313 points: 1 words
  6. 14 points: 4 words
  7. 1515 points: 1 words
  8. 16 points: 3 words
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
HYPNIC1617All three
HYMNIC1617Collins · NWL
HYPNUM1618Collins only
HYMNED1515All three
HYMNAL1415All three
HAUNCH1415All three
HYENIC1414All three
HAINCH1414Collins only
HOBNOB1315All three
HYENAS1211All three
HOUNDS1011All three
HORNED1010All three

The fixed pattern is H _ _ N _ _, so every match shares an H opening and an N in slot four. HAUNTS, HOUNDS, HORNET, and HERNIA show how much the middle pair can change. Yet only 3 of the 26 entries fall within the top 25,000 English words by frequency, so many matches are specialist vocabulary rather than familiar guesses, and the combined count covers words appearing in at least one tournament dictionary.

The pattern and its strongest entries

  • 26 entries match the pattern H _ _ N _ _ across the tournament-dictionary set.
  • Collins includes 25 matches, NWL2023 includes 18, and ENABLE includes 15.
  • Only 3 matches qualify as common by our frequency cutoff.
  • The average score is 11.3; HYPNIC, HYMNIC, and HYPNUM each score 16.

Which 6-letter words with H first and N fourth fit?

Read the clue as H _ _ N _ _, not as a general H-starting list: positions two, three, five, and six remain open. HAUNTS and HOUNDS share U in the third slot, while HORNET uses R and HERNIA uses R after E. These examples narrow the pattern without pretending the four words represent the entire set.

Final letters give another clean split: 6 entries end in S, 4 in D, and 3 in C. An S clue brings HAUNTS, HOUNDS, and HYENAS into play; D brings HORNED and HYMNED. The remaining endings are less frequent, so start with the known last letter when that crossing is fixed.

For comparison, six-letter words with H first and I fourth have 80 matches. The fourth-letter clue changes the search space sharply, even with the same starting letter and word length.

Which matches score the most?

Tip

Lock H at the start and N in slot four, then test the open pair against familiar matches such as HAUNTS or HORNET.

Questions people ask

How many six-letter words have H first and N fourth?
26 six-letter entries match H _ _ N _ _ across the combined tournament-dictionary set. That total is a union, not a promise of acceptance in every game: Collins includes 25, NWL2023 includes 18, and ENABLE includes 15. Use the dictionary your game follows.
What are some familiar words with H first and N fourth?
HAUNTS, HOUNDS, HORNET, and HERNIA are recognizable matches for this letter pattern. They vary in the second and third positions, which is useful when a crossing letter narrows the choices. The full set also includes less common entries, so familiarity alone will not cover every possibility.
Which H-and-N pattern words have the highest score?
HYPNIC, HYMNIC, and HYPNUM share the top score at 16 points each. Their less familiar letter combinations outscore the set's 11.3 average. For a play in a specific game, confirm its accepted dictionary and account for any board bonuses separately.

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