6-letter words with H as the 2nd letter and I as the 6th letter

The fixed letters leave a small, unusual group: only one of these 24 words falls among the top 25,000 English words by frequency. CHILLI is a familiar example, while entries such as SHTCHI and THYRSi are far less everyday. The opening letter narrows the search further: C and S lead the group, with six words apiece.

At a glance: counts, openings, and scores

• Exactly 24 six-letter entries have H second and I last across the covered tournament dictionaries.
• C and S tie as the most common first letters, with six words each.
• T starts four matches; B starts three, while five other starting letters appear once or twice.
• CHICHI tops the Scrabble scores at 16 points, ahead of BHAKTI and CHOKRI at 15.

6-letter words with H as the 2nd letter and I as the 6th letter

There are 24 matches. The pattern is more specific than a simple H-and-I search: the H must sit in slot two, and the final tile must be I. Examples include CHILLI, SHANTI, GHIBLI, and BHINDI, each with the required six-letter shape.

C and S together account for half the group, while T adds four more openings. That makes the first letter a strong next filter when you have another crossing clue. For comparison, the same fixed final I with A in the second position has 67 matches, far more than this H pattern.

Which matches score well, and what should you check?

CHICHI leads the listed Scrabble values at 16 points; BHAKTI and CHOKRI each score 15. CHOWRI and SHTCHI follow at 14, so the less familiar-looking options can beat everyday CHILLI on a rack before board bonuses. The group’s average tile score is 11.5.

Dictionary coverage is uneven: Collins includes 21 matches, NWL2023 includes 16, and ENABLE includes 13. The lists overlap, so a word accepted in one game may not be accepted in another; check your game’s dictionary before committing. Only one match is common by frequency, so the rest are specialist or unfamiliar spellings.