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

The M ending never moves, so all the variety sits at the front. Six matches open SH, four PH, three TH, and KH, CH, WH and RH take the rest, which means no word starts with a lone consonant and a vowel. Only RHYTHM counts as common, leaving PHLEGM, PHYLUM and CHIASM as the familiar outliers.

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

• Nineteen matches, all ending in M and all opening with two consonants.
• SH heads the openings with six matches, then PH with four and TH with three.
• SHAZAM tops the scores at 20, three ahead of RHYTHM on 17.
• Five matches reach 15 points or more.
• Collins takes all 19, but NWL2023 accepts only 15 and ENABLE just 13.

Why every match opens with a consonant pair

The list is built from borrowed spellings, and a plain consonant-vowel opening simply never survives in this shape. SH supplies six matches, running through SHALOM, SHAZAM, SHOLOM, SHROOM, SHTOOM and SHTUMM. PH adds four in PHENOM, PHLEGM, PHYLUM and PHLOEM, and TH brings three in THEISM, THAIRM and THIRAM.

The smaller groups matter just as much on a board. KH opens KHANUM and KHILIM, CH opens CHIASM and CHRISM, and WH and RH carry one word each in WHILOM and RHYTHM. Identify the opening pair and the middle usually follows.

Which entries clear 15 points?

SHAZAM reaches 20, with its Z carrying most of the weight. RHYTHM follows on 17, PHYLUM on 16, and KHANUM and KHILIM tie on 15, so five matches in total sit at 15 or better while the rest flatten out between 11 and 14.

The dictionary gap is the catch. Collins accepts all 19, but NWL2023 takes only 15 and ENABLE 13, so KHANUM and KHILIM, both 15-point plays, will not hold up in a North American tournament. Check the spellings you intend to use before you commit a high tile.