6-letter words with H as the 2nd letter and N as the 4th letter

The pattern is _ H _ N _ _: H sits in position two, and N sits in position four. Across the tournament dictionaries, 94 entries appear in Collins, 74 in NWL2023, and 62 in ENABLE; those sets overlap. Just 15 words meet the common-word cutoff, so a clue-solving shortlist will be more familiar than the full dictionary pool; start with everyday examples such as CHANCE and THANKS.

What stands out in this H-N pattern

• The pattern returns 103 six-letter words across tournament dictionaries.
• C leads the starting letters with 28 words; S follows with 18.
• T starts 16, P starts 15, and W starts 13 of the matches.
• S is the most common final letter at 37 words; Y follows at 19.

Which letters start and end these words?

CHANGE, CHANCE, and CHUNKY show how the same middle pattern can support very different openings and endings. THANKS, THINGS, and THINKS offer familiar TH- openings, while PHONES and SHINES start with different consonant pairs. These examples make the fixed H and N easier to spot when you scan a rack or a clue.

C starts 28 matches, compared with 18 for S and 16 for T, so checking C first is a sensible shortlist tactic. Endings narrow the field further: 37 words finish in S, while 19 finish in Y. If the final tile is known, test those two endings before less frequent options such as E, A, or R.

How do 6-letter words with H 2nd and N 4th score?

CHINTZ is the top scorer at 20 points in Scrabble’s base letter values. CHUNKY, PHENIX, CHENIX, and CHONKY each score 18, while CHANCY scores 16. The unusual high-value spellings can beat familiar choices on points, but they are less likely to fit an everyday clue.

The 103-word total does not mean every game accepts every entry: Collins covers 94 matches, NWL2023 covers 74, and ENABLE covers 62. Only 15 are common by the frequency cutoff, so check your game's word list before relying on an obscure answer. For a broader pattern search, keep the H and N fixed and compare nearby lengths.