6-letter words with H as the 2nd letter and S as the 5th letter

Read the pattern as _H__S_: H occupies position two, while S sits in position five. The matches range from familiar CHOOSE, CHEESE, and THRUST to rarer forms such as AHIMSA and CHIASM. Initial C leads with 12 words, while final E is the most frequent ending at 14, giving two useful places to start when narrowing a clue.

The pattern at a glance

• The pattern contains 43 tournament-dictionary words: _H__S_.
• Collins includes 41 matches, compared with 35 in NWL2023.
• ENABLE includes 31 matches; dictionary counts overlap.
• Eight entries are common, including CHOOSE and CHEESE.
• WHIMSY leads the Scrabble scores at 17 points.

Which letters and endings appear most?

C starts 12 of the 43 words, with CHOOSE, CHEESE, and CHOOSY among the recognizable choices. T follows with 10, including THRUST, THIRST, THRASH, THRUSH, and THRESH. S begins 8 matches, while W begins 6.

Final E is the most common ending, with 14 words; familiar examples include CHOOSE, CHEESE, and PHRASE. H ends 9, as in THRASH and WHOOSH, and T ends 7, as in THRUST and WHILST. Those endings account for 30 of the matches, so check them early when your last tile is known.

The 43 words average 12 points, but everyday vocabulary is a smaller subset: only 8 are common by frequency. A total of 32 have definitions. Expect the list to mix recognizable words such as THIRST with less familiar entries, rather than treating every match as equally likely in ordinary play.

6-letter words with H second and S fifth

For a clue-solving shortlist, test the familiar candidates first: CHOOSE, CHEESE, THRUST, THIRST, and PHRASE. If those letters do not fit, try the opening groups: C and T together account for 22 matches, while S and W account for 14. The remaining matches begin with P, A, or G.

For Scrabble, WHIMSY scores 17 points before any board premiums, ahead of WHOOSH at 15. CHEESY and CHOOSY each score 14. The limitation is dictionary coverage: the 43-word total counts entries found in at least one tournament list, not words accepted by every game, so check your game's word list before relying on an unfamiliar option.