6-letter words with H as the 2nd letter

There are 986 6-letter words with H as the 2nd letter, including familiar choices such as should, things, change, and though.

986 wordsTop pick SHOULDHighest score WHIZZY 33

152 of 986 are everyday words (15%). A mix of familiar words and game-only finds.

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G
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I
J
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M
N
O
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T
U
V
W
X
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A is the most common 2nd letter in 6-letter words (4,000 words); J is the rarest (17). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Common words 152 · most-used first

Showing the top 48 of 152 common words. See every valid word

All valid words 986

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

AHCHOO₁₄
AHIMSA₁₁
AHOLDS₁₀
AHORSE₉
BHAGEE₁₂
BHAJAN₁₈
BHAJEE₁₈
BHAJIS₁₈
BHAKTA₁₅
BHAKTI₁₅
BHANGS₁₂
BHARAL₁₁
BHAVAN₁₄
BHAWAN₁₄
BHIKHU₁₈
BHINDI₁₂
BHISTI₁₁
BHOOTS₁₁
BHUNAS₁₁
CHABUK₁₇
CHACED₁₄
CHACES₁₃
CHACKS₁₇
CHACMA₁₅
CHACOS₁₃
CHADAR₁₂
CHADOR₁₂
CHADOS₁₂
CHADRI₁₂
CHAETA₁₁
CHAFED₁₅
CHAFER₁₄
CHAFES₁₄
CHAFFS₁₇
CHAFFY₂₀
CHAFTS₁₄
CHAGAN₁₂
CHAGAS₁₂
CHAINE₁₁
CHAINS₁₁
CHAIRS₁₁
CHAISE₁₁
CHAKRA₁₅
CHALAH₁₄
CHALAN₁₁
CHALEH₁₄
CHALET₁₁
CHALKS₁₅
CHALKY₁₈
CHALLA₁₁
CHALLY₁₄
CHALOT₁₁
CHAMMY₁₈
CHAMPS₁₅
CHAMPY₁₈
CHANAS₁₁
CHANCE₁₃
CHANCY₁₆
CHANGA₁₂
CHANGE₁₂
CHANGS₁₂
CHANKS₁₅
CHANNA₁₁
CHANTS₁₁
CHANTY₁₄
CHAPEL₁₃
CHAPES₁₃
CHAPKA₁₇
CHAPPY₁₈
CHARAS₁₁
CHARDS₁₂
CHARED₁₂
CHARES₁₁
CHARET₁₁
CHARGE₁₂
CHARKA₁₅
CHARKS₁₅
CHARMS₁₃
CHARRO₁₁
CHARRS₁₁
CHARRY₁₄
CHARTA₁₁
CHARTS₁₁
CHASED₁₂
CHASER₁₁
CHASES₁₁
CHASMS₁₃
CHASMY₁₆
CHASSE₁₁
CHASTE₁₁
CHATON₁₁
CHATTA₁₁
CHATTI₁₁
CHATTY₁₄
CHAUFE₁₄
CHAUFF₁₇
CHAUNT₁₁
CHAWED₁₅
CHAWER₁₄
CHAWKS₁₈
CHAYAS₁₄
CHAZAN₂₀
CHEAPO₁₃
CHEAPS₁₃
CHEAPY₁₆
CHEATS₁₁
CHEBEC₁₅
CHECKS₁₇
CHECKY₂₀
CHEDER₁₂
CHEEKS₁₅
CHEEKY₁₈
CHEEPS₁₃
CHEERO₁₁
CHEERS₁₁
CHEERY₁₄
CHEESE₁₁
CHEESY₁₄
CHEFED₁₅
CHEFFY₂₀
CHEGOE₁₂
CHEKAS₁₅
CHELAE₁₁
CHELAS₁₁
CHELPS₁₃
CHEMIC₁₅
CHEMMY₁₈
CHEMOS₁₃
CHENAR₁₁
CHENET₁₁
CHENIX₁₈
CHEQUE₂₀
CHEQUY₂₃
CHERRY₁₄
CHERTS₁₁
CHERTY₁₄
CHERUB₁₃
CHERUP₁₃
CHESIL₁₁
CHESTS₁₁
CHESTY₁₄
CHETAH₁₄
CHETHS₁₄
CHEVAL₁₄
CHEVEN₁₄
CHEVET₁₄
CHEVIN₁₄
CHEVRE₁₄
CHEWED₁₅
CHEWER₁₄
CHEWET₁₄
CHEWIE₁₄
CHIACK₁₇
CHIASM₁₃
CHIAUS₁₁
CHIBOL₁₃
CHICAS₁₃
CHICER₁₃
CHICHA₁₆
CHICHI₁₆
CHICKS₁₇
CHICLE₁₃
CHICLY₁₆
CHICON₁₃
CHICOS₁₃
CHICOT₁₃
CHIDED₁₃
CHIDER₁₂
CHIDES₁₂
CHIEFS₁₄
CHIELD₁₂
CHIELS₁₁
CHIGGA₁₃
CHIGOE₁₂
CHIGRE₁₂
CHIKOR₁₅
CHILDE₁₂
CHILDS₁₂
CHILES₁₁
CHILIS₁₁
CHILLI₁₁
CHILLS₁₁
CHILLY₁₄
CHIMAR₁₃
CHIMBS₁₅
CHIMED₁₄
CHIMER₁₃
CHIMES₁₃
CHIMLA₁₃
CHIMPS₁₅
CHINAR₁₁
CHINAS₁₁
CHINCH₁₆
CHINED₁₂
CHINES₁₁
CHINGS₁₂
CHINKS₁₅
CHINKY₁₈
CHINOS₁₁
CHINSE₁₁
CHINTS₁₁
CHINTZ₂₀
CHIPPY₁₈
CHIRAL₁₁
CHIRKS₁₅
CHIRLS₁₁
CHIRMS₁₃
CHIROS₁₁
CHIRPS₁₃
CHIRPY₁₆
CHIRRE₁₁
CHIRRS₁₁
CHIRTS₁₁
CHIRUS₁₁
CHISEL₁₁
CHITAL₁₁
CHITIN₁₁
CHITON₁₁
CHITTY₁₄
CHIVED₁₅
CHIVES₁₄
CHIVVY₂₀
CHOANA₁₁
CHOCCY₁₈
CHOCHO₁₆
CHOCKO₁₇
CHOCKS₁₇
CHOCOS₁₃
CHOICE₁₃
CHOILS₁₁
CHOIRS₁₁
CHOKED₁₆
CHOKER₁₅
CHOKES₁₅
CHOKEY₁₈
CHOKOS₁₅
CHOKRA₁₅
CHOKRI₁₅
CHOLAS₁₁
CHOLER₁₁
CHOLIC₁₃
CHOLIS₁₁
CHOLLA₁₁
CHOLOS₁₁
CHOMPS₁₅
CHONKY₁₈
CHOOFS₁₄
CHOOKS₁₅
CHOOMS₁₃
CHOOSE₁₁
CHOOSY₁₄
CHOPIN₁₃
CHOPPY₁₈
CHORAL₁₁
CHORDA₁₂
CHORDS₁₂
CHOREA₁₁
CHORED₁₂
CHOREE₁₁
CHORES₁₁
CHORIA₁₁
CHORIC₁₃
CHORUS₁₁
CHOSEN₁₁
CHOSES₁₁
CHOTTS₁₁
CHOUGH₁₅
CHOUSE₁₁
CHOUSH₁₄
CHOUTS₁₁
CHOWED₁₅
CHOWKS₁₈
CHOWRI₁₄
CHOWRY₁₇
CHOWSE₁₄
CHRISM₁₃
CHROMA₁₃
CHROME₁₃
CHROMO₁₃
CHROMY₁₆
CHUBBY₁₈
CHUCKS₁₇
CHUCKY₂₀
CHUDDY₁₆
CHUFAS₁₄
CHUFFS₁₇
CHUFFY₂₀
CHUKAR₁₅
CHUKKA₁₉
CHUKOR₁₅
CHUMMY₁₈
CHUMPS₁₅
CHUNKS₁₅
CHUNKY₁₈
CHUPPA₁₅
CHURCH₁₆
CHURLS₁₁
CHURNS₁₁
CHURRO₁₁
CHURRS₁₁
CHUSED₁₂
CHUSES₁₁
CHUTED₁₂
CHUTES₁₁
CHYACK₂₀
CHYLDE₁₅
CHYLES₁₄
CHYMES₁₆
CHYMIC₁₈
CHYPRE₁₆
CHYRON₁₄
DHAMMA₁₄
DHARMA₁₂
DHARNA₁₀
DHIKRS₁₄
DHOBIS₁₂
DHOLAK₁₄
DHOLES₁₀
DHOLLS₁₀
DHOOLY₁₃
DHOORA₁₀
DHOOTI₁₀
DHOTIS₁₀
DHURNA₁₀
DHURRA₁₀
DHUTIS₁₀
DHYANA₁₃
GHARRI₁₀
GHARRY₁₃
GHASTS₁₀
GHAUTS₁₀
GHAZAL₁₉
GHAZEL₁₉
GHAZIS₁₉
GHERAO₁₀
GHESSE₁₀
GHETTO₁₀
GHIBLI₁₂
GHOSTS₁₀
GHOSTY₁₃
GHOULS₁₀
GHYLLS₁₃
IHRAMS₁₁
JHALAS₁₆
JHATKA₂₀
KHADIS₁₄
KHAKIS₁₇
KHALAT₁₃
KHALIF₁₆
KHANDA₁₄
KHANGA₁₄
KHANUM₁₅
KHAPHS₁₈
KHARIF₁₆
KHAYAL₁₆
KHAYAS₁₆
KHAZEN₂₂
KHAZIS₂₂
KHEDAH₁₇
KHEDAS₁₄
KHETHS₁₆
KHILAT₁₃
KHILIM₁₅
KHODJA₂₁
KHOJAS₂₀
KHOUMS₁₅
KHURTA₁₃
MHORRS₁₁
NHANDU₁₀
OHMAGE₁₂
PHAEIC₁₃
PHAGES₁₂
PHALLI₁₁
PHANGS₁₂
PHARES₁₁
PHARMA₁₃
PHAROS₁₁
PHASED₁₂
PHASER₁₁
PHASES₁₁
PHASIC₁₃
PHASIS₁₁
PHASOR₁₁
PHATIC₁₃
PHEERE₁₁
PHEERS₁₁
PHEESE₁₁
PHEEZE₂₀
PHENES₁₁
PHENIC₁₃
PHENIX₁₈
PHENOL₁₁
PHENOM₁₃
PHENYL₁₄
PHEONS₁₁
PHESED₁₂
PHESES₁₁
PHIALS₁₁
PHIZES₂₀
PHIZOG₂₁
PHLEGM₁₄
PHLOEM₁₃
PHOBIA₁₃
PHOBIC₁₅
PHOCAE₁₃
PHOCAS₁₃
PHOEBE₁₃
PHOLAS₁₁
PHONAL₁₁
PHONED₁₂
PHONER₁₁
PHONES₁₁
PHONEY₁₄
PHONIC₁₃
PHONON₁₁
PHONOS₁₁
PHOOEY₁₄
PHOSSY₁₄
PHOTIC₁₃
PHOTOG₁₂
PHOTON₁₁
PHOTOS₁₁
PHRASE₁₁
PHRASY₁₄
PHREAK₁₅
PHYLAE₁₄
PHYLAR₁₄
PHYLIC₁₆
PHYLLO₁₄
PHYLON₁₄
PHYLUM₁₆
PHYSED₁₅
PHYSES₁₄
PHYSIC₁₆
PHYSIO₁₄
PHYSIS₁₄
PHYTIN₁₄
PHYTOL₁₄
PHYTON₁₄
RHANJA₁₆
RHAPHE₁₄
RHEBOK₁₅
RHEMES₁₁
RHESUS₉
RHETOR₉
RHEUMS₁₁
RHEUMY₁₄
RHEXES₁₆
RHEXIS₁₆
RHIMES₁₁
RHINAL₉
RHINES₉
RHINOS₉
RHIZIC₂₀
RHODIC₁₂
RHODIE₁₀
RHOMBI₁₃
RHOMBS₁₃
RHONES₉
RHOTIC₁₁
RHUMBA₁₃
RHUMBS₁₃
RHUSES₉
RHYMED₁₅
RHYMER₁₄
RHYMES₁₄
RHYNES₁₂
RHYTHM₁₇
RHYTON₁₂
SHABBY₁₆
SHACKO₁₅
SHACKS₁₅
SHACKY₁₈
SHADED₁₁
SHADER₁₀
SHADES₁₀
SHADOW₁₃
SHADUF₁₃
SHAFTS₁₂
SHAGGY₁₄
SHAHID₁₃
SHAIKH₁₆
SHAIRD₁₀
SHAIRN₉
SHAKED₁₄
SHAKEN₁₃
SHAKER₁₃
SHAKES₁₃
SHAKOS₁₃
SHALED₁₀
SHALES₉
SHALEY₁₂
SHALLI₉
SHALMS₁₁
SHALOM₁₁
SHALOT₉
SHAMAL₁₁
SHAMAN₁₁
SHAMAS₁₁
SHAMBA₁₃
SHAMED₁₂
SHAMER₁₁
SHAMES₁₁
SHAMMY₁₆
SHAMOS₁₁
SHAMOY₁₄
SHAMUS₁₁
SHANDS₁₀
SHANDY₁₃
SHANKS₁₃
SHANNY₁₂
SHANTI₉
SHANTY₁₂
SHAPED₁₂
SHAPEN₁₁
SHAPER₁₁
SHAPES₁₁
SHARDS₁₀
SHARED₁₀
SHARER₉
SHARES₉
SHARIA₉
SHARIF₁₂
SHARKS₁₃
SHARNS₉
SHARNY₁₂
SHARON₉
SHARPS₁₁
SHARPY₁₄
SHARTS₉
SHASTA₉
SHAUGH₁₃
SHAULS₉
SHAVED₁₃
SHAVEN₁₂
SHAVER₁₂
SHAVES₁₂
SHAVIE₁₂
SHAWED₁₃
SHAWLS₁₂
SHAWMS₁₄
SHAYAS₁₂
SHAYKH₁₉
SHAZAM₂₀
SHCHIS₁₄
SHEAFS₁₂
SHEAFY₁₅
SHEALS₉
SHEARS₉
SHEATH₁₂
SHEAVE₁₂
SHEELS₉
SHEENS₉
SHEENY₁₂
SHEEPO₁₁
SHEEPY₁₄
SHEERS₉
SHEESH₁₂
SHEETS₉
SHEETY₁₂
SHEEVE₁₂
SHEIKH₁₆
SHEIKS₁₃
SHEILA₉
SHEKEL₁₃
SHELFS₁₂
SHELFY₁₅
SHELLS₉
SHELLY₁₂
SHELTA₉
SHELTY₁₂
SHELVE₁₂
SHELVY₁₅
SHENAI₉
SHENDS₁₀
SHEOLS₉
SHEQEL₁₈
SHERDS₁₀
SHERIA₉
SHERIF₁₂
SHERPA₁₁
SHERRY₁₂
SHEUCH₁₄
SHEUGH₁₃
SHEVAS₁₂
SHEWED₁₃
SHEWEL₁₂
SHEWER₁₂
SHIAIS₉
SHIBAH₁₄
SHIELD₁₀
SHIELS₉
SHIERS₉
SHIEST₉
SHIFTS₁₂
SHIFTY₁₅
SHIKAR₁₃
SHIKRA₁₃
SHIKSA₁₃
SHIKSE₁₃
SHILLS₉
SHIMMY₁₆
SHINDY₁₃
SHINED₁₀
SHINER₉
SHINES₉
SHINJU₁₆
SHINNE₉
SHINNY₁₂
SHINTY₁₂
SHIPPO₁₃
SHIRAZ₁₈
SHIRED₁₀
SHIRES₉
SHIRKS₁₃
SHIRRA₉
SHIRRS₉
SHIRTS₉
SHIRTY₁₂
SHISHA₁₂
SHISOS₉
SHISTS₉
SHITED₁₀
SHITES₉
SHITTY₁₂
SHIVAH₁₅
SHIVAS₁₂
SHIVED₁₃
SHIVER₁₂
SHIVES₁₂
SHIVOO₁₂
SHLEPP₁₃
SHLEPS₁₁
SHLOCK₁₅
SHLONG₁₀
SHLUBS₁₁
SHLUMP₁₃
SHMEAR₁₁
SHMEER₁₁
SHMEKS₁₅
SHMOCK₁₇
SHMOES₁₁
SHMUCK₁₇
SHNAPS₁₁
SHNOOK₁₃
SHOALS₉
SHOALY₁₂
SHOATS₉
SHOCHU₁₄
SHOCKS₁₅
SHODDY₁₄
SHODER₁₀
SHOERS₉
SHOFAR₁₂
SHOGIS₁₀
SHOGUN₁₀
SHOJIS₁₆
SHOLAS₉
SHOLOM₁₁
SHONKY₁₆
SHOOED₁₀
SHOOKS₁₃
SHOOLE₉
SHOOLS₉
SHOORA₉
SHOOSH₁₂
SHOOTS₉
SHOPPE₁₃
SHOPPY₁₆
SHORAN₉
SHORED₁₀
SHORER₉
SHORES₉
SHORLS₉
SHORTS₉
SHORTY₁₂
SHOTES₉
SHOTTE₉
SHOTTS₉
SHOUGH₁₃
SHOULD₁₀
SHOUSE₉
SHOUTS₉
SHOUTY₁₂
SHOVED₁₃
SHOVEL₁₂
SHOVER₁₂
SHOVES₁₂
SHOWDS₁₃
SHOWED₁₃
SHOWER₁₂
SHOYUS₁₂
SHRANK₁₃
SHREDS₁₀
SHREEK₁₃
SHREIK₁₃
SHREWD₁₃
SHREWS₁₂
SHRIEK₁₃
SHRIFT₁₂
SHRIKE₁₃
SHRILL₉
SHRIMP₁₃
SHRINE₉
SHRINK₁₃
SHRIVE₁₂
SHROFF₁₅
SHROOM₁₁
SHROUD₁₀
SHROVE₁₂
SHROWD₁₃
SHROWS₁₂
SHRUBS₁₁
SHRUGS₁₀
SHRUNK₁₃
SHTCHI₁₄
SHTETL₉
SHTICK₁₅
SHTIKS₁₃
SHTOOK₁₃
SHTOOM₁₁
SHTUCK₁₅
SHTUMM₁₃
SHTUPS₁₁
SHUCKS₁₅
SHUFTI₁₂
SHUFTY₁₅
SHUGGY₁₄
SHULED₁₀
SHULES₉
SHUMAI₁₁
SHUNTS₉
SHURAS₉
SHUTED₁₀
SHUTES₉
SHVITZ₂₁
SHYERS₁₂
SHYEST₁₂
SHYING₁₃
SHYISH₁₅
SHYPOO₁₄
THACKS₁₅
THAGIS₁₀
THAIRM₁₁
THALER₉
THALIS₉
THALLI₉
THANAH₁₂
THANAS₉
THANES₉
THANGS₁₀
THANKS₁₃
THANNA₉
THARMS₁₁
THATCH₁₄
THAWED₁₃
THAWER₁₂
THEAVE₁₂
THEBES₁₁
THECAE₁₁
THECAL₁₁
THEEKS₁₃
THEFTS₁₂
THEGNS₁₀
THEICS₁₁
THEINE₉
THEINS₉
THEIRS₉
THEISM₁₁
THEIST₉
THEMED₁₂
THEMES₁₁
THENAL₉
THENAR₉
THENCE₁₁
THEORY₁₂
THEOWS₁₂
THERES₉
THERME₁₁
THERMS₁₁
THESES₉
THESIS₉
THESPS₁₁
THETAS₉
THETCH₁₄
THETES₉
THETIC₁₁
THETRI₉
THEWED₁₃
THEWES₁₂
THIBET₁₁
THIBLE₁₁
THICKO₁₅
THICKS₁₅
THICKY₁₈
THIEVE₁₂
THIGHS₁₃
THILLS₉
THINGS₁₀
THINGY₁₃
THINKS₁₃
THINLY₁₂
THIOLS₉
THIRAM₁₁
THIRDS₁₀
THIRLS₉
THIRST₉
THIRTY₁₂
THIVEL₁₂
THOFTS₁₂
THOLED₁₀
THOLES₉
THOLOI₉
THOLOS₉
THOLUS₉
THONGS₁₀
THONGY₁₃
THORAX₁₆
THORIA₉
THORIC₁₁
THORNS₉
THORNY₁₂
THORON₉
THORPE₁₁
THORPS₁₁
THOUED₁₀
THOUGH₁₃
THOWEL₁₂
THOWLS₁₂
THRALL₉
THRANG₁₀
THRASH₁₂
THRAVE₁₂
THRAWN₁₂
THRAWS₁₂
THREAD₁₀
THREAP₁₁
THREAT₉
THREEP₁₁
THREES₉
THRENE₉
THRESH₁₂
THRICE₁₁
THRIDS₁₀
THRIFT₁₂
THRILL₉
THRIPS₁₁
THRIST₉
THRIVE₁₂
THROAT₉
THROBS₁₁
THROED₁₀
THROES₉
THRONE₉
THRONG₁₀
THROVE₁₂
THROWE₁₂
THROWN₁₂
THROWS₁₂
THRUMS₁₁
THRUSH₁₂
THRUST₉
THUGGO₁₁
THUJAS₁₆
THULIA₉
THUMBS₁₃
THUMBY₁₆
THUMPS₁₃
THUNKS₁₃
THURLS₉
THUSES₉
THUSLY₁₂
THUYAS₁₂
THWACK₁₈
THWAPS₁₄
THWART₁₂
THYINE₁₂
THYMES₁₄
THYMEY₁₇
THYMIC₁₆
THYMOL₁₄
THYMUS₁₄
THYRSE₁₂
THYRSI₁₂
UHLANS₉
UHURUS₉
WHACKO₁₈
WHACKS₁₈
WHACKY₂₁
WHALED₁₃
WHALER₁₂
WHALES₁₂
WHALLY₁₅
WHAMMO₁₆
WHAMMY₁₉
WHANAU₁₂
WHANGS₁₃
WHARES₁₂
WHARFS₁₅
WHARVE₁₅
WHATAS₁₂
WHATEN₁₂
WHATNA₁₂
WHATSO₁₂
WHAUPS₁₄
WHAURS₁₂
WHEALS₁₂
WHEARE₁₂
WHEATS₁₂
WHEATY₁₅
WHEECH₁₇
WHEELS₁₂
WHEELY₁₅
WHEENS₁₂
WHEEPS₁₄
WHEESH₁₅
WHEEZE₂₁
WHEEZY₂₄
WHEFTS₁₅
WHELKS₁₆
WHELKY₁₉
WHELMS₁₄
WHELPS₁₄
WHENAS₁₂
WHENCE₁₄
WHENUA₁₂
WHENWE₁₅
WHERES₁₂
WHERRY₁₅
WHERVE₁₅
WHEUGH₁₆
WHEWED₁₆
WHEYEY₁₈
WHIDAH₁₆
WHIFFS₁₈
WHIFFY₂₁
WHIFTS₁₅
WHILED₁₃
WHILES₁₂
WHILLY₁₅
WHILOM₁₄
WHILST₁₂
WHIMMY₁₉
WHIMSY₁₇
WHINED₁₃
WHINER₁₂
WHINES₁₂
WHINEY₁₅
WHINGE₁₃
WHINGY₁₆
WHINNY₁₅
WHIPPY₁₉
WHIRLS₁₂
WHIRLY₁₅
WHIRRA₁₂
WHIRRS₁₂
WHIRRY₁₅
WHISHT₁₅
WHISKS₁₆
WHISKY₁₉
WHISTS₁₂
WHITED₁₃
WHITEN₁₂
WHITER₁₂
WHITES₁₂
WHITEY₁₅
WHIZZY₃₃
WHOLES₁₂
WHOLLY₁₅
WHOMPS₁₆
WHOMSO₁₄
WHOOFS₁₅
WHOOMP₁₆
WHOOPS₁₄
WHOOSH₁₅
WHOOTS₁₂
WHORED₁₃
WHORES₁₂
WHORLS₁₂
WHORTS₁₂
WHOSIS₁₂
WHOSIT₁₂
WHUMPS₁₆
WHYDAH₁₉
WHYDAS₁₆
ZHOMOS₂₀

Letters by positionIn 36% of these words the 6th letter is S.

1st letter

C30%
S28%
T15%

3rd letter

A25%
I18%
E18%

4th letter

R13%
N10%
L9%

5th letter

E20%
A9%
T7%

6th letter

S36%
Y12%
E8%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 11 in Scrabble; WHIZZY tops the list with 33. Scores before board bonuses.

99 points: 117 words
10 points: 58 words
1111 points: 176 words
12 points: 172 words
1313 points: 133 words
14 points: 99 words
1515 points: 86 words
16 points: 51 words
1717 points: 21 words
18 points: 34 words
1919 points: 11 words
20 points: 17 words
2121 points: 6 words
22 points: 2 words
2323 points: 1 words
24 points: 1 words
2525 points: 0 words
26 points: 0 words
2727 points: 0 words
28 points: 0 words
2929 points: 0 words
30 points: 0 words
3131 points: 0 words
32 points: 0 words
3333 points: 1 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
WHIZZY	33	31	Collins · NWL
WHEEZY	24	22	All three
CHEQUY	23	23	Collins only
KHAZIS	22	21	Collins only
KHAZEN	22	22	All three
WHEEZE	21	20	All three
WHACKY	21	20	All three
WHIFFY	21	19	Collins · NWL
SHVITZ	21	21	NWL only
PHIZOG	21	22	Collins only
KHODJA	21	22	Collins only
CHEQUE	20	21	All three

The pattern covers many everyday words, but its entries are not all equally familiar: 152 rank among the commonest English words by frequency. C and S lead the starting letters, while a large share of the words end in S. For a quick solve, lock H into position two, then use the first or last letter to narrow the choices.

6-letter words with H as the 2nd letter at a glance

The list contains 986 words recognized by at least one tournament dictionary.
C begins 292 entries, just ahead of S with 272.
S is also the most common ending, appearing on 357 words.
Only 152 entries fall in the common-word group, so many answers are specialized.
WHIZZY leads the listed Scrabble scores at 33 points.

Which beginnings and endings narrow the pattern?

Start with the consonant pair you can already see. CH gives you familiar options such as change, chance, church, choice, charge, and choose; SH includes should, shared, shares, and shower. TH offers though, thanks, theory, threat, and thread, while WH gives you showed and thrown.

C and S together account for 564 of the 986 words, making them the strongest first-letter filters. That is a little over half the list. The ending gives another useful cut: 357 entries finish in S, compared with 118 ending in Y and 80 ending in E.

Those patterns explain why a fixed second letter can still leave many candidates. If your first letter is C and the word ends in S, try familiar forms such as things only when the clue permits a different beginning; for C, use choices like church or cheese as starting points.

How should you use 6-letter words with H as the 2nd letter?

For a board game, the score list has a sharp outlier: WHIZZY scores 33, followed by WHEEZY at 24 and CHEQUY at 23. Those are less everyday choices than should or change, so check your rack and board before chasing a high total. The average score across the group is 12.8.

Dictionary coverage varies: 663 entries appear in ENABLE, 946 in Collins, and 748 in NWL2023. The 986 total counts words found in at least one of those tournament lists, not words shared by every list. Check your game's word list before playing an unfamiliar entry.

For a clue-solving shortcut, use the endings as a second filter: words ending in S are much more numerous than those ending in H, which number 34.

Questions people ask

How many six-letter words have H as the second letter?

There are 986 six-letter words with H in position two. That count includes entries listed in at least one of ENABLE, Collins, or NWL2023, so it is broader than the words shared by every tournament dictionary. Familiar examples include should, change, and though.

Which first letter is most common in this group?

C is the most common first letter, with 292 words, followed by S with 272. Together, those two beginnings cover 564 entries. Try the starting letter as an early filter, then narrow the remaining choices with the final letter.

What is the highest-scoring six-letter word with H second?

WHIZZY is the highest scorer in this group at 33 Scrabble points. WHEEZY follows at 24, and CHEQUY scores 23. These are unusual vocabulary choices compared with should or change, so confirm that your game accepts a word before playing it.

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