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6-letter words with H as the 3rd letter and N as the 6th letter

Six-letter words with H as the 3rd letter and N as the 6th letter total 12; every match ends in N, and ACHKAN leads at 15 points.

12 wordsTop pick ASHMANHighest score ACHKAN 15

With H in 3rd place, S is the most common 6th letter (59 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Best words to play first 12 · most-used first

  • ASHMAN11
  • ASHCAN11
  • ETHION9
  • UNHEWN12
  • CAHOUN11
  • DEHORN10
  • ACHKAN15
  • COHORN11
  • ASHMEN11
  • ASHPAN11
  • DAHOON10
  • SCHULN11
All valid words 12

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

  • ACHKAN15
  • ASHCAN11
  • ASHMAN11
  • ASHMEN11
  • ASHPAN11
  • CAHOUN11
  • COHORN11
  • DAHOON10
  • DEHORN10
  • ETHION9
  • SCHULN11
  • UNHEWN12
Letters by positionIn 42% of these words the 1st letter is A.
1st letter
  1. A42%
  2. D17%
  3. C17%
2nd letter
  1. S33%
  2. A17%
  3. C17%
4th letter
  1. O33%
  2. M17%
  3. C8%
5th letter
  1. A33%
  2. O17%
  3. R17%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
ACHKAN1516Collins only
UNHEWN1214All three
ASHMAN1112All three
ASHCAN1112All three
CAHOUN1113NWL only
COHORN1112Collins only
ASHMEN1112All three
SCHULN1114All three
ASHPAN1112NWL only
DEHORN1010All three
DAHOON1010All three
ETHION99All three

The pattern is _ _ H _ _ N, but the matches are far from everyday vocabulary: none falls among the common words, even though nine have definitions. Five begin with A, while C and D account for two each. That makes the first letter a useful sorting clue, but the fixed final N does almost none of the narrowing.

Pattern facts at a glance

  • All 12 words place H third and N sixth.
  • The sixth-letter constraint fixes the final letter for every match.
  • Five start with A; C and D contribute two entries apiece.
  • ACHKAN scores 15 points, followed by UNHEWN at 12.

6-letter words with H as the 3rd letter and N as the 6th letter

ACHKAN is the scoring standout at 15, but it is not the most familiar-looking entry. UNHEWN follows on 12, while ASHMAN, ASHCAN, CAHOUN, COHORN, ASHMEN, SCHULN and ASHPAN each score 11; DEHORN is next at 10. The average score is 11.1, so the top result sits above an otherwise tight cluster.

Examples show why pattern-solving and vocabulary recognition are separate tasks. ASHCAN and ASHMAN offer recognizable compounds; ETHION, DAHOON and SCHULN are less transparent. With no common words and nine entries that have definitions, treat this as a precision filter rather than a list of likely everyday guesses.

The A group comprises ACHKAN, ASHCAN, ASHMAN, ASHMEN and ASHPAN. C starts CAHOUN and COHORN; D contributes DEHORN and DAHOON. Those names make the starting-letter split easier to scan.

How do the dictionaries and nearby patterns compare?

The twelve-word total includes entries present in at least one tournament list. ENABLE includes eight, while Collins and NWL2023 include ten apiece. A word accepted under one ruleset may fail another, so check your game's word list before challenging a play.

Nearby patterns make a striking contrast: with R third and N sixth, the matching set has 155 words; T in those positions has 114. Keeping H fixed and changing only the last letter also expands the pool: H-third words ending in S number 59, compared with 12 ending in N.

For 6-letter words with H as the 3rd letter and N as the 6th letter, test those fixed positions first, then check the middle slots.

Questions people ask

How many words fit the H-third, N-sixth pattern?
Twelve six-letter entries match the pattern: H sits in position three and N in position six. All twelve therefore end in N. The list spans several starting letters, with A leading at five entries and C and D contributing two each.
Which matching word scores the most points?
ACHKAN scores 15 points, making it the highest scorer among the twelve. UNHEWN is next at 12, while examples including ASHCAN and ASHMAN score 11. The average score across the pattern is 11.1.
Are these six-letter words common?
None of the matching words falls in the common-word group, while nine have definitions. That gap explains why an exact letter pattern can still produce unfamiliar candidates. ASHCAN and ASHMAN are recognizable examples, but ETHION and SCHULN are less obvious.

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