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

Six-letter words with H as the 3rd letter and T as the 6th letter number 16, and nine of them score exactly 11 points.

16 wordsTop pick COHORTHighest score EXHORT 16

1 of 16 are everyday words (6%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.

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 16 · most-used first

  • COHORT11
  • BEHEST11
  • AGHAST10
  • REHEAT9
  • UNHURT9
  • SCHIST11
  • EXHORT16
  • COHOST11
  • MAHOUT11
  • MAHANT11
  • CAHOOT11
  • SCHOUT11
  • SCHUIT11
  • DEHORT10
  • SCHUYT14
  • YSHENT12
All valid words 16

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

  • AGHAST10
  • BEHEST11
  • CAHOOT11
  • COHORT11
  • COHOST11
  • DEHORT10
  • EXHORT16
  • MAHANT11
  • MAHOUT11
  • REHEAT9
  • SCHIST11
  • SCHOUT11
  • SCHUIT11
  • SCHUYT14
  • UNHURT9
  • YSHENT12
Letters by positionIn 44% of these words the 4th letter is O.
1st letter
  1. S25%
  2. C19%
  3. M13%
2nd letter
  1. C25%
  2. E19%
  3. A19%
4th letter
  1. O44%
  2. E19%
  3. U19%
5th letter
  1. S25%
  2. R25%
  3. U13%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
EXHORT1615All three
SCHUYT1414Collins only
YSHENT1211Collins only
COHORT1111All three
BEHEST1111All three
SCHIST1111All three
COHOST1111All three
MAHOUT1112All three
MAHANT1112NWL only
CAHOOT1111All three
SCHOUT1112Collins only
SCHUIT1112All three

The shape ??H??T is small and stubborn, and the scores prove it. Nine matches sit on 11, EXHORT jumps to 16 on an X, SCHUYT takes 14, and YSHEND holds 12. Only COHORT counts as common, so most of the list is tournament material.

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

  • Sixteen matches, every one of them ending in T.
  • Nine of the 16 score exactly 11 points, so the middle of the list hardly moves.
  • EXHORT leads on 16, with SCHUYT on 14 and YSHEND on 12.
  • S and C open seven matches between them, and no other first letter starts more than two.
  • COHORT is the only common word, and MAHANT is the one match missing from Collins.

Nine words locked on 11 points

The cluster of 11s covers more than half the list: BEHEST, CAHOOT, COHORT, COHOST, MAHOUT, MAHANT, SCHIST, SCHOUT and SCHUIT. They share their total and almost nothing else, which makes this shape a poor place to hunt for a big play.

Only three letters lift a word clear of the pack: the X in EXHORT, the Y in SCHUYT and the Y again in YSHEND. Strip those three away and the other 13 matches sit on 11 or less.

The -ort and -out tails

COHORT, EXHORT and DEHORT close on -ORT, while MAHOUT and SCHOUT share -OUT. The other endings are all one-offs: -UYT, -URT, -UIT, -OST, -OOT, -IST, -EST, -ENT, -EAT, -AST and -ANT carry a single word each.

The SCH- opening is the second pattern worth knowing. SCHIST, SCHOUT, SCHUIT and SCHUYT make up four of the 16, and two of them reach further than the rest. SCHOUT and SCHUYT rest in Collins alone, so a North American board will refuse both.

The one North American exception

Note

MAHANT plays in North American tournaments but fails in Collins, the reverse of most rare words. If your game runs on the Collins list, leave it out.

Questions people ask

How many 6-letter words have H as the third and T as the sixth letter?
Sixteen words fit the ??H??T shape. They close in 13 different ways, led by the three -ORT words COHORT, EXHORT and DEHORT, and only COHORT counts as a common word.
What is the highest-scoring match?
EXHORT scores 16 points, helped by its X. SCHUYT follows on 14 and YSHEND on 12, while the remaining 13 matches all stop at 11 or lower.
Why do so many of these words score 11?
The shape fixes a four-point H and a one-point T, and the rest of each word is built from small letters. Nine matches land on 11 for that reason, which flattens the middle of the list.

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