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

The pattern is _ _ _ _ H S: both final positions are fixed, while the first four letters do all the work. MONTHS, DEATHS, LAUGHS, DEPTHS, MOUTHS and TRUTHS make the ending easy to recognize. Just 14 entries rank among the 25,000 most common English words, so familiar plurals sit beside specialist vocabulary.

At a glance: the H-S ending

• 160 words fit the exact pattern, with four open positions before the fixed H-S ending.
• Collins lists 156 matches, compared with 116 in NWL2023 and 110 in ENABLE.
• Only 14 entries rank among the 25,000 most common English words.
• S leads as the first letter with 29 matches; B follows with 20.
• AZOTHS, KHAPHS and PUJAHS each score 18, while the average score is 11.7.

Which familiar words fit the H-S pattern?

Familiar entries cluster around endings you can hear in everyday speech: MONTHS, DEATHS, LAUGHS, DEPTHS, MOUTHS, TRUTHS, WEIGHS and THIGHS. BIRTHS, YOUTHS, FAITHS and CLOTHS extend the set across time, family, belief and material. The compact H-S finish often marks a plural, which gives you a strong first guess about word shape.

For a rack or crossword clue, lock the last two letters first and test the opening four as a unit. LAUGHS and WEIGHS also work as verb forms, while MONTHS and DEATHS are nouns; one final S can hide very different grammatical clues. Don't assume a familiar pattern means every entry is common: just 14 make the frequency cutoff.

How does this ending compare with other H patterns?

The count stands out beside neighboring endings: 160 words have H fifth and S sixth, versus 76 with H fifth and Y sixth, and 50 with H fifth and E sixth. S also beats the other final letters shown for H in position five; even T has only 39 and I has 26.

For 6-letter words with H as the 5th letter and S as the 6th letter, this final S is the main source of breadth.

Dictionary reach is uneven: Collins lists 156 matches, NWL2023 lists 116, and ENABLE lists 110. AZOTHS and KHAPHS reach 18 points, but those rarer scorers are not a substitute for a familiar playable word. Check your game's word list before building a move around an obscure entry.