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

Four slots stay open in _L__H_; FLIGHT, SLIGHT and PLIGHT are familiar, alongside specialist KLEPHT and FLECHE. C heads the starting letters with six words and F follows with five. Only six entries rank among the top 25,000 English words by frequency, so many serve as puzzle candidates rather than daily vocabulary.

Quick facts about the L-H frame

• Thirty six-letter words match L in position two and H in position five.
• Collins lists all 30 matches; ENABLE and NWL2023 each list 24.
• Six entries rank among the top 25,000 English words by frequency.
• Eight matches end in S and eight end in Y.
• FLASHY, FLESHY, GLYPHS, FLUSHY and KLEPHT each score 15 points.
• Twenty-six matches have definitions, though only six meet the common-word measure.

Which matches score 15 points?

Five entries share the peak score of 15: FLASHY, FLESHY, GLYPHS, FLUSHY and KLEPHT. Y carries four points, and F, K and P carry three apiece under standard English Scrabble values.

FLIGHT scores 13 and PLUSHY 14, below the five-way 15-point tie. Board premiums change those tile totals. Collins contains all 30 matches, while ENABLE and NWL2023 each contain 24, so unfamiliar plays need a ruleset check.

What makes this L-H pattern selective?

C starts six words, ahead of F with five. A and S each contribute four; B and P each begin three. C is the clearest first test.

F follows closely, while the smaller groups offer alternatives when crossings rule those out. This 30-word frame is narrower than nearby patterns: O in slot two yields 86 matches.

E in slot five yields 269. The neighboring pools show how much the fixed letters constrain a search. S and Y each close eight matches.

The pattern averages 12.3 points, and the 15-point leaders sit above that mark.