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

The pattern fixes R in position two and H in position five, leaving four spaces to narrow down. The 44 matches span everyday words such as TROPHY and FRIGHT, plus less common entries such as CRWTHS and TROCHE. Dictionary coverage differs: Collins has 44 matches, NWL2023 has 32, and ENABLE has 29.

At a glance, the pattern and its standouts

• There are 44 tournament-dictionary matches for this six-letter pattern.
• Collins includes 44 matches; NWL2023 includes 32 and ENABLE includes 29.
• Only six matches fall among the 25,000 most common English words.
• FROTHY and WRATHY lead the Scrabble scores at 15 points each.
• B starts 13 matches, while S is the most common ending, with 16.

How many 6-letter words have R 2nd and H 5th?

There are 44 matches, but the pattern is less broad than nearby options: changing the second letter to O gives 86 words, nearly twice as many. Changing the fifth letter to E while keeping R second opens the field to 395 matches.

The endings form a noticeable cluster. Sixteen words end in S and eight end in Y, while seven end in E and six in T. BRIGHT, WRIGHT, TROPHY, and TRUTHS show how varied the remaining letters can be.

Using 6-letter words with R 2nd and H 5th in a game

For a familiar starting point, test BRIGHT, FRIGHT, or TROPHY against your known letters. The high scorers are less obvious: FROTHY and WRATHY each reach 15 points, while TROPHY scores 14. A short pattern clue does not guarantee an everyday word.

Only six matches are common by frequency, so many entries are specialist or uncommon vocabulary. Check the word list for your game before relying on an obscure match: the 44 Collins entries exceed the 32 in NWL2023 and 29 in ENABLE.