6-letter words with T as the 1st letter and H as the 5th letter

The pattern is T _ _ _ H _, with H fixed in the fifth spot. Five entries rank among the most common English words, while 24 have definitions. The endings split evenly between S and Y, so the final tile can narrow a clue as much as the opening T.

What stands out in this T-and-H pattern?

• Collins accepts all 30 matches; NWL2023 accepts 22, and ENABLE accepts 21.
• Taught, trophy, truths, thighs, and touchy are recognizable examples.
• Five entries meet our common-word frequency cutoff.
• Final S and final Y each occur 10 times; E appears five times.
• The average tile score is 11.4, and tumphy leads at 16.

How many 6-letter words have T first and H fifth?

The pattern T _ _ _ H _ has 30 tournament-dictionary matches. Familiar-looking entries include taught, trophy, truths, thighs, and touchy; less expected forms such as troche, taiaha, and twight show why fixed-letter searches can surface words that brainstorming misses.

Dictionary coverage varies: ENABLE has 21 matches, NWL2023 has 22, and Collins has all 30. These totals overlap rather than adding together. A Collins-only entry is not automatically playable in a North American game, so check the word list used at your table before trying an unfamiliar form.

Which matching words score the most?

Tumphy scores 16 points, ahead of trophy, touchy, tetchy, torchy, and titchy at 14 each. Thighs, toughy, takahe, and twight each score 13. The top scorer is not an everyday choice, so keep trophy or thighs in mind when you want a more familiar example.

The final letters make a useful clue filter: 10 words end in S and another 10 end in Y. E closes five; I and T close two apiece, while A closes one. Once the last tile is known, that split sharply narrows this already fixed pattern.