7-letter words with A as the 2nd letter and H as the 6th letter
7-letter words with A as the 2nd letter and H as the 6th letter: 75 tournament-dictionary matches, including PANACHE, RAUNCHY, and CAPTCHА.
With A in 2nd place, E is the most common 6th letter (1,259 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.
Best words to play first
- RAUNCHY15
- PANACHE14
- SAMADHI13
- CAPTCHA16
- GANACHE13
- CALIPHS14
- HADITHS14
- EARACHE12
- NAPHTHA15
- PARIAHS12
- PARATHA12
- TAMASHA12
- HALACHA15
- PAUNCHY17
- CALICHE14
- HALAKHA17
- WALLAHS13
- KABOCHA18
- CATECHU14
- SAMITHI12
- CAPICHE16
- TANIWHA13
- KAROSHI14
- PANOCHE14
- TALLYHO13
- FARINHA13
- KASBAHS16
- PANOCHA14
- AARRGHH14
- KAMICHI18
- CALECHE14
- BACHCHA19
- MATZAHS21
- FATWAHS16
- KALIPHS16
- GALOSHE11
- CAROCHE14
- MATZOHS21
- BABICHE16
- BABLAHS14
- BABUCHE16
- BASOCHE14
- CALATHI12
- CAPUCHE16
- CASBAHS14
- DALEDHS12
- DALETHS11
- DARGAHS12
All valid words 75
- AARRGHH14
- BABICHE16
- BABLAHS14
- BABUCHE16
- BACHCHA19
- BASOCHE14
- CALATHI12
- CALECHE14
- CALICHE14
- CALIPHS14
- CAPICHE16
- CAPTCHA16
- CAPUCHE16
- CAROCHE14
- CASBAHS14
- CATECHU14
- DALEDHS12
- DALETHS11
- DARGAHS12
- DAROGHA12
- EARACHE12
- FARINHA13
- FATWAHS16
- GALOCHE13
- GALOSHE11
- GALUTHS11
- GANACHE13
- GANJAHS18
- HADITHS14
- HAJJAHS27
- HALACHA15
- HALAKHA17
- HALLAHS13
- HALVAHS16
- HAMZAHS24
- JARRAHS17
- KABOCHA18
- KACHCHA21
- KALIPHS16
- KAMICHI18
- KAROSHI14
- KASBAHS16
- LAMEDHS13
- LANGAHA11
- MALICHO14
- MATSAHS12
- MATZAHS21
- MATZOHS21
- NALLAHS10
- NAPHTHA15
- NAVARHO13
- PALLAHS12
- PANACHE14
- PANOCHA14
- PANOCHE14
- PARAPHS14
- PARATHA12
- PARDAHS13
- PARIAHS12
- PAUNCHY17
- RAUNCHY15
- SAGATHY14
- SAKIEHS14
- SAMADHI13
- SAMECHS14
- SAMEKHS16
- SAMITHI12
- TALLYHO13
- TAMASHA12
- TANIWHA13
- TANNAHS10
- VARECHS15
- WALLAHS13
- WARMTHS15
- ZAIDEHS20
Highest-scoring words
| Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Dictionaries |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAJJAHS | 27 | 29 | Collins only |
| HAMZAHS | 24 | 23 | All three |
| MATZAHS | 21 | 21 | All three |
| MATZOHS | 21 | 21 | All three |
| KACHCHA | 21 | 21 | Collins only |
| ZAIDEHS | 20 | 19 | NWL only |
| BACHCHA | 19 | 20 | Collins only |
| KABOCHA | 18 | 19 | NWL only |
| KAMICHI | 18 | 19 | Collins only |
| GANJAHS | 18 | 21 | All three |
| PAUNCHY | 17 | 19 | All three |
| HALAKHA | 17 | 16 | All three |
The pattern fixes two positions but leaves plenty of room for unusual vocabulary: PANACHE and EARACHE are recognizable, while SAMADHI and TANIWHA are less familiar. The group contains 75 words accepted by at least one tournament dictionary. Collins includes 71, NWL2023 includes 51, and ENABLE includes 45, so the exact playable set depends on your game.
A quick profile of this letter pattern
- There are 75 seven-letter matches across the tournament dictionaries.
- Thirty-four words end in S, making a plural-looking finish the standout ending.
- C starts 10 matches and P starts nine; no other starting letter reaches those counts.
- HAJJAHs leads the score ranking at 27 points, ahead of HAMZAHS at 24.
- PANACHE, RAUNCHY, and CAPTCHА show how varied the middle letters can be.
Which endings and starting letters dominate?
S is the clear ending leader: 34 of the 75 words finish with that letter. A and E tie for second place with 14 apiece, while I appears at the end of five. Examples include CALIPHS, PARIAHS, and HADITHS among the S-ending group.
The opening letters are more spread out. C leads with 10 words, including CAPTCHA, CALICHE, and CATECHU; P follows with nine, including PANACHE, PAUNCHY, and PARATHA. H starts seven.
That contrast makes the first letter a useful extra filter when your pattern is still broad.
7-letter words with A as the 2nd letter and H as the 6th letter
Treat the two known letters as anchors, then test the remaining tiles against the words you recognize. RAUNCHY and PANACHE are easy to spot; KABOCHA and SAMADHI offer less obvious alternatives. The range matters: a familiar-looking pattern does not guarantee a familiar word.
The main limitation is that none of these entries qualifies as common under our frequency measure, even though 66 have definitions. For a score-first play, HAJJAHs tops the recorded list at 27 points, with HAMZAHS at 24 and MATZAHS at 21. Those figures are word scores, not promises of a particular board total.
Check your game's word list before playing an unfamiliar entry.
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