7-letter words with E as the 3rd letter and H as the 5th letter

Write the pattern as __E_H__: the third square must be E, and the fifth must be H. Whether, freshly, fresher, and leeches fit, yet just 2 matches rank as common by frequency. Definitions are available for 42 entries, and Collins contains more matches than either NWL2023 or ENABLE.

At a glance: the E-H pattern

• The pattern __E_H__ yields 56 seven-letter tournament-dictionary words.
• F leads the first-letter count with 12 matches.
• S closes 15 matches; D and R each close 8.
• Collins has 56 matches, compared with 37 in NWL2023 and 36 in ENABLE.
• Quethes tops the listed tile scores at 19 points.

Which 7-letter words fit E third and H fifth?

A cluster of matches starts FRESH: freshly, fresher, freshen, and freshet all share those first five letters. Whether takes another route through __E_H__, with an H in the second square as well as the fifth.

For a high tile-value score, quethes leads at 19 points, followed by chechia at 17. Whether, freshly, and fleshly each score 16. Those are base tile scores; a premium square on the board changes the total.

How 7-letter words with E third and H fifth compare

The six-letter search with E third and H fifth returns 18 matches. Keep the length at seven and swap E for A in the third position, and the count rises to 134. That contrast makes the third letter a useful filter when you are narrowing a rack or solving a pattern.

Everyday vocabulary is thin here: only 2 words meet the common-frequency measure. Whether and freshly are recognizable examples; quethes and brecham are less familiar. Tournament lists do not match exactly, so check your game's word list before playing an obscure entry.