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7-letter words with H as the 1st letter and C as the 5th letter

Fifteen seven-letter words start with H and place C fifth, including HAIRCUT, HELLCAT, and HIBACHI.

15 wordsTop pick HAIRCUTHighest score HIJACKS 23

1 of 15 are everyday words (7%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.

With H in 1st place, I is the most common 5th letter (340 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Best words to play first 15 · most-used first

  • HAIRCUT12
  • HELICAL12
  • HELLCAT12
  • HELICES12
  • HIJACKS23
  • HIBACHI17
  • HELICON12
  • HALACHA15
  • HARICOT12
  • HANDCAR13
  • HAIRCAP14
  • HEXACTS19
  • HOASCAS12
  • HUMECTS14
  • HYRACES15
All valid words 15

A to Z. Includes rare and Collins-only words. Linked tiles open the word's meaning, score and rhymes.

  • HAIRCAP14
  • HAIRCUT12
  • HALACHA15
  • HANDCAR13
  • HARICOT12
  • HELICAL12
  • HELICES12
  • HELICON12
  • HELLCAT12
  • HEXACTS19
  • HIBACHI17
  • HIJACKS23
  • HOASCAS12
  • HUMECTS14
  • HYRACES15
Letters by positionIn 40% of these words the 7th letter is S.
2nd letter
  1. A33%
  2. E33%
  3. I13%
3rd letter
  1. L33%
  2. I13%
  3. R13%
4th letter
  1. A33%
  2. I27%
  3. R13%
6th letter
  1. A33%
  2. H13%
  3. O13%
7th letter
  1. S40%
  2. T20%
  3. P7%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
HIJACKS2325All three
HEXACTS1919Collins only
HIBACHI1717All three
HALACHA1515All three
HYRACES1514All three
HAIRCAP1415All three
HUMECTS1416Collins only
HANDCAR1314All three
HAIRCUT1213All three
HELICAL1214All three
HELLCAT1214All three
HELICES1213All three

The fifth-letter C makes this a small, varied frame: only 15 entries match, and just one reaches the common-word cutoff. HAIRCUT is the clearest everyday example, while HELLCAT and HIBACHI provide different vowel patterns around the fixed letter.

A compact set with one standout score

  • 15 seven-letter words starting H with C fifth total: Fifteen seven-letter words start with H and place C fifth, including HAIRCUT, HELLCAT, and HIBACHI..
  • Examples include haircut, helical, hellcat, helices.
  • Top scores begin with HIJACKS, HEXACTS, HIBACHI.
  • HIJACKS scores 23, the leading total among these matches. Six entries finish in S, while T is next with three, a useful clue when the final rack tile is known.

What stands out in this letter pattern

The fifth-letter C makes this a small, varied frame: only 15 entries match, and just one reaches the common-word cutoff. HAIRCUT is the clearest everyday example, while HELLCAT and HIBACHI provide different vowel patterns around the fixed letter.

HIJACKS scores 23, the leading total among these matches. Six entries finish in S, while T is next with three, a useful clue when the final rack tile is known. For a rack search, lock the stated positions first, then scan the remaining letters around examples such as haircut, helical, hellcat.

The counts here describe tournament-dictionary entries, not every spelling found in general word lists.

How should you use these seven-letter matches?

Tip

The frame contains only one common entry by the frequency measure. HIJACKS is the scoring standout, but rare forms such as HEXACTS call for a game-dictionary check.

Questions people ask

How many H-first words have C in the fifth position?
There are 15 matches, and one qualifies as common under the frequency cutoff. HAIRCUT, HELLCAT, and HIBACHI are among the recognizable examples.
Which match has the highest score?
HIJACKS scores 23 points, ahead of HEXACTS at 19 and HIBACHI at 17. Six of the 15 words end in S.
Are all of these words common?
No. The frequency measure marks 1 entries as common. Words such as HAIRCUT are easier to recognize than specialist alternatives, so check your game dictionary when a candidate is unfamiliar.

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