7-letter words with H as the 1st letter and I as the 3rd letter
Forty seven-letter words start with H and put I third, from HEIGHTS and HAIRCUT to HEINOUS.
4 of 40 are everyday words (10%). A mix of familiar words and game-only finds.
With H in 1st place, R is the most common 3rd letter (173 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.
Best words to play first
- HEIGHTS14
- HAIRCUT12
- HEINOUS10
- HAILING11
- HEIRESS10
- HOISTED11
- HAIRPIN12
- HEIFERS13
- HAIRDOS11
- HAIRIER10
- HAINING11
- HAIRNET10
- HEISTER10
- HEILING11
- HEINIES10
- HEISTED11
- HEIGHTH17
- HOISTER10
- HAIRING11
- HUIPILS12
- HAILERS10
- HAIMISH15
- HOICKED17
- HEIRDOM13
- HAIRILY13
- HOIKING15
- HAIDUKS15
- HAILIER10
- HAIQUES19
- HAIRCAP14
- HAIRIFS13
- HAIRSTS10
- HEIMISH15
- HEIRING11
- HEISHIS13
- HEITIKI14
- HOIDENS11
- HOISING11
- HOISINS10
- HUITAIN10
All valid words 40
- HAIDUKS15
- HAILERS10
- HAILIER10
- HAILING11
- HAIMISH15
- HAINING11
- HAIQUES19
- HAIRCAP14
- HAIRCUT12
- HAIRDOS11
- HAIRIER10
- HAIRIFS13
- HAIRILY13
- HAIRING11
- HAIRNET10
- HAIRPIN12
- HAIRSTS10
- HEIFERS13
- HEIGHTH17
- HEIGHTS14
- HEILING11
- HEIMISH15
- HEINIES10
- HEINOUS10
- HEIRDOM13
- HEIRESS10
- HEIRING11
- HEISHIS13
- HEISTED11
- HEISTER10
- HEITIKI14
- HOICKED17
- HOIDENS11
- HOIKING15
- HOISING11
- HOISINS10
- HOISTED11
- HOISTER10
- HUIPILS12
- HUITAIN10
Highest-scoring words
| Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Dictionaries |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAIQUES | 19 | 19 | Collins only |
| HEIGHTH | 17 | 15 | All three |
| HOICKED | 17 | 17 | All three |
| HAIMISH | 15 | 14 | Collins · NWL |
| HOIKING | 15 | 16 | Collins only |
| HEIMISH | 15 | 14 | All three |
| HAIDUKS | 15 | 15 | Collins only |
| HEIGHTS | 14 | 13 | All three |
| HAIRCAP | 14 | 15 | All three |
| HEITIKI | 14 | 13 | Collins only |
| HEIFERS | 13 | 12 | All three |
| HEIRDOM | 13 | 13 | All three |
Four entries meet the common-word frequency cutoff. The examples range from plural HEIGHTS to the verb HOISTED and the noun HAIRPIN, while the score leader HAIQUES is a much less familiar play at 19.
Common vocabulary hides a specialist scorer
- 40 seven-letter words starting H with I third total: Forty seven-letter words start with H and put I third, from HEIGHTS and HAIRCUT to HEINOUS..
- Examples include heights, haircut, heinous, hailing.
- Top scores begin with HAIQUES, HEIGHTH, HOICKED.
- Fifteen entries end in S, more than any other final letter. G is next with seven; R follows at four, so the last slot can sharply reduce the search.
What stands out in this letter pattern
Four entries meet the common-word frequency cutoff. The examples range from plural HEIGHTS to the verb HOISTED and the noun HAIRPIN, while the score leader HAIQUES is a much less familiar play at 19.
Fifteen entries end in S, more than any other final letter. G is next with seven; R follows at four, so the last slot can sharply reduce the search. For a rack search, lock the stated positions first, then scan the remaining letters around examples such as heights, haircut, heinous. The counts here describe tournament-dictionary entries, not every spelling found in general word lists.
How should you use these seven-letter matches?
HAIQUES leads at 19, but the easier-to-recognize HEIGHTS scores 14. A common word may fit the rack better than a rare high-value form.
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