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

The fixed pattern gives you 116 tournament-dictionary entries, from familiar HISTORY and HARMONY to less common HYDROXY and HOBJOBS. Only 10 meet the common-word cutoff, so the letter positions narrow the search more reliably than everyday vocabulary. Every match starts with H, keeps O in the fifth slot, and leaves five other positions to solve.

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

• 116 entries meet both positions: H starts each word, and O sits in slot five.
• Collins has 115 matches; NWL2023 has 90, and ENABLE has 87.
• Only 10 matches rank among the top 25,000 English words by frequency.
• The average score is 13.3 points; HYDROXY leads the top scorers at 24.

Which endings narrow the pattern fastest?

Familiar anchors cover several word shapes: HISTORY and HARMONY pair the fixed O with recognizable endings, while HAMMOCK and HICKORY put a hard K near the end. HORMONE is another familiar-looking match, but the pattern itself says nothing about everyday frequency.

Ending letters skew strongly toward S: 47 of the 116 matches finish with S. D is next with 15, followed by E and K at 12 each; only 10 end in T. That makes the final letter a sharp filter after H____O_ is established, rather than a reason to guess an ending at random.

For comparison, the same fixed letters match 52 six-letter words.

How should you use the fixed letters?

Use the pattern as a constraint, not a complete clue. Write H in slot one and O in slot five, then test known letters in slots two, three, four, six, and seven. HISTORY, HARMONY, and HANGOUT show how different the remaining letters can look while keeping those positions fixed.

HYDROXY leads the Scrabble scores at 24; HAYCOCK and HOBJOBS follow at 21. HAMMOCK earns 20, with HICKORY at 19. Those totals reward tile values, not familiarity, and 7-letter words with H as the 1st letter and O as the 5th letter include many obscure entries.

Only 10 meet the common-word cutoff, so many matches are poor candidates for everyday vocabulary clues. The source totals also vary—115 in Collins against 87 in ENABLE—so check the game's dictionary before playing an unfamiliar entry.