7-letter words with H as the 2nd letter and A as the 4th letter

Read the pattern as _h_a___: H occupies slot two, A slot four, and the other five tiles stay open. THEATRE, THEATER and CHEAPER show the familiar side; PHEAZAR and CHYACKS show how quickly the options turn into tournament vocabulary. Only 7 entries rank among common English words.

7-letter words with H second and A fourth

• The pattern has 56 words across the tournament dictionaries.
• ENABLE includes 40 matches.
• Collins covers 54 matches.
• NWL2023 accepts 45 matches.
• Just 7 matches count as common English words.

Which letters start and end these words?

C and S each start 16 words, with T close behind at 15. At the other end, 18 finish in S; D and R follow with 9 and 7. PHRASES, SHEAVES and SHEATHS show the S ending, while CHEATED ends in D.

Those three openers cover 47 of the 56 words, and only P with 6 words and single entries for D, O and W make up the other nine. THEATRE, THEATER and THWACKS show the T group, CHEAPER and CHEATED the C group, and SHEARER and SHEAVES the S group.

PHEAZAR, SHMALTZ and CHYACKS each score 21 points, the highest scores shown for this pattern. THWACKS, SHIATZU, THIAZIN and THIAZOL score 19, while CHEAPLY reaches 17. For familiar examples, try THEATRE, CHEAPER and PHRASES; for score hunting, inspect the less familiar high scorers.

How does changing a fixed letter affect the search?

The H-second, R-fourth pattern has 194 matches, far more than this A-fourth search. Changing one fixed tile can open a much larger candidate pool, so keep both positions in view when testing a clue.

These counts overlap across dictionaries rather than describing one universal game list: 54 words appear in Collins, compared with 45 in NWL2023. Not every match is accepted everywhere, so check your game's word list before playing an unfamiliar entry.