7-letter words with H as the 2nd letter and A as the 6th letter

The fixed pattern is _H___A_: H sits in the second slot, A in the sixth, and the other five letters stay open. These matches come from entries included in at least one of ENABLE, Collins, or NWL2023, so dictionary coverage differs by game. The mix ranges from everyday words such as CHEDDAR to less familiar tournament entries.

At a glance: the pattern and its strongest clues

• There are 131 seven-letter matches for H second and A sixth.
• CHAZZAN leads the listed tile scores at 30 points.
• C begins 48 matches; S begins 34.
• S is the most common final letter, appearing in 53 matches.
• THERMAL, CHEDDAR, and CHATEAU are recognizable examples.

Which words score highest?

CHAZZAN tops the scoring list at 30 points. KHODJAS follows at 22, while KHANJAR, JHATKAS, PHEAZAR, and KHIRKAH each score 21. Those spellings pack high-value letters into the pattern, but they are less familiar than THERMAL or CHEDDAR.

For a rack search, lock H and A into their required positions before judging the remaining letters. Then check whether a premium square can boost a high-value tile. A large face-value score is not automatically the best play: board placement and the words available to your opponent still matter.

How do these seven-letter words begin and end?

C and S dominate the first position: together they account for 82 of the 131 matches. T is a distant third with 11, while K has 9. Examples such as CHATEAU and SHOWMAN make those leading-letter clusters easy to spot when you scan a rack.

The final letter has an even sharper skew: 53 words end in S, compared with 13 ending in L and 12 in N. Some S endings are plurals, as in CHAKRAS and PHOBIAS, but not every match ending in S is a simple plural. For 7-letter words with H as the 2nd letter and A as the 6th letter, check the final slot separately rather than assuming an S ending settles the word.

Not every entry will be familiar or accepted in every game's dictionary, so verify an unusual play before committing.