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

The fixed pattern is _H_E___, with H locked in slot two and E in slot four. Across the tournament lists, the set has 92 matches, but just 12 fall among the most frequent English words. Familiar entries such as whoever, threats, shields, and threads sit beside specialist spellings, so the pattern is easier to recognize than the full list is to memorize.

Quick facts about this letter pattern

• 92 entries fit the seven-letter pattern across at least one tournament dictionary.
• Just 12 qualify as common by English frequency; many matches are less familiar than whoever or threats.
• Starting letters cluster around S (27), C (19), then P, T, and W (15 each).
• Final S leads with 28 words, followed by D with 17 and Y with 12.
• Wheezed tops the score list at 23; phoenix and shoebox each score 19.

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

The pattern has 92 matches, making it compact beside the 347 words that put E in both the second and fourth slots.

Start with recognizable shapes: whoever, threats, shields, threads, and thieves cover several familiar-looking endings. The final letter narrows the search sharply: 28 matches end in S, 17 in D, and 12 in Y, while only four end in L. A likely plural ending points toward one of the largest clusters.

Which pattern matches score the most?

Wheezed scores 23, ahead of wheezes, wheezer, pheezed, and wheezle at 22. Phoenix and shoebox reach 19. The standout scoring clue is the Z in wheezed: the top result comes from a less familiar spelling, not an everyday starter.

Dictionary coverage is close but not identical: 90 matches appear in Collins, 67 in NWL2023, and 61 in ENABLE. The total of 92 is a union, not a promise that every game accepts every entry; check your game's word list before playing unfamiliar forms such as pheezed.

Only 12 words in this group clear the common-word frequency cutoff, so a familiar-looking candidate is not proof of tournament acceptance.