7-letter words with H as the 2nd letter and H as the 5th letter

The pattern is tighter than many nearby combinations: put H in both the second and fifth slots, and only 37 tournament-dictionary words remain. WHETHER and RHYTHMS are recognizable examples, but most matches are uncommon. Just two fall among the top 25,000 English words by frequency, so a familiar-looking start does not guarantee an everyday finish.

At a glance: 7-letter words with H in positions 2 and 5

• There are 37 matches across tournament lists; Collins includes 33, while NWL2023 includes 23.
• Only 2 matches rank among the top 25,000 English words by frequency.
• S starts 10 matches, ahead of C with 7 and R with 6; no other starting letter reaches 6.
• S is the most common final letter: 17 words end that way, compared with 9 ending in R.

Which words fit the H-H pattern?

WHETHER is the clearest everyday example, while RHYTHMS packs the pattern into a word with no standard vowel. THITHER and WHITHER also fit, as do SHUSHED and SHUSHES. Those examples show why checking both fixed positions matters: the same opening letters can lead to quite different endings.

For board play, CHACHKA tops the score list at 21 points before any board bonuses. BHIKHUS and CHIKHOR score 19 each, while RHYTHMS scores 18. The average score is 15.6, so these entries tend to offer more letter value than their small count might suggest.

What stands out about the endings and scores?

The S ending is the strongest first scan: 17 of the 37 words finish with S, nearly twice the 9 that end in R. That makes plural-looking forms such as CHICHIS, SHUSHES, and CHOCHOS especially visible among the examples, though the final S alone does not confirm a word fits both H positions.

A second-position A pattern with H in fifth place has 170 matches, far more than this H-H combination. Treat the double-H constraint as a narrow filter, not a cue to expect a long list. Also, only 31 of these entries have definitions available here; game acceptance differs between Collins and NWL2023.