7-letter words with H as the 2nd letter and I as the 3rd letter

The 303 7-letter words with H as the 2nd letter and I as the 3rd letter include chicken, whisper, and WHIZZED.

303 wordsTop pick CHINESEHighest score WHIZZED 32

21 of 303 are everyday words (7%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.

2nd letter
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

3rd letter
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

With H in 2nd place, A is the most common 3rd letter (372 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

Length
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Common words 21 · most-used first

CHINESE₁₂
CHICKEN₁₈
SHIPPED₁₅
SHIFTED₁₄
SHINING₁₁
WHISTLE₁₃
SHIELDS₁₁
THIEVES₁₃
WHISKEY₂₀
THIRSTY₁₃
WHISPER₁₅
WHIPPED₁₈
THICKER₁₆
THINNER₁₀
CHIMNEY₁₇
WHINING₁₄
CHILLED₁₃
CHIEFLY₁₈
THINKER₁₄
CHIPPED₁₇
THISTLE₁₀

All valid words 303

A to Z. Includes rare and Collins-only words. Linked tiles open the word's meaning, score and rhymes.

AHIMSAS₁₂
BHIKHUS₁₉
BHINDIS₁₃
BHISHTI₁₅
BHISTEE₁₂
BHISTIE₁₂
BHISTIS₁₂
CHIACKS₁₈
CHIANTI₁₂
CHIASMA₁₄
CHIASMI₁₄
CHIASMS₁₄
CHIBBED₁₇
CHIBOLS₁₄
CHIBOUK₁₈
CHICANA₁₄
CHICANE₁₄
CHICANO₁₄
CHICEST₁₄
CHICHAS₁₇
CHICHES₁₇
CHICHIS₁₇
CHICKEE₁₈
CHICKEN₁₈
CHICLES₁₄
CHICONS₁₄
CHICORY₁₇
CHICOTS₁₄
CHIDDEN₁₄
CHIDERS₁₃
CHIDING₁₄
CHIEFER₁₅
CHIEFLY₁₈
CHIEFRY₁₈
CHIELDS₁₃
CHIFFON₁₈
CHIGGAS₁₄
CHIGGER₁₄
CHIGNON₁₃
CHIGOES₁₃
CHIGRES₁₃
CHIKARA₁₆
CHIKHOR₁₉
CHIKORS₁₆
CHILDED₁₄
CHILDER₁₃
CHILDES₁₃
CHILDLY₁₆
CHILIAD₁₃
CHILIES₁₂
CHILIOI₁₂
CHILLAX₁₉
CHILLED₁₃
CHILLER₁₂
CHILLIS₁₂
CHILLUM₁₄
CHIMARS₁₄
CHIMBLY₁₉
CHIMERA₁₄
CHIMERE₁₄
CHIMERS₁₄
CHIMING₁₅
CHIMLAS₁₄
CHIMLEY₁₇
CHIMNEY₁₇
CHINARS₁₂
CHINCHY₂₀
CHINDIT₁₃
CHINESE₁₂
CHINING₁₃
CHINKED₁₇
CHINKIE₁₆
CHINNED₁₃
CHINOIS₁₂
CHINONE₁₂
CHINOOK₁₆
CHINSED₁₃
CHINSES₁₂
CHINTZY₂₄
CHINWAG₁₆
CHIPLET₁₄
CHIPPED₁₇
CHIPPER₁₆
CHIPPIE₁₆
CHIPSET₁₄
CHIRKED₁₇
CHIRKER₁₆
CHIRLED₁₃
CHIRMED₁₅
CHIRPED₁₅
CHIRPER₁₄
CHIRRED₁₃
CHIRREN₁₂
CHIRRES₁₂
CHIRRUP₁₄
CHIRTED₁₃
CHISELS₁₂
CHITALS₁₂
CHITINS₁₂
CHITLIN₁₂
CHITONS₁₂
CHITTED₁₃
CHITTER₁₂
CHIVARI₁₅
CHIVIED₁₆
CHIVIES₁₅
CHIVING₁₆
CHIVVED₁₉
CHIZZED₃₁
CHIZZES₃₀
GHIBLIS₁₃
GHILGAI₁₂
GHILLIE₁₁
KHILATS₁₄
KHILIMS₁₆
KHIRKAH₂₁
PHILTER₁₂
PHILTRA₁₂
PHILTRE₁₂
PHISHED₁₆
PHISHER₁₅
PHISHES₁₅
PHIZOGS₂₂
PHIZZES₃₀
RHIZINE₁₉
RHIZOID₂₀
RHIZOMA₂₁
RHIZOME₂₁
RHIZOPI₂₁
SHIATSU₁₀
SHIATZU₁₉
SHIBAHS₁₅
SHICKER₁₆
SHICKSA₁₆
SHIDDER₁₂
SHIELDS₁₁
SHIELED₁₁
SHIFTED₁₄
SHIFTER₁₃
SHIKARA₁₄
SHIKARI₁₄
SHIKARS₁₄
SHIKKER₁₈
SHIKRAS₁₄
SHIKSAS₁₄
SHIKSEH₁₇
SHIKSES₁₄
SHILLED₁₁
SHILPIT₁₂
SHIMAAL₁₂
SHIMMED₁₅
SHIMMER₁₄
SHIMMEY₁₇
SHINDIG₁₂
SHINDYS₁₄
SHINERS₁₀
SHINESS₁₀
SHINGLE₁₁
SHINGLY₁₄
SHINIER₁₀
SHINIES₁₀
SHINILY₁₃
SHINING₁₁
SHINJUS₁₇
SHINKIN₁₄
SHINNED₁₁
SHINNES₁₀
SHINNEY₁₃
SHINOLA₁₀
SHIPFUL₁₅
SHIPLAP₁₄
SHIPMAN₁₄
SHIPMEN₁₄
SHIPPED₁₅
SHIPPEN₁₄
SHIPPER₁₄
SHIPPIE₁₄
SHIPPON₁₄
SHIPPOS₁₄
SHIPWAY₁₈
SHIRING₁₁
SHIRKED₁₅
SHIRKER₁₄
SHIRRAS₁₀
SHIRRED₁₁
SHIRTED₁₁
SHISHAS₁₃
SHITAKE₁₄
SHITBAG₁₃
SHITCAN₁₂
SHITING₁₁
SHITTAH₁₃
SHITTED₁₁
SHITTER₁₀
SHITTIM₁₂
SHIURIM₁₂
SHIVAHS₁₆
SHIVERS₁₃
SHIVERY₁₆
SHIVING₁₄
SHIVITI₁₃
SHIVOOS₁₃
SHIVVED₁₇
THIAMIN₁₂
THIASUS₁₀
THIAZIN₁₉
THIAZOL₁₉
THIBETS₁₂
THIBLES₁₂
THICKED₁₇
THICKEN₁₆
THICKER₁₆
THICKET₁₆
THICKIE₁₆
THICKLY₁₉
THICKOS₁₆
THIEVED₁₄
THIEVES₁₃
THIGGER₁₂
THIGGIT₁₂
THIGHED₁₅
THILLER₁₀
THIMBLE₁₄
THINGIE₁₁
THINKER₁₄
THINNED₁₁
THINNER₁₀
THIOLIC₁₂
THIONIC₁₂
THIONIN₁₀
THIONYL₁₃
THIRAMS₁₂
THIRDED₁₂
THIRDLY₁₄
THIRLED₁₁
THIRSTS₁₀
THIRSTY₁₃
THISTLE₁₀
THISTLY₁₃
THITHER₁₃
THIVELS₁₃
WHICKER₁₉
WHIDAHS₁₇
WHIDDED₁₆
WHIDDER₁₅
WHIFFED₂₀
WHIFFER₁₉
WHIFFET₁₉
WHIFFLE₁₉
WHIGGED₁₆
WHILERE₁₃
WHILING₁₄
WHIMMED₁₈
WHIMPER₁₇
WHIMPLE₁₇
WHIMSEY₁₈
WHINERS₁₃
WHINGED₁₅
WHINGER₁₄
WHINGES₁₄
WHINIER₁₃
WHINING₁₄
WHIPCAT₁₇
WHIPPED₁₈
WHIPPER₁₇
WHIPPET₁₇
WHIPPIT₁₇
WHIPRAY₁₈
WHIPSAW₁₈
WHIRLED₁₄
WHIRLER₁₃
WHIRRED₁₄
WHIRRET₁₃
WHIRTLE₁₃
WHISHED₁₇
WHISHES₁₆
WHISHTS₁₆
WHISKED₁₈
WHISKER₁₇
WHISKET₁₇
WHISKEY₂₀
WHISPER₁₅
WHISSED₁₄
WHISSES₁₃
WHISTED₁₄
WHISTLE₁₃
WHITELY₁₆
WHITENS₁₃
WHITEST₁₃
WHITEYS₁₆
WHITHER₁₆
WHITIER₁₃
WHITIES₁₃
WHITING₁₄
WHITISH₁₆
WHITLOW₁₆
WHITRET₁₃
WHITTAW₁₆
WHITTER₁₃
WHITTLE₁₃
WHIZZED₃₂
WHIZZER₃₁
WHIZZES₃₁

Letters by positionIn 44% of these words the 6th letter is E.

1st letter

C34%
S24%
W20%

4th letter

N14%
R10%
T10%

5th letter

6th letter

E44%
I9%
A8%

7th letter

S25%
D17%
R13%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 14 in Scrabble; WHIZZED tops the list with 32. Scores before board bonuses.

1010 points: 15 words
11 points: 15 words
1212 points: 42 words
13 points: 49 words
1414 points: 62 words
15 points: 18 words
1616 points: 32 words
17 points: 25 words
1818 points: 15 words
19 points: 14 words
2020 points: 4 words
21 points: 4 words
2222 points: 1 words
23 points: 0 words
2424 points: 1 words
25 points: 0 words
2626 points: 0 words
27 points: 0 words
2828 points: 0 words
29 points: 0 words
3030 points: 2 words
31 points: 3 words
3232 points: 1 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
WHIZZED	32	31	All three
WHIZZES	31	30	All three
WHIZZER	31	30	All three
CHIZZED	31	31	Collins only
CHIZZES	30	30	Collins only
PHIZZES	30	30	Collins · NWL
CHINTZY	24	24	All three
PHIZOGS	22	23	Collins only
RHIZOME	21	21	All three
RHIZOMA	21	21	All three
KHIRKAH	21	19	All three
RHIZOPI	21	21	All three

The pattern is _HI____: the first letter stays open, while H and I hold positions two and three. C leads the matches with 103 words, followed by S with 74 and W with 62. Familiar examples include chicken, shining, whistle, and thirsty, but just 21 words in the group rank among the 25,000 most frequent English words.

At a glance: the strongest clues

C begins 103 matches; S begins 74, and W begins 62.
Only 21 matches rank among the 25,000 most frequent English words.
WHIZZED tops the scores at 32 points; WHIZZES and WHIZZER each score 31.
S is the most common ending at 77 words, ahead of D at 50 and R at 40.

Which dictionaries accept these words?

The 303-word total draws on three tournament dictionaries: 285 words appear in Collins, 224 in NWL2023, and 194 in ENABLE. Those counts overlap, so adding them would count some words more than once. Definitions are available for 249 matches, but dictionary coverage still differs by game.

That difference matters when you play: a word accepted in one list may not appear in another. The total includes words found in at least one tournament dictionary; check your game's word list before playing an unfamiliar form. For a quick scan, start with everyday examples such as chicken, shifted, and whisper.

Sort the fixed pattern by ending and score

For 7-letter words with H as the 2nd letter and I as the 3rd letter, use the first or final tile to narrow your options. The final letter gives a strong shortcut: S leads with 77 matches, while D has 50 and R has 40. If your last tile is fixed, check its group before scanning the full set.

Score is another useful filter, but the standout words are unusual. WHIZZED scores 32, three points above WHIZZES and WHIZZER at 31; the average score across the group is 14.7. Those high totals come from Z tiles, so a familiar word is not automatically your strongest play.

Questions people ask

Which starting letter appears most often in this pattern?

C is the most common first letter, appearing in 103 of the 303 matches. S follows with 74 words, and W has 62. Together, those three starting letters account for most of the pattern, so they are good groups to check first when your opening tile is known.

Why do Collins, NWL2023, and ENABLE show different totals?

The dictionaries do not contain identical word lists. Collins includes 285 matches, NWL2023 includes 224, and ENABLE includes 194; some words appear in more than one list. The 303 total counts each qualifying word once if it appears in at least one tournament dictionary.

What is the highest-scoring word with H second and I third?

WHIZZED is the top scorer at 32 points. WHIZZES and WHIZZER each score 31, while CHIZZED scores 31 as well. These words gain their edge from high-value Z tiles, so the highest scorer is less familiar than examples such as chicken or whisper.

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