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

The pattern _H___N_ keeps five positions open, but the pool is modest: just 100 entries across tournament dictionaries. Familiar verbs such as showing, sharing, and chasing sit beside specialist vocabulary. Only 15 words meet the common-word cutoff, so a match is not automatically a word you will recognize or play confidently.

How many 7-letter words have H second and N sixth?

• The pattern is _H___N_: H is second, N sixth, and five other letter slots remain open.
• Exactly 100 tournament-dictionary words match; 82 have a definition available.
• Collins has 97 matches, NWL2023 has 76, and ENABLE has 70.
• Only 15 entries meet the common-word cutoff, despite the larger dictionary totals.
• C starts 38 words and S starts 27; G ends 53 words, ahead of S at 26.

Which starting and ending letters are most common?

Start with C or S when scanning the open first slot: together, they cover 65 matches. C words include chasing, chewing, choking, and chiming; S supplies showing, sharing, shaking, shining, and shaping. The opening consonant is a sharper filter than memorizing every candidate.

Next come P at 12, then T and W at 7 each, a sharp drop after S. That uneven spread makes a first-letter clue especially valuable: test C and S first, then widen the search if neither fits your crossings.

At the other end, 53 entries finish in G and 26 in S. Familiar G endings include showing, sharing, and shining; shamans is one S-ending example. The G total is more than twice S's, so checking the final tile narrows the pool quickly.

Which pattern words score highest?

For 7-letter words with H second and N sixth, Scrabble scores put KHAZENS first at 23 points, then PHARYNX at 22 and CHAZANS at 21. PHALANX and BHAJANS each score 19. Their high-value letters drive those totals; the board square still matters, so check an X or J placement before committing.

Every match appears in at least one tournament dictionary, not necessarily every one. The contrast between 97 Collins entries and 76 NWL2023 entries means a legal play in one list may fail in another. Check your game's dictionary before playing an unfamiliar word; that distinction matters most with specialist-looking entries rather than familiar verbs such as chewing.