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

The pattern is _H___S_: H fills the second slot, S the sixth, and the final letter stays open. CHERISH, CHEMIST, and WHITISH are recognizable examples, but many matches are less familiar. Collins accepts 41, compared with 22 in NWL2023 and 19 in ENABLE; those dictionaries overlap, so their counts cannot be added.

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

• 42 tournament-dictionary entries fit the _H___S_ pattern, with H second and S sixth.
• C opens 18 matches; W opens 8, while P and S each open 6.
• T is the leading final letter at 10; H and M each end 7 words.
• Just 3 matches rank among the top 25,000 English words by wordfreq frequency.

Which openings and endings dominate?

C leads the opening letters with 18 matches, more than twice W's 8; P and S contribute 6 each. CHERISH, CHEMIST, and CHEMISE show the range under C, while WHITISH and WHITEST illustrate the smaller W group.

T is the most common final letter, with 10 words; H and M follow at 7 apiece. The remaining endings are more scattered: E closes 5 matches, A closes 4, and O or S closes 3 each. Testing the last tile can quickly shrink a rack search.

WHEYISH tops the raw Scrabble scores at 19 points, ahead of CHAVISH at 18. CHUMASH and CHYMIST each score 17. Those totals do not include board premiums, and a high tile score does not guarantee your game accepts the word.

How can you narrow this pattern?

Start by locking H in slot two and S in slot six, then test the final letter against your rack. T gives the largest ending group, while only 3 matches are among the most frequent English words; expect many less familiar candidates.

For a tighter search, compare 7-letter words with H as 2nd and S as 6th against the six-letter pattern with H second and S last, which has 357 matches. Dictionary coverage also varies sharply, so check your game's word list before playing.