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

Only four of the 56 entries rank among the 25,000 most frequent English words, so familiar answers sit beside specialist vocabulary. C leads the opening letters with 21 matches, followed by W with 15 and S with 10. The final T never varies, but switching the second letter from H to A raises the count to 308.

Key facts about the H–T pattern

• All 56 entries place H second and T seventh, with dictionary overlap across tournament lists.
• THOUGHT and CHEMIST are familiar anchors; SHUTOUT and WHITEST are other clear examples.
• C supplies 21 opening letters, W supplies 15, and S supplies 10.
• WHIFFET leads the score table at 19, while WHIPPET and WHIPPIT each score 17.

How many 7-letter words with H second and T seventh?

Exactly 56 7-letter words with H second and T seventh match the pattern. The final letter is fixed, so start with the first-letter cluster when crossing candidates off: C accounts for 21, W for 15, and S for 10. A, P, and R each add just one match.

That skew gives you a practical search order: check C first, then W, then S, rather than testing all initials evenly. The H-second, S-last sibling pattern has 432 entries, more than seven times this set; changing H to A while keeping T last yields 308.

Score leaders and dictionary limits

WHIFFET tops the recorded scores at 19 points; WHIPPET, WHIPPIT, WHIPCAT, WHISKET, and CHYMIST each score 17. THICKET, CHEKIST, WHEESHT, and CHUPPOT follow at 16. Those spellings carry more board value than the everyday anchors, but they are not equally familiar.

For 7-letter words with H second and T seventh, score alone is a poor guide to practical play: only four entries rank among the 25,000 most frequent English words. Start with THOUGHT, CHEMIST, CHARIOT, or SHALLOT when recognition matters; CHATBOT and SHERBET broaden the familiar choices.

Dictionary coverage changes the risk: 53 entries occur in Collins, compared with 34 in NWL2023 and 25 in ENABLE. Those source counts overlap rather than partition the list, so none means that many exclusive words. Check your game's list once before playing a marginal form such as WHIPPIT or CHYMIST.