7-letter words with H as the 3rd letter and A as the 7th letter

This pattern fixes two positions: H sits in third place, and A closes every answer. The group includes familiar-looking BOHEMIA and MAHATMA alongside less everyday entries such as EXHEDRA. Of the 27 words, 24 have definitions, but none meets the common-word cutoff.

At a glance: the H-and-A pattern

• All 27 matches have H in position three and A in position seven.
• A begins 12 words; E and S each begin three.
• Collins includes 27 entries, compared with 16 in NWL2023 and 13 in ENABLE.
• No match is common by the top-25,000 English-word measure.
• The words average 12.6 points, with EXHEDRA leading at 18.

How many 7-letter words have H third and A seventh?

There are 27 tournament-dictionary matches for this exact pattern. That is a narrow set beside the 158 seven-letter words with H third and S last, so changing only the final letter opens many more options.

A is the only final letter in this group, while the first letter varies. Twelve entries start with A, including APHASIA and ACHARYA; BOHEMIA starts with B, and ECHIDNA starts with E.

The dictionary counts do not match: Collins has all 27, while NWL2023 has 16 and ENABLE has 13. For tournament play, check your game's word list before relying on an entry.

Can 7-letter words with H third and A seventh score well?

EXHEDRA is the top scorer at 18 points, followed by APHAKIA at 16 and ACHARYA at 15. BOHEMIA, MAHATMA, and SCHISMA each score 14, giving you several alternatives if EXHEDRA is hard to place. ECHIDNA, EPHEDRA, VIHUELA and ADHARMA follow at 13.

The strongest choices are not necessarily the easiest to recognize: none of these matches falls in the common-word group. Treat the score list as a rack-building prompt, not a promise that every opponent or game dictionary will accept a word.