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7-letter words with H as the 3rd letter and D as the 5th letter

7-letter words with H 3rd and D 5th: 12 tournament-dictionary matches; six end in S, and four score 18 Scrabble points.

12 wordsTop pick BAHADURHighest score JIHADIS 18

With H in 3rd place, N is the most common 5th letter (46 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Best words to play first 12 · most-used first

  • BAHADUR13
  • JIHADIS18
  • ECHIDNA13
  • EPHEDRA13
  • DIHEDRA12
  • APHIDES13
  • JEHADIS18
  • ATHODYD15
  • BAHADAS13
  • EXHEDRA18
  • MEHNDIS13
  • OXHIDES18
All valid words 12

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

  • APHIDES13
  • ATHODYD15
  • BAHADAS13
  • BAHADUR13
  • DIHEDRA12
  • ECHIDNA13
  • EPHEDRA13
  • EXHEDRA18
  • JEHADIS18
  • JIHADIS18
  • MEHNDIS13
  • OXHIDES18
Letters by positionIn 50% of these words the 7th letter is S.
1st letter
  1. E25%
  2. A17%
  3. B17%
2nd letter
  1. P17%
  2. A17%
  3. I17%
4th letter
  1. A33%
  2. I25%
  3. E25%
6th letter
  1. R25%
  2. I25%
  3. E17%
7th letter
  1. S50%
  2. A33%
  3. D8%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
JIHADIS1819Collins · NWL
JEHADIS1819Collins · NWL
EXHEDRA1817Collins · NWL
OXHIDES1817Collins · NWL
ATHODYD1513All three
BAHADUR1314All three
ECHIDNA1314All three
EPHEDRA1313All three
APHIDES1313All three
BAHADAS1313Collins only
MEHNDIS1314Collins · NWL
DIHEDRA1211Collins only

The fixed form is __H_D__. Only 12 words meet it across the tournament lists, and dictionary coverage is uneven: Collins accepts all 12, NWL2023 accepts 10, and ENABLE accepts five. None counts as common in the frequency measure, so a revealed pattern is more promising than a casual guess based on everyday vocabulary.

What stands out in the H-and-D pattern?

  • Twelve words match the pattern across the tournament dictionaries.
  • Collins includes all 12; NWL2023 has 10 and ENABLE has five.
  • Jihadis, jehadis, exhedra, and oxhides each score 18 Scrabble points.
  • Six matches end in S, while four end in A.
  • No matching word counts as common in the frequency measure.

Which endings narrow the search fastest?

Six of the 12 matches end in S, making S the strongest final-letter clue; A follows with four. Only one word ends in D and one in R. Testing S or A first therefore covers most of the candidates, while a D or R ending leaves just one match apiece.

Examples show how much the final tile can narrow your options: aphides and oxhides finish in S, while bahadas ends in A and bahadur in R. The starting letters spread out more: E leads with three words, while A, B, and J each lead two. Use the ending as your first filter, then test the opening.

How to use 7-letter words with H 3rd and D 5th

Lock H and D into their slots, then check the last tile before spending time on first-letter guesses. That order follows the actual distribution: S and A account for 10 of the 12 endings, while no first letter appears more than three times. It is a better search route than trying to recall words alphabetically.

For Scrabble, jihadis, jehadis, exhedra, and oxhides lead at 18 points each. A high face value does not make a word playable in every game, though: the set has five ENABLE entries but all 12 appear in Collins. Check your game's lexicon before building a play around an obscure match.

Treat this as a pattern-solving shortlist, not a bank of familiar vocabulary.

Questions people ask

How many seven-letter words have H third and D fifth?
Twelve tournament-dictionary words fit the pattern. Collins includes all 12, NWL2023 includes 10, and ENABLE includes five, so the accepted set depends on the word list your game uses. The fixed form is __H_D__, with six matches ending in S.
Which H-third, D-fifth words score the most in Scrabble?
Jihadis, jehadis, exhedra, and oxhides each score 18 points. Those four top scorers come from a small, uncommon set, so check that your game accepts the word before planning a play around its tile value.
What letter do these seven-letter words most often end with?
S is the most frequent ending, appearing on six of the 12 words; A comes next with four. D and R each appear once. If your pattern already fixes H third and D fifth, testing a final S or A is the quickest way to narrow the candidates.

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