7-letter words with H as the 3rd letter and I as the 6th letter

This fixed-position clue yields a compact but uneven set: 48 matches, yet just 4 rank among the most frequent English words. EXHIBIT, INHERIT, INHIBIT, and INHABIT make the pattern feel more approachable, while SCHOLIA and ETHMOID are less familiar. The strongest clue is not a shared ending: C leads, but A is close behind.

At a glance: the H-and-I pattern

• All 48 matches appear in at least one of ENABLE, Collins, or NWL2023.
• Collins includes 46 matches, NWL2023 includes 41, and ENABLE includes 35.
• Only 4 entries rank among the 25,000 most frequent English words.
• A starts 13 matches, the most of any first letter; S starts 7.
• C ends 13 matches, ahead of A at 11; EXHIBIT scores 19.

How many 7-letter words have H third and I sixth?

There are 48 tournament-dictionary matches, and their first letters vary more than their fixed positions suggest. A leads with 13, while S follows with 7. EXHIBIT, INHERIT, INHIBIT, and INHABIT are recognizable examples; INHIBIT and INHABIT differ only in the fourth position.

The ending profile is more concentrated: C closes 13 matches, A closes 11, and S and T each close 7. That makes forms such as ETHERIC and APHASIC easy to miss if you focus only on the H and I slots. Just 4 matches meet the common-word cutoff.

For comparison, changing only the third letter from H to R while keeping I sixth raises the count from 48 to 204. That neighboring pattern has over four times as many matches.

Which matches score well on a word board?

EXHIBIT is the top scorer at 19 points. JOHNNIE and ICHTHIC follow at 17 apiece. Those are raw word scores before board premiums, so look for a premium square under EXHIBIT’s X rather than relying on the word alone.

Most entries are not everyday plays: 44 have a definition, but only 4 meet the common-word cutoff. In 7-letter words with H as the 3rd letter and I as the 6th letter, a pattern match is not proof that your game accepts the word. Check your game's word list before trying forms such as LEHAYIM or SCHOLIA; a rack that fits EXHIBIT also offers a seven-tile play.