7-letter words with P as the 1st letter and H as the 2nd letter

The fixed PH opening narrows the search, but the remaining five letters still leave 91 tournament-dictionary entries. PHYSICS, PHOENIX and PHANTOM are recognizable anchors among less familiar options. Dictionary coverage differs: 85 appear in Collins, 71 in NWL2023 and 57 in ENABLE, with overlap between those lists.

At a glance: the PH pattern

• All 91 entries have seven letters and begin PH; check positions three through seven to distinguish candidates.
• PHIZZES tops the score list at 30 points; PHARYNX, PHENOXY, PHEEZED and PHIZOGS each score 22.
• A total of 38 entries end in S, compared with 12 ending in D; PHYSICS and PHOBIAS show the S pattern.
• Only six qualify as common words, making familiar anchors such as PHYSICS and PHOENIX a small slice.

Which PH words score the most?

PHIZZES leads at 30 points, ten more than the next score tier. PHARYNX, PHENOXY, PHEEZED and PHIZOGS each reach 22, while PHOENIX, PHALANX and PHLOXES score 19. Those figures make rare letters a scoring advantage, but they do not guarantee that a word fits your rack or board.

Dictionary coverage is uneven: Collins includes 85 matches, NWL2023 includes 71, and ENABLE includes 57. The counts overlap, so they are not separate groups to add together. Check your game's word list before playing an unfamiliar entry; 77 of the 91 have definitions.

How can the final letters narrow the list?

For 7-letter words with P as the 1st letter and H as the 2nd letter, the ending is a useful filter: 38 finish in S, far more than any other final letter. Try that pattern first when your clue suggests a plural or verb form; 12 end in D, while E and R each account for seven.

The common-word group is just six entries, so an obscure-looking match is not automatically invalid. PHYSICS, PHOENIX and PHANTOM are easier starting points; PHIZZES and PHIZOGS are better known here for their high scores. The count covers tournament-dictionary words, not every string that might appear in a general word list.