7-letter words with U as the 2nd letter and H as the 6th letter

Put H in sixth place and the last tile is nearly always S. Twenty-eight of the 38 words end in -HS, and most of those use the -AH plural. The group is short and uncommon, with a high average of 15.4 points per word.

The 38 words in short

• Collins takes all 38, NWL2023 takes 26 and ENABLE takes 22.
• None of the 38 is common.
• Words average 15.4 points, and HUZZAHS tops the list at 31.
• S ends 28 words, Y ends 3, and A, E and O end 2 each.
• S, Q and N each open 5 words.

Which words end in -AHS?

Twenty-one do, which is more than half. MULLAHS, NULLAHS, HURRAHS, HUZZAHS, HUPPAHS, DUKKAHS, JUBBAHS, JUBHAHS and PUNKAHS are the ones to know. Most are plurals of singular nouns such as MULLAH, NULLAH and HURRAH, so adding an S to a known word is a reliable shortcut.

The fifth letter is A in all 21 of those, and in the 38 as a whole A sits fifth 21 times and C 11 times. Words with CH in fifth and sixth place include AUROCHS and QUAICHS. Together the -AHS and -CHS words account for 25 of the 38.

What are the other endings?

-CHS has 4 words and -CHY has 3, including QUEACHY and QUEECHY. -GHS and -CHO each have 2.

KUCHCHA and QUINCHE round out the odd cases, and both are Collins-only. Those two score 21 each, so they tempt a Collins player, but they will be challenged under NWL2023 rules.

Which words score best, and which fail in NWL2023?

HUZZAHS scores 31 from two 10-point Zs. QUEACHY and QUEECHY follow on 24, JUBHAHS on 22, and QUAICHS and JUBBAHS on 21, with KUCHCHA and QUINCHE level on 21 too.

Twelve of the 38 fail in NWL2023, including GUBBAHS, DURGAHS, GURRAHS, GUNYAHS and PUPUNHA. HUZZAHS, JUBHAHS, QUAICHS and JUBBAHS are safe everywhere.