5-letter words with H as the fifth letter
There are 356 five-letter words with H as the fifth letter in Unscrambly's open word list; the highest scoring are QUICH and ZILCH, tied at 19 points. S is the most common first letter among them (47), and the average score is 11 points.
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Pinning a letter to an exact slot is the core of Wordle strategy: a green H in the fifth position leaves these 356 words as candidates. Every word below is exactly five letters with H in slot 5, shown with its Scrabble score, and examples include ZILCH, QUICH, NUDZH, QUASH and AZOTH. Feed the letters you already know into the Wordle helper to narrow a puzzle with an H in slot 5 further.
For Wordle, TEACH is a strong guess from this list: of the familiar words with five different letters, it uses the letters found in the most of these 356 words.
5-letter words with H as the fifth letter in numbers
- Words
- 356
- Highest scoring
- QUICH 19 pts
- Average score
- 11.0 pts
- With a definition
- 185 (52%)
- A14
- B34
- C23
- D16
- E3
- F22
- G15
- H20
- I1
- K10
- L26
- M25
- N10
- O5
- P18
- Q4
- R15
- S47
- T20
- U3
- V3
- W16
- Y5
- Z1
Highest-scoring 5-letter words with h as the fifth letter
5-letter words with H as the fifth letter (356)
These 300 of the 356 are a spread sample: the 50 highest scoring first, then words taken in turn from every first letter; within each, words with a dictionary definition come first. The solver above searches all of them for your tiles, and the free JSON API has the full word lists.
Frequently asked questions
How many 5 letter words have H as the fifth letter?
Unscrambly's list has 356 five-letter words with H in the fifth position, 2.8% of all five-letter words.
How do I use this list for Wordle?
If your fifth tile turned green as H, these 356 words are your candidates. Cross off any word that uses a letter you have already ruled out, and prefer a guess that tests new letters, such as TEACH.
What is the highest scoring 5 letter word with H as the fifth letter?
QUICH and ZILCH tie at 19 points in Scrabble. Next come NUDZH (18), AZOTH (17) and KHAPH (17). The average is 11 points.