5-letter words with H as the second letter
There are 527 five-letter words with H as the second letter in Unscrambly's open word list; the highest scoring is WHIZZ at 29 points. S is the most common first letter among them (144), 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 second position leaves these 527 words as candidates. Every word below is exactly five letters with H in slot 2, shown with its Scrabble score, and examples include WHIZZ, CHIZZ, KHAZI, KHOJA and ZHOMO. Feed the letters you already know into the Wordle helper to narrow a puzzle with an H in slot 2 further.
For Wordle, CHASE 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 527 words.
5-letter words with H as the second letter in numbers
- Words
- 527
- Highest scoring
- WHIZZ 29 pts
- Average score
- 11.0 pts
- With a definition
- 281 (53%)
- A10
- B7
- C141
- D9
- E1
- G9
- I1
- J1
- K15
- M1
- O4
- P22
- R14
- S144
- T81
- U2
- W64
- Z1
Highest-scoring 5-letter words with h as the second letter
5-letter words with H as the second letter (527)
These 300 of the 527 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 second letter?
Unscrambly's list has 527 five-letter words with H in the second position, 4.2% of all five-letter words.
How do I use this list for Wordle?
If your second tile turned green as H, these 527 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 CHASE.
What is the highest scoring 5 letter word with H as the second letter?
WHIZZ scores 29 points in Scrabble. Next come CHIZZ (28), KHAZI (21) and KHOJA (19). The average is 11 points.