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8-letter words with H as the 4th letter

A curated list of 8-letter words tailored to this exact pattern. Use this when H is fixed in the 4th slot; rotate high-frequency consonants elsewhere to prune fast. For example: aetheric, afghanis, airheads.

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722 words

Word	Length	Syllables
aetheric	8	3
afghanis	8	3
airheads	8	2
airholes	8	3
alchemic	8	3
alehouse	8	3
allheals	8	2
alphabet	8	3
alphorns	8	2
alphosis	8	3
althaeas	8	2
althorns	8	2
although	8	2
amphibia	8	3
amphioxi	8	3
amphipod	8	3
amphorae	8	2
amphoral	8	3
amphoras	8	3
anchored	8	3
anchoret	8	3
anchusas	8	3
anchusin	8	3
anthelia	8	3
anthelix	8	3
anthemed	8	3
anthemia	8	3
antheral	8	3
antherid	8	3
antheses	8	3
anthesis	8	3
anthills	8	2
anthodia	8	3
archaise	8	2
archaism	8	2
archaist	8	2
archaize	8	2
archduke	8	2
archines	8	3
archings	8	2
archival	8	3
archived	8	3
archives	8	3
archness	8	2
archways	8	2
armholes	8	3
arrhizal	8	3
asphalts	8	2
aspheric	8	3
asphodel	8	3
asphyxia	8	3
assholes	8	3
asthenia	8	3
asthenic	8	3
authored	8	3
bachelor	8	3
baghouse	8	2
bashlyks	8	2
bathetic	8	3
bathless	8	2
bathmats	8	2
bathoses	8	3
bathrobe	8	2
bathroom	8	2
bathtubs	8	2
bauhinia	8	3
bechalks	8	2
bechamel	8	3
bechance	8	2
becharms	8	2
beehives	8	3
berhymed	8	3
berhymes	8	3
beshadow	8	3
beshamed	8	3
beshames	8	3
beshiver	8	3
beshouts	8	2
beshrews	8	2
beshroud	8	2
bethanks	8	2
bethesda	8	3
bethinks	8	2
bethorns	8	2
bethumps	8	2
bichrome	8	2
bigheads	8	2
bighorns	8	2
bighting	8	2
bioherms	8	2
biphasic	8	3
biphenyl	8	3
bishoped	8	3
bodhrans	8	2
boehmite	8	2
bonhomie	8	2
boohooed	8	2
boshboks	8	2
boshvark	8	2
bothered	8	3
bothrium	8	2
bowheads	8	2
boxhauls	8	2
boyhoods	8	2
bughouse	8	2
bushbuck	8	2
busheled	8	3
busheler	8	3
bushfire	8	2
bushgoat	8	2
bushidos	8	3
bushiest	8	2
bushings	8	2
bushland	8	2
bushless	8	2
bushlike	8	2
bushpigs	8	2
bushtits	8	2
bushwahs	8	2
cachalot	8	3
cachepot	8	3
cacheted	8	3
cachexia	8	3
cachexic	8	3
cachucha	8	3
cashable	8	2
cashbook	8	2
cashiers	8	2
cashless	8	2
cashmere	8	2
catheads	8	2
cathects	8	2
cathedra	8	3
catheter	8	3
cathexes	8	3
cathexis	8	3
cathodal	8	3
cathodes	8	3
cathodic	8	3
catholic	8	3
cathouse	8	2
cephalad	8	3
cephalic	8	3
cephalin	8	3
cepheids	8	2
chthonic	8	2
cichlids	8	2
ciphered	8	3
citharas	8	3
citherns	8	2
cithrens	8	2
cochairs	8	2
cochleae	8	1
cochlear	8	2
cochleas	8	2
coshered	8	3
cothurni	8	3
cothurns	8	2
cowhages	8	3
cowhands	8	2
cowherbs	8	2
cowherds	8	2
cowhided	8	3
cowhides	8	3
cushiest	8	2
cushions	8	2
cushiony	8	3
cyphered	8	3
daphnias	8	2
dasheens	8	2
dashiest	8	2
dashikis	8	3
dashpots	8	2
dethrone	8	2
dichasia	8	3
dichotic	8	3
dichroic	8	2
diehards	8	2
dighting	8	2
diphasic	8	3
diphenyl	8	3
dishelms	8	2
disherit	8	3
dishevel	8	3
dishfuls	8	2
dishiest	8	2
dishlike	8	2
dishonor	8	3
dishpans	8	2
dishrags	8	2
dishware	8	2
ditheism	8	2
ditheist	8	2
dithered	8	3
ditherer	8	3
doghouse	8	2
dorhawks	8	2
eggheads	8	2
eighteen	8	2
eighthly	8	2
eighties	8	2
eightvos	8	2
elkhound	8	2
emphases	8	3
emphasis	8	3
emphatic	8	3
enchains	8	2
enchants	8	2
enchased	8	3
enchaser	8	3
enchases	8	3
enchoric	8	3
ensheath	8	2
enshrine	8	2
enshroud	8	2
enthalpy	8	3
enthetic	8	3
enthrall	8	2
enthrals	8	2
enthrone	8	2
enthused	8	3
enthuses	8	3
enwheels	8	2
errhines	8	3
eschalot	8	3
escheats	8	2
eschewal	8	3
eschewed	8	3
estheses	8	3
esthesia	8	3
esthesis	8	3
esthetes	8	3
esthetic	8	3
etchants	8	2
etchings	8	2
eucharis	8	3
euchring	8	2
euphenic	8	3
euphonic	8	3
euphoria	8	3
euphoric	8	3
euphotic	8	3
euphrasy	8	3
euphroes	8	2
euphuism	8	2
euphuist	8	2
exchange	8	2
eyeholes	8	3
eyehooks	8	2
fashions	8	2
fashious	8	2
fatheads	8	2
fathered	8	3
fatherly	8	3
fathomed	8	3
fighters	8	2
fighting	8	2
fishable	8	2
fishbolt	8	2
fishbone	8	2
fishbowl	8	2
fisheyes	8	2
fishgigs	8	2
fishhook	8	2
fishiest	8	2
fishings	8	2
fishless	8	2
fishlike	8	2
fishline	8	2
fishmeal	8	2
fishnets	8	2
fishpole	8	2
fishpond	8	2
fishtail	8	2
fishways	8	2
fishwife	8	2
fishworm	8	2
foghorns	8	2
foxholes	8	3
foxhound	8	2
foxhunts	8	2
fuchsias	8	2
fuchsine	8	2
fuchsins	8	2
fuehrers	8	2
futharcs	8	2
futharks	8	2
futhorcs	8	2
futhorks	8	2
gashouse	8	2
gathered	8	3
gatherer	8	3
godheads	8	2
godhoods	8	2
goshawks	8	2
gothites	8	3
gushiest	8	2
hachured	8	3
hachures	8	3
haphtara	8	3
hasheesh	8	2
hashhead	8	2
heehawed	8	3
henhouse	8	2
highball	8	2
highborn	8	2
highboys	8	2
highbred	8	2
highbrow	8	2
highbush	8	2
highjack	8	2
highland	8	2
highlife	8	2
highness	8	2
highroad	8	2
highspot	8	2
hightail	8	2
highting	8	2
highways	8	2
hitherto	8	3
hopheads	8	2
hotheads	8	2
hothouse	8	2
hushedly	8	3
hyphemia	8	3
hyphened	8	3
icehouse	8	3
inchmeal	8	2
inchoate	8	2
inchworm	8	2
inkhorns	8	2
insheath	8	2
inshrine	8	2
inthrall	8	2
inthrals	8	2
inthrone	8	2
ischemia	8	3
ischemic	8	3
isohyets	8	3
isthmian	8	2
isthmoid	8	2
itchiest	8	2
itchings	8	2
jarheads	8	2
jodhpurs	8	2
jugheads	8	2
kachinas	8	3
kashered	8	3
kashmirs	8	2
kashruth	8	2
kashruts	8	2
kathodal	8	3
kathodes	8	3
kathodic	8	3
kephalin	8	3
keyholes	8	3
kitharas	8	3
kolhozes	8	3
koshered	8	3
kyphoses	8	3
kyphosis	8	3
kyphotic	8	3
lashings	8	2
lashkars	8	2
lathered	8	3
latherer	8	3
lathiest	8	2
lathings	8	2
lathwork	8	2
lechayim	8	2
lechered	8	3
leghorns	8	2
lethally	8	3
lethargy	8	3
lichened	8	3
lichenin	8	3
lichting	8	2
lightens	8	2
lighters	8	2
lightest	8	2
lightful	8	2
lighting	8	2
lightish	8	2
litharge	8	2
lithemia	8	3
lithemic	8	3
lithiums	8	2
lithoing	8	2
lithosol	8	3
lothario	8	3
lothsome	8	2
lushness	8	2
lutherns	8	2
luthiers	8	2
machetes	8	3
machined	8	3
machines	8	3
machismo	8	3
machrees	8	2
machzors	8	2
madhouse	8	2
manholes	8	3
manhoods	8	2
manhunts	8	2
mechanic	8	3
menhaden	8	3
mephitic	8	3
mephitis	8	3
meshiest	8	2
meshugah	8	3
meshugga	8	3
meshugge	8	2
meshwork	8	2
methadon	8	3
methanes	8	3
methanol	8	3
methinks	8	2
methodic	8	3
methoxyl	8	3
methylal	8	3
methylic	8	3
mightier	8	2
mightily	8	3
misheard	8	2
mishears	8	2
mishmash	8	2
mishmosh	8	2
mochilas	8	3
moshavim	8	3
mothball	8	2
mothered	8	3
motherly	8	3
mothiest	8	2
mothlike	8	2
muchacho	8	3
muchness	8	2
mudholes	8	3
mushiest	8	2
mushroom	8	2
mynheers	8	2
mythical	8	3
mythiest	8	2
naphthas	8	2
naphthol	8	2
naphthyl	8	2
naphtols	8	2
nathless	8	2
nephrism	8	2
nephrite	8	2
nephrons	8	2
nighness	8	2
nightcap	8	2
nighties	8	2
nightjar	8	2
nonhardy	8	3
nonhuman	8	3
nothings	8	2
nowheres	8	3
nuthatch	8	2
nuthouse	8	2
oilholes	8	3
omphalos	8	3
oophytes	8	3
oophytic	8	3
oothecae	8	2
oothecal	8	3
orchards	8	2
orchises	8	3
orchitic	8	3
orchitis	8	3
orphaned	8	3
orphical	8	3
orphreys	8	2
orthicon	8	3
orthodox	8	3
orthoepy	8	3
orthoses	8	3
orthosis	8	3
orthotic	8	3
oughting	8	2
outhauls	8	2
outheard	8	2
outhears	8	2
outhomer	8	3
outhouse	8	2
outhowls	8	2
outhumor	8	3
outhunts	8	2
pachadom	8	3
pachalic	8	3
pachinko	8	3
pachisis	8	3
pachouli	8	3
pachucos	8	3
panhuman	8	3
paphians	8	2
parhelia	8	3
parhelic	8	3
pashadom	8	3
pashalic	8	3
pashalik	8	3
pathetic	8	3
pathless	8	2
pathogen	8	3
pathoses	8	3
pathways	8	2
phthalic	8	2
phthalin	8	2
phthises	8	2
phthisic	8	2
phthisis	8	2
pinheads	8	2
pinholes	8	3
pishoges	8	3
pishogue	8	2
pitheads	8	2
pithiest	8	2
pithless	8	2
pochards	8	2
poshness	8	2
potheads	8	2
potheens	8	2
potherbs	8	2
pothered	8	3
potholed	8	3
potholes	8	3
pothooks	8	2
pothouse	8	2
preheats	8	2
prehuman	8	3
prohibit	8	3
pschents	8	1
pushball	8	2
pushcart	8	2
pushdown	8	2
pushiest	8	2
pushover	8	3
pushpins	8	2
pushrods	8	2
pythonic	8	3
quahaugs	8	2
rachides	8	3
rachilla	8	3
rachises	8	3
rachitic	8	3
rachitis	8	3
raphides	8	3
rashlike	8	2
rashness	8	2
ratholes	8	3
rawhided	8	3
rawhides	8	3
rechange	8	2
recharge	8	2
recharts	8	2
recheats	8	2
rechecks	8	2
rechewed	8	3
rechoose	8	2
rechosen	8	3
redheads	8	2
redhorse	8	2
rephrase	8	2
reshaped	8	3
reshaper	8	3
reshapes	8	3
reshaved	8	3
reshaven	8	3
reshaves	8	3
reshined	8	3
reshines	8	3
reshoots	8	2
reshowed	8	3
rethinks	8	2
rethread	8	2
richened	8	3
richness	8	2
richweed	8	2
righters	8	2
rightest	8	2
rightful	8	2
righties	8	2
righting	8	2
rightism	8	2
rightist	8	2
ruchings	8	2
rushiest	8	2
rushings	8	2
rushlike	8	2
ruthenic	8	3
ruthless	8	2
sachemic	8	3
sacheted	8	3
sapheads	8	2
saphenae	8	2
sashayed	8	2
sashimis	8	3
sawhorse	8	2
saxhorns	8	2
seahorse	8	2
senhoras	8	3
senhores	8	3
shahdoms	8	2
sighless	8	2
sighlike	8	2
sighters	8	2
sighting	8	2
sightsaw	8	2
sightsee	8	1
siphonal	8	3
siphoned	8	3
siphonic	8	3
sithence	8	2
skyhooks	8	2
sonhoods	8	2
sophisms	8	2
sophists	8	2
subheads	8	2
subhuman	8	3
subhumid	8	3
suchlike	8	2
suchness	8	2
syphered	8	3
syphilis	8	3
syphoned	8	3
tachinid	8	3
tachisme	8	2
tachisms	8	2
tachiste	8	2
tachists	8	2
tachyons	8	2
tapholes	8	3
taphouse	8	2
teahouse	8	2
techiest	8	2
technics	8	2
tephrite	8	2
tethered	8	3
tightens	8	2
tightest	8	2
tightwad	8	2
tinhorns	8	2
tithable	8	2
tithings	8	2
tithonia	8	3
tochered	8	3
toeholds	8	2
towheads	8	2
trehalas	8	3
trihedra	8	3
tughriks	8	2
typhoids	8	2
typhonic	8	3
typhoons	8	2
typhuses	8	3
unchains	8	2
unchancy	8	3
uncharge	8	2
unchaste	8	2
unchewed	8	3
unchicly	8	3
unchoked	8	3
unchokes	8	3
unchosen	8	3
unchurch	8	2
unrhymed	8	3
unshaded	8	3
unshaken	8	3
unshamed	8	3
unshaped	8	3
unshapen	8	3
unshared	8	3
unshaved	8	3
unshaven	8	3
unshells	8	2
unshifts	8	2
unshrunk	8	2
unthawed	8	3
unthinks	8	2
unthread	8	2
unthrone	8	2
upchucks	8	2
upshifts	8	2
upshoots	8	2
upthrown	8	2
upthrows	8	2
upthrust	8	2
warheads	8	2
warhorse	8	2
washable	8	2
washbowl	8	2
washdays	8	2
washiest	8	2
washings	8	2
washouts	8	2
washrags	8	2
washroom	8	2
washtubs	8	2
wishbone	8	2
wishless	8	2
withdraw	8	2
withdrew	8	2
withered	8	3
witherer	8	3
withheld	8	2
withhold	8	2
withiest	8	2
withouts	8	2
wuthered	8	3
xiphoids	8	2
yachters	8	2
yachting	8	2
yachtman	8	2
yachtmen	8	2
yashmacs	8	2
yashmaks	8	2
yeshivah	8	3
yeshivas	8	3
yeshivot	8	3
yoghourt	8	2
yoghurts	8	2
zitherns	8	2

FAQs

How do I play around a fixed H in the 4th slot?
Try mixing common consonant clusters (ST, TR, CH) in other positions while keeping H locked.

Why are uncommon words included?
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