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5-letter words with F and H

79 words are exactly five letters long and contain both F and H, in any order and any position. That is 0.5% of every five-letter word.

Letters F + H Side by side 0% Wordle length

What you know

Two letters confirmed, no positions confirmed. This is the classic two-yellow-tile board.

F H ? ? ?

For example: chafe, felch, fitch, froth, hefte, schif.

All 5-letter words with F and H

79 of 79 shown
chafe5
chaff5
chaft5
chefs5
chief5
choof5
chufa5
chuff5
faith5
fauch5
faugh5
fecht5
fehme5
felch5
fetch5
fiche5
fichu5
fifth5
fight5
filch5
filth5
finch5
fiqhs5
firth5
fisho5
fishy5
fitch5
flash5
flesh5
flosh5
flush5
foehn5
fohns5
forth5
fouth5
fowth5
fresh5
frith5
frosh5
froth5
frush5
fulth5
furth5
haafs5
haffs5
hafis5
hafiz5
hafta5
hafts5
halfa5
halfs5
haufs5
hefte5
hefts5
hefty5
hifis5
hoofs5
houff5
houfs5
howff5
howfs5
huffs5
huffy5
humfs5
khafs5
schif5
shaft5
sheaf5
shelf5
shift5
theft5
thelf5
thief5
thoft5
wharf5
wheft5
whiff5
whift5
whoof5

Playing a two-letter clue

Only 79 five-letter words carry both letters, ranking this pair 225 of 323. A pair this rare is close to a solved puzzle, so read the whole list before guessing. Only 0% put the two letters next to each other, so spread them apart when you build a guess rather than clustering them.

F and H are both consonants. That means the word still needs at least one vowel you have not confirmed, so your next guess is often better spent on A, E, O or I than on another consonant.

The habit worth building is to stop hunting for the answer and start hunting for the guess that splits this list fastest. With 79 candidates in play, a word that tests three untried letters is nearly always better than a word that merely fits everything you already know. Once one of F or H turns green, drop this page and use the position lists instead: F in the middle, ending in H, or starting with F.

Quick answers

How many 5-letter words have both F and H?

79 of them, out of 14,858 five-letter words, which is about 0.5% of the length. Only 79 five-letter words carry both letters, ranking this pair 225 of 323. A pair this rare is close to a solved puzzle, so read the whole list before guessing.

Does the order of F and H matter here?

No. This list takes any five-letter word that contains both letters, wherever they fall, so F may come before or after H. Only 0% put the two letters next to each other, so spread them apart when you build a guess rather than clustering them.

How do I use this list in Wordle?

Two yellow tiles is exactly this situation: both letters belong, neither is where you put it. Work down the list and pick a word that moves both letters to new slots while also testing letters you have not tried. Repeating a letter in a slot you already know is wrong wastes a whole guess.

Which letters do these words usually start with?

The most common opening letters here are F (35), H (21), C (8). F and H are both consonants. That means the word still needs at least one vowel you have not confirmed, so your next guess is often better spent on A, E, O or I than on another consonant.

Can I narrow this further?

Yes. If you know where one of the letters sits, switch to 5-letter words starting with F, 5-letter words ending in H, or 5-letter words with F in the middle. A fixed position cuts far harder than a second loose letter.

Swap the second letter

Keep F, pair it with something else.

Swap the first letter

Keep H, pair it with something else.

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