5 Letter Words with A as 1st and H as 3rd Letter

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  • AAHED
  • ABHOR
  • ACHED
  • ACHES
  • ACHOO
  • AGHAS
  • APHID
  • APHIS
  • ARHAT
  • ASHED
  • ASHEN
  • ASHES
  • ASHET
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Thirteen words put A first and H third, and no opening letter takes more than a handful. The families are small and they matter more than the counts.

No Opening Letter Carries the A and H Group

S leads the second box on four words and C follows on three. P takes two and everything else appears once. With thirteen words spread that thin, the second box is a weak place to aim.

  • ACHES
  • ASHEN
  • ABHOR
  • APHID
  • ARHAT

The ASH and ACH Families in A and H Words

ASHED, ASHEN, ASHES and ASHET run off one stem. ACHED, ACHES and ACHOO run off another. Between them that is most of the page.

The two families behave alike at the end, which is the problem. E fills the fourth box in seven of the thirteen, fifty four percent, so landing in either stem still leaves the last box open.

ABHOR and APHID are the useful escapes. Neither shares a stem with anything else here, so either one splits the page properly.

  • ASHEN
  • ASHES
  • ACHED
  • ACHES
  • ACHOO

D and S close eight of the thirteen between them, which is most of the ending weight on the page.

Two words repeat a letter and both come from the same corner of the list, so a visible double narrows things quickly.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is ABHOR the most useful guess

It is the most common word here and it sits outside both stems, so it tells you more than anything in the ASH or ACH families.

What is an ASHET

A large serving plate. It is one of the ASH stem words and the only one you would not already know.

Does ACHOO count as a word

Word game dictionaries list it as an interjection for a sneeze. It runs A, C, H, O, O, so the H sits third.

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