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5-letter words with G and H

151 words are exactly five letters long and contain both G and H, in any order and any position. That is 1.0% of every five-letter word.

Letters G + H Side by side 49% Wordle length

What you know

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

G H ? ? ?

For example: aargh, eight, girth, henge, kight, shogi.

All 5-letter words with G and H

151 of 151 shown
aargh5
aghas5
agush5
ahigh5
ahing5
aight5
anigh5
aught5
baghs5
bhang5
bigha5
bight5
bough5
brogh5
brugh5
burgh5
chang5
ching5
chogs5
chugs5
cohog5
cough5
dight5
dough5
ehing5
eight5
eughs5
faugh5
fight5
galah5
ganch5
garth5
gashy5
gatch5
gaths5
gauch5
gerah5
ghast5
ghats5
ghaut5
ghazi5
ghees5
ghest5
ghost5
ghoul5
ghusl5
ghyll5
gighe5
ginch5
girsh5
girth5
gitch5
glyph5
gnash5
goeth5
gonch5
gosht5
gotch5
goths5
gothy5
gouch5
graph5
grith5
gulch5
gulph5
gursh5
gushy5
haggs5
hangi5
hangs5
haugh5
haugo5
hedge5
hedgy5
heigh5
henge5
heugh5
hewgh5
highs5
hight5
hinge5
hings5
hoagy5
hogan5
hogen5
hoggs5
hoghs5
hogoh5
hogos5
hoing5
hongi5
hongs5
hoogo5
hough5
huger5
huggy5
hygge5
hying5
hyleg5
kaugh5
kight5
laigh5
laugh5
leugh5
light5
lough5
might5
mugho5
murgh5
neigh5
nighs5
night5
ogham5
ohing5
ought5
peghs5
phage5
phang5
pight5
right5
rough5
sangh5
saugh5
shags5
sheng5
shogi5
shogs5
shrug5
sighs5
sight5
sough5
sughs5
teugh5
thagi5
thang5
thegn5
thigh5
thigs5
thing5
thong5
thugs5
tight5
tough5
vughs5
vughy5
waugh5
weigh5
whang5
whigs5
wight5
yoghs5

Playing a two-letter clue

At 151 words this pair sits mid-table, ranked 195 of 323. That is usually small enough to scan and large enough that the answer is genuinely in here. 49% of them put the two letters next to each other, which is often enough that testing an adjacent placement first is a reasonable bet.

G 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 151 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 G or H turns green, drop this page and use the position lists instead: G in the middle, ending in H, or starting with G.

Quick answers

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

151 of them, out of 14,858 five-letter words, which is about 1.0% of the length. At 151 words this pair sits mid-table, ranked 195 of 323. That is usually small enough to scan and large enough that the answer is genuinely in here.

Does the order of G and H matter here?

No. This list takes any five-letter word that contains both letters, wherever they fall, so G may come before or after H. 49% of them put the two letters next to each other, which is often enough that testing an adjacent placement first is a reasonable bet.

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 G (38), H (32), S (11). G 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 G, 5-letter words ending in H, or 5-letter words with G in the middle. A fixed position cuts far harder than a second loose letter.

Swap the second letter

Keep G, pair it with something else.

Swap the first letter

Keep H, pair it with something else.

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