5 letter words starting with H
334 valid 5 letter words beginning with H, grouped by their first two letters. Use the filter to narrow them down with the letters you know.
334 words
Common 5 letter words starting with H
- habit
- hands
- handy
- happy
- harry
- harsh
- hated
- hates
- haven
- heads
- heard
- hears
- heart
- heavy
- heels
- hello
- helps
- henry
- hills
- hired
- holds
- holes
- holly
- homer
- homes
- honey
- honor
- hoped
- hopes
- horns
- horse
- hotel
- hours
- house
- human
- humor
- hurry
- hurts
All 5 letter words starting with H
Starting with HA (96)
- haafs
- haars
- habit
- habus
- hacek
- hacks
- hadal
- haded
- hades
- hadji
- hadst
- haems
- haets
- hafis
- hafiz
- hafts
- hahas
- haika
- haiks
- haiku
- hails
- hairs
- hairy
- hajes
- hajis
- hajji
- hakes
- hakim
- haled
- haler
- hales
- halid
- hallo
- halls
- halma
- halms
- halos
- halts
- halva
- halve
- hamal
- hames
- hammy
- hamza
- hance
- hands
- handy
- hangs
- hanks
- hanky
- hansa
- hanse
- hants
- haole
- hapax
- haply
- happy
- hards
- hardy
- hared
- harem
- hares
- harks
- harls
- harms
- harps
- harpy
- harry
- harsh
- harts
- hasps
- haste
- hasty
- hatch
- hated
- hater
- hates
- haugh
- haulm
- hauls
- haunt
- haute
- haven
- haver
- haves
- havoc
- hawed
- hawks
- hawse
- hayed
- hayer
- hazan
- hazed
- hazel
- hazer
- hazes
Starting with HE (67)
- heads
- heady
- heals
- heaps
- heard
- hears
- heart
- heath
- heats
- heave
- heavy
- hebes
- hecks
- heder
- hedge
- hedgy
- heeds
- heels
- heeze
- hefts
- hefty
- heigh
- heils
- heirs
- heist
- helio
- helix
- hello
- hells
- helms
- helos
- helot
- helps
- helve
- hemal
- hemes
- hemic
- hemin
- hemps
- hempy
- hence
- henna
- henry
- hents
- herbs
- herby
- herds
- heres
- herls
- herma
- herms
- herns
- heron
- heros
- herry
- hertz
- hests
- heths
- heuch
- heugh
- hewed
- hewer
- hexad
- hexed
- hexer
- hexes
- hexyl
Starting with HI (30)
- hicks
- hided
- hider
- hides
- highs
- hight
- hiked
- hiker
- hikes
- hilar
- hillo
- hills
- hilly
- hilts
- hilum
- hilus
- hinds
- hinge
- hinny
- hints
- hippo
- hippy
- hired
- hirer
- hires
- hissy
- hists
- hitch
- hived
- hives
Starting with HO (93)
- hoagy
- hoard
- hoars
- hoary
- hobby
- hobos
- hocks
- hocus
- hodad
- hoers
- hogan
- hoggs
- hoick
- hoise
- hoist
- hoked
- hokes
- hokey
- hokku
- hokum
- holds
- holed
- holes
- holey
- holks
- holla
- hollo
- holly
- holms
- holts
- homed
- homer
- homes
- homey
- homos
- honan
- honda
- honed
- honer
- hones
- honey
- hongs
- honks
- honky
- honor
- hooch
- hoods
- hoody
- hooey
- hoofs
- hooka
- hooks
- hooky
- hooly
- hoops
- hoots
- hooty
- hoped
- hoper
- hopes
- hoppy
- horah
- horal
- horas
- horde
- horns
- horny
- horse
- horst
- horsy
- hosed
- hosel
- hosen
- hoses
- hosta
- hosts
- hotch
- hotel
- hotly
- hound
- houri
- hours
- house
- hovel
- hover
- howdy
- howes
- howff
- howfs
- howks
- howls
- hoyas
- hoyle
Starting with HU (33)
- hubby
- hucks
- huffs
- huffy
- huger
- hulas
- hulks
- hulky
- hullo
- hulls
- human
- humic
- humid
- humor
- humph
- humps
- humpy
- humus
- hunch
- hunks
- hunky
- hunts
- hurds
- hurls
- hurly
- hurry
- hurst
- hurts
- husks
- husky
- hussy
- hutch
- huzza
Starting with HY (15)
- hydra
- hydro
- hyena
- hying
- hylas
- hymen
- hymns
- hyoid
- hyped
- hyper
- hypes
- hypha
- hypos
- hyrax
- hyson
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Questions and answers
How many 5 letter words start with H?
Our list has 334 of them, for example habit, hands, handy, happy, harry, harsh.
Which of these words score the most points?
By Scrabble tile values (without bonus squares), the highest-scoring ones are huzza (26), hajji (22), hafiz (20), hamza (19), hazed (18).
Which ones are good first guesses in Wordle-style games?
Words with many different common letters, especially vowels, rule out the most letters in one guess. Good picks from this list: hears, heads, horse, hates, holes.
Which words are in these lists?
They come from the public-domain ENABLE word list (168,551 words), which is widely used for Scrabble-style games. Abbreviations and proper nouns are not included; some rare words are.