Four-letter words starting with H
189 four-letter words begin with the letter H. The complete list is below in alphabetical order, grouped by second letter so you can scan straight to the ones that fit your puzzle.
Most common four-letter words starting with H
Ranked by how often they appear in written English.
- have
- home
- here
- help
- high
- hard
- hand
- head
- half
- held
- hope
- hour
- huge
- hill
- hold
- hall
- hair
- host
- hear
- hits
- heat
- hire
- hong
- hide
Highest-scoring four-letter words starting with H
Standard Scrabble tile values, before any board multipliers.
- hajj 21
- hazy 19
- haze 16
- hadj 15
- haji 14
- hawk 14
- hoax 14
- howk 14
- hack 13
- heck 13
- hick 13
- hock 13
- howf 13
- huck 13
- huff 13
- homy 12
- hymn 12
- hype 12
- hypo 12
- hyps 12
- haik 11
- hake 11
- hank 11
- hark 11
All 189 four-letter words starting with H
HA 55
- haaf
- haar
- habu
- hack
- hade
- hadj
- haed
- haem
- haen
- haes
- haet
- haft
- hags
- haha
- hahs
- haik
- hail
- hair
- haji
- hajj
- hake
- hale
- half
- hall
- halm
- halo
- halt
- hame
- hams
- hand
- hang
- hank
- hant
- haps
- hard
- hare
- hark
- harl
- harm
- harp
- hart
- hash
- hasp
- hast
- hate
- hath
- hats
- haul
- haut
- have
- hawk
- haws
- hays
- haze
- hazy
HE 36
- head
- heal
- heap
- hear
- heat
- hebe
- heck
- heed
- heel
- heft
- hehs
- heil
- heir
- held
- hell
- helm
- helo
- help
- heme
- hemp
- hems
- hens
- hent
- herb
- herd
- here
- herl
- herm
- hern
- hero
- hers
- hest
- heth
- hets
- hewn
- hews
HI 20
- hick
- hide
- hied
- hies
- high
- hike
- hila
- hili
- hill
- hilt
- hind
- hins
- hint
- hips
- hire
- hisn
- hiss
- hist
- hits
- hive
HO 48
- hoar
- hoax
- hobo
- hobs
- hock
- hods
- hoed
- hoer
- hoes
- hogg
- hogs
- hoke
- hold
- hole
- holk
- holm
- holp
- hols
- holt
- holy
- home
- homo
- homy
- hone
- hong
- honk
- hons
- hood
- hoof
- hook
- hoop
- hoot
- hope
- hops
- hora
- horn
- hose
- host
- hots
- hour
- hove
- howe
- howf
- howk
- howl
- hows
- hoya
- hoys
HU 23
- hubs
- huck
- hued
- hues
- huff
- huge
- hugs
- huic
- hula
- hulk
- hull
- hump
- hums
- hung
- hunh
- hunk
- huns
- hunt
- hurl
- hurt
- hush
- husk
- huts
HW 1
- hwan
HY 6
- hyla
- hymn
- hype
- hypo
- hyps
- hyte
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Common questions
How many four-letter words start with H?
There are 189 four-letter words beginning with H, all listed on this page in alphabetical order.
What are the most common four-letter words starting with H?
Ranked by how often they appear in written English, the most common are: have, home, here, help, high, hard, hand, head. The full "most common" list is near the top of this page.
What is the highest-scoring four-letter word starting with H in Scrabble?
hajj scores 21 points on plain tiles, before any double- or triple-word squares. Premium squares and the 50-point bingo bonus can change the ranking completely.
Are proper nouns and abbreviations included?
No. The list only contains words from the ENABLE lexicon, which excludes proper nouns, abbreviations and hyphenated forms — the same rule tournament Scrabble and most word games follow. Read more on the methodology page.
Counted from a 172,749-word public-domain lexicon, last reviewed 2026-08-01. How this list was built.