Five-letter words starting with H
334 five-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 five-letter words starting with H
Ranked by how often they appear in written English.
- hotel
- house
- hours
- human
- heart
- homes
- happy
- horse
- hands
- heard
- heavy
- harry
- hello
- helps
- henry
- hills
- hairy
- holds
- heads
- honda
- humor
- honor
- hence
- horny
Highest-scoring five-letter words starting with H
Standard Scrabble tile values, before any board multipliers.
- huzza 26
- hajji 22
- hafiz 20
- hamza 19
- hazed 18
- hexyl 18
- hyrax 18
- hapax 17
- hazan 17
- hazel 17
- hazer 17
- hazes 17
- heeze 17
- hertz 17
- howff 17
- huffy 17
- hadji 16
- hexad 16
- hexed 16
- hokku 16
- hypha 16
- hajes 15
- hajis 15
- hammy 15
All 334 five-letter words starting with H
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
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
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
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
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
HY 15
- hydra
- hydro
- hyena
- hying
- hylas
- hymen
- hymns
- hyoid
- hyped
- hyper
- hypes
- hypha
- hypos
- hyrax
- hyson
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Common questions
How many five-letter words start with H?
There are 334 five-letter words beginning with H, all listed on this page in alphabetical order.
What are the most common five-letter words starting with H?
Ranked by how often they appear in written English, the most common are: hotel, house, hours, human, heart, homes, happy, horse. The full "most common" list is near the top of this page.
What is the highest-scoring five-letter word starting with H in Scrabble?
huzza scores 26 points on plain tiles, before any double- or triple-word squares. Premium squares and the 50-point bingo bonus can change the ranking completely.
Can I use these words for Wordle?
Yes — every Wordle answer is a five-letter word, and this list covers all of them. To narrow it down with the clues you already have, use the Wordle solver: enter your greens, yellows and grays and it filters this same dictionary.
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.