Eight-letter words starting with H
982 eight-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 eight-letter words starting with H
Ranked by how often they appear in written English.
- hardware
- hospital
- holidays
- hardcore
- handling
- happened
- heritage
- historic
- hundreds
- handbook
- handheld
- holdings
- homework
- humidity
- hydrogen
- humanity
- homeland
- headline
- highland
- handbags
- hearings
- homeless
- horrible
- highways
Highest-scoring eight-letter words starting with H
Standard Scrabble tile values, before any board multipliers.
- huzzahed 33
- hazzanim 31
- huzzaing 30
- hizzoner 29
- highjack 28
- hokypoky 27
- hexarchy 26
- hemolyze 25
- hijacked 25
- hutzpahs 25
- hydroxyl 25
- hylozoic 25
- hackwork 24
- hawkshaw 24
- hexapody 24
- hijacker 24
- hummocky 24
- hawkmoth 23
- hazelhen 23
- howitzer 23
- humpback 23
- hypogyny 23
- hypoxias 23
- halfback 22
All 982 eight-letter words starting with H
HA 306
- habanera
- habdalah
- habitans
- habitant
- habitats
- habiting
- habitual
- habitude
- habitues
- hachured
- hachures
- hacienda
- hackbuts
- hacklers
- hacklier
- hackling
- hackneys
- hacksaws
- hackwork
- haddocks
- hadronic
- haematal
- haematic
- haematin
- haeredes
- hafniums
- haftarah
- haftaras
- haftarot
- haftorah
- haftorot
- hagadist
- hagberry
- haggadah
- haggadas
- haggadic
- haggadot
- haggards
- haggises
- hagglers
- haggling
- hagrides
- hahniums
- hairball
- hairband
- haircaps
- haircuts
- hairiest
- hairless
- hairlike
- hairline
- hairlock
- hairnets
- hairpins
- hairwork
- hairworm
- halachas
- halachot
- halakahs
- halakhas
- halakhot
- halakist
- halakoth
- halalahs
- halation
- halavahs
- halazone
- halberds
- halberts
- halcyons
- haleness
- halfback
- halfbeak
- halflife
- halfness
- halftime
- halftone
- halibuts
- halidome
- halidoms
- halliard
- hallmark
- halloaed
- halloing
- hallooed
- hallowed
- hallower
- halluces
- hallways
- halogens
- halolike
- haltered
- halteres
- haltless
- halutzim
- halyards
- hamartia
- hamboned
- hambones
- hamburgs
- hammadas
- hammered
- hammerer
- hammiest
- hammocks
- hampered
- hamperer
- hamsters
- hamulate
- hamulose
- hamulous
- hanapers
- handbags
- handball
- handbell
- handbill
- handbook
- handcars
- handcart
- handcuff
- handfast
- handfuls
- handgrip
- handguns
- handheld
- handhold
- handicap
- handiest
- handlers
- handless
- handlike
- handling
- handlist
- handloom
- handmade
- handmaid
- handoffs
- handouts
- handover
- handpick
- handrail
- handsaws
- handsels
- handsets
- handsewn
- handsful
- handsome
- handwork
- handwrit
- handyman
- handymen
- hangable
- hangared
- hangbird
- hangdogs
- hangfire
- hangings
- hangnail
- hangnest
- hangouts
- hangover
- hangtags
- hankered
- hankerer
- hanseled
- hanumans
- haphtara
- haplites
- haploids
- haploidy
- haplonts
- haplopia
- haploses
- haplosis
- happened
- happiest
- haptenes
- haptenic
- haptical
- harangue
- harassed
- harasser
- harasses
- harbored
- harborer
- harbours
- hardback
- hardball
- hardboot
- hardcase
- hardcore
- hardedge
- hardened
- hardener
- hardhack
- hardhats
- hardhead
- hardiest
- hardline
- hardness
- hardnose
- hardpans
- hardship
- hardtack
- hardtops
- hardware
- hardwire
- hardwood
- harebell
- harelike
- harelips
- harianas
- haricots
- harijans
- harkened
- harkener
- harlotry
- harmines
- harmless
- harmonic
- harpings
- harpists
- harpoons
- harridan
- harriers
- harrowed
- harrower
- harrumph
- harrying
- harshens
- harshest
- harslets
- harumphs
- haruspex
- harvests
- hasheesh
- hashhead
- hassling
- hassocks
- hasteful
- hastened
- hastener
- hastiest
- hatbands
- hatboxes
- hatcheck
- hatchels
- hatchers
- hatchery
- hatchets
- hatching
- hatchway
- hateable
- hatmaker
- hatracks
- hatteria
- hauberks
- haulages
- hauliers
- haulmier
- haulyard
- haunched
- haunches
- haunters
- haunting
- hausfrau
- hautbois
- hautboys
- hauteurs
- havartis
- havdalah
- havelock
- havening
- haverels
- havering
- haviours
- havocked
- havocker
- hawfinch
- hawkbill
- hawkeyed
- hawkings
- hawklike
- hawkmoth
- hawknose
- hawkshaw
- hawkweed
- hawthorn
- haycocks
- hayfield
- hayforks
- haylages
- haylofts
- haymaker
- hayracks
- hayricks
- hayrides
- hayseeds
- haystack
- haywards
- haywires
- hazarded
- hazelhen
- hazelnut
- haziness
- hazzanim
HE 218
- headache
- headachy
- headband
- headfish
- headgate
- headgear
- headhunt
- headiest
- headings
- headlamp
- headland
- headless
- headline
- headlock
- headlong
- headmost
- headnote
- headpins
- headrace
- headrest
- headroom
- headsail
- headsets
- headship
- headsman
- headsmen
- headstay
- headways
- headwind
- headword
- headwork
- healable
- hearable
- hearings
- hearkens
- hearsays
- hearsing
- heartens
- heartier
- hearties
- heartily
- hearting
- heatable
- heatedly
- heathens
- heathers
- heathery
- heathier
- heatless
- heavenly
- heaviest
- heavyset
- hebdomad
- hebetate
- hebetude
- hebraize
- hecatomb
- hecklers
- heckling
- hectares
- hectical
- hecticly
- hectored
- hedgehog
- hedgehop
- hedgepig
- hedgerow
- hedgiest
- hedonics
- hedonism
- hedonist
- heedless
- heehawed
- heelball
- heelings
- heelless
- heelpost
- heeltaps
- heftiest
- hegemony
- hegumene
- hegumens
- hegumeny
- heighten
- heighths
- heirdoms
- heirless
- heirloom
- heirship
- heisters
- heisting
- hektares
- heliacal
- heliasts
- helicity
- helicoid
- helicons
- helicopt
- helilift
- helipads
- heliport
- helistop
- hellbent
- hellcats
- hellfire
- hellhole
- hellions
- hellkite
- helloing
- helmeted
- helminth
- helmless
- helmsman
- helmsmen
- helotage
- helotism
- helpable
- helpings
- helpless
- helpmate
- helpmeet
- hemagogs
- hematein
- hematics
- hematine
- hematins
- hematite
- hematoid
- hematoma
- hemiolas
- hemiolia
- hemipter
- hemlines
- hemlocks
- hemocoel
- hemocyte
- hemolyze
- hemostat
- hempiest
- hemplike
- hempseed
- hempweed
- henbanes
- henchman
- henchmen
- hencoops
- henequen
- henequin
- henhouse
- heniquen
- hennaing
- henpecks
- heparins
- hepatica
- hepatics
- hepatize
- hepatoma
- heptagon
- heptanes
- heptarch
- heptoses
- heralded
- heraldic
- heraldry
- herbages
- herbaria
- herbiest
- herbless
- herblike
- hercules
- herdlike
- herdsman
- herdsmen
- hereaway
- heredity
- hereinto
- heresies
- heretics
- heretrix
- hereunto
- hereupon
- herewith
- heritage
- heritors
- heritrix
- hermaean
- hermetic
- hermitic
- hermitry
- herniate
- heroical
- heroines
- heroisms
- heroized
- heroizes
- herpetic
- herrings
- herrying
- herstory
- hesitant
- hesitate
- hessians
- hessites
- hetaerae
- hetaeras
- hetaeric
- hetairai
- hetairas
- hexagons
- hexagram
- hexamine
- hexaplar
- hexaplas
- hexapods
- hexapody
- hexarchy
- hexereis
- hexosans
HI 74
- hiatuses
- hibachis
- hibernal
- hibiscus
- hiccough
- hiccuped
- hidalgos
- hiddenly
- hideaway
- hideless
- hideouts
- hidroses
- hidrosis
- hidrotic
- hierarch
- hieratic
- higglers
- higgling
- highball
- highborn
- highboys
- highbred
- highbrow
- highbush
- highjack
- highland
- highlife
- highness
- highroad
- highspot
- hightail
- highting
- highways
- hijacked
- hijacker
- hilarity
- hildings
- hilliest
- hilloaed
- hillocks
- hillocky
- hilloing
- hillside
- hilltops
- hiltless
- himation
- hindered
- hinderer
- hindguts
- hindmost
- hinnying
- hipbones
- hiplines
- hipparch
- hippiest
- hipsters
- hiragana
- hireable
- hireling
- hirpling
- hirseled
- hirsling
- hirudins
- hissings
- histamin
- histidin
- histogen
- histones
- historic
- hitchers
- hitching
- hitherto
- hiveless
- hizzoner
HO 237
- hoactzin
- hoarders
- hoarding
- hoariest
- hoarsely
- hoarsens
- hoarsest
- hoatzins
- hobblers
- hobbling
- hobbyist
- hobnails
- hoboisms
- hockshop
- hocusing
- hocussed
- hocusses
- hoecakes
- hoedowns
- hogbacks
- hogmanay
- hogmanes
- hogmenay
- hognoses
- hogshead
- hogtying
- hogweeds
- hoicking
- hoidened
- hoisters
- hoisting
- hokiness
- hokypoky
- holdable
- holdalls
- holdback
- holdfast
- holdings
- holdouts
- holdover
- holeless
- holibuts
- holidays
- holiness
- holistic
- hollaing
- hollands
- hollered
- holloaed
- holloing
- hollooed
- hollowed
- hollower
- hollowly
- holmiums
- hologamy
- hologram
- hologyny
- holotype
- holozoic
- holstein
- holsters
- holydays
- holytide
- homagers
- homaging
- homburgs
- homebody
- homeboys
- homebred
- homeland
- homeless
- homelier
- homelike
- homemade
- homeobox
- homeotic
- homeport
- homering
- homeroom
- homesick
- homesite
- homespun
- homestay
- hometown
- homeward
- homework
- homicide
- homilies
- homilist
- hominess
- hominian
- hominids
- hominies
- hominine
- hominize
- hominoid
- hommocks
- hommoses
- homogamy
- homogeny
- homogony
- homologs
- homology
- homonyms
- homonymy
- honchoed
- hondling
- honester
- honestly
- honewort
- honeybee
- honeybun
- honeydew
- honeyful
- honeying
- honorand
- honorary
- honorees
- honorers
- honoring
- honoured
- honourer
- hoodiest
- hoodless
- hoodlike
- hoodlums
- hoodooed
- hoodwink
- hoofbeat
- hoofless
- hooflike
- hookiest
- hookless
- hooklets
- hooklike
- hooknose
- hookworm
- hooligan
- hoopless
- hooplike
- hoopster
- hoorahed
- hoorayed
- hoosegow
- hoosgows
- hootches
- hootiest
- hopefuls
- hopeless
- hopheads
- hoplites
- hoplitic
- hoppiest
- hoppings
- hoppling
- hopsacks
- hoptoads
- hordeins
- horizons
- hormonal
- hormones
- hormonic
- hornbeam
- hornbill
- hornbook
- hornfels
- horniest
- hornists
- hornitos
- hornless
- hornlike
- hornpipe
- hornpout
- horntail
- hornworm
- hornwort
- horologe
- horology
- horrible
- horribly
- horridly
- horrific
- horsecar
- horsefly
- horseman
- horsemen
- horsepox
- horsiest
- hosannah
- hosannas
- hosepipe
- hospices
- hospital
- hospitia
- hospodar
- hostages
- hosteled
- hosteler
- hostelry
- hostiles
- hostlers
- hotblood
- hotboxes
- hotcakes
- hotching
- hotchpot
- hoteldom
- hotelier
- hotelman
- hotelmen
- hotfoots
- hotheads
- hothouse
- hotlines
- hotpress
- hotshots
- hotspurs
- hounders
- hounding
- houseboy
- housefly
- houseful
- houseled
- houseman
- housemen
- housesat
- housesit
- housetop
- housings
- hoveling
- hovelled
- hoverers
- hovering
- howdying
- howitzer
- hoydened
HU 83
- huarache
- huaracho
- hubrises
- huckster
- huddlers
- huddling
- huffiest
- hugeness
- huggable
- huipiles
- huisache
- hulkiest
- hulloaed
- hulloing
- humanely
- humanest
- humanise
- humanism
- humanist
- humanity
- humanize
- humanoid
- humblers
- humblest
- humbling
- humdrums
- humerals
- humidify
- humidity
- humidors
- humified
- humility
- hummable
- hummocks
- hummocky
- hummuses
- humorful
- humoring
- humorist
- humorous
- humoured
- humpback
- humphing
- humpiest
- humpless
- hunching
- hundreds
- hungered
- hungover
- hungrier
- hungrily
- hunkered
- hunkiest
- huntable
- huntedly
- huntings
- huntress
- huntsman
- huntsmen
- hurdlers
- hurdling
- hurlings
- hurrahed
- hurrayed
- hurriers
- hurrying
- hurtless
- hurtling
- husbands
- hushedly
- huskiest
- huskings
- husklike
- hustings
- hustlers
- hustling
- huswifes
- huswives
- hutching
- hutments
- hutzpahs
- huzzahed
- huzzaing
HY 64
- hyacinth
- hyalines
- hyalites
- hyalogen
- hyaloids
- hybrises
- hydatids
- hydracid
- hydragog
- hydranth
- hydrants
- hydrases
- hydrated
- hydrates
- hydrator
- hydrides
- hydrogel
- hydrogen
- hydroids
- hydromel
- hydronic
- hydropic
- hydropsy
- hydroski
- hydrosol
- hydroxyl
- hygeists
- hygieist
- hygienes
- hygienic
- hylozoic
- hymeneal
- hymenial
- hymenium
- hymnbook
- hymnists
- hymnless
- hymnlike
- hyoidean
- hyoscine
- hypergol
- hyperons
- hyperope
- hyphemia
- hyphened
- hypnoses
- hypnosis
- hypnotic
- hypoacid
- hypoderm
- hypogeal
- hypogean
- hypogene
- hypogeum
- hypogyny
- hyponeas
- hyponoia
- hypopnea
- hypopyon
- hypothec
- hypoxias
- hyracoid
- hysteria
- hysteric
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Common questions
How many eight-letter words start with H?
There are 982 eight-letter words beginning with H, all listed on this page in alphabetical order.
What are the most common eight-letter words starting with H?
Ranked by how often they appear in written English, the most common are: hardware, hospital, holidays, hardcore, handling, happened, heritage, historic. The full "most common" list is near the top of this page.
What is the highest-scoring eight-letter word starting with H in Scrabble?
huzzahed scores 33 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.