5-Letter Words Starting With H

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HABIT
HAIRY
HALVE
HANDY
HAPPY
HARDY
HAREM
HARPY
HARRY
HARSH
HASTE
HASTY
HATCH
HATER
HAUNT
HAUTE
HAVEN
HAVOC
HAZEL
HEADY
HEARD
HEART
HEATH
HEAVE
HEAVY
HEDGE
HEFTY
HEIST
HELIX
HELLO
HENCE
HERON
HILLY
HINGE
HIPPO
HIPPY
HITCH
HOARD
HOBBY
HOIST
HOLLY
HOMER
HONEY
HONOR
HORDE
HORNY
HORSE
HOTEL
HOTLY
HOUND
HOUSE
HOVEL
HOVER
HOWDY
HUMAN
HUMID
HUMOR
HUMPH
HUMUS
HUNCH
HUNKY
HURRY
HUSKY
HUSSY
HUTCH
HYDRA
HYDRO
HYENA
HYMEN
HYPER
HAAFS
HAARS
HAATS
HABLE
HABUS
HACEK
HACKS
HACKY
HADAL
HADED
HADES
HADJI
HADST
HAEMS
HAERE
HAETS
HAFFS
HAFIZ
HAFTA
HAFTS
HAGGS
HAHAM
HAHAS
HAICK
HAIKA
HAIKS
HAIKU
HAILS
HAILY
HAINS

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5-Letter Words Starting With H

H-words are comfort food for word games. HAPPY, HEART, HOUSE — these are words everyone knows and uses daily, which is exactly why they pop up as answers so often.

Popular Words That Start With H

Here are some of the most useful 5-letter words that start with H. The highlighted letter shows the position you're filtering for.

Common everyday words:

HAPPY
HEART
HELLO
HORSE

Strategic picks for word games:

HASTE
HEIST
HOIST

Wordle and Scrabble Strategy

HEART covers H, E, A, R, T — five of the most common letters

HOUSE tests H, O, U, S, E — frequently appears as a Wordle answer

HE- (HEART, HELLO, HEAVY) and HO- (HORSE, HOUSE) are most frequent

H is worth 4 points in Scrabble — valuable for hook plays

H at a Glance

Frequency532 5-letter words start with H
Wordle70 Wordle answers start with H (13.2%)
PatternsCommon patterns: HA-, HE-, HO-, HI-, HU-