11-letter words ending in H

147 11-letter words ending in H appear in tournament dictionaries, from DISTINGUISH to the 33-point BATHMITZVAH.

147 wordsTop pick DISTINGUISHHighest score BATHMITZVAH 33

2 of 147 are everyday words (1%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.

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S ends the most 11-letter words (12,484); V ends the fewest (1). H ranks #13 of 26. The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Best words to play first 147 · most-used first

DISTINGUISH₁₆
SEVENTEENTH₁₇
REESTABLISH₁₆
NIGHTMARISH₂₀
HORSERADISH₁₈
PLAYTHROUGH₂₃
UNDERGROWTH₁₉
CHRONOGRAPH₂₂
CHOREOGRAPH₂₂
SILVERSMITH₁₉
CHEESECLOTH₂₁
COTTONMOUTH₁₈
STANDOFFISH₂₁
HOUNDSTOOTH₁₈
THENCEFORTH₂₂
HOMESTRETCH₂₁
BACKSTRETCH₂₄
SEISMOGRAPH₁₉
COPPERSMITH₂₂
TRIGGERFISH₁₉
OVERSTRETCH₁₉
TWELVEMONTH₂₂
CORONAGRAPH₁₉
SYNCHROMESH₂₄
BOTTLEBRUSH₁₈
INTERCHURCH₂₁
MICROSWITCH₂₃
SURGEONFISH₁₈
RABBITBRUSH₂₀
INTERGROWTH₁₈
BRIDEWEALTH₂₀
STEREOGRAPH₁₇
CARDIOGRAPH₂₀
FEEDTHROUGH₂₂
HAIRBREADTH₂₀
BITTERBRUSH₁₈
CRYPTOGRAPH₂₄
THERMOGRAPH₂₂
MESHUGGENEH₂₁
MESHUGGENAH₂₁
SPINSTERISH₁₆
GAZILLIONTH₂₄
PSYCHOGRAPH₂₇
SUPERSLEUTH₁₆
TSESAREVICH₁₉
BREECHCLOTH₂₃
POLLYANNISH₁₉
HEADBOROUGH₂₁

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All valid words 147

A to Z. Includes rare and Collins-only words. Linked tiles open the word's meaning, score and rhymes.

AFTERGROWTH₂₁
ALLELOMORPH₁₈
ANGLETWITCH₂₀
ANTITARNISH₁₄
BACKSCRATCH₂₆
BACKSTRETCH₂₄
BATHMITSVAH₂₄
BATHMITZVAH₃₃
BITTERBRUSH₁₈
BLINDSTITCH₁₉
BOTTLEBRUSH₁₈
BREECHCLOTH₂₃
BRIDEWEALTH₂₀
BRITTLEBUSH₁₈
BUCKETMOUTH₂₄
BUFFALOFISH₂₅
CARDIOGRAPH₂₀
CAVALIERISH₁₉
CESAREVITCH₂₁
CESAREWITCH₂₁
CHAETOGNATH₂₀
CHAINSTITCH₂₁
CHEESECLOTH₂₁
CHOREOGRAPH₂₂
CHRONOGRAPH₂₂
CLAIRSCHACH₂₃
COPPERSMITH₂₂
CORONAGRAPH₁₉
CORONOGRAPH₁₉
COTTONMOUTH₁₈
COUNTERMYTH₂₁
CRESCOGRAPH₂₁
CRYPTOGRAPH₂₄
DECILLIONTH₁₇
DENDROGLYPH₂₂
DISTINGUISH₁₆
DOLPHINFISH₂₃
DYNAMOGRAPH₂₃
EAVESTROUGH₁₈
ECCLESIARCH₂₀
ERGATOMORPH₁₉
FEEDTHROUGH₂₂
FLAMESTITCH₂₁
FOOTBREADTH₂₀
GANGSTERISH₁₆
GASTROTRICH₁₇
GAZILLIONTH₂₄
GILLRAVITCH₂₀
GLYPHOGRAPH₂₆
GROATSWORTH₁₈
GYMNASIARCH₂₂
HAIRBREADTH₂₀
HAMMERCLOTH₂₃
HANDBREADTH₂₁
HEADBOROUGH₂₁
HELICOGRAPH₂₂
HETEROTROPH₁₉
HOMESTRETCH₂₁
HOMOEOMORPH₂₃
HORSERADISH₁₈
HOUNDSTOOTH₁₈
HUCKSTERISH₂₃
INTERBRANCH₁₈
INTERCHURCH₂₁
INTERGROWTH₁₈
INTERPARISH₁₆
KINETOGRAPH₂₁
LITTLEWORTH₁₇
LOPHOBRANCH₂₃
LUCKENBOOTH₂₂
LUKEWARMISH₂₃
MARTINETISH₁₆
MESHUGGENAH₂₁
MESHUGGENEH₂₁
MICROSWITCH₂₃
MULTIBRANCH₂₀
MYGALOMORPH₂₄
NIGHTMARISH₂₀
NONILLIONTH₁₄
NOVELETTISH₁₇
OCTILLIONTH₁₆
ODONTOGRAPH₁₈
OVERNOURISH₁₇
OVERSTRETCH₁₉
PEDAGOGUISH₁₉
PERISTALITH₁₆
PEWTERSMITH₂₁
PLAYTHROUGH₂₃
PLECTOGNATH₁₉
PNEUMOGRAPH₂₁
POLAROGRAPH₁₉
POLLYANNISH₁₉
PORCUPINISH₂₀
PREADMONISH₁₉
PROSOBRANCH₂₀
PSEUDOGRAPH₂₀
PSEUDOMORPH₂₁
PSYCHOGRAPH₂₇
PULMOBRANCH₂₂
RABBITBRUSH₂₀
RAMGUNSHOCH₂₂
REESTABLISH₁₆
SADDLECLOTH₁₈
SCHRECKLICH₂₇
SEISMOGRAPH₁₉
SELENOGRAPH₁₇
SEVENTEENTH₁₇
SHADOWGRAPH₂₄
SILVERSMITH₁₉
SONOFABITCH₂₁
SOUBRETTISH₁₆
SPATTERDASH₁₇
SPINSTERISH₁₆
STAGGERBUSH₁₈
STANDOFFISH₂₁
STEEPLEBUSH₁₈
STEREOGRAPH₁₇
STEVENGRAPH₂₀
STRAIGHTISH₁₈
SUPERCHURCH₂₃
SUPERGROWTH₂₀
SUPERSLEUTH₁₆
SUPERSMOOTH₁₈
SURGEONFISH₁₈
SYMPOSIARCH₂₃
SYNCHROMESH₂₄
TECTIBRANCH₂₀
TEXTBOOKISH₂₇
THARBOROUGH₂₀
THENCEFORTH₂₂
THERIOMORPH₂₁
THERMOGRAPH₂₂
THROATLATCH₁₉
TORSIOGRAPH₁₇
TRIGGERFISH₁₉
TSESAREVICH₁₉
TSESAREWICH₁₉
TWELVEMONTH₂₂
ULTRASMOOTH₁₆
UNDERBREATH₁₇
UNDERGROWTH₁₉
VAGABONDISH₂₁
WATERTHRUSH₂₀
WEREWOLFISH₂₃
WHENCEFORTH₂₅
WHOLESTITCH₂₂
WISHTONWISH₂₃

Letters by positionIn 28% of these words the 6th letter is O.

4th letter

E18%
T10%
A8%

6th letter

O28%
E10%
T10%

7th letter

G20%
R18%
E10%

8th letter

R24%
O20%
A10%

9th letter

I25%
A19%
R10%

10th letter

S26%
T25%
C22%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 21 in Scrabble; BATHMITZVAH tops the list with 33. Scores before board bonuses.

1414 points: 2 words
15 points: 0 words
1616 points: 11 words
17 points: 11 words
1818 points: 18 words
19 points: 19 words
2020 points: 19 words
21 points: 22 words
2222 points: 14 words
23 points: 15 words
2424 points: 8 words
25 points: 2 words
2626 points: 2 words
27 points: 3 words
2828 points: 0 words
29 points: 0 words
3030 points: 0 words
31 points: 0 words
3232 points: 0 words
33 points: 1 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
BATHMITZVAH	33	34	Collins only
PSYCHOGRAPH	27	28	All three
TEXTBOOKISH	27	27	All three
SCHRECKLICH	27	29	Collins only
BACKSCRATCH	26	29	Collins only
GLYPHOGRAPH	26	28	Collins only
BUFFALOFISH	25	27	All three
WHENCEFORTH	25	25	Collins only
BACKSTRETCH	24	26	All three
SYNCHROMESH	24	24	All three
CRYPTOGRAPH	24	26	All three
GAZILLIONTH	24	27	NWL only

Only 2 of these 147 entries rank among the top 25,000 English words by frequency, so most are specialist vocabulary. Recognizable examples include DISTINGUISH, HORSERADISH, and HOMESTRETCH. Collins includes 136 entries, compared with 83 in NWL2023 and 70 in ENABLE, making dictionary choice matter for play.

11-letter words ending in H at a glance

The set contains 147 tournament-dictionary entries, with an average score of 20.3 points.
DISTINGUISH, SEVENTEENTH, and REESTABLISH are recognizable examples.
BATHMITZVAH leads at 33 points; PSYCHOGRAPH and TEXTBOOKISH each score 27.
S begins 24 entries, ahead of C at 17 and P at 15.
Just 2 entries meet the top-25,000 English-word frequency cutoff.

Which H-ending words score highest?

BATHMITZVAH tops the Scrabble score list at 33 points. PSYCHOGRAPH and TEXTBOOKISH tie for the next spot at 27, with SCHRECKLICH also scoring 27. These are striking options when your rack has high-value letters, but their unusual spellings make them harder to spot than familiar words such as DISTINGUISH.

BACKSCRATCH and GLYPHOGRAPH each score 26, while BUFFALOFISH and WHENCEFORTH reach 25. BACKSTRETCH scores 24, the same as SYNCHROMESH. The useful lesson is that a long word ending in H can carry strong scoring letters well before its final tile; saving the H itself is not the main scoring trick.

Why are H endings less common at eleven letters?

There are 285 ten-letter words ending in H, but only 147 at eleven letters and 72 at twelve. The count drops at each of those lengths, so an eleven-tile rack is less likely to turn up an H-ending match than a shorter one. HOMESTRETCH and BACKSTRETCH show how familiar compound forms can still fit.

Among the listed first letters, S leads with 24 entries; C has 17 and P has 15. The dictionary totals also differ: Collins has 136 matches, NWL2023 has 83, and ENABLE has 70. 11-letter words ending in H are therefore not a single universal play list; check your game's word list, especially before relying on a less familiar entry.

Questions people ask

What is the highest-scoring 11-letter word ending in H?

BATHMITZVAH is the highest-scoring entry, at 33 Scrabble points. PSYCHOGRAPH, TEXTBOOKISH, and SCHRECKLICH each score 27. The top scorer is an uncommon word, so confirm it is accepted in your game's dictionary before planning a play around it.

Are all 147 words valid in every Scrabble dictionary?

No, the tournament dictionaries do not contain the same number of matches. Collins has 136, NWL2023 has 83, and ENABLE has 70, while the combined set has 147. Check the word list used in your game before playing an unfamiliar entry.

How many common 11-letter words end in H?

Only 2 entries fall within the top 25,000 English words by frequency. That leaves most of the set outside everyday vocabulary. DISTINGUISH and HORSERADISH are recognizable examples, while the highest-scoring entry, BATHMITZVAH, is much less familiar.

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