6-letter words starting with H

A total of 820 6-letter words starting with H exist, from everyday HAVING and HEALTH to the 30-point Scrabble top scorer HUZZAH.

820 wordsTop pick HAVINGHighest score HUZZAH 30

128 of 820 are everyday words (16%). A mix of familiar words and game-only finds.

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S starts the most 6-letter words (2,737); X starts the fewest (19). H ranks #13 of 26. The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Common words 128 · most-used first

Showing the top 48 of 128 common words. See every valid word

All valid words 820

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

HABILE₁₁
HABITS₁₁
HABOOB₁₃
HACEKS₁₅
HACHIS₁₄
HACKED₁₆
HACKEE₁₅
HACKER₁₅
HACKIE₁₅
HACKLE₁₅
HACKLY₁₈
HADDEN₁₁
HADDIE₁₁
HADEAN₁₀
HADING₁₁
HADITH₁₃
HADJEE₁₇
HADJES₁₇
HADJIS₁₇
HADRON₁₀
HAEING₁₀
HAEMAL₁₁
HAEMIC₁₃
HAEMIN₁₁
HAERES₉
HAFFET₁₅
HAFFIT₁₅
HAFTED₁₃
HAFTER₁₂
HAGBUT₁₂
HAGDEN₁₁
HAGDON₁₁
HAGGED₁₂
HAGGIS₁₁
HAGGLE₁₁
HAGLET₁₀
HAICKS₁₅
HAIDUK₁₄
HAIKAI₁₃
HAIKUS₁₃
HAILED₁₀
HAILER₉
HAINCH₁₄
HAINED₁₀
HAINTS₉
HAIQUE₁₈
HAIRDO₁₀
HAIRED₁₀
HAIRIF₁₂
HAIRST₉
HAJJAH₂₆
HAJJES₂₃
HAJJIS₂₃
HAKAMS₁₅
HAKARI₁₃
HAKEAS₁₃
HAKEEM₁₅
HAKIMS₁₅
HALALA₉
HALALS₉
HALERS₉
HALERU₉
HALEST₉
HALFAS₁₂
HALFEN₁₂
HALIDE₁₀
HALIDS₁₀
HALIER₉
HALING₁₀
HALITE₉
HALLAH₁₂
HALLAL₉
HALLAN₉
HALLEL₉
HALLOA₉
HALLOO₉
HALLOS₉
HALLOT₉
HALLOW₁₂
HALLUX₁₆
HALMAS₁₁
HALOED₁₀
HALOES₉
HALOID₁₀
HALONS₉
HALSED₁₀
HALSER₉
HALSES₉
HALTED₁₀
HALTER₉
HALUTZ₁₈
HALVAH₁₅
HALVAS₁₂
HALVED₁₃
HALVER₁₂
HALVES₁₂
HALWAS₁₂
HAMADA₁₂
HAMALS₁₁
HAMATE₁₁
HAMAUL₁₁
HAMBLE₁₃
HAMFAT₁₄
HAMING₁₂
HAMLET₁₁
HAMMAL₁₃
HAMMAM₁₅
HAMMED₁₄
HAMMER₁₃
HAMOSE₁₁
HAMOUS₁₁
HAMPER₁₃
HAMULI₁₁
HAMZAH₂₃
HAMZAS₂₀
HANAPS₁₁
HANCES₁₁
HANDAX₁₇
HANDED₁₁
HANDER₁₀
HANDLE₁₀
HANDSY₁₃
HANGAR₁₀
HANGED₁₁
HANGER₁₀
HANGIS₁₀
HANGRY₁₃
HANGUL₁₀
HANGUP₁₂
HANIWA₁₂
HANJAR₁₆
HANKED₁₄
HANKER₁₃
HANKIE₁₃
HANSAS₉
HANSEL₉
HANSES₉
HANSOM₁₁
HANTED₁₀
HANTLE₉
HAOLES₉
HAOMAS₁₁
HAPPED₁₄
HAPPEN₁₃
HAPPIS₁₃
HAPTEN₁₁
HAPTIC₁₃
HAPUKA₁₅
HAPUKU₁₅
HARAMS₁₁
HARASS₉
HARBOR₁₁
HARDEN₁₀
HARDER₁₀
HARDLY₁₃
HAREEM₁₁
HARELD₁₀
HAREMS₁₁
HARIMS₁₁
HARING₁₀
HARIRA₉
HARISH₁₂
HARKED₁₄
HARKEN₁₃
HARLED₁₀
HARLOT₉
HARMAN₁₁
HARMED₁₂
HARMEL₁₁
HARMER₁₁
HARMIN₁₁
HARPED₁₂
HARPER₁₁
HARPIN₁₁
HARROW₁₂
HARTAL₉
HARTEN₉
HASHED₁₃
HASHES₁₂
HASLET₉
HASPED₁₂
HASSAR₉
HASSEL₉
HASSLE₉
HASTED₁₀
HASTEN₉
HASTES₉
HATBOX₁₈
HATERS₉
HATFUL₁₂
HATING₁₀
HATPEG₁₂
HATPIN₁₁
HATRED₁₀
HATTED₁₀
HATTER₉
HAUGHS₁₃
HAUGHT₁₃
HAULDS₁₀
HAULED₁₀
HAULER₉
HAULMS₁₁
HAULMY₁₄
HAULST₉
HAUNCH₁₄
HAUNTS₉
HAUSED₁₀
HAUSEN₉
HAUSES₉
HAUTER₉
HAUYNE₁₂
HAVENS₁₂
HAVERS₁₂
HAVING₁₃
HAVIOR₁₂
HAVOCS₁₄
HAWALA₁₂
HAWING₁₃
HAWKED₁₇
HAWKER₁₆
HAWKEY₁₉
HAWKIE₁₆
HAWKIT₁₆
HAWMED₁₅
HAWSED₁₃
HAWSER₁₂
HAWSES₁₂
HAYBOX₂₁
HAYERS₁₂
HAYING₁₃
HAYLES₁₂
HAYMOW₁₇
HAYSEL₁₂
HAZANS₁₈
HAZARD₁₉
HAZELS₁₈
HAZERS₁₈
HAZIER₁₈
HAZILY₂₁
HAZING₁₉
HAZMAT₂₀
HAZZAN₂₇
HEADED₁₁
HEADER₁₀
HEALDS₁₀
HEALED₁₀
HEALEE₉
HEALER₉
HEALTH₁₂
HEAPED₁₂
HEAPER₁₁
HEARDS₁₀
HEARER₉
HEARES₉
HEARIE₉
HEARSE₉
HEARSY₁₂
HEARTH₁₂
HEARTS₉
HEARTY₁₂
HEASTE₉
HEASTS₉
HEATED₁₀
HEATER₉
HEATHS₁₂
HEATHY₁₅
HEAUME₁₁
HEAVED₁₃
HEAVEN₁₂
HEAVER₁₂
HEAVES₁₂
HEBENS₁₁
HEBONA₁₁
HECHTS₁₄
HECKLE₁₅
HECTIC₁₃
HECTOR₁₁
HEDDLE₁₁
HEDERA₁₀
HEDERS₁₀
HEDGED₁₂
HEDGER₁₁
HEDGES₁₁
HEEDED₁₁
HEEDER₁₀
HEEHAW₁₅
HEELED₁₀
HEELER₉
HEEZED₁₉
HEEZES₁₈
HEEZIE₁₈
HEFTED₁₃
HEFTER₁₂
HEGARI₁₀
HEGIRA₁₀
HEIFER₁₂
HEIGHT₁₃
HEILED₁₀
HEINIE₉
HEIRED₁₀
HEISHI₁₂
HEISTS₉
HEJABS₁₈
HEJIRA₁₆
HEJRAS₁₆
HELIAC₁₁
HELING₁₀
HELIOS₉
HELIUM₁₁
HELLED₁₀
HELLER₉
HELLOS₉
HELMED₁₂
HELMER₁₁
HELMET₁₁
HELOTS₉
HELPED₁₂
HELPER₁₁
HELVED₁₃
HELVES₁₂
HEMINA₁₁
HEMINS₁₁
HEMMED₁₄
HEMMER₁₃
HEMOID₁₂
HEMPEN₁₃
HEMPIE₁₃
HENBIT₁₁
HENDED₁₁
HENGES₁₀
HENLEY₁₂
HENNAS₉
HENNED₁₀
HENNER₉
HENNIN₉
HENRYS₁₂
HENTED₁₀
HEPARS₁₁
HEPCAT₁₃
HEPPER₁₃
HEPTAD₁₂
HERALD₁₀
HERBAL₁₁
HERBAR₁₁
HERBED₁₂
HERDED₁₁
HERDEN₁₀
HERDER₁₀
HERDIC₁₂
HEREAT₉
HEREBY₁₄
HEREIN₉
HEREOF₁₂
HEREON₉
HERESY₁₂
HERETO₉
HERIED₁₀
HERIES₉
HERIOT₉
HERMAE₁₁
HERMAI₁₁
HERMIT₁₁
HERNIA₉
HEROES₉
HEROIC₁₁
HEROIN₉
HERONS₉
HEROON₉
HERPES₁₁
HERSED₁₀
HERSES₉
HERYED₁₃
HERYES₁₂
HESPED₁₂
HETERO₉
HETHER₁₂
HETING₁₀
HETMAN₁₁
HETMEN₁₁
HEUCHS₁₄
HEUGHS₁₃
HEVEAS₁₂
HEWERS₁₂
HEWING₁₃
HEXACT₁₈
HEXADE₁₇
HEXADS₁₇
HEXANE₁₆
HEXENE₁₆
HEXERS₁₆
HEXING₁₇
HEXONE₁₆
HEXOSE₁₆
HEXYLS₁₉
HEYDAY₁₆
HEYDEY₁₆
HEYING₁₃
HIATAL₉
HIATUS₉
HICCUP₁₅
HICKER₁₅
HICKEY₁₈
HICKIE₁₅
HIDAGE₁₁
HIDDEN₁₁
HIDDER₁₁
HIDERS₁₀
HIDING₁₁
HIEING₁₀
HIEMAL₁₁
HIGGLE₁₁
HIGHED₁₄
HIGHER₁₃
HIGHLY₁₆
HIGHTH₁₆
HIGHTS₁₃
HIJABS₁₈
HIJACK₂₂
HIJRAH₁₉
HIJRAS₁₆
HIKERS₁₃
HIKING₁₄
HIKOIS₁₃
HILLED₁₀
HILLER₉
HILLOA₉
HILLOS₉
HILTED₁₀
HIMBOS₁₃
HINDER₁₀
HINGED₁₁
HINGER₁₀
HINGES₁₀
HINNIE₉
HINTED₁₀
HINTER₉
HIPPED₁₄
HIPPEN₁₃
HIPPER₁₃
HIPPIC₁₅
HIPPIE₁₃
HIPPIN₁₃
HIPPOS₁₃
HIPPUS₁₃
HIRAGE₁₀
HIREES₉
HIRERS₉
HIRING₁₀
HIRPLE₁₁
HIRSEL₉
HIRSLE₉
HISHED₁₃
HISHES₁₂
HISPID₁₂
HISSED₁₀
HISSER₉
HISSES₉
HISTED₁₀
HISTIE₉
HITCHY₁₇
HITHER₁₂
HITHES₁₂
HITMAN₁₁
HITMEN₁₁
HITTER₉
HIVERS₁₂
HIVING₁₃
HIZENS₁₈
HIZZED₂₈
HIZZES₂₇
HOAGIE₁₀
HOAING₁₀
HOARDS₁₀
HOARED₁₀
HOARSE₉
HOASCA₁₁
HOASTS₉
HOAXED₁₇
HOAXER₁₆
HOAXES₁₆
HOBBED₁₄
HOBBER₁₃
HOBBIT₁₃
HOBBLE₁₃
HOBDAY₁₅
HOBJOB₂₀
HOBNOB₁₃
HOBOED₁₂
HOBOES₁₁
HOCKED₁₆
HOCKER₁₅
HOCKEY₁₈
HOCKLE₁₅
HODADS₁₁
HODDED₁₂
HODDEN₁₁
HODDIN₁₁
HODDLE₁₁
HODJAS₁₇
HODMAN₁₂
HODMEN₁₂
HOEING₁₀
HOGANS₁₀
HOGENS₁₀
HOGGED₁₂
HOGGER₁₁
HOGGET₁₁
HOGGIN₁₁
HOGLET₁₀
HOGNUT₁₀
HOGTIE₁₀
HOHING₁₃
HOICKS₁₅
HOIDEN₁₀
HOIKED₁₄
HOISED₁₀
HOISES₉
HOISIN₉
HOISTS₉
HOKIER₁₃
HOKILY₁₆
HOKING₁₄
HOKKUS₁₇
HOKUMS₁₅
HOLARD₁₀
HOLDEN₁₀
HOLDER₁₀
HOLDUP₁₂
HOLIER₉
HOLIES₉
HOLILY₁₂
HOLING₁₀
HOLISM₁₁
HOLIST₉
HOLKED₁₄
HOLLAS₉
HOLLER₉
HOLLOA₉
HOLLOO₉
HOLLOS₉
HOLLOW₁₂
HOLMES₁₁
HOLMIA₁₁
HOLMIC₁₃
HOLONS₉
HOLPEN₁₁
HOMAGE₁₂
HOMBRE₁₃
HOMELY₁₄
HOMERS₁₁
HOMEYS₁₄
HOMIER₁₁
HOMIES₁₁
HOMILY₁₄
HOMING₁₂
HOMINY₁₄
HOMMES₁₃
HOMMOS₁₃
HONANS₉
HONCHO₁₄
HONDAS₁₀
HONDLE₁₀
HONERS₉
HONEST₉
HONEYS₁₂
HONGIS₁₀
HONIED₁₀
HONING₁₀
HONKED₁₄
HONKER₁₃
HONKEY₁₆
HONKIE₁₃
HONORS₉
HONOUR₉
HOODED₁₁
HOODIA₁₀
HOODIE₁₀
HOODOO₁₀
HOOEYS₁₂
HOOFED₁₃
HOOFER₁₂
HOOKAH₁₆
HOOKAS₁₃
HOOKED₁₄
HOOKER₁₃
HOOKEY₁₆
HOOKUP₁₅
HOOLEY₁₂
HOOLIE₉
HOOPED₁₂
HOOPER₁₁
HOOPLA₁₁
HOOPOE₁₁
HOOPOO₁₁
HOORAH₁₂
HOORAY₁₂
HOORDS₁₀
HOOROO₉
HOOTCH₁₄
HOOTED₁₀
HOOTER₉
HOOVED₁₃
HOOVEN₁₂
HOOVER₁₂
HOOVES₁₂
HOPAKS₁₅
HOPDOG₁₃
HOPERS₁₁
HOPING₁₂
HOPPED₁₄
HOPPER₁₃
HOPPLE₁₃
HORAHS₁₂
HORARY₁₂
HORDED₁₁
HORDES₁₀
HORKED₁₄
HORKEY₁₆
HORMES₁₁
HORMIC₁₃
HORNED₁₀
HORNER₉
HORNET₉
HORRID₁₀
HORROR₉
HORSED₁₀
HORSES₉
HORSEY₁₂
HORSIE₉
HORSON₉
HORSTE₉
HORSTS₉
HOSELS₉
HOSERS₉
HOSEYS₁₂
HOSIER₉
HOSING₁₀
HOSSES₉
HOSTAS₉
HOSTED₁₀
HOSTEL₉
HOSTIE₉
HOSTLY₁₂
HOSTRY₁₂
HOTBED₁₂
HOTBOX₁₈
HOTDOG₁₁
HOTELS₉
HOTPOT₁₁
HOTROD₁₀
HOTTED₁₀
HOTTER₉
HOTTIE₉
HOUDAH₁₃
HOUDAN₁₀
HOUFED₁₃
HOUFFS₁₅
HOUGHS₁₃
HOUMUS₁₁
HOUNDS₁₀
HOURIS₉
HOURLY₁₂
HOUSED₁₀
HOUSEL₉
HOUSER₉
HOUSES₉
HOUSEY₁₂
HOUTED₁₀
HOVEAS₁₂
HOVELS₁₂
HOVERS₁₂
HOVING₁₃
HOWDAH₁₆
HOWDIE₁₃
HOWFED₁₆
HOWFFS₁₈
HOWKED₁₇
HOWKER₁₆
HOWLED₁₃
HOWLER₁₂
HOWLET₁₂
HOWRES₁₂
HOWZAT₂₁
HOWZIT₂₁
HOXING₁₇
HOYDEN₁₃
HOYING₁₃
HOYLES₁₂
HRYVNA₁₅
HUBBLY₁₆
HUBBUB₁₅
HUBCAP₁₅
HUBRIS₁₁
HUCKED₁₆
HUCKLE₁₅
HUDDEN₁₁
HUDDLE₁₁
HUDDUP₁₃
HUDNAS₁₀
HUDUDS₁₁
HUFFED₁₆
HUFFER₁₅
HUGELY₁₃
HUGEST₁₀
HUGGED₁₂
HUGGER₁₁
HUIPIL₁₁
HULKED₁₄
HULLED₁₀
HULLER₉
HULLOA₉
HULLOO₉
HULLOS₉
HUMANE₁₁
HUMANS₁₁
HUMATE₁₁
HUMBLE₁₃
HUMBLY₁₆
HUMBUG₁₄
HUMECT₁₃
HUMEFY₁₇
HUMERI₁₁
HUMFED₁₅
HUMHUM₁₆
HUMIFY₁₇
HUMINT₁₁
HUMITE₁₁
HUMLIE₁₁
HUMMED₁₄
HUMMEL₁₃
HUMMER₁₃
HUMMUM₁₅
HUMMUS₁₃
HUMORS₁₁
HUMOUR₁₁
HUMOUS₁₁
HUMPED₁₄
HUMPEN₁₃
HUMPER₁₃
HUMPHS₁₆
HUMPTY₁₆
HUMUSY₁₄
HUMVEE₁₄
HUNDOS₁₀
HUNGAN₁₀
HUNGER₁₀
HUNGRY₁₃
HUNKER₁₃
HUNKEY₁₆
HUNKIE₁₃
HUNTED₁₀
HUNTER₉
HUPIRO₁₁
HUPPAH₁₆
HUPPED₁₄
HURDEN₁₀
HURDLE₁₀
HURLED₁₀
HURLER₉
HURLEY₁₂
HURRAH₁₂
HURRAS₉
HURRAY₁₂
HURSTS₉
HURTER₉
HURTLE₉
HUSHED₁₃
HUSHER₁₂
HUSHES₁₂
HUSKED₁₄
HUSKER₁₃
HUSSAR₉
HUSSES₉
HUSSIF₁₂
HUSTLE₉
HUTIAS₉
HUTTED₁₀
HUTZPA₂₀
HUZOOR₁₈
HUZZAH₃₀
HUZZAS₂₇
HYAENA₁₂
HYALIN₁₂
HYBRID₁₅
HYBRIS₁₄
HYDRAE₁₃
HYDRAS₁₃
HYDRIA₁₃
HYDRIC₁₅
HYDRID₁₄
HYDROS₁₃
HYDYNE₁₆
HYEING₁₃
HYENAS₁₂
HYENIC₁₄
HYETAL₁₂
HYGGES₁₄
HYLEGS₁₃
HYLISM₁₄
HYLIST₁₂
HYMENS₁₄
HYMNAL₁₄
HYMNED₁₅
HYMNIC₁₆
HYNDES₁₃
HYOIDS₁₃
HYPATE₁₄
HYPERS₁₄
HYPHAE₁₇
HYPHAL₁₇
HYPHEN₁₇
HYPING₁₅
HYPNIC₁₆
HYPNUM₁₆
HYPOED₁₅
HYPOID₁₅
HYPPED₁₇
HYSONS₁₂
HYSSOP₁₄
HYTHES₁₅

Letters by positionIn 39% of these words the 5th letter is E.

2nd letter

A30%
O27%
E19%

3rd letter

R12%
L11%
M9%

4th letter

I10%
L8%
E8%

5th letter

E39%
A10%
I10%

6th letter

S25%
D16%
R12%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 9 in Scrabble; HUZZAH tops the list with 30. Scores before board bonuses.

99 points: 153 words
10 points: 119 words
1111 points: 123 words
12 points: 118 words
1313 points: 106 words
14 points: 50 words
1515 points: 45 words
16 points: 42 words
1717 points: 21 words
18 points: 19 words
1919 points: 6 words
20 points: 4 words
2121 points: 4 words
22 points: 1 words
2323 points: 3 words
24 points: 0 words
2525 points: 0 words
26 points: 1 words
2727 points: 3 words
28 points: 1 words
2929 points: 0 words
30 points: 1 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
HUZZAH	30	29	All three
HIZZED	28	27	Collins only
HUZZAS	27	27	All three
HAZZAN	27	27	All three
HIZZES	27	26	Collins only
HAJJAH	26	28	Collins only
HAMZAH	23	22	All three
HAJJIS	23	26	All three
HAJJES	23	26	All three
HIJACK	22	24	All three
HOWZAT	21	20	Collins only
HAZILY	21	20	All three

H is a soft opener that welcomes vowels. Of the 820 six-letter words that begin with it, 460 put A or O right behind it, and 202 end in S. That gives you two quick levers for narrowing a crossword clue before you test a single guess.

Six-letter H words in numbers

820 words match, and 128 of them rank among the commonest English words.
655 have a dictionary definition; the average Scrabble score is 12.2.
The second letter is A for 242 words and O for 218, then E for 155.
S ends 202 words, D ends 128, and R ends 97.
HUZZAH scores 30, HIZZED 28 and HUZZAS 27.

Which second letter should you try first?

Try A, then O. A leads to HAPPEN, HANDLE, HARDLY and harder, while O leads to HONEST, HORROR, HOCKEY and hoping. Together they cover 460 of the 820, which is more than half.

E comes next with 155, and U trails at 92, with HUMANS and HUNGRY the best known. A second-letter R is nearly absent: just one word has it.

How do the endings split?

About one in four ends in S, since 202 of 820 is 0.25 to two decimals. HOUSES, HORSES, hearts and humans are plain plurals. D takes 128, usually for past tenses like HELPED, HEADED and handed, and R takes 97, as in HIGHER and harder.

Y and G are smaller groups at 47 and 38. highly and hardly close in Y, having and hoping in G.

How big is H next to other openers?

Mid-sized. S starts 2,737 six-letter words, which is more than three times the 820 for H, and C, B, P and T each start 1,360 or more. Next door in length, H opens 486 five-letter words and 1,209 seven-letter ones.

That growth tells you something practical. Adding a letter to a five-letter H word more than doubles the options at seven, so a longer rack with an H has far more outs than a short one.

Why do the top scorers all look alike?

Every one of the six best words doubles a heavy letter: ZZ in HUZZAH, HIZZED, HUZZAS, HAZZAN and HIZZES, JJ in HAJJAH. A Z is worth 10 and a J is worth 8, so the doubling alone is worth 20 or 16 points.

HUZZAH also begins and ends in H. Only HAJJAH shares that bookend shape among the top six.

Collins lists 799 of the 820, NWL2023 lists 623 and ENABLE lists 557. Check your game's word list before playing a rarity like HIZZES. British spellings such as HONOUR depend on the list too.

Questions people ask

How many 6-letter words start with H?

There are 820 six-letter words that start with H. Collins accepts 799 of them, NWL2023 accepts 623 and ENABLE accepts 557, so the number you can play depends on the dictionary your game uses.

What is the highest-scoring 6-letter word starting with H?

HUZZAH scores 30 points in Scrabble before any bonuses. HIZZED is second with 28, and HUZZAS, HAZZAN and HIZZES tie at 27. HAJJAH follows with 26.

What letter do most 6-letter H words end with?

S is the most frequent final letter, closing 202 words. D is second with 128 and R is third with 97, so a clue pointing to a plural or a past tense narrows the choice at once.

How many 6-letter H words are common English?

Only 128 of the 820 rank among the commonest English words, even though 655 have a definition. HAVING, HEALTH, HAPPEN, HIGHER and HIGHLY are typical of the common group.

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