7-letter words with H as the 1st letter and D as the 7th letter

This fixed-letter pattern has a mix of familiar words and specialist entries. HUSBAND, HUNDRED, HANDLED, and HAUNTED are easy to recognize; HUZZAED is the scoring standout. Only 11 matches rank among the top 25,000 English words by frequency, so the long tail is much less everyday. Check your game's word list before playing an unfamiliar entry.

At a glance: H words ending in D

• The pattern has 106 entries across the tournament dictionaries.
• Collins lists 106 matches; ENABLE lists 80 and NWL2023 lists 83.
• Only 11 entries meet the common group.
• HUZZAED leads the Scrabble scores at 29 points.
• HUSBAND and HUNDRED are familiar examples with the required first and last letters.

How many 7-letter words starting with H and ending in D are there?

There are 106 matches across the tournament dictionaries. The dictionary totals differ: Collins has all 106, while ENABLE has 80 and NWL2023 has 83. That gap matters in play; a word accepted in one game's lexicon may not be accepted in another.

The recognizable core includes HUSBAND, HUNDRED, HANDLED, HOLLAND, and HONORED. These give you several strong pattern checks: the middle letters can form a common noun, a number, or a familiar past-tense form while H and D stay fixed.

Which H-starting words ending in D score highest?

• HUZZAED scores 29 points, the highest score for this pattern.
• HEXAPOD and HOWFFED each score 20 points.
• HUMPHEd scores 18 points; HAYWARD, HECKLED, and HOICKED each score 17.

Where this pattern fits among other H words

The fixed final D sharply narrows the H-starting pattern: 106 matches end in D, compared with 442 seven-letter H words ending in S. For a near-match, keep H in the first position and change only the final letter; the H-and-E pattern has 78 entries.