8-letter words ending in H

8-letter words ending in H total 618, with RESEARCH and APPROACH among the familiar entries.

618 wordsTop pick RESEARCHHighest score MEZUZOTH 31

20 of 618 are everyday words (3%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.

Letter
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G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

S ends the most 8-letter words (14,500); V ends the fewest (5). H ranks #13 of 26. The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Common words 20 · most-used first

RESEARCH₁₃
ALTHOUGH₁₅
APPROACH₁₇
STRENGTH₁₂
SANDWICH₁₇
THOROUGH₁₅
DISPATCH₁₆
CHILDISH₁₇
OUTREACH₁₃
BACKLASH₁₉
SAVANNAH₁₄
FLOURISH₁₄
ELEVENTH₁₄
DIMINISH₁₄
GOLDFISH₁₆
OUTWEIGH₁₅
SLUGGISH₁₃
DEMOLISH₁₄
BROWNISH₁₆
MISMATCH₁₇

All valid words 618

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

ACROLITH₁₃
ACTORISH₁₃
ADMONISH₁₄
AEROLITH₁₁
AGALLOCH₁₄
AGGADOTH₁₄
AIRBRUSH₁₃
AIRCOACH₁₅
AIRGRAPH₁₄
ALEBENCH₁₅
ALLOPATH₁₃
ALTHOUGH₁₅
AMARANTH₁₃
ANAGLYPH₁₇
APOGRAPH₁₆
APPROACH₁₇
ASTONISH₁₁
BABELISH₁₅
BACKLASH₁₉
BACKRUSH₁₉
BACKWASH₂₂
BADMOUTH₁₆
BAIRNISH₁₃
BAITFISH₁₆
BAKSHISH₂₀
BASEPATH₁₅
BEDRENCH₁₆
BEGORRAH₁₄
BEHEMOTH₁₈
BELLPUSH₁₅
BEQUEATH₂₂
BESCORCH₁₇
BESMIRCH₁₇
BESMOOTH₁₅
BESMUTCH₁₇
BIGMOUTH₁₆
BILLFISH₁₆
BIOGRAPH₁₆
BIOMORPH₁₇
BIOTROPH₁₅
BIRDBATH₁₆
BIRROTCH₁₅
BLACKISH₁₉
BLANDISH₁₄
BLEAKISH₁₇
BLIMPISH₁₇
BLOCKISH₁₉
BLOKEISH₁₇
BLONDISH₁₄
BLOWFISH₁₉
BLUEBUSH₁₅
BLUEFISH₁₆
BLUNTISH₁₃
BOARFISH₁₆
BODYWASH₂₀
BONEFISH₁₆
BOOBYISH₁₈
BRACKISH₁₉
BRAINISH₁₃
BRANDISH₁₄
BRASSISH₁₃
BRATTISH₁₃
BRISKISH₁₇
BROADISH₁₄
BROGUISH₁₄
BROWNISH₁₆
BULLRUSH₁₃
BURRFISH₁₆
CABBALAH₁₇
CAILLACH₁₅
CALABASH₁₅
CALIPASH₁₅
CAMELISH₁₅
CAMSHOCH₂₀
CARRITCH₁₅
CARTOUCH₁₅
CAVEFISH₁₉
CENOTAPH₁₅
CEORLISH₁₃
CETERACH₁₅
CHALLOTH₁₆
CHEAPISH₁₈
CHILDISH₁₇
CHURLISH₁₆
CHUTZPAH₂₇
CLADDAGH₁₆
CLANNISH₁₃
CLAPDISH₁₆
CLARSACH₁₅
CLEANISH₁₃
CLERKISH₁₇
CLIQUISH₂₂
CLODDISH₁₅
CLOTTISH₁₃
CLOWNISH₁₆
CLUBBISH₁₇
CLUBRUSH₁₅
CLUMPISH₁₇
COALFISH₁₆
COARSISH₁₃
COMPLISH₁₇
COOLABAH₁₅
COOLIBAH₁₅
COPPERAH₁₇
CORANACH₁₅
CORNMOTH₁₅
CORONACH₁₅
CRANKISH₁₇
CRAWFISH₁₉
CRAYFISH₁₉
CROMLECH₁₇
CROSSISH₁₃
DAHABEAH₁₇
DAHABIAH₁₇
DAHABIEH₁₇
DANDYISH₁₆
DANELAGH₁₃
DEALFISH₁₅
DECLUTCH₁₆
DEMOLISH₁₄
DEPOLISH₁₄
DESPATCH₁₆
DETHATCH₁₇
DEVILISH₁₅
DIAGLYPH₁₈
DIAGRAPH₁₅
DIMINISH₁₄
DISBENCH₁₆
DISFLESH₁₅
DISPATCH₁₆
DISVOUCH₁₇
DOGTEETH₁₃
DOGTOOTH₁₃
DOGWATCH₁₈
DOWDYISH₁₉
DOWNRUSH₁₅
DOWNWASH₁₈
DRABBISH₁₆
DRAFFISH₁₈
DRAMMACH₁₈
DRECKISH₁₈
DREGGISH₁₄
DROLLISH₁₂
DROOGISH₁₃
DRUMFISH₁₇
DRUNKISH₁₆
DRYMOUTH₁₇
DWARFISH₁₈
DWEEBISH₁₇
ELDRITCH₁₄
ELEVENTH₁₄
EMPERISH₁₅
EMPLEACH₁₇
ENCROACH₁₅
ENRAVISH₁₄
ENSHEATH₁₄
ENTRENCH₁₃
ENWREATH₁₄
EPIGRAPH₁₆
ESSAYISH₁₄
ETHERISH₁₄
ETHNARCH₁₆
EURYBATH₁₆
EYEPATCH₁₈
EYETEETH₁₄
EYETOOTH₁₄
FAINTISH₁₄
FALLFISH₁₇
FANTOOSH₁₄
FEEBLISH₁₆
FEVERISH₁₇
FIENDISH₁₅
FIFTIETH₁₇
FIFTYISH₂₀
FILEFISH₁₇
FIREBUSH₁₆
FLATFISH₁₇
FLATTISH₁₄
FLATWASH₁₇
FLIRTISH₁₄
FLOURISH₁₄
FLYPITCH₂₁
FOGEYISH₁₈
FOOLFISH₁₇
FOOTBATH₁₆
FOOTPATH₁₆
FORSOOTH₁₄
FORTIETH₁₄
FORTYISH₁₇
FRAILISH₁₄
FREAKISH₁₈
FRESHISH₁₇
FROGFISH₁₈
FRUMPISH₁₈
FURLOUGH₁₅
GALABEAH₁₄
GALABIAH₁₄
GALABIEH₁₄
GALLUMPH₁₆
GAMEFISH₁₇
GENIZOTH₂₁
GHOULISH₁₅
GIPSYISH₁₇
GLUMPISH₁₆
GOATFISH₁₅
GOLDFISH₁₆
GRALLOCH₁₄
GRAYFISH₁₈
GREENISH₁₂
GRUFFISH₁₈
GRUMPISH₁₆
GUNSMITH₁₄
GYPSYISH₂₀
HABDALAH₁₇
HAFTARAH₁₇
HAFTORAH₁₇
HAGGADAH₁₇
HALAKHAH₂₁
HALAKOTH₁₈
HAMEWITH₁₉
HANUKIAH₁₈
HAROSETH₁₄
HARRUMPH₁₈
HASHEESH₁₇
HATBRUSH₁₆
HAVDALAH₁₈
HAVDOLOH₁₈
HAWFINCH₂₂
HAWKMOTH₂₃
HEADFISH₁₈
HEAVYISH₂₀
HELMINTH₁₆
HEPTARCH₁₈
HEREWITH₁₇
HICCOUGH₁₉
HIERARCH₁₆
HIGHBUSH₂₀
HIPPARCH₂₀
HIPPYISH₂₁
HOSANNAH₁₄
HYACINTH₁₉
HYDRANTH₁₈
IDIOTISH₁₂
IMPLEACH₁₇
INASMUCH₁₅
INDRENCH₁₄
INFOTECH₁₆
INGROWTH₁₅
INSHEATH₁₄
INSOMUCH₁₅
INTRENCH₁₃
ISOGRAPH₁₄
ISOMORPH₁₅
ISOPLETH₁₃
JACKFISH₂₇
JAMBIYAH₂₅
JELLABAH₂₀
JINGOISH₁₉
KABBALAH₁₉
KAFFIYAH₂₄
KAFFIYEH₂₄
KASHRUTH₁₈
KEFFIYAH₂₄
KEFFIYEH₂₄
KELPFISH₂₀
KETUBOTH₁₇
KEYPUNCH₂₂
KHALIFAH₂₁
KINGFISH₁₉
KNACKISH₂₁
KOURBASH₁₇
KREPLACH₁₉
KREPLECH₁₉
KRYOLITH₁₈
LADYFISH₁₈
LANDWASH₁₅
LANGUISH₁₂
LEMONISH₁₃
LIGHTISH₁₅
LIMEWASH₁₆
LIONFISH₁₄
LITTLISH₁₁
LIVERISH₁₄
LOGOMACH₁₆
LOPOLITH₁₃
LUMPFISH₁₈
LUNGFISH₁₅
MADRASAH₁₄
MASHGIAH₁₇
MASHIACH₁₈
MASHLOCH₁₈
MASOOLAH₁₃
MASTABAH₁₅
MEGALITH₁₄
MEGILLAH₁₄
MESHUGAH₁₇
MEZUZOTH₃₁
MIDMONTH₁₆
MIDWATCH₁₉
MILKFISH₂₀
MINIDISH₁₄
MISBIRTH₁₅
MISFAITH₁₆
MISHMASH₁₈
MISHMOSH₁₈
MISMATCH₁₇
MISPATCH₁₇
MISTEACH₁₅
MISTOUCH₁₅
MISTRUTH₁₃
MITSVOTH₁₆
MITZVOTH₂₅
MONKFISH₂₀
MONOLITH₁₃
MONTEITH₁₃
MOONFISH₁₆
MUDIRIEH₁₄
MUSQUASH₂₂
MYOGRAPH₁₉
MYRIADTH₁₇
NABOBISH₁₅
NANNYISH₁₄
NANOTECH₁₃
NARGILEH₁₂
NEOMORPH₁₅
NINNYISH₁₄
NOHOWISH₁₇
NONESUCH₁₃
NONTRUTH₁₁
NOVELISH₁₄
NUMBFISH₁₈
NUTHATCH₁₆
NYMPHISH₂₁
OANSHAGH₁₅
OCHERISH₁₆
OCTOPUSH₁₅
ODOGRAPH₁₅
OILCLOTH₁₃
OLIGARCH₁₄
OMNIARCH₁₅
OPSIMATH₁₅
ORANGISH₁₂
OUTBITCH₁₅
OUTBLUSH₁₃
OUTCATCH₁₅
OUTCOACH₁₅
OUTFLASH₁₄
OUTFLUSH₁₄
OUTLAUGH₁₂
OUTMARCH₁₅
OUTMATCH₁₅
OUTPITCH₁₅
OUTPSYCH₁₈
OUTPUNCH₁₅
OUTREACH₁₃
OUTWATCH₁₆
OUTWEIGH₁₅
OUTWORTH₁₄
OVERARCH₁₆
OVERFISH₁₇
OVERHIGH₁₈
OVERLUSH₁₄
OVERMUCH₁₈
OVERRASH₁₄
OVERRICH₁₆
OVERWASH₁₇
PADISHAH₁₇
PAGANISH₁₄
PARASHAH₁₆
PARFLESH₁₆
PARRITCH₁₅
PEARLASH₁₃
PEISHWAH₁₉
PENNEECH₁₅
PENTARCH₁₅
PERIANTH₁₃
PHYLARCH₂₁
PIPEFISH₁₈
PISOLITH₁₃
PIXIEISH₂₀
PLAINISH₁₃
PLEASETH₁₃
PLUMPISH₁₇
POKERISH₁₇
POLYARCH₁₈
POLYMATH₁₈
POORTITH₁₃
POSERISH₁₃
POTLATCH₁₅
PRANKISH₁₇
PREBIRTH₁₅
PRECRASH₁₅
PREDEATH₁₄
PRELUNCH₁₅
PREPUNCH₁₇
PREWEIGH₁₇
PRIGGISH₁₅
PROUDISH₁₄
PSEUDISH₁₄
PUIRTITH₁₃
PUPPYISH₂₀
PURPLISH₁₅
PYGMYISH₂₂
QUACKISH₂₆
QUALMISH₂₂
QUEERISH₂₀
QUIPPISH₂₄
QUIRKISH₂₄
RABBITOH₁₅
RACEPATH₁₅
RAINWASH₁₄
RAWMAISH₁₆
REATTACH₁₃
REBRANCH₁₅
REFINISH₁₄
REGOLITH₁₂
REGROWTH₁₅
RELAUNCH₁₃
REPOLISH₁₃
REPROACH₁₅
RESEARCH₁₃
RESKETCH₁₇
RESMOOTH₁₃
RESTITCH₁₃
RETRENCH₁₃
RIGHTISH₁₅
ROCKFISH₂₀
ROORBACH₁₅
ROSEBUSH₁₃
ROSEFISH₁₄
ROUGHISH₁₅
ROUNDISH₁₂
ROWDYISH₁₈
RUGALACH₁₄
RUGELACH₁₄
SAGANASH₁₂
SAILFISH₁₄
SAINTISH₁₁
SALTBUSH₁₃
SALTFISH₁₄
SANDFISH₁₅
SANDWICH₁₇
SANDYISH₁₅
SARPANCH₁₅
SAVANNAH₁₄
SAWTEETH₁₄
SAWTOOTH₁₄
SCAMPISH₁₇
SCARFISH₁₆
SCOMFISH₁₈
SCROOTCH₁₅
SCUMFISH₁₈
SEABEACH₁₅
SEECATCH₁₅
SELCOUTH₁₃
SEMIHIGH₁₇
SHADBUSH₁₇
SHADRACH₁₇
SHAHADAH₁₈
SHAMMASH₁₈
SHARKISH₁₈
SHARPISH₁₆
SHATOOSH₁₄
SHEEPISH₁₆
SHEHITAH₁₇
SHIDDUCH₁₈
SHOFROTH₁₇
SHORTISH₁₄
SHREWISH₁₇
SIDEPATH₁₄
SISSYISH₁₄
SIXTIETH₁₈
SIXTYISH₂₁
SKELLOCH₁₇
SKIRMISH₁₇
SKITTISH₁₅
SKYWATCH₂₃
SLANGISH₁₂
SLAPDASH₁₄
SLIMMISH₁₅
SLOBBISH₁₅
SLOEBUSH₁₃
SLUGGISH₁₃
SLUTTISH₁₁
SMALLISH₁₃
SMARTISH₁₃
SNAPPISH₁₅
SNEAKISH₁₅
SNIFFISH₁₇
SNOBBISH₁₅
SNOCOACH₁₅
SNOUTISH₁₁
SNOWBUSH₁₆
SNUBBISH₁₅
SOAPFISH₁₆
SOLIDISH₁₂
SORRYISH₁₄
SPARKISH₁₇
SPIVVISH₁₉
SPOFFISH₁₉
SPOOKISH₁₇
SQUABASH₂₂
SQUARISH₂₀
SQUIRISH₂₀
STABLISH₁₃
STANDISH₁₂
STARFISH₁₄
STARTISH₁₁
STEEPISH₁₃
STIFFISH₁₇
STILTISH₁₁
STOCKISH₁₇
STOUTISH₁₁
STRAMASH₁₃
STRENGTH₁₂
STUDFISH₁₅
SUBEPOCH₁₇
SUBGRAPH₁₆
SUCKFISH₂₀
SUMBITCH₁₇
SUMPHISH₁₈
SUNPORCH₁₅
SURFFISH₁₇
SWAINISH₁₄
SWAMPISH₁₈
SWEETISH₁₄
SWELLISH₁₄
SYLPHISH₁₉
SYNGRAPH₁₇
TABOULEH₁₃
TAIGLACH₁₄
TAMWORTH₁₆
TARABISH₁₃
TARBOOSH₁₃
TARBOUSH₁₃
TATAHASH₁₄
TAXIARCH₂₀
TEFILLAH₁₄
TEIGLACH₁₄
TELEPATH₁₃
TETRARCH₁₃
THEOSOPH₁₆
THICKISH₂₀
THIEVISH₁₇
THINNISH₁₄
THOROUGH₁₅
THUGGISH₁₆
TICKLISH₁₇
TIGERISH₁₂
TIGHTISH₁₅
TILEFISH₁₄
TINGLISH₁₂
TINSMITH₁₃
TOADFISH₁₅
TOADRUSH₁₂
TOADYISH₁₅
TOISEACH₁₃
TOLBOOTH₁₃
TOLLDISH₁₂
TOOLPUSH₁₃
TOPNOTCH₁₅
TOUGHISH₁₅
TOVARICH₁₆
TOVARISH₁₄
TRAMPISH₁₅
TRIBRACH₁₅
TRICKISH₁₇
TRIGLYPH₁₇
TRIGRAPH₁₄
TRIMORPH₁₅
TRIPTYCH₁₈
TRISTICH₁₃
TROLLISH₁₁
TSITSITH₁₁
TURLOUGH₁₂
TWITTISH₁₄
TZEDAKAH₂₅
TZITZITH₂₉
UMPTIETH₁₅
UMTEENTH₁₃
UNBREECH₁₅
UNCHURCH₁₈
UNCLENCH₁₅
UNCLINCH₁₅
UNCLUTCH₁₅
UNHEALTH₁₄
UNMODISH₁₄
UNPOLISH₁₃
UNPREACH₁₅
UNSMOOTH₁₃
UNSTARCH₁₃
UNSTITCH₁₃
UNTHATCH₁₆
UPGROWTH₁₇
VAGARISH₁₅
VANQUISH₂₃
VAPORISH₁₆
VERANDAH₁₅
VERMOUTH₁₆
VIGORISH₁₅
VIPERISH₁₆
VIXENISH₂₁
WALLFISH₁₇
WANWORTH₁₇
WARMOUTH₁₆
WATERISH₁₄
WAXCLOTH₂₃
WEAKFISH₂₁
WELDMESH₁₇
WHIPLASH₁₉
WOLFFISH₂₀
WOMANISH₁₆
WOODRUSH₁₅
XENOLITH₁₈
YESHIVAH₂₀
YOKELISH₁₈
YOUNGISH₁₅
ZOOMORPH₂₄

Letters by positionIn 51% of these words the 7th letter is S.

1st letter

S15%
B8%
T8%

2nd letter

A17%
O12%
E12%

3rd letter

A12%
O9%
S8%

5th letter

L10%
F10%
O9%

6th letter

I47%
A14%
U7%

7th letter

S51%
C20%
T15%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 15 in Scrabble; MEZUZOTH tops the list with 31. Scores before board bonuses.

1111 points: 12 words
12 points: 19 words
1313 points: 76 words
14 points: 93 words
1515 points: 116 words
16 points: 71 words
1717 points: 90 words
18 points: 54 words
1919 points: 25 words
20 points: 23 words
2121 points: 11 words
22 points: 9 words
2323 points: 4 words
24 points: 7 words
2525 points: 3 words
26 points: 1 words
2727 points: 2 words
28 points: 0 words
2929 points: 1 words
30 points: 0 words
3131 points: 1 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
MEZUZOTH	31	32	All three
TZITZITH	29	28	All three
CHUTZPAH	27	28	All three
JACKFISH	27	29	All three
QUACKISH	26	27	All three
TZEDAKAH	25	24	NWL only
MITZVOTH	25	26	All three
JAMBIYAH	25	27	Collins only
KEFFIYEH	24	22	All three
KAFFIYEH	24	22	All three
QUIPPISH	24	26	All three
QUIRKISH	24	24	All three

The set includes everyday words such as RESEARCH, ALTHOUGH, APPROACH, and SANDWICH, but H endings are much less common than several other final letters. Eight-letter words ending in G number 2,972. That contrast makes a final H a strong clue when your pattern feels open-ended; the first letter can narrow the options further, with S leading the starting-letter counts overall.

Familiar words and rare scores at a glance

The list contains 618 eight-letter words ending in H.
RESEARCH, ALTHOUGH, APPROACH, and SANDWICH are familiar examples.
S leads the starting-letter counts, with 94 words.
Only 20 entries meet the common-word frequency threshold.
MEZUZOTH tops the scoring list at 31 points.

What do 8-letter words ending in H score?

MEZUZOTH leads the scoring at 31 points; TZITZITH follows at 29. CHUTZPAH and JACKFISH each score 27. Those high-value plays lean on less familiar letter combinations, so scan your rack before reaching for a familiar word like RESEARCH.

The average score across these entries is 16 points. That makes a strong scoring word stand out from the middle of the pack. MEZUZOTH and TZITZITH are worth remembering, but their unusual spellings make them poor guesses when you have only a loose pattern.

Why do familiar H-ending words stand out?

Only 20 of the 618 words meet the common-word cutoff, despite familiar options such as SANDWICH, THOROUGH, and OUTREACH. The list is therefore broader than everyday vocabulary, and game dictionaries differ: Collins includes 589 entries, NWL2023 has 473, and ENABLE has 408. Check your game's word list before relying on an obscure entry.

Starting with S is the strongest first-letter clue, with 94 matches; B follows with 51 and T with 49. For a length check, seven-letter words ending in H number 568, while nine-letter words number 460. Those neighboring counts show that adding a letter does not always expand this particular ending pattern.

Questions people ask

How many 8-letter words end in H?

There are 618 eight-letter words ending in H across the tournament dictionaries counted here. The totals differ by dictionary: Collins has 589, NWL2023 has 473, and ENABLE has 408, so your game’s accepted list can be smaller.

Are there common 8-letter words that end in H?

Yes, but common entries are a small minority: 20 meet the common-word frequency threshold. RESEARCH, ALTHOUGH, APPROACH, and SANDWICH are recognizable examples, while many other entries are much less familiar.

Which 8-letter word ending in H scores the most?

MEZUZOTH is the highest-scoring entry at 31 points. TZITZITH follows at 29, while CHUTZPAH and JACKFISH each score 27. These values make the less familiar spellings worth checking when a high-value play fits your rack.

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