9-letter words ending in H

9-letter words ending in H number 460, with familiar examples like ESTABLISH and PARAGRAPH and top scores reaching 28.

460 wordsTop pick ESTABLISHHighest score CZAREVICH 28

20 of 460 are everyday words (4%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.

Letter
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H
I
J
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M
N
O
P
Q
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T
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W
X
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Z

S ends the most 9-letter words (16,180); 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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Common words 20 · most-used first

ESTABLISH₁₄
PARAGRAPH₁₇
TELEGRAPH₁₅
AFTERMATH₁₇
TWENTIETH₁₅
BANDWIDTH₁₉
AUTOGRAPH₁₅
OVERWATCH₂₀
SIXTEENTH₁₉
LABYRINTH₁₇
PATRIARCH₁₆
FIFTEENTH₁₈
JELLYFISH₂₅
GOLDSMITH₁₆
YELLOWISH₁₈
CAVENDISH₁₈
COCKROACH₂₂
MONOGRAPH₁₇
SHELLFISH₁₈
MACINTOSH₁₆

All valid words 460

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

ACRITARCH₁₆
AEROGRAPH₁₅
AFTERMATH₁₇
ALEMBROTH₁₆
ALLELUIAH₁₂
ALLOGRAPH₁₅
ALLOMORPH₁₆
ALTIGRAPH₁₅
AMPHIPATH₂₁
ANABRANCH₁₆
ANGELFISH₁₆
ARCOGRAPH₁₇
AUTHORISH₁₅
AUTOGRAPH₁₅
AUTOTROPH₁₄
AUXOTROPH₂₁
AYATOLLAH₁₅
AZEDARACH₂₄
BABOONISH₁₆
BACHARACH₂₁
BACKBENCH₂₄
BACKCLOTH₂₂
BACKFISCH₂₅
BACKSHISH₂₃
BACKSLASH₂₀
BAKHSHISH₂₄
BAKSHEESH₂₁
BANDWIDTH₁₉
BAROGRAPH₁₇
BATHOLITH₁₇
BATHYLITH₂₀
BILLIONTH₁₄
BIRDWATCH₂₀
BISMILLAH₁₆
BITTERISH₁₄
BLACKFISH₂₃
BLACKWASH₂₃
BLINDFISH₁₈
BLINGLISH₁₅
BLOODBATH₁₇
BLOWTORCH₁₉
BOBSLEIGH₁₇
BOLOGRAPH₁₇
BOXWALLAH₂₄
BRAINWASH₁₇
BRANDRETH₁₅
BRIGHTISH₁₈
BROGUEISH₁₅
BUCKBRUSH₂₂
BUCKSHISH₂₃
BUCKTEETH₂₀
BUCKTOOTH₂₀
BULLFINCH₁₉
CAILLEACH₁₆
CAILLIACH₁₆
CALLIPASH₁₆
CARDPUNCH₁₉
CAVENDISH₁₈
CERECLOTH₁₆
CEROGRAPH₁₇
CHAFFINCH₂₅
CHANUKIAH₂₁
CHAROSETH₁₇
CHILIARCH₁₉
CHINCOUGH₂₀
CHOLELITH₁₇
CHRYSANTH₂₀
CLACKDISH₂₁
CLEANTECH₁₆
CLEVERISH₁₇
CLINGFISH₁₈
COCCOLITH₁₈
COCKMATCH₂₄
COCKROACH₂₂
COLOCYNTH₁₉
COPPERISH₁₈
COPROLITH₁₆
COPUBLISH₁₈
COPYGRAPH₂₂
CORNBRASH₁₆
CRAMPFISH₂₁
CRANREUCH₁₆
CROSSFISH₁₇
CYCLOLITH₁₉
CYMAGRAPH₂₂
CYMOGRAPH₂₂
CYSTOLITH₁₇
CZAREVICH₂₈
DAHABEEAH₁₈
DAHABIYAH₂₁
DAHABIYEH₂₁
DECASTICH₁₇
DEGARNISH₁₄
DEVILFISH₁₉
DISAVOUCH₁₈
DISBRANCH₁₇
DISCHURCH₂₀
DISHCLOTH₁₈
DISRELISH₁₃
DJELLABAH₂₂
DOOMWATCH₂₀
DRAGONISH₁₄
DROPCLOTH₁₇
ECHOGRAPH₂₀
ECTOMORPH₁₈
EIDOGRAPH₁₆
EIGHTIETH₁₆
EMBELLISH₁₆
ENDOLYMPH₂₀
ENDOMORPH₁₇
EREMITISH₁₄
ERGOGRAPH₁₆
ESTABLISH₁₄
EVERWHICH₂₃
FACECLOTH₁₉
FELDSPATH₁₈
FIFTEENTH₁₈
FOOTCLOTH₁₇
FORASMUCH₁₉
FORECLOTH₁₇
FOREREACH₁₇
FORETEACH₁₇
FORETEETH₁₅
FORETOOTH₁₅
FOREWEIGH₁₉
FORTHWITH₂₁
FRIBBLISH₁₉
FRITHBORH₂₀
FROGMARCH₂₀
FROGMOUTH₁₈
FROSTFISH₁₈
GALABIYAH₁₈
GALLABEAH₁₅
GALLABIAH₁₅
GALLABIEH₁₅
GATECRASH₁₅
GEMUTLICH₁₇
GENTILISH₁₃
GIBBERISH₁₇
GIRAFFISH₁₉
GLIDEPATH₁₆
GLOBEFISH₁₈
GOALMOUTH₁₅
GOLDFINCH₁₉
GOLDSMITH₁₆
GOOSEFISH₁₆
GRANNYISH₁₆
GRANOLITH₁₃
GRAVELISH₁₆
GREENWASH₁₆
GYMNOSOPH₂₀
HAFTAROTH₁₈
HAFTOROTH₁₈
HAGGADOTH₁₈
HAIRBRUSH₁₇
HAIRCLOTH₁₇
HALACHOTH₂₀
HALAKHOTH₂₂
HAPHTARAH₂₀
HEADCLOTH₁₈
HEADREACH₁₈
HELLBROTH₁₇
HEMISTICH₁₉
HEMOLYMPH₂₄
HEMSTITCH₁₉
HEXASTICH₂₄
HIPPIEISH₁₉
HODOGRAPH₁₉
HOIDENISH₁₆
HOLOGRAPH₁₈
HOMEBIRTH₁₉
HOMEOPATH₁₉
HOMOGRAPH₂₀
HOMOMORPH₂₁
HOPSCOTCH₂₁
HOUNDFISH₁₉
HOYDENISH₁₉
HUNDREDTH₁₇
HYDROPATH₂₁
HYPOMORPH₂₄
IDEOGRAPH₁₆
IDIOGRAPH₁₆
INSHALLAH₁₅
INTERARCH₁₄
INTERDASH₁₃
INTERMESH₁₄
INTIFADAH₁₆
INTIFADEH₁₆
IRONSMITH₁₄
JACKSMITH₂₇
JARGONISH₂₀
JELLYFISH₂₅
JEWELFISH₂₅
JILLIONTH₁₉
JOBSWORTH₂₄
JOCKEYISH₂₈
JOKESMITH₂₅
KHANSAMAH₂₁
KILLIFISH₁₉
KITTENISH₁₆
KNAIDLACH₁₉
KNEIDLACH₁₉
KYMOGRAPH₂₄
LABYRINTH₁₇
LACCOLITH₁₆
LAGOMORPH₁₇
LEMONFISH₁₇
LICKERISH₁₈
LIQUORISH₂₁
LOAFERISH₁₅
LOCKSMITH₂₀
LOGOGRAPH₁₆
LOGOGRIPH₁₆
LOINCLOTH₁₄
LONGCLOTH₁₅
LOUDMOUTH₁₅
MACINTOSH₁₆
MADRASSAH₁₅
MAHARAJAH₂₄
MAIDENISH₁₅
MAILCOACH₁₈
MAILPOUCH₁₈
MAMMONISH₁₈
MARIGRAPH₁₇
MARROWISH₁₇
MARTYRISH₁₇
MASHALLAH₁₇
MASHGIACH₂₀
MATRIARCH₁₆
MEDRESSEH₁₅
MEGADEATH₁₆
MEGILLOTH₁₅
MESEEMETH₁₆
MESHUGGAH₁₉
MESOMORPH₁₈
MICROINCH₁₈
MICROLITH₁₆
MICROMESH₁₈
MILLIONTH₁₄
MISGROWTH₁₈
MONKEYISH₂₁
MONOGRAPH₁₇
MONOPITCH₁₈
MONOSTICH₁₆
MONOTROCH₁₆
MORTCLOTH₁₆
MOUTHWASH₂₀
MUCKERISH₂₀
MULTIPATH₁₆
MUSHMOUTH₁₉
NAILBRUSH₁₄
NAMAYCUSH₁₉
NARROWISH₁₅
NECKCLOTH₂₀
NEUROPATH₁₄
NEWSFLASH₁₈
NIGGERISH₁₄
NINETIETH₁₂
NOMOGRAPH₁₇
NONCHURCH₁₉
NONGROWTH₁₆
NONSPEECH₁₆
OCTASTICH₁₆
OLEOGRAPH₁₅
ONDOGRAPH₁₆
OOMPAHPAH₂₁
OREPEARCH₁₆
OSTEOPATH₁₄
OUTGROWTH₁₆
OUTLAUNCH₁₄
OUTPREACH₁₆
OVERCATCH₁₉
OVERCOACH₁₉
OVERFLUSH₁₈
OVERMATCH₁₉
OVERPERCH₁₉
OVERPITCH₁₉
OVERREACH₁₇
OVERTEACH₁₇
OVERWATCH₂₀
OVERWEIGH₁₉
PALEOLITH₁₄
PAPRIKASH₂₀
PARAGRAPH₁₇
PARAMORPH₁₈
PARANYMPH₂₁
PARASHOTH₁₇
PARSONISH₁₄
PATRIARCH₁₆
PERGUNNAH₁₅
PERILYMPH₂₁
PERIMORPH₁₈
PERITRICH₁₆
PHACOLITH₁₉
PHILOMATH₁₉
PHYTOLITH₂₀
PIKEPERCH₂₂
PILOTFISH₁₇
PINWRENCH₁₉
PLATYFISH₂₀
PLAYDOUGH₁₉
POLEMARCH₁₈
POLYGRAPH₂₀
POLYMORPH₂₁
POLYPTYCH₂₄
POORMOUTH₁₆
POSTCRASH₁₆
PRAISEACH₁₆
PREGROWTH₁₈
PRELATISH₁₄
PRELAUNCH₁₆
PREMONISH₁₆
PRETTYISH₁₇
PROCHURCH₂₁
PYRACANTH₁₉
QUIDDITCH₂₅
QUIVERISH₂₄
RATHERISH₁₅
REFURBISH₁₇
REFURNISH₁₅
REPLENISH₁₄
REPUBLISH₁₆
RESTRETCH₁₄
REVARNISH₁₅
RHINOLITH₁₅
ROSEFINCH₁₇
ROTOGRAPH₁₅
ROUNDARCH₁₅
RUGGELACH₁₆
SABLEFISH₁₇
SACKCLOTH₂₀
SAGEBRUSH₁₅
SAILCLOTH₁₄
SALLOWISH₁₅
SANDARACH₁₅
SASQUATCH₂₃
SCALDFISH₁₈
SCHOLARCH₁₉
SERIGRAPH₁₅
SHAHTOOSH₁₈
SHAMIANAH₁₇
SHEATFISH₁₈
SHECHITAH₂₀
SHELLFISH₁₈
SHILLALAH₁₅
SHILLELAH₁₅
SHOPHROTH₂₀
SHTETLACH₁₇
SIALOLITH₁₂
SIXTEENTH₁₉
SKIAGRAPH₁₉
SLIGHTISH₁₆
SLOWCOACH₁₉
SMOKEBUSH₂₀
SMOOTHISH₁₇
SNAILFISH₁₅
SNAKEFISH₁₉
SNIPEFISH₁₇
SNOWBRUSH₁₇
SNOWCOACH₁₉
SOCIOPATH₁₆
SONGSMITH₁₅
SONOGRAPH₁₅
SOOTHLICH₁₇
SOURDOUGH₁₄
SPADEFISH₁₈
SPEARFISH₁₇
SPICEBUSH₁₈
SPIDERISH₁₅
SPIKEFISH₂₁
SPLEENISH₁₄
SQUABBISH₂₅
SQUALLISH₂₁
SQUAWBUSH₂₆
SQUAWFISH₂₇
SQUEAMISH₂₃
SQUIRARCH₂₃
STALWORTH₁₅
STARTLISH₁₂
STATOLITH₁₂
STENOBATH₁₄
STINGFISH₁₆
STOCKFISH₂₁
STONEFISH₁₅
STONEWASH₁₅
STOPWATCH₁₉
STRICTISH₁₄
STRONGISH₁₃
STROUPACH₁₆
SUBBRANCH₁₈
SUCCOTASH₁₆
SUGARBUSH₁₅
SUPERHIGH₁₈
SUPERRICH₁₆
SURFPERCH₁₉
SWEETFISH₁₈
SWELLFISH₁₈
SWORDFISH₁₉
TABBOULEH₁₆
TALLITOTH₁₂
TALLOWISH₁₅
TAOISEACH₁₄
TELEGRAPH₁₅
TELESTICH₁₄
TEPHILLAH₁₇
TEREBINTH₁₄
THEREWITH₁₈
THIRTIETH₁₅
THIRTYISH₁₈
THORNBUSH₁₇
TOLLBOOTH₁₄
TOMBOYISH₁₉
TOMOGRAPH₁₇
TOOTHFISH₁₈
TOOTHWASH₁₈
TOPOGRAPH₁₇
TOPSTITCH₁₆
TOVARISCH₁₇
TRAGELAPH₁₅
TRIERARCH₁₄
TRUNKFISH₁₉
TSAREVICH₁₇
TUNESMITH₁₄
TWENTIETH₁₅
TWENTYISH₁₈
TYPOGRAPH₂₀
ULTRAHIGH₁₆
ULTRAPOSH₁₄
ULTRARICH₁₄
UMPTEENTH₁₆
UNBOOKISH₁₈
UNDERBUSH₁₅
UNDERFISH₁₆
UNFURNISH₁₅
UNMANNISH₁₄
UNSELFISH₁₅
UNSTYLISH₁₅
UPLANDISH₁₅
VAMPIRISH₁₉
VANDALISH₁₆
VAPOURISH₁₇
VIPERFISH₂₀
VIRAGOISH₁₆
VULTURISH₁₅
WASHCLOTH₂₀
WHEREWITH₂₁
WHITEFISH₂₁
WHITEWASH₂₁
WILLOWISH₁₈
WINTERISH₁₅
WORDSMITH₁₈
WORKBENCH₂₃
WRECKFISH₂₄
XEROMORPH₂₃
XYLOGRAPH₂₅
YELLOWISH₁₈
YESHIVOTH₂₁
YUPPIEISH₁₉
ZEBRAFISH₂₆
ZILLIONTH₂₁

Letters by positionIn 38% of these words the 7th letter is I.

1st letter

S15%
B8%
C8%

2nd letter

O18%
A17%
E10%

4th letter

O12%
E10%
R9%

6th letter

R17%
L13%
O9%

7th letter

I38%
A20%
O8%

8th letter

S35%
T23%
C21%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 16 in Scrabble; CZAREVICH tops the list with 28. Scores before board bonuses.

1212 points: 6 words
13 points: 5 words
1414 points: 36 words
15 points: 59 words
1616 points: 72 words
17 points: 60 words
1818 points: 57 words
19 points: 54 words
2020 points: 35 words
21 points: 29 words
2222 points: 9 words
23 points: 10 words
2424 points: 14 words
25 points: 8 words
2626 points: 2 words
27 points: 2 words
2828 points: 2 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
CZAREVICH	28	30	Collins · NWL
JOCKEYISH	28	29	Collins · NWL
SQUAWFISH	27	27	All three
JACKSMITH	27	30	Collins only
ZEBRAFISH	26	26	Collins · NWL
SQUAWBUSH	26	28	Collins · NWL
JELLYFISH	25	27	All three
QUIDDITCH	25	26	Collins only
CHAFFINCH	25	26	All three
XYLOGRAPH	25	26	All three
BACKFISCH	25	27	Collins only
JEWELFISH	25	27	Collins · NWL

The range runs from everyday words such as AFTERMATH and JELLYFISH to specialist entries like CZAREVICH. Only 20 qualify as common by the frequency cutoff, so the full set is much broader than ordinary conversation. Dictionary coverage also varies: Collins includes 453, NWL2023 includes 314, and ENABLE includes 204; those totals overlap, so they do not add up to the overall count.

At a glance: count, familiar words and scores

There are 460 nine-letter entries ending in H across the covered tournament dictionaries.
ESTABLISH, PARAGRAPH and TELEGRAPH are recognizable examples in the set.
Only 20 entries meet the common-word frequency cutoff.
CZAREVICH and JOCKEYISH tie for the highest score at 28.
S is the most frequent first letter, with 69 words; B and C each have 35.

How many 9-letter words ending in H are there?

There are 460 9-letter words ending in H. That makes this a substantial clue set, but it is smaller than the 618 eight-letter words ending in H and larger than the 285 ten-letter matches. If your puzzle has the final H fixed, checking the exact length will cut down the search quickly.

S leads with 69 entries, while B and C each start 35; M and P follow with 34 apiece. That makes an S-starting candidate a sensible early check, but the cluster is not so dominant that you should ignore other initials. Familiar options include SIXTEENTH, TWENTIETH and PATRIARCH.

Which H-ending entries score the most?

CZAREVICH and JOCKEYISH each score 28, ahead of SQUAWFISH and JACKSMITH at 27. ZEBRAFISH and SQUAWBUSH score 26, while JELLYFISH, QUIDDITCH, CHAFFINCH and XYLOGRAPH reach 25. These are useful candidates when your rack already contains high-value letters; the score alone does not account for board placement.

The 9-letter words ending in H are not all everyday vocabulary, and dictionary coverage differs sharply between Collins, NWL2023 and ENABLE. For a word-game move, confirm the entry in your game's dictionary before committing. For a letter clue, start with common examples such as BANDWIDTH, AUTOGRAPH or REPLENISH, then widen the search if those do not fit.

Questions people ask

How many nine-letter words end in H?

There are 460 nine-letter words ending in H in the covered tournament dictionaries. The set includes familiar choices such as ESTABLISH, AFTERMATH and JELLYFISH, alongside less common entries. Only 20 meet the common-word frequency cutoff, so expect many candidates to be unfamiliar.

What is the highest-scoring 9-letter word ending in H?

CZAREVICH and JOCKEYISH tie for the highest score at 28. SQUAWFISH and JACKSMITH follow at 27, with ZEBRAFISH and SQUAWBUSH at 26. Scores describe the word values; the points you earn in a game also depend on the board.

Are all 460 words accepted in every word game?

No. Collins includes 453 of these entries, NWL2023 includes 314, and ENABLE includes 204, with overlap between the dictionaries. A word accepted in one list may not be accepted in another, so check the dictionary used by your game.

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