5-Letter Words Starting With H
There are 334 five-letter words starting with H. 115 are common English words, listed first; the other 219 are valid but rarer.
Common 5-letter words starting with H (115)
The likeliest answers in word games, A to Z.
- habit
- hacks
- hades
- haiku
- hails
- hairs
- hairy
- halls
- hands
- handy
- hangs
- hanks
- happy
- hardy
- harem
- harms
- harry
- harsh
- haste
- hasty
- hatch
- hated
- hater
- hates
- haunt
- haute
- haven
- havoc
- hawks
- hazel
- heads
- heals
- heaps
- heard
- hears
- heart
- heath
- heats
- heavy
- hedge
- heels
- hefty
- heirs
- heist
- helix
- hello
- hells
- helps
- hence
- henry
- herbs
- herds
- heres
- heron
- hertz
- hicks
- hides
- highs
- hikes
- hills
- hilly
- hinge
- hints
- hippo
- hippy
- hired
- hires
- hitch
- hives
- hoard
- hobby
- hogan
- hoist
- holds
- holed
- holes
- holly
- homer
- homes
- honda
- honed
- honey
- honor
- hoods
- hooks
- hoops
- hoped
- hopes
- horde
- horns
- horny
- horse
- hosts
- hotel
- hound
- hours
- house
- hover
- howdy
- hubby
- human
- humid
- humor
- hunch
- hunts
- hurry
- hurst
- hurts
- husky
- hutch
- hydra
- hydro
- hymns
- hyped
- hyper
Less common 5-letter words starting with H (219)
HA… (66)
- haafs
- haars
- habus
- hacek
- hadal
- haded
- hadji
- hadst
- haems
- haets
- hafis
- hafiz
- hafts
- hahas
- haika
- haiks
- hajes
- hajis
- hajji
- hakes
- hakim
- haled
- haler
- hales
- halid
- hallo
- halma
- halms
- halos
- halts
- halva
- halve
- hamal
- hames
- hammy
- hamza
- hance
- hanky
- hansa
- hanse
- hants
- haole
- hapax
- haply
- hards
- hared
- hares
- harks
- harls
- harps
- harpy
- harts
- hasps
- haugh
- haulm
- hauls
- haver
- haves
- hawed
- hawse
- hayed
- hayer
- hazan
- hazed
- hazer
- hazes
HE… (42)
- heady
- heave
- hebes
- hecks
- heder
- hedgy
- heeds
- heeze
- hefts
- heigh
- heils
- helio
- helms
- helos
- helot
- helve
- hemal
- hemes
- hemic
- hemin
- hemps
- hempy
- henna
- hents
- herby
- herls
- herma
- herms
- herns
- heros
- herry
- hests
- heths
- heuch
- heugh
- hewed
- hewer
- hexad
- hexed
- hexer
- hexes
- hexyl
HI… (16)
- hided
- hider
- hight
- hiked
- hiker
- hilar
- hillo
- hilts
- hilum
- hilus
- hinds
- hinny
- hirer
- hissy
- hists
- hived
HO… (63)
- hoagy
- hoars
- hoary
- hobos
- hocks
- hocus
- hodad
- hoers
- hoggs
- hoick
- hoise
- hoked
- hokes
- hokey
- hokku
- hokum
- holey
- holks
- holla
- hollo
- holms
- holts
- homed
- homey
- homos
- honan
- honer
- hones
- hongs
- honks
- honky
- hooch
- hoody
- hooey
- hoofs
- hooka
- hooky
- hooly
- hoots
- hooty
- hoper
- hoppy
- horah
- horal
- horas
- horst
- horsy
- hosed
- hosel
- hosen
- hoses
- hosta
- hotch
- hotly
- houri
- hovel
- howes
- howff
- howfs
- howks
- howls
- hoyas
- hoyle
HU… (22)
- hucks
- huffs
- huffy
- huger
- hulas
- hulks
- hulky
- hullo
- hulls
- humic
- humph
- humps
- humpy
- humus
- hunks
- hunky
- hurds
- hurls
- hurly
- husks
- hussy
- huzza
HY… (10)
- hyena
- hying
- hylas
- hymen
- hyoid
- hypes
- hypha
- hypos
- hyrax
- hyson
No words on this page match those letters.
By the numbers
At a glance
- Words
- 334
- Common words
- 115 (34%)
- Most frequent second letter
- A (96 words)
Quick answers
Questions
How many 5-letter words starting with H are there?
334 in our list (the public-domain ENABLE word list). 115 of them are common English words; the other 219 are valid but rarely used.
What are the most common 5-letter words starting with H?
By how often they appear in everyday English: HOUSE, HAPPY, HOURS, HUMAN, HEARD.
Which letter most often comes after H in these words?
A, in 96 of the 334 words (29%).