Six-letter words starting with H
556 six-letter words begin with the letter H. The complete list is below in alphabetical order, grouped by second letter so you can scan straight to the ones that fit your puzzle.
Most common six-letter words starting with H
Ranked by how often they appear in written English.
- health
- hotels
- having
- higher
- highly
- handle
- height
- houses
- hunter
- happen
- hidden
- hosted
- hockey
- helped
- heaven
- header
- holder
- horror
- horses
- harbor
- hearts
- hybrid
- humans
- herein
Highest-scoring six-letter words starting with H
Standard Scrabble tile values, before any board multipliers.
- huzzah 30
- hazzan 27
- huzzas 27
- hajjes 23
- hajjis 23
- hamzah 23
- hijack 22
- hazily 21
- hamzas 20
- hutzpa 20
- hawkey 19
- hazard 19
- hazing 19
- heezed 19
- hexyls 19
- hackly 18
- halutz 18
- hatbox 18
- hazans 18
- hazels 18
- hazers 18
- hazier 18
- heezes 18
- hickey 18
All 556 six-letter words starting with H
HA 167
- habile
- habits
- haboob
- haceks
- hacked
- hackee
- hacker
- hackie
- hackle
- hackly
- hading
- hadith
- hadjee
- hadjes
- hadjis
- hadron
- haeing
- haemal
- haemic
- haemin
- haeres
- haffet
- haffit
- hafted
- hafter
- hagbut
- hagdon
- hagged
- haggis
- haggle
- hailed
- hailer
- hairdo
- haired
- hajjes
- hajjis
- hakeem
- hakims
- halala
- halers
- haleru
- halest
- halide
- halids
- haling
- halite
- hallah
- hallel
- halloa
- halloo
- hallos
- hallot
- hallow
- hallux
- halmas
- haloed
- haloes
- haloid
- halted
- halter
- halutz
- halvah
- halvas
- halved
- halves
- hamada
- hamals
- hamate
- hamaul
- hamlet
- hammal
- hammed
- hammer
- hamper
- hamuli
- hamzah
- hamzas
- hances
- handed
- handle
- hangar
- hanged
- hanger
- hangul
- hangup
- haniwa
- hanked
- hanker
- hankie
- hansas
- hansel
- hanses
- hansom
- hanted
- hantle
- haoles
- happed
- happen
- hapten
- haptic
- harass
- harbor
- harden
- harder
- hardly
- hareem
- harems
- haring
- harked
- harken
- harlot
- harmed
- harmer
- harmin
- harped
- harper
- harpin
- harrow
- hartal
- hashed
- hashes
- haslet
- hasped
- hassel
- hassle
- hasted
- hasten
- hastes
- hatbox
- haters
- hatful
- hating
- hatpin
- hatred
- hatted
- hatter
- haughs
- hauled
- hauler
- haulms
- haulmy
- haunch
- haunts
- hausen
- havens
- havers
- having
- havior
- havocs
- hawing
- hawked
- hawker
- hawkey
- hawkie
- hawser
- hawses
- hayers
- haying
- haymow
- hazans
- hazard
- hazels
- hazers
- hazier
- hazily
- hazing
- hazzan
HE 111
- headed
- header
- healed
- healer
- health
- heaped
- hearer
- hearse
- hearth
- hearts
- hearty
- heated
- heater
- heaths
- heathy
- heaume
- heaved
- heaven
- heaver
- heaves
- heckle
- hectic
- hector
- heddle
- heders
- hedged
- hedger
- hedges
- heeded
- heeder
- heehaw
- heeled
- heeler
- heezed
- heezes
- hefted
- hefter
- hegari
- hegira
- heifer
- height
- heiled
- heinie
- heired
- heishi
- heists
- hejira
- heliac
- helios
- helium
- helled
- heller
- hellos
- helmed
- helmet
- helots
- helped
- helper
- helved
- helves
- hemins
- hemmed
- hemmer
- hemoid
- hempen
- hempie
- henbit
- hennas
- henrys
- hented
- hepcat
- heptad
- herald
- herbal
- herbed
- herded
- herder
- herdic
- hereat
- hereby
- herein
- hereof
- hereon
- heresy
- hereto
- heriot
- hermae
- hermai
- hermit
- hernia
- heroes
- heroic
- heroin
- herons
- herpes
- hetero
- hetman
- heuchs
- heughs
- hewers
- hewing
- hexade
- hexads
- hexane
- hexers
- hexing
- hexone
- hexose
- hexyls
- heyday
- heydey
HI 45
- hiatal
- hiatus
- hiccup
- hickey
- hidden
- hiders
- hiding
- hieing
- hiemal
- higgle
- higher
- highly
- highth
- hights
- hijack
- hikers
- hiking
- hilled
- hiller
- hilloa
- hillos
- hilted
- hinder
- hinged
- hinger
- hinges
- hinted
- hinter
- hipped
- hipper
- hippie
- hippos
- hirers
- hiring
- hirple
- hirsel
- hirsle
- hispid
- hissed
- hisser
- hisses
- histed
- hither
- hitter
- hiving
HO 152
- hoagie
- hoards
- hoarse
- hoaxed
- hoaxer
- hoaxes
- hobbed
- hobbit
- hobble
- hobnob
- hoboed
- hoboes
- hocked
- hocker
- hockey
- hodads
- hodden
- hoddin
- hoeing
- hogans
- hogged
- hogger
- hogget
- hognut
- hogtie
- hoicks
- hoiden
- hoised
- hoises
- hoists
- hokier
- hokily
- hoking
- hokums
- holard
- holden
- holder
- holdup
- holier
- holies
- holily
- holing
- holism
- holist
- holked
- hollas
- holler
- holloa
- holloo
- hollos
- hollow
- holmic
- holpen
- homage
- hombre
- homely
- homers
- homier
- homily
- homing
- hominy
- hommos
- honans
- honcho
- hondas
- hondle
- honers
- honest
- honeys
- honied
- honing
- honked
- honker
- honkie
- honors
- honour
- hooded
- hoodie
- hoodoo
- hooeys
- hoofed
- hoofer
- hookah
- hookas
- hooked
- hooker
- hookey
- hookup
- hoolie
- hooped
- hooper
- hoopla
- hoopoe
- hoopoo
- hoorah
- hooray
- hootch
- hooted
- hooter
- hooved
- hooves
- hopers
- hoping
- hopped
- hopper
- hopple
- horahs
- horary
- horded
- hordes
- horned
- hornet
- horrid
- horror
- horsed
- horses
- horsey
- horste
- horsts
- hosels
- hosier
- hosing
- hostas
- hosted
- hostel
- hostly
- hotbed
- hotbox
- hotdog
- hotels
- hotrod
- hotted
- hotter
- houdah
- hounds
- houris
- hourly
- housed
- housel
- houser
- houses
- hovels
- hovers
- howdah
- howdie
- howffs
- howked
- howled
- howler
- howlet
- hoyden
- hoyles
HU 56
- hubbly
- hubbub
- hubcap
- hubris
- huckle
- huddle
- huffed
- hugely
- hugest
- hugged
- hugger
- huipil
- hulked
- hulled
- huller
- hulloa
- hullos
- humane
- humans
- humate
- humble
- humbly
- humbug
- humeri
- hummed
- hummer
- hummus
- humors
- humour
- humped
- humphs
- humvee
- hunger
- hungry
- hunker
- hunted
- hunter
- hurdle
- hurled
- hurler
- hurley
- hurrah
- hurray
- hursts
- hurter
- hurtle
- hushed
- hushes
- husked
- husker
- hussar
- hustle
- hutted
- hutzpa
- huzzah
- huzzas
HY 25
- hyaena
- hyalin
- hybrid
- hybris
- hydrae
- hydras
- hydria
- hydric
- hydrid
- hydros
- hyenas
- hyenic
- hyetal
- hymens
- hymnal
- hymned
- hyoids
- hyphae
- hyphal
- hyphen
- hyping
- hypnic
- hypoed
- hysons
- hyssop
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Common questions
How many six-letter words start with H?
There are 556 six-letter words beginning with H, all listed on this page in alphabetical order.
What are the most common six-letter words starting with H?
Ranked by how often they appear in written English, the most common are: health, hotels, having, higher, highly, handle, height, houses. The full "most common" list is near the top of this page.
What is the highest-scoring six-letter word starting with H in Scrabble?
huzzah scores 30 points on plain tiles, before any double- or triple-word squares. Premium squares and the 50-point bingo bonus can change the ranking completely.
Are proper nouns and abbreviations included?
No. The list only contains words from the ENABLE lexicon, which excludes proper nouns, abbreviations and hyphenated forms — the same rule tournament Scrabble and most word games follow. Read more on the methodology page.
Counted from a 172,749-word public-domain lexicon, last reviewed 2026-08-01. How this list was built.