5 Letter Words That Start With H

241 words Words by letter Checked 9 Oct 2026

Here are all 241 5 letter words that start with H in a standard word-game dictionary, sorted so the everyday words come first. Use the Wordle helper below to add letters you know, letters to leave out and a pattern, or scan the common words with their meanings.

With 241 entries, H offers a good spread of five-letter words. Everyday nouns lead, including "house", "heart", "hands" and "horse".

Plurals like "hands" and "hills" are common, so do not assume the last letter is unusual. "Hello" and "happy" both contain a double letter, which is easy to miss in Wordle. "Honey" and "horse" are cosy, simple words for children to read and write, and both make good picture cards for a phonics wall.

5-letter words starting with H: 241
Most used: house
Most common last letter: S 91 words

5 letter words starting with H: Wordle helper

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Most common 5-letter words that start with H

Ranked by how often the word appears in English text. "Type" is the word's main part of speech.

#	Word	Meaning	Type
1	house	a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families	noun
2	hours	a period of time assigned for work	noun
3	happy	enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure	adj.
4	human	characteristic of humanity	adj.
5	heart	the locus of feelings and intuitions	noun
6	heard	detected or perceived by the sense of hearing	adj.
7	hands	(with `in') guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child	noun
8	heavy	of comparatively great physical weight or density	adj.
9	hotel	a building where travelers can pay for lodging and meals and other services	noun
10	horse	solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times	noun
11	helps	give help or assistance; be of service	verb
12	henry	a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is...	noun
13	harry	annoy continually or chronically	verb
14	hello	an expression of greeting	noun
15	homes	where you live at a particular time	noun
16	honor	bestow honor or rewards upon	verb
17	heads	the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains	noun
18	holds	keep in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g.,	verb
19	hills	a local and well-defined elevation of the land	noun
20	hired	having services engaged for a fee	adj.
21	hopes	expect and wish	verb
22	hence	(used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result	adv.
23	honey	a sweet yellow liquid produced by bees	noun
24	holes	an opening into or through something	noun
25	hurts	be the source of pain	verb
26	hoped	expect and wish	verb
27	habit	an established custom	noun
28	hosts	a person who invites guests to a social event (such as a party in his or her own home) and who is responsible...	noun
29	hated	treated with contempt	adj.
30	humor	a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter	noun
31	hates	dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards	verb
32	harsh	unpleasantly stern	adj.
33	hurry	move very fast	verb
34	haven	a shelter serving as a place of safety or sanctuary	noun
35	heels	the bottom of a shoe or boot; the back part of a shoe or boot that touches the ground and provides elevation	noun
36	handy	easy to reach	adj.
37	hobby	an auxiliary activity	noun
38	honda	no short meaning listed
39	hawks	diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail	noun
40	homer	a base hit on which the batter scores a run	noun
41	holly	any tree or shrub of the genus Ilex having red berries and shiny evergreen leaves with prickly edges	noun
42	hardy	having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships	adj.
43	halls	an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open	noun
44	hints	an indirect suggestion	noun
45	hatch	emerge from the eggs	verb
46	hairy	having or covered with hair	adj.
47	horns	a noisemaker (as at parties or games) that makes a loud noise when you blow through it	noun
48	hears	perceive (sound) via the auditory sense	verb
49	hairs	a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the...	noun
50	heath	a low evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae; has small bell-shaped pink or purple flowers	noun
51	hedge	a fence formed by a row of closely planted shrubs or bushes	noun
52	hangs	be suspended or hanging	verb
53	hides	prevent from being seen or discovered	verb
54	hyper	no short meaning listed
55	herbs	a plant lacking a permanent woody stem	noun
56	hooks	fasten with a hook	verb
57	hogan	United States golfer who won many major golf tournaments (1912-1997)	noun
58	hydro	no short meaning listed
59	highs	a lofty level or position or degree	noun
60	hicks	a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture	noun
61	haunt	follow stealthily or recur constantly and spontaneously to	verb
62	hazel	of a light brown or yellowish brown color	adj.
63	hyped	publicize in an exaggerated and often misleading manner	verb
64	heirs	a person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another	noun
65	havoc	violent and needless disturbance	noun
66	humid	containing or characterized by a great deal of water vapor	adj.
67	hires	engage or hire for work	verb
68	hacks	one who works hard at boring tasks	noun
69	hoops	a game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players	noun
70	hound	any of several breeds of dog used for hunting typically having large drooping ears	noun
71	hitch	to hook or entangle	verb
72	heats	a form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature	noun
73	hubby	a married man; a woman's partner in marriage	noun
74	heist	commit a burglary; enter and rob a dwelling	verb
75	haste	overly eager speed (and possible carelessness)	noun
76	hefty	(of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful	adj.
77	hunts	Englishman and Pre-Raphaelite painter (1827-1910)	noun
78	hikes	a long walk usually for exercise or pleasure	noun
79	hymns	sing a hymn	verb
80	heals	heal or recover	verb

5 letter words that start with H and end with S

hours
hands
helps
homes
heads
holds
hills
hopes
holes
hurts
hosts
hates
heels
hawks
halls
hints
horns
hears
hairs
hangs
hides
herbs
hooks
highs
hicks
heirs
hires
hacks
hoops
heats

5 letter words that start with H and end with Y

happy
heavy
henry
harry
honey
hurry
handy
hobby
holly
hardy
hairy
hubby
hefty
hasty
husky
hilly
howdy
hippy
heady
hotly
homey
hunky
hoppy
hokey
hammy
harpy
hissy
hanky
hoary
hoody

5 letter words that start with H and end with D

heard
hired
hoped
hated
hyped
humid
hound
hoard
holed
honed
hiked
hosed
hyoid
homed
hazed
hewed
hexed
hived
hawed

More 5 letter words with H

Less common words that are still valid in most word games.

hinge
heaps
hydra
harms
hasty
husky
helix
hover
hoard
horde
hanks
herds
hades
haute
heres
hilly
hater
hails
harem
hippo
hives
hoist
hoods
hurst
heron
haiku
howdy
hells
hunch
hertz
holed
honed
hutch
hippy
hoses
haves
hiked
heady
hotly
heave
hales
hamza
helms
hulls
halts
horst
hakim
hauls
henna
hinds
heros
hyena
hares
hiker
howls
hallo
homey
hafiz
howes
hunky
hoppy
halos
hokey
hoyle
husks
halve
harps
hooch
hocus
hymen
holla
humps
hammy
hunks
hosed
harpy
hight
hoots
hants
hissy
humus
hurls
hanky
humic
hulks
helio
hobos
hovel
hoary
homos
hoody
harts
hards
hones
hyoid
hooky
hadji
hansa
honks
homed
hotch
haver
huffy
hoofs
humph
hexes
honan
hajji
huffs
haugh
holey
herby
hider
hocks
hypes
hanse
harks
hames
hazed
horas

Questions people ask

How many 5-letter words start with H?

This list has 241 5-letter words starting with H, taken from a standard word-game dictionary and limited to words that appear in real English text.

What are the most common 5-letter words that start with H?

house, hours, happy, human, heart, heard, hands, heavy are the most used in everyday English.

What is a good Wordle start word that begins with H?

Pick a common word with several different vowels and frequent letters. From this list, house, hours, human, heart, heard all use five different letters and at least two vowels.

Source: the ENABLE word list (a public-domain dictionary used for word games), ranked by how often each word appears in English text (the open wordfreq project), with short meanings from Princeton WordNet. Offensive words are left out.

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