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5 Letter Words Starting With H

Need 5 letter words starting with H? Here are all 172. The 53 you are most likely to know come first, starting with HOUSE, HOURS and HAPPY. The most common second letter is A, found in 50 of them.

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Words
172
53 common
Top letters in spots 2 to 5
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Repeated letters
48
28% of words, like HAPPY
2+ vowels
106
62% of words

Common 5 letter words starting with H

53 everyday words, ranked by how often they appear in English, most common first.

  1. house
  2. hours
  3. happy
  4. human
  5. heart
  6. heard
  7. hands
  8. heavy
  9. hotel
  10. horse
  11. helps
  12. hello
  13. homes
  14. honor
  15. heads
  16. holds
  17. hills
  18. hired
  19. hopes
  20. hence

More common words, in order (33)

honey holes hurts hoped habit hosts hated humor hates harsh hurry heels handy hobby hardy halls hints hairy hears hairs hangs hides hooks havoc hires hacks heats hunts hasty horde halts halve hided

More 5 letter words starting with H

The other 119 words in our dictionary, A to Z. Most are rarer words, plurals and word forms that many word games accept.

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HA... 33

hafts haiku hails hakes haled haler hales halon halos hanks hared harem hares harks harms harps harpy harry harts hasps haste hatch hater hauls haunt haven haves hawed hawks hayed hazed hazel hazes

HE... 21

heady heals heaps heath heave hedge heeds hefts hefty heirs helix helms helot henna herbs herds heron hewed hewer hexed hexes

HI... 13

hicks highs hiked hiker hikes hilly hilts hinds hinge hippy hitch hived hives

HO... 29

hoard hoary hobos hocks hogan hoist hokum holed holly homed homey honed hones honks hooch hoods hooey hoofs hooky hoops hoots horns hosed hoses hotly hound hovel hover howls

HU... 17

hubby huffs huffy huger hulas hulks hulls humid humps humus hunch hunks hurls husks husky hussy hutch

HY... 6

hydra hyena hying hymen hymns hypos

Tips for this pattern

  • Check the second letter. A follows the H in 50 words (29%), as in HAPPY and HANDS. O (44) and E (31) come next.
  • Look at the last letter. 45% of five letter words starting with H end in S, like HOURS and HANDS. Most of those are plurals, which some daily word games never use as answers.
  • A strong first guess. If you know the word starts with H, HORSE is a good opener: it tests O, R, S and E, four of the seven most common letters in the open spots.

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Questions

How many 5 letter words starting with H are there?

Our dictionary has 172 five letter words starting with H. 53 of them are common everyday words, and the other 119 are rarer words that are still in our dictionary.

What are the most common 5 letter words starting with H?

HOUSE, HOURS, HAPPY, HUMAN and HEART, ranked by how often they appear in everyday English. 48 of all 172 words repeat a letter, and 106 have two or more vowels.

What is the most common second letter in 5 letter words starting with H?

A. 50 of the 172 words (29%) have A second, such as HAPPY and HANDS. O is next with 44 words, then E with 31.

Word lists are based on SCOWL. “Most common” order uses data from wordfreq by Robyn Speer, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.