7-Letter Words Starting With H
We found 856 seven-letter words that start with H, about 4% of all 7-letter words. The most common are HOWEVER, HISTORY and HUSBAND.
HUZZAHS scores the most in Scrabble, at 31 points. The most common start is HA-, with 269 words. In Scrabble, playing all seven tiles from your rack earns a 50-point bingo bonus.
- Words
- 856
- Top score
- HUZZAHS · 31
- Groups
- 6
Common 7-letter words starting with H and their meanings
- however16 pts
- adverb: despite anything to the contrary (usually preceding a concession)
- history13 pts
- noun: the aggregate of past events
- husband13 pts
- noun: a married man
- hundred12 pts
- adjective: being ten more than ninety
- heavily16 pts
- adverb: to a considerable degree
- healthy16 pts
- adjective: having or indicating good health in body or mind
- hearing11 pts
- noun: (law) a proceeding (usually by a court) where evidence is taken for the purpose of determining an issue of fact and reaching a decision…
- horizon19 pts
- noun: the line at which the sky and Earth appear to meet
- hunting11 pts
- noun: the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport
- holiday14 pts
- noun: leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure
- highway20 pts
- noun: a major road for any form of motor transport
- halfway19 pts
- adverb: at half the distance
Definitions from WordNet®, Princeton University.
All 856 7-letter words starting with H
Numbers show Scrabble points.
Starting with HA 269
- habitan12
- habitat12
- habited13
- habitue12
- habitus12
- haboobs14
- hachure15
- hackbut18
- hackees16
- hackers16
- hackies16
- hacking17
- hackled17
- hackler16
- hackles16
- hackman18
- hackmen18
- hackney19
- hacksaw19
- hadarim13
- haddest12
- haddock18
- hadiths14
- hadjees18
- hadrons11
- haemins12
- haemoid13
- haffets16
- haffits16
- hafnium15
- haftara13
- hafters13
- hafting14
- hagadic14
- hagborn13
- hagbush16
- hagbuts13
- hagdons12
- hagfish17
- haggada13
- haggard13
- hagging13
- haggish15
- haggled13
- haggler12
- haggles12
- hagride12
- hagrode12
- hahnium15
- hailers10
- hailing11
- haircap14
- haircut12
- hairdos11
- hairier10
- hairnet10
- hairpin12
- hakeems16
- halacha15
- halakah17
- halakha17
- halakic16
- halalah13
- halalas10
- halavah16
- halberd13
- halbert12
- halcyon15
- halfway19
- halibut12
- halides11
- halidom13
- halites10
- halitus10
- hallahs13
- hallels10
- halloas10
- halloed11
- halloes10
- halloos10
- halloth13
- hallows13
- hallway16
- halogen11
- haloids11
- haloing11
- haltere10
- halters10
- halting11
- halvahs16
- halvers13
- halving14
- halyard14
- hamadas13
- hamates12
- hamauls12
- hambone14
- hamburg15
- hamlets12
- hammada15
- hammals14
- hammers14
- hammier14
- hammily17
- hamming15
- hammock20
- hampers14
- hamster12
- hamular12
- hamulus12
- hamzahs24
- hanaper12
- handbag14
- handcar13
- handful14
- handgun12
- handier11
- handily14
- handing12
- handled12
- handler11
- handles11
- handoff17
- handout11
- handsaw14
- handsel11
- handset11
- hangars11
- hangdog13
- hangers11
- hanging12
- hangman13
- hangmen13
- hangout11
- hangtag12
- hangups13
- hankers14
- hankies14
- hanking15
- hansels10
- hansoms12
- hanting11
- hantles10
- hanuman12
- hapaxes19
- hapless12
- haplite12
- haploid13
- haplont12
- happens14
- happier14
- happily17
- happing15
- haptene12
- haptens12
- harbors12
- harbour12
- hardens11
- hardest11
- hardhat14
- hardier11
- hardies11
- hardily14
- hardpan13
- hardset11
- hardtop13
- hareems12
- harelip12
- hariana10
- haricot12
- harijan17
- harkens14
- harking15
- harlots10
- harmers12
- harmful15
- harmine12
- harming13
- harmins12
- harmony15
- harness10
- harpers12
- harpies12
- harping13
- harpins12
- harpist12
- harpoon12
- harried11
- harrier10
- harries10
- harrows13
- harshen13
- harsher13
- harshly16
- harslet10
- hartals10
- harumph17
- harvest13
- hashing14
- hashish16
- haslets10
- hasping13
- hassels10
- hassled11
- hassles10
- hassock16
- hastate10
- hastens10
- hastier10
- hastily13
- hasting11
- hatable12
- hatband13
- hatched16
- hatchel15
- hatcher15
- hatches15
- hatchet15
- hateful13
- hatfuls13
- hatless10
- hatlike14
- hatpins12
- hatrack16
- hatreds11
- hatsful13
- hatters10
- hatting11
- hauberk16
- haughty17
- haulage11
- haulers10
- haulier10
- hauling11
- haunted11
- haunter10
- hausens10
- hautboy15
- hauteur10
- havarti13
- havened14
- havered14
- haverel13
- haviors13
- haviour13
- hawkers17
- hawkeys20
- hawkies17
- hawking18
- hawkish20
- hawsers13
- haycock21
- hayfork20
- hayings14
- haylage14
- hayloft16
- haymows18
- hayrack19
- hayrick19
- hayride14
- hayseed14
- hayward17
- haywire16
- hazanim21
- hazards20
- hazelly22
- haziest19
- hazings20
- hazzans28
Starting with HE 171
- headers11
- headier11
- headily14
- heading12
- headman13
- headmen13
- headpin13
- headset11
- headway17
- healers10
- healing11
- healths13
- healthy16
- heaping13
- hearers10
- hearing11
- hearken14
- hearsay13
- hearsed11
- hearses10
- hearted11
- hearten10
- hearths13
- heaters10
- heathen13
- heather13
- heating11
- heaumes12
- heavens13
- heavers13
- heavier13
- heavies13
- heavily16
- heaving14
- hebetic14
- heckled17
- heckler16
- heckles16
- hectare12
- hectors12
- heddles12
- hedgers12
- hedgier12
- hedging13
- hedonic13
- heeders11
- heedful14
- heeding12
- heehaws16
- heelers10
- heeling11
- heeltap12
- heezing20
- hefters13
- heftier13
- heftily16
- hefting14
- hegaris11
- hegiras11
- hegumen13
- heifers13
- heighth17
- heights14
- heiling11
- heimish15
- heinies10
- heinous10
- heirdom13
- heiress10
- heiring11
- heisted11
- heister10
- hejiras17
- hektare14
- heliast10
- helical12
- helices12
- helicon12
- helipad13
- heliums12
- helixes17
- hellbox19
- hellcat12
- helleri10
- hellers10
- hellery13
- helling11
- hellion10
- hellish13
- helloed11
- helloes10
- helluva13
- helmets12
- helming13
- helotry13
- helpers12
- helpful15
- helping13
- helving14
- hemagog14
- hematal12
- hematic14
- hematin12
- hemiola12
- hemline12
- hemlock18
- hemmers14
- hemming15
- hempier14
- henbane12
- henbits12
- hencoop14
- henlike14
- hennaed11
- hennery13
- henpeck18
- henries10
- henting11
- heparin12
- hepatic14
- hepcats14
- heptads13
- heptane12
- heptose12
- heralds11
- herbage13
- herbals12
- herbier12
- herders11
- herdics13
- herding12
- herdman13
- herdmen13
- heredes11
- heretic12
- heriots10
- heritor10
- hermits12
- herniae10
- hernial10
- hernias10
- heroics12
- heroine10
- heroins10
- heroism12
- heroize19
- heronry13
- herried11
- herries10
- herring11
- herself13
- hertzes19
- hessian10
- hessite10
- hetaera10
- hetaira10
- heteros10
- hetmans12
- hewable15
- hexades18
- hexadic20
- hexagon18
- hexanes17
- hexapla19
- hexapod20
- hexerei17
- hexones17
- hexosan17
- hexoses17
- heydays17
- heydeys17
Starting with HI 76
- hibachi17
- hiccups16
- hickeys19
- hickies16
- hickish19
- hickory19
- hidable13
- hidalgo12
- hideous11
- hideout11
- hidings12
- higgled13
- higgler12
- higgles12
- highboy19
- highest14
- highted15
- highths17
- highway20
- hijacks23
- hijinks21
- hilding12
- hillers10
- hillier10
- hilling11
- hilloas10
- hillock16
- hilloed11
- hilloes10
- hilltop12
- hilting11
- himatia12
- himself15
- hinders11
- hindgut12
- hingers11
- hinging12
- hinnied11
- hinnies10
- hinters10
- hinting11
- hipbone14
- hipless12
- hiplike16
- hipline12
- hipness12
- hippest14
- hippier14
- hippies14
- hipping15
- hippish17
- hipshot15
- hipster12
- hirable12
- hircine12
- hirpled13
- hirples12
- hirsels10
- hirsled11
- hirsles10
- hirsute10
- hirudin11
- hisself13
- hissers10
- hissies10
- hissing11
- histing11
- histoid11
- histone10
- history13
- hitched16
- hitcher15
- hitches15
- hitless10
- hitters10
- hitting11
Starting with HO 201
- hoagies11
- hoarded12
- hoarder11
- hoarier10
- hoarily13
- hoarsen10
- hoarser10
- hoatzin19
- hoaxers17
- hoaxing18
- hobbies14
- hobbing15
- hobbits14
- hobbled15
- hobbler14
- hobbles14
- hoblike16
- hobnail12
- hobnobs14
- hoboing13
- hoboism14
- hockers16
- hockeys19
- hocking17
- hocused13
- hocuses12
- hodaddy16
- hoddens12
- hoddins12
- hoecake16
- hoedown14
- hoelike14
- hogback19
- hogfish17
- hoggers12
- hoggets12
- hogging13
- hoggish15
- hoglike15
- hogmane13
- hognose11
- hognuts11
- hogtied12
- hogties11
- hogwash17
- hogweed15
- hoicked17
- hoidens11
- hoising11
- hoisted11
- hoister10
- hokiest14
- holards11
- holdall11
- holders11
- holding12
- holdout11
- holdups13
- holibut12
- holiday14
- holiest10
- holisms12
- holists10
- holking15
- hollaed11
- holland11
- hollers10
- hollies10
- holloas10
- holloed11
- holloes10
- holloos10
- hollows13
- holmium14
- holster10
- holyday17
- homaged14
- homager13
- homages13
- hombres14
- homburg15
- homeboy17
- homered13
- homiest12
- homines12
- hominid13
- hommock20
- homolog13
- homonym17
- homosex19
- honchos15
- hondled12
- hondles11
- honesty13
- honeyed14
- honkers14
- honkeys17
- honkies14
- honking15
- honored11
- honoree10
- honorer10
- honours10
- hooches15
- hoodier11
- hoodies11
- hooding12
- hoodlum13
- hoodoos11
- hoofers13
- hoofing14
- hookahs17
- hookers14
- hookeys17
- hookier14
- hookies14
- hooking15
- hooklet14
- hookups16
- hoopers12
- hooping13
- hooplas12
- hoopoes12
- hoopoos12
- hoorahs13
- hoorays13
- hoosgow14
- hooters10
- hootier10
- hooting11
- hopeful15
- hophead16
- hoplite12
- hoppers14
- hoppier14
- hopping15
- hoppled15
- hopples14
- hopsack18
- hoptoad13
- hordein11
- hording12
- horizon19
- hormone12
- hornets10
- hornier10
- hornily13
- horning11
- hornist10
- hornito10
- horrent10
- horrify16
- horrors10
- horsier10
- horsily13
- horsing11
- horstes10
- hosanna10
- hosiers10
- hosiery13
- hospice14
- hostage11
- hostels10
- hostess10
- hostile10
- hosting11
- hostler10
- hotbeds13
- hotcake16
- hotched16
- hotches15
- hotdogs12
- hotfoot13
- hothead14
- hotline10
- hotness10
- hotrods11
- hotshot13
- hotspur12
- hottest10
- hotting11
- hottish13
- houdahs14
- hounded12
- hounder11
- housels10
- housers10
- housing11
- hoveled14
- hovered14
- hoverer13
- howbeit15
- howdahs17
- howdied15
- howdies14
- however16
- howking18
- howlers13
- howlets13
- howling14
- hoydens14
Starting with HU 98
- hubbies14
- hubbubs16
- hubcaps16
- huckles16
- huddled13
- huddler12
- huddles12
- hueless10
- huffier16
- huffily19
- huffing17
- huffish19
- hugeous11
- huggers12
- hugging13
- huipils12
- hulkier14
- hulking15
- hullers10
- hulling11
- hulloas10
- hulloed11
- hulloes10
- humaner12
- humanly15
- humates12
- humbled15
- humbler14
- humbles14
- humbugs15
- humdrum15
- humeral12
- humerus12
- humidly16
- humidor13
- hummers14
- humming15
- hummock20
- humoral12
- humored13
- humours12
- humphed18
- humpier14
- humping15
- humuses12
- humvees15
- hunched16
- hunches15
- hundred12
- hungers11
- hunkers14
- hunkier14
- hunkies14
- hunnish13
- hunters10
- hunting11
- hurdies11
- hurdled12
- hurdler11
- hurdles11
- hurlers10
- hurleys13
- hurlies10
- hurling11
- hurrahs13
- hurrays13
- hurried11
- hurrier10
- hurries10
- hurters10
- hurtful13
- hurting11
- hurtled11
- hurtles10
- husband13
- hushaby18
- hushful16
- hushing14
- huskers14
- huskier14
- huskies14
- huskily17
- husking15
- hussars10
- hussies10
- hustled11
- hustler10
- hustles10
- huswife16
- hutched16
- hutches15
- hutlike14
- hutment12
- hutting11
- hutzpah24
- hutzpas21
- huzzaed29
- huzzahs31
Starting with HY 41
- hyaenas13
- hyaenic15
- hyaline13
- hyalins13
- hyalite13
- hyaloid14
- hybrids16
- hydatid15
- hydrant14
- hydrase14
- hydrate14
- hydriae14
- hydride15
- hydrids15
- hydroid15
- hydrops16
- hydrous14
- hydroxy24
- hyenine13
- hyenoid14
- hygeist14
- hygiene14
- hymenal15
- hymenia15
- hymnals15
- hymnary18
- hymning16
- hymnist15
- hymnody19
- hyoidal14
- hyperon15
- hyphens18
- hypnoid16
- hypogea16
- hypoing16
- hyponea15
- hypoxia22
- hypoxic24
- hyraces15
- hyraxes20
- hyssops15
Frequently asked questions
How many 7-letter words starting with H are there?
There are 856 seven-letter words that start with H in the ENABLE word list, which is widely used for word games.
What is the highest-scoring 7-letter word starting with H in Scrabble?
HUZZAHS is for the highest score at 31 points, before any board bonuses.
What are some common 7-letter words starting with H?
Common examples include HOWEVER, HISTORY, HUSBAND, HUNDRED, HEAVILY and HEALTHY.
Which 7-letter words starting with H end in G?
96 of them end in G, including HANDING, HORSING, HEARING and HILLING.
Are these words valid in Scrabble and Words With Friends?
They come from the ENABLE list, which closely matches the dictionaries used by Words With Friends and most Scrabble play. A few words may differ from the official Scrabble dictionary.