8 Letter Words Starting with H
There are 982 8-letter English words that start with H, from HABANERA to HYSTERIC. The highest scorer in Scrabble® is HUZZAHED at 33 points.
Word list
H
- habanera13
- habdalah17
- habitans13
- habitant13
- habitats13
- habiting14
- habitual13
- habitude14
- habitues13
- hachured17
- hachures16
- hacienda14
- hackbuts19
- hacklers17
- hacklier17
- hackling18
- hackneys20
- hacksaws20
- hackwork24
- haddocks19
- hadronic14
- haematal13
- haematic15
- haematin13
- haeredes12
- hafniums16
- haftarah17
- haftaras14
- haftarot14
- haftorah17
- haftorot14
- hagadist13
- hagberry17
- haggadah17
- haggadas14
- haggadic16
- haggadot14
- haggards14
- haggises13
- hagglers13
- haggling14
- hagrides13
- hahniums16
- hairball13
- hairband14
- haircaps15
- haircuts13
- hairiest11
- hairless11
- hairlike15
- hairline11
- hairlock17
- hairnets11
- hairpins13
- hairwork18
- hairworm16
- halachas16
- halachot16
- halakahs18
- halakhas18
- halakhot18
- halakist15
- halakoth18
- halalahs14
- halation11
- halavahs17
- halazone20
- halberds14
- halberts13
- halcyons16
- haleness11
- halfback22
- halfbeak20
- halflife17
- halfness14
- halftime16
- halftone14
- halibuts13
- halidome14
- halidoms14
- halliard12
- hallmark17
- halloaed12
- halloing12
- hallooed12
- hallowed15
- hallower14
- halluces13
- hallways17
- halogens12
- halolike15
- haltered12
- halteres11
- haltless11
- halutzim22
- halyards15
- hamartia13
- hamboned16
- hambones15
- hamburgs16
- hammadas16
- hammered16
- hammerer15
- hammiest15
- hammocks21
- hampered16
- hamperer15
- hamsters13
- hamulate13
- hamulose13
- hamulous13
- hanapers13
- handbags15
- handball14
- handbell14
- handbill14
- handbook18
- handcars14
- handcart14
- handcuff20
- handfast15
- handfuls15
- handgrip15
- handguns13
- handheld16
- handhold16
- handicap16
- handiest12
- handlers12
- handless12
- handlike16
- handling13
- handlist12
- handloom14
- handmade15
- handmaid15
- handoffs18
- handouts12
- handover15
- handpick20
- handrail12
- handsaws15
- handsels12
- handsets12
- handsewn15
- handsful15
- handsome14
- handwork19
- handwrit15
- handyman17
- handymen17
- hangable14
- hangared13
- hangbird15
- hangdogs14
- hangfire15
- hangings13
- hangnail12
- hangnest12
- hangouts12
- hangover15
- hangtags13
- hankered16
- hankerer15
- hanseled12
- hanumans13
- haphtara16
- haplites13
- haploids14
- haploidy17
- haplonts13
- haplopia15
- haploses13
- haplosis13
- happened16
- happiest15
- haptenes13
- haptenic15
- haptical15
- harangue12
- harassed12
- harasser11
- harasses11
- harbored14
- harborer13
- harbours13
- hardback20
- hardball14
- hardboot14
- hardcase14
- hardcore14
- hardedge14
- hardened13
- hardener12
- hardhack21
- hardhats15
- hardhead16
- hardiest12
- hardline12
- hardness12
- hardnose12
- hardpans14
- hardship17
- hardtack18
- hardtops14
- hardware15
- hardwire15
- hardwood16
- harebell13
- harelike15
- harelips13
- harianas11
- haricots13
- harijans18
- harkened16
- harkener15
- harlotry14
- harmines13
- harmless13
- harmonic15
- harpings14
- harpists13
- harpoons13
- harridan12
- harriers11
- harrowed15
- harrower14
- harrumph18
- harrying15
- harshens14
- harshest14
- harslets11
- harumphs18
- haruspex20
- harvests14
- hasheesh17
- hashhead18
- hassling12
- hassocks17
- hasteful14
- hastened12
- hastener11
- hastiest11
- hatbands14
- hatboxes20
- hatcheck22
- hatchels16
- hatchers16
- hatchery19
- hatchets16
- hatching17
- hatchway22
- hateable13
- hatmaker17
- hatracks17
- hatteria11
- hauberks17
- haulages12
- hauliers11
- haulmier13
- haulyard15
- haunched17
- haunches16
- haunters11
- haunting12
- hausfrau14
- hautbois13
- hautboys16
- hauteurs11
- havartis14
- havdalah18
- havelock20
- havening15
- haverels14
- havering15
- haviours14
- havocked21
- havocker20
- hawfinch22
- hawkbill20
- hawkeyed22
- hawkings19
- hawklike22
- hawkmoth23
- hawknose18
- hawkshaw24
- hawkweed22
- hawthorn17
- haycocks22
- hayfield18
- hayforks21
- haylages15
- haylofts17
- haymaker20
- hayracks20
- hayricks20
- hayrides15
- hayseeds15
- haystack20
- haywards18
- haywires17
- hazarded22
- hazelhen23
- hazelnut20
- haziness20
- hazzanim31
- headache17
- headachy20
- headband15
- headfish18
- headgate13
- headgear13
- headhunt15
- headiest12
- headings13
- headlamp16
- headland13
- headless12
- headline12
- headlock18
- headlong13
- headmost14
- headnote12
- headpins14
- headrace14
- headrest12
- headroom14
- headsail12
- headsets12
- headship17
- headsman14
- headsmen14
- headstay15
- headways18
- headwind16
- headword16
- headwork19
- healable13
- hearable13
- hearings12
- hearkens15
- hearsays14
- hearsing12
- heartens11
- heartier11
- hearties11
- heartily14
- hearting12
- heatable13
- heatedly15
- heathens14
- heathers14
- heathery17
- heathier14
- heatless11
- heavenly17
- heaviest14
- heavyset17
- hebdomad17
- hebetate13
- hebetude14
- hebraize22
- hecatomb17
- hecklers17
- heckling18
- hectares13
- hectical15
- hecticly18
- hectored14
- hedgehog17
- hedgehop18
- hedgepig16
- hedgerow16
- hedgiest13
- hedonics14
- hedonism14
- hedonist12
- heedless12
- heehawed18
- heelball13
- heelings12
- heelless11
- heelpost13
- heeltaps13
- heftiest14
- hegemony17
- hegumene14
- hegumens14
- hegumeny17
- heighten15
- heighths18
- heirdoms14
- heirless11
- heirloom13
- heirship16
- heisters11
- heisting12
- hektares15
- heliacal13
- heliasts11
- helicity16
- helicoid14
- helicons13
- helicopt15
- helilift14
- helipads14
- heliport13
- helistop13
- hellbent13
- hellcats13
- hellfire14
- hellhole14
- hellions11
- hellkite15
- helloing12
- helmeted14
- helminth16
- helmless13
- helmsman15
- helmsmen15
- helotage12
- helotism13
- helpable15
- helpings14
- helpless13
- helpmate15
- helpmeet15
- hemagogs15
- hematein13
- hematics15
- hematine13
- hematins13
- hematite13
- hematoid14
- hematoma15
- hemiolas13
- hemiolia13
- hemipter15
- hemlines13
- hemlocks19
- hemocoel15
- hemocyte18
- hemolyze25
- hemostat13
- hempiest15
- hemplike19
- hempseed16
- hempweed19
- henbanes13
- henchman18
- henchmen18
- hencoops15
- henequen20
- henequin20
- henhouse14
- heniquen20
- hennaing12
- henpecks19
- heparins13
- hepatica15
- hepatics15
- hepatize22
- hepatoma15
- heptagon14
- heptanes13
- heptarch18
- heptoses13
- heralded13
- heraldic14
- heraldry15
- herbages14
- herbaria13
- herbiest13
- herbless13
- herblike17
- hercules13
- herdlike16
- herdsman14
- herdsmen14
- hereaway17
- heredity15
- hereinto11
- heresies11
- heretics13
- heretrix18
- hereunto11
- hereupon13
- herewith17
- heritage12
- heritors11
- heritrix18
- hermaean13
- hermetic15
- hermitic15
- hermitry16
- herniate11
- heroical13
- heroines11
- heroisms13
- heroized21
- heroizes20
- herpetic15
- herrings12
- herrying15
- herstory14
- hesitant11
- hesitate11
- hessians11
- hessites11
- hetaerae11
- hetaeras11
- hetaeric13
- hetairai11
- hetairas11
- hexagons19
- hexagram21
- hexamine20
- hexaplar20
- hexaplas20
- hexapods21
- hexapody24
- hexarchy26
- hexereis18
- hexosans18
- hiatuses11
- hibachis18
- hibernal13
- hibiscus15
- hiccough19
- hiccuped18
- hidalgos13
- hiddenly16
- hideaway18
- hideless12
- hideouts12
- hidroses12
- hidrosis12
- hidrotic14
- hierarch16
- hieratic13
- higglers13
- higgling14
- highball17
- highborn17
- highboys20
- highbred18
- highbrow20
- highbush20
- highjack28
- highland16
- highlife18
- highness15
- highroad16
- highspot17
- hightail15
- highting16
- highways21
- hijacked25
- hijacker24
- hilarity14
- hildings13
- hilliest11
- hilloaed12
- hillocks17
- hillocky20
- hilloing12
- hillside12
- hilltops13
- hiltless11
- himation13
- hindered13
- hinderer12
- hindguts13
- hindmost14
- hinnying15
- hipbones15
- hiplines13
- hipparch20
- hippiest15
- hipsters13
- hiragana12
- hireable13
- hireling12
- hirpling14
- hirseled12
- hirsling12
- hirudins12
- hissings12
- histamin13
- histidin12
- histogen12
- histones11
- historic13
- hitchers16
- hitching17
- hitherto14
- hiveless14
- hizzoner29
- hoactzin22
- hoarders12
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Highest-scoring word in this list
The single highest-scoring word here in Scrabble® is huzzahed at 33 points (letters only, before board bonuses).
FAQs
How many 8-letter words start with H?
982 valid 8-letter English words begin with H.
Are these valid in Wordle and Scrabble?
Every word here comes from a standard English dictionary. UK Scrabble (Collins/SOWPODS) accepts all of them; a handful may not be legal in the North American TWL word list.