5-Letter Words With H and S
Looking for five-letter words with H and S in them? There are 512 of them in the tournament word lists, and every one is on this page. The most common, like THESE, THOSE, SOUTH, sit right at the top.
Unlike alphabetical lists that bury likely answers in the middle, this list is sorted by how often each word appears in everyday English. Scan the first rows for probable answers; dig deeper for rare, high-scoring plays.
Most common
- these8
- those8
- south8
- house8
- hours8
- shall8
- share8
- short8
- shows11
- shoes8
- shown11
- flash11
- homes10
- smith10
- horse8
- ships10
- hands9
- sheet8
- whose11
- phase10
All 512 words (the small number on each word is its Scrabble point value)
- shirt 8
- fresh 11
- shops 10
- helps 10
- hills 8
- shape 10
- sharp 10
- shell 8
- shift 11
- shots 8
- holds 9
- heads 9
- crash 10
- shock 14
- ghost 9
- chips 12
- chest 10
- sight 9
- shoot 8
- shore 8
- hosts 8
- holes 8
- shelf 11
- chase 10
- brush 10
- sixth 15
- hopes 10
- chose 10
- sheep 10
- paths 10
- chaos 10
- hints 8
- chess 10
- herbs 10
- highs 12
- welsh 11
- trash 8
- shade 9
- shake 12
- shame 10
- flesh 11
- sheer 8
- whats 11
- shaft 11
- shark 12
- shine 8
- baths 10
- flush 11
- johns 15
- marsh 10
- usher 8
- heels 8
- hunks 12
- plush 10
- shawn 11
- halls 8
- myths 13
- harsh 11
- hooks 12
- shout 8
- crush 10
- clash 10
- sushi 8
- hacks 14
- maths 10
- shiny 11
- smash 10
- hawks 15
- ashes 8
- hurts 8
- slash 8
- shook 12
- shear 8
- shack 14
- chats 10
- shire 8
- shave 11
- hicks 14
- hoops 10
- horns 8
- hangs 9
- chefs 13
- hoods 9
- shady 12
- hates 8
- sheds 9
- techs 10
- shalt 8
- hires 8
- hears 8
- blush 10
- hides 9
- synth 11
- chars 10
- husky 15
- stash 8
- hurst 8
- humps 12
- hikes 12
- heirs 8
- shrub 10
- psych 15
- hoses 8
- hymns 13
- thugs 9
- chops 12
- shank 12
- leash 8
- hunts 8
- hairs 8
- saith 8
- hanks 12
- sheen 8
- aches 10
- heats 8
- shiva 11
- haste 8
- shawl 11
- heres 8
- shuts 8
- harms 10
- swish 11
- ethos 8
- heaps 10
- hives 11
- hoist 8
- herds 9
- whips 13
- shred 9
- shove 11
- helms 10
- moths 10
- chaps 12
- horst 8
- shale 8
- shaky 15
- chews 13
- shrug 9
- shone 8
- hasty 11
- heals 8
- fishy 14
- hinds 9
- shams 10
- shunt 8
- synch 13
- sheik 12
- whisk 15
- hails 8
- heros 8
- sighs 9
- haves 11
- hades 9
- sloth 8
- chasm 12
- hants 8
- oaths 8
- hells 8
- brash 10
- bushy 13
- swath 11
- shoal 8
- halts 8
- hulls 8
- heist 8
- pasha 10
- slush 8
- aphis 10
- shrew 11
- howes 11
- hales 8
- shins 8
- halos 8
- sahib 10
- whims 13
- hoyas 11
- lakhs 12
- surah 8
- hosta 8
- harps 10
- showy 14
- goths 9
- shard 9
- mushy 13
- awash 11
- hares 8
- swash 11
- pushy 13
- sheaf 11
- horas 8
- frosh 11
- yeahs 11
- shaul 8
- shits 8
- shoji 15
- shays 11
- hansa 8
- hoots 8
- chums 12
- selah 8
- shyly 14
- shims 10
- chins 10
- quash 17
- howls 11
- hosed 9
- shirk 12
- humus 10
- shute 8
- ashen 8
- rishi 8
- wushu 11
- echos 10
- staph 10
- chubs 12
- whigs 12
- shill 8
- whist 11
- hocus 10
- ghast 9
- hames 10
- hauls 8
- cushy 13
- husks 12
- stich 10
- hexes 15
- thins 8
- shorn 8
- sooth 8
- harts 8
- chics 12
- hosen 8
- kohls 12
- shuck 14
- sidhe 9
- shive 11
- hoofs 11
- sangh 9
- washy 14
- whoso 11
- shied 9
- hadst 9
- hards 9
- bahts 10
- hones 8
- roshi 8
- kasha 12
- lochs 10
- shool 8
- ghats 9
- phots 10
- hissy 11
- hussy 11
- shuns 8
- shogi 9
- hobos 10
- homos 10
- shaws 11
- sadhu 9
- shiel 8
- thous 8
- chads 11
- holts 8
- sophy 13
- hocks 14
- blahs 10
- sheol 8
- hazes 17
- schwa 13
- hanse 8
- hurls 8
- shewn 11
- schmo 12
- gnash 9
- shush 11
- thaws 11
- whish 14
- chows 13
- hilts 8
- slosh 8
- hoser 8
- hokes 12
- whens 11
- harks 12
- hulks 12
- swith 11
- sylph 13
- shier 8
- woosh 11
- shies 8
- shags 9
- hemes 10
- hypes 13
- pshaw 13
- shews 11
- khans 12
- hoise 8
- chays 13
- shote 8
- smush 10
- hylas 11
- whits 11
- hosey 11
- holms 10
- schul 10
- shyer 11
- poohs 10
- hakes 12
- chugs 11
- heeds 9
- dashi 9
- shoyu 11
- chits 10
- herms 10
- dishy 12
- shoed 9
- honks 12
- whets 11
- shoos 8
- shako 12
- shott 8
- hosel 8
- hyson 11
- gushy 12
- hasps 10
- knish 12
- meths 10
- thuds 9
- hahas 11
- wisha 11
- sherd 9
- shoon 8
- laths 8
- shads 9
- hawse 11
- ruths 8
- chais 10
- phons 10
- tachs 10
- whups 13
- helos 8
- hecks 14
- sough 9
- hucks 14
- chams 12
- huffs 14
- sharn 8
- dhows 12
- hoggs 10
- abash 10
- aghas 9
- amahs 10
- ankhs 12
- apish 10
- ashed 9
- ayahs 11
- beths 10
- bhuts 10
- bohos 10
- buhls 10
- buhrs 10
- caphs 12
- chaws 13
- chias 10
- cohos 10
- cuish 10
- dahls 9
- dashy 12
- deash 9
- dhaks 13
- dhals 9
- eches 10
- ephas 10
- fohns 11
- ghees 9
- girsh 9
- gursh 9
- haafs 11
- haars 8
- habus 10
- haems 10
- haets 8
- hafis 11
- hafts 11
- haiks 12
- hajes 15
- hajis 15
- hakus 12
- halms 10
- harls 8
- hebes 10
- hefts 11
- heils 8
- hemps 12
- hents 8
- herls 8
- herns 8
- hests 8
- heths 11
- hilus 8
- hists 8
- hoars 8
- hoers 8
- holks 12
- hongs 9
- horsy 11
- howfs 14
- howks 15
- hulas 8
- hurds 9
- hypos 13
- jehus 15
- kaphs 14
- khafs 15
- khats 12
- khets 12
- kiths 12
- kophs 14
- lehrs 8
- machs 12
- mashy 13
- mensh 10
- meshy 13
- musth 10
- nighs 9
- odahs 9
- ohias 8
- okehs 12
- opahs 10
- ouphs 10
- pechs 12
- phuts 10
- piths 10
- plash 10
- qophs 19
- qursh 17
- rheas 8
- rushy 11
- sadhe 9
- sauch 10
- saugh 9
- schav 13
- shahs 11
- shaly 11
- shawm 13
- sheal 8
- sheas 8
- shend 9
- shent 8
- shily 11
- shirr 8
- shist 8
- shivs 11
- shlep 10
- shlub 10
- shoat 8
- shoer 8
- shogs 9
- shorl 8
- shris 8
- shtik 12
- shuln 8
- shuls 8
- shwas 11
- sinhs 8
- skosh 12
- snash 8
- snath 8
- sophs 10
- soths 8
- spahi 10
- subah 10
- sughs 9
- syphs 13
- tahrs 8
- teths 8
- thens 8
- thesp 10
- thews 11
- tophs 10
- vughs 12
- whams 13
- whaps 13
- whews 14
- wheys 14
- whids 12
- whins 11
- whirs 11
- whops 13
- yechs 13
- yodhs 12
- yoghs 12
Points use Scrabble US letter values
Frequently asked questions
How many five-letter words are there with H and S in them?
There are 512 five-letter words with H and S in them in the tournament word lists. The most common are THESE, THOSE, SOUTH.
What are common five-letter words with H and S in them?
THESE, THOSE, SOUTH, HOUSE, HOURS are the most frequently used. The full list of 512 words on this page is sorted by everyday frequency, so the common ones come first.
Are these valid Wordle words?
Nearly all of them. Wordle draws its answers from a curated list of common five-letter words, but it accepts almost any dictionary word as a guess, including the words on this page.