5-Letter Words With H and Y
Looking for five-letter words with H and Y in them? There are 159 of them in the tournament word lists, and every one is on this page. The most common, like YAHOO, HAPPY, YOUTH, 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
- yahoo11
- happy15
- youth11
- heavy14
- harry11
- henry11
- hairy11
- honey11
- hobby15
- handy12
- holly11
- yacht13
- chevy16
- lynch13
- hardy12
- myths13
- hydro12
- hurry11
- shiny11
- hyper13
All 159 words (the small number on each word is its Scrabble point value)
- shady 12
- lymph 15
- synth 11
- husky 15
- rhyme 13
- psych 15
- hymns 13
- ethyl 11
- itchy 13
- hubby 15
- thyme 13
- hydra 12
- hefty 14
- shaky 15
- phony 13
- hoyle 11
- howdy 15
- hasty 11
- nymph 15
- fishy 14
- hyped 14
- hoody 12
- glyph 14
- hippy 15
- synch 13
- honky 15
- hilly 11
- bushy 13
- heady 12
- chewy 16
- hoary 11
- hotly 11
- hoyas 11
- hymen 13
- duchy 14
- myrrh 13
- showy 14
- hanky 15
- vichy 16
- hunky 15
- mushy 13
- hyena 11
- pushy 13
- yeahs 11
- homey 13
- shays 11
- whiny 14
- huffy 17
- shyly 14
- hokey 15
- pithy 13
- techy 13
- hoppy 15
- cushy 13
- ghyll 12
- haply 13
- washy 14
- harpy 13
- herby 13
- phyla 13
- hammy 15
- hissy 11
- hussy 11
- holey 11
- hooky 15
- sophy 13
- hoagy 12
- kythe 15
- bothy 13
- muhly 13
- hooey 11
- hexyl 18
- humpy 15
- hurly 11
- sylph 13
- hypes 13
- chays 13
- chary 13
- hylas 11
- hosey 11
- withy 14
- shyer 11
- shoyu 11
- hyoid 12
- dishy 12
- hyrax 18
- hayer 11
- mynah 13
- hyson 11
- gushy 12
- herry 11
- thuya 11
- hinky 15
- choky 17
- hypha 16
- ayahs 11
- chivy 16
- chyle 13
- chyme 15
- dashy 12
- hayed 12
- hayey 14
- heapy 13
- hedgy 13
- hempy 15
- hinny 11
- hiply 13
- hooly 11
- hooty 11
- horsy 11
- hulky 15
- hying 12
- hypos 13
- lathy 11
- mashy 13
- meshy 13
- mothy 13
- mythy 16
- ochry 13
- phyle 13
- rayah 11
- rhyta 11
- rushy 11
- shaly 11
- shily 11
- syphs 13
- thewy 14
- thymi 13
- thymy 16
- tythe 11
- wheys 14
- whity 14
- yecch 15
- yechs 13
- yechy 16
- yirth 11
- yodhs 12
- yoghs 12
- yucch 15
Points use Scrabble US letter values
Frequently asked questions
How many five-letter words are there with H and Y in them?
There are 159 five-letter words with H and Y in them in the tournament word lists. The most common are YAHOO, HAPPY, YOUTH.
What are common five-letter words with H and Y in them?
YAHOO, HAPPY, YOUTH, HEAVY, HARRY are the most frequently used. The full list of 159 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.