8-Letter Words Starting With H
Looking for eight-letter words that start with H? There are 1,037 of them in the tournament word lists, and every one is on this page. The most common, like HARDWARE, HOMEPAGE, HOSPITAL, 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
- hardware15
- homepage16
- hospital13
- holidays15
- handling13
- happened16
- heritage12
- historic13
- hundreds13
- handbook18
- handheld16
- holdings13
- homework20
- humidity17
- hydrogen16
- humanity16
- homeland14
- headline12
- highland16
- handbags15
All 1,037 words (the small number on each word is its Scrabble point value)
- hearings 12
- homeless 13
- horrible 13
- highways 21
- hometown 16
- handmade 15
- hardwood 16
- headsets 12
- honestly 14
- homemade 16
- holistic 13
- headache 17
- hardback 20
- handsome 14
- heavenly 17
- habitats 13
- headings 13
- hesitate 11
- handicap 16
- horizons 20
- hormones 13
- hotspots 13
- humorous 13
- harmless 13
- hallmark 17
- honorary 14
- hypnosis 16
- harmonic 15
- hercules 13
- handsets 12
- husbands 14
- handlers 12
- hectares 13
- hardship 17
- homicide 16
- handouts 12
- hillside 12
- helpless 13
- honoring 12
- hardened 13
- hardness 12
- homology 17
- holiness 11
- haunting 12
- hedgehog 17
- hawthorn 17
- handyman 17
- hopeless 13
- humility 16
- hormonal 13
- honoured 12
- hostages 12
- hangover 15
- hatchery 19
- heirloom 13
- hammered 16
- horrific 16
- hypnotic 18
- halftime 16
- hacienda 14
- hitherto 14
- hairless 11
- hibiscus 15
- horribly 16
- hollands 12
- housings 12
- homebrew 18
- hideaway 18
- headlamp 16
- holsters 11
- habitual 13
- hampered 16
- humanist 13
- hysteria 14
- hammocks 21
- harriers 11
- hesitant 11
- hijacked 25
- hologram 14
- happiest 15
- hovering 15
- holstein 11
- hangings 13
- headband 15
- harassed 12
- heaviest 14
- hamsters 13
- hindered 13
- humanism 15
- handover 15
- hegemony 17
- hygienic 17
- handball 14
- hardball 14
- homesite 13
- hatching 17
- handguns 13
- horsemen 13
- horseman 13
- herewith 17
- headgear 13
- heraldry 15
- hallways 17
- heartily 14
- hematite 13
- hazelnut 20
- highness 15
- homestay 16
- heredity 15
- harbours 13
- headroom 14
- headless 12
- homespun 15
- humpback 23
- harvests 14
- huntsman 13
- hyacinth 19
- hotlinks 15
- hallowed 15
- heralded 13
- humanoid 14
- headrest 12
- headland 13
- hobbyist 18
- heighten 15
- hydrated 16
- hausfrau 14
- havelock 20
- holocene 13
- heroines 11
- haircuts 13
- hadronic 14
- hellfire 14
- havering 15
- hydroxyl 25
- hotlines 11
- heretics 13
- homeward 17
- hastened 12
- haystack 20
- headlong 13
- homologs 14
- hermetic 15
- hopefuls 16
- homesick 19
- humidors 14
- hilarity 14
- hedonism 14
- hoisting 12
- humbling 16
- hoarding 13
- heraldic 14
- hospices 15
- honeydew 18
- harshest 14
- hijacker 24
- honorees 11
- hairline 11
- honeybee 16
- hardline 12
- hurrying 15
- henchmen 18
- handrail 12
- heliport 13
- hydrants 15
- hydrates 15
- homeobox 22
- hematoma 15
- haywards 18
- hothouse 14
- hooligan 12
- hustlers 11
- holotype 16
- humorist 13
- habanero 13
- heresies 11
- helicity 16
- hitching 17
- hiragana 12
- huntress 11
- hungrily 15
- homeroom 15
- hotelier 11
- highball 17
- horology 15
- hipsters 13
- hollowed 15
- hydronic 17
- heathens 14
- harbored 14
- haggling 14
- honeypot 16
- handmaid 15
- histones 11
- humanely 16
- halftone 14
- hecatomb 17
- halflife 17
- handcuff 20
- henchman 18
- howitzer 23
- herrings 12
- heathers 14
- hereunto 11
- homilies 13
- helmsman 15
- hedgerow 16
- hotshots 14
- hayfield 18
- hurtling 12
- handfuls 15
- halfpipe 18
- hornpipe 15
- hustling 12
- handymen 17
- hierarch 16
- hydrogel 16
- hangouts 12
- highrise 15
- hardcase 14
- hairball 13
- hogshead 16
- huggable 15
- hauliers 11
- hepatoma 15
- hominids 14
- hardener 12
- holdover 15
- hungover 15
- holdalls 12
- handbell 14
- hedonist 12
- hogmanay 17
- heedless 12
- headship 17
- handloom 14
- helminth 16
- houseman 13
- halogens 12
- hereupon 13
- hexagram 21
- hardwire 15
- highbrow 20
- hexagons 19
- halfback 22
- haggadah 17
- hornbill 13
- helpings 14
- hairpins 13
- hollered 12
- herbaria 13
- hostelry 14
- homeport 15
- hassocks 17
- headword 16
- halachic 18
- hysteric 16
- hounding 13
- handwork 19
- highlife 18
- hoarsely 14
- heckling 18
- hilltops 13
- hornbeam 15
- hoodlums 14
- hookworm 20
- headwind 16
- hatchets 16
- hotcakes 17
- hambones 15
- harasser 11
- hydrides 16
- herdsman 14
- handgrip 15
- helmeted 14
- herdsmen 14
- humanize 22
- horsefly 17
- harangue 12
- haunches 16
- handbill 14
- humblest 15
- holdback 20
- headlock 18
- homonyms 18
- haymaker 20
- hepatica 15
- humoured 14
- henhouse 14
- hydrilla 15
- huarache 16
- handsewn 15
- hideouts 12
- hellhole 14
- holdouts 12
- herpetic 15
- hobbling 16
- hellbent 13
- hunkered 16
- hardhats 15
- hustings 12
- huckster 17
- homegirl 14
- horniest 11
- homeotic 15
- hassling 12
- homeboys 18
- hayrides 15
- herstory 14
- headnote 12
- havdalah 18
- handoffs 18
- hecklers 17
- huddling 14
- holdfast 15
- halyards 15
- hungrier 12
- hillocks 17
- hyponyms 21
- homelike 17
- harasses 11
- hornless 11
- halakhic 20
- homebody 19
- hungered 13
- hardtops 14
- harpists 13
- habanera 13
- harpoons 13
- hellcats 13
- habitant 13
- helpmate 15
- hawkshaw 24
- handhold 16
- hemlocks 19
- halakhah 21
- hostiles 11
- holydays 18
- highroad 16
- hydrator 15
- huntsmen 13
- hireling 12
- hangnail 12
- hackable 19
- housefly 17
- hairiest 11
- hexapods 21
- hardiest 12
- hoodwink 19
- hourlong 12
- hellions 11
- highbush 20
- heatedly 15
- hotspurs 13
- hempseed 16
- housetop 13
- hoppings 16
- hessians 11
- handcart 14
- hoplites 13
- hawkweed 22
- hawkings 19
- hydrosol 15
- hoochies 16
- hatchway 22
- headways 18
- handpick 20
- huntings 12
- harrower 14
- harrumph 18
- hornitos 11
- habitude 14
- hearkens 15
- handiest 12
- hardtack 18
- hardpack 20
- handsaws 15
- hummocks 21
- haftorah 17
- hazarded 22
- heartier 11
- hornbook 17
- hiccough 19
- heparins 13
- hummable 17
- haftarah 17
- hymnbook 22
- houseful 14
- hindmost 14
- haricots 13
- houseboy 16
- hamburgs 16
- hoarders 12
- hyoscine 16
- hosepipe 15
- hurdling 13
- hairnets 11
- holddown 16
- hunching 17
- heavyset 17
- hieratic 13
- humoring 14
- housesit 11
- headsail 12
- hardnose 12
- hearties 11
- handlist 12
- heirship 16
- harrowed 15
- hypopnea 18
- haziness 20
- hugeness 12
- hoodless 12
- hydroids 16
- hominoid 14
- hemocyte 18
- headends 13
- horridly 15
- habiting 14
- humidify 20
- hacksaws 20
- hummocky 24
- hemlines 13
- hatmaker 17
- headpins 14
- hinderer 12
- habdalah 17
- habitans 13
- habitues 13
- hachured 17
- hachures 16
- hackbuts 19
- hacklers 17
- hacklier 17
- hackling 18
- hackneys 20
- hacksawn 20
- hackwork 24
- haddocks 19
- haematal 13
- haematic 15
- haematin 13
- haeredes 12
- hafniums 16
- haftaras 14
- haftarot 14
- haftoros 14
- haftorot 14
- hagadist 13
- hagberry 17
- haggadas 14
- haggadic 16
- haggadot 14
- haggards 14
- haggises 13
- hagglers 13
- hagrider 13
- hagrides 13
- hahniums 16
- hairband 14
- haircaps 15
- hairlike 15
- hairlock 17
- hairwork 18
- hairworm 16
- halachas 16
- halachot 16
- halakahs 18
- halakhas 18
- halakhot 18
- halakist 15
- halakoth 18
- halalahs 14
- halation 11
- halavahs 17
- halazone 20
- halberds 14
- halberts 13
- halcyons 16
- haleness 11
- halfbeak 20
- halfness 14
- halibuts 13
- halidome 14
- halidoms 14
- halliard 12
- halloaed 12
- halloing 12
- hallooed 12
- hallower 14
- hallucal 13
- halluces 13
- halolike 15
- haltered 12
- halteres 11
- haltless 11
- halutzim 22
- hamartia 13
- hamboned 16
- hammadas 16
- hammerer 15
- hammiest 15
- hamperer 15
- hamulate 13
- hamulose 13
- hamulous 13
- hanapers 13
- handaxes 19
- handcars 14
- handclap 16
- handfast 15
- handless 12
- handlike 16
- handsels 12
- handsful 15
- handwrit 15
- hangable 14
- hangared 13
- hangbird 15
- hangdogs 14
- hangfire 15
- hangnest 12
- hangtags 13
- hankered 16
- hankerer 15
- hanseled 12
- hanumans 13
- haphtara 16
- hapkidos 18
- haplites 13
- haploids 14
- haploidy 17
- haplonts 13
- haplopia 15
- haploses 13
- haplosis 13
- haptenes 13
- haptenic 15
- haptical 15
- harborer 13
- hardboot 14
- hardedge 14
- hardhack 21
- hardhead 16
- hardpans 14
- harebell 13
- harelike 15
- harelips 13
- harianas 11
- harijans 18
- harissas 11
- harkened 16
- harkener 15
- harlotry 14
- harmines 13
- harpings 14
- harridan 12
- harrying 15
- harshens 14
- harslets 11
- harumphs 18
- haruspex 20
- hasheesh 17
- hashhead 18
- hassiums 13
- hasteful 14
- hastener 11
- hastiest 11
- hatbands 14
- hatboxes 20
- hatcheck 22
- hatchels 16
- hatchers 16
- hateable 13
- hatracks 17
- hatteria 11
- hauberks 17
- haulages 12
- haulmier 13
- haulyard 15
- haunched 17
- haunters 11
- hautbois 13
- hautboys 16
- hauteurs 11
- havartis 14
- havening 15
- haverels 14
- haviours 14
- havocked 21
- havocker 20
- hawfinch 22
- hawkbill 20
- hawkeyed 22
- hawklike 22
- hawkmoth 23
- hawknose 18
- haycocks 22
- hayforks 21
- haylages 15
- haylofts 17
- hayracks 20
- hayricks 20
- hayseeds 15
- haywires 17
- hazarder 21
- hazelhen 23
- hazzanim 31
- headachy 20
- headfish 18
- headfuls 15
- headgate 13
- headhunt 15
- headiest 12
- headmost 14
- headrace 14
- headsman 14
- headsmen 14
- headstay 15
- headwork 19
- healable 13
- hearable 13
- hearsays 14
- hearsing 12
- heartens 11
- hearting 12
- heatable 13
- heathery 17
- heathier 14
- heatless 11
- hebdomad 17
- hebetate 13
- hebetude 14
- hebraize 22
- hectical 15
- hecticly 18
- hectored 14
- hedgehop 18
- hedgepig 16
- hedgiest 13
- hedonics 14
- heehawed 18
- heelball 13
- heelings 12
- heelless 11
- heelpost 13
- heeltaps 13
- heftiest 14
- hegemons 14
- hegumene 14
- hegumens 14
- hegumeny 17
- heighths 18
- heirdoms 14
- heirless 11
- heisters 11
- heisting 12
- hektares 15
- heliacal 13
- heliasts 11
- helicoid 14
- helicons 13
- helicopt 15
- helilift 14
- helipads 14
- helistop 13
- helleris 11
- hellkite 15
- helloing 12
- helmless 13
- helmsmen 15
- helotage 12
- helotism 13
- helpable 15
- helpmeet 15
- hemagogs 15
- hematein 13
- hematics 15
- hematine 13
- hematins 13
- hematoid 14
- hemiolas 13
- hemiolia 13
- hemipter 15
- hemocoel 15
- hemolyze 25
- hemostat 13
- hempiest 15
- hemplike 19
- hempweed 19
- henbanes 13
- hencoops 15
- henequen 20
- henequin 20
- heniquen 20
- hennaing 12
- henpecks 19
- hepatics 15
- hepatize 22
- heptagon 14
- heptanes 13
- heptarch 18
- heptoses 13
- herbaged 15
- herbages 14
- herbiest 13
- herbless 13
- herblike 17
- herdlike 16
- hereaway 17
- hereinto 11
- heretrix 18
- heritors 11
- heritrix 18
- hermaean 13
- hermitic 15
- hermitry 16
- herniate 11
- heroical 13
- heroisms 13
- heroized 21
- heroizes 20
- herrying 15
- hessites 11
- hetaerae 11
- hetaeras 11
- hetaeric 13
- hetairai 11
- hetairas 11
- hexamine 20
- hexaplar 20
- hexaplas 20
- hexapody 24
- hexarchy 26
- hexereis 18
- hexosans 18
- hiatuses 11
- hibachis 18
- hibernal 13
- hiccuped 18
- hidalgos 13
- hiddenly 16
- hideless 12
- hidroses 12
- hidrosis 12
- hidrotic 14
- hierurgy 15
- higglers 13
- higgling 14
- highborn 17
- highboys 20
- highbred 18
- highjack 28
- highspot 17
- hightail 15
- highting 16
- hightops 17
- hildings 13
- hilliest 11
- hilloaed 12
- hillocky 20
- hilloing 12
- hiltless 11
- himation 13
- hindguts 13
- hinkiest 15
- hinnying 15
- hipbones 15
- hiplines 13
- hipparch 20
- hippiest 15
- hireable 13
- hirpling 14
- hirseled 12
- hirsling 12
- hirudins 12
- hissiest 11
- hissings 12
- histamin 13
- histidin 12
- histogen 12
- hitchers 16
- hittable 13
- hiveless 14
- hizzoner 29
- hoactzin 22
- hoariest 11
- hoarsens 11
- hoarsest 11
- hoatzins 20
- hobblers 15
- hobnails 13
- hoboisms 15
- hockshop 22
- hocusing 14
- hocussed 14
- hocusses 13
- hoecakes 17
- hoedowns 15
- hogbacks 20
- hogmanes 14
- hogmenay 17
- hognoses 12
- hogtying 16
- hogweeds 16
- hoicking 18
- hoidened 13
- hoisters 11
- hokiness 15
- hokypoky 27
- holdable 14
- holeless 11
- holibuts 13
- hollaing 12
- holloaed 12
- holloing 12
- hollooed 12
- hollower 14
- hollowly 17
- holmiums 15
- hologamy 17
- hologyny 18
- holozoic 22
- holytide 15
- homagers 14
- homaging 15
- homburgs 16
- homebred 16
- homelier 13
- homering 14
- homilist 13
- hominess 13
- hominian 13
- hominies 13
- hominine 13
- hominize 22
- hommocks 21
- hommoses 15
- homogamy 19
- homogeny 17
- homogony 17
- homonymy 21
- honchoed 17
- hondling 13
- honester 11
- honewort 14
- honeybun 16
- honeyful 17
- honeying 15
- hongiing 13
- honorand 12
- honorers 11
- honourer 11
- hoodiest 12
- hoodlike 16
- hoodmold 15
- hoodooed 13
- hoofbeat 16
- hoofless 14
- hooflike 18
- hookiest 15
- hookless 15
- hooklets 15
- hooklike 19
- hooknose 15
- hoopless 13
- hooplike 17
- hoopster 13
- hoorahed 15
- hoorayed 15
- hoosegow 15
- hoosgows 15
- hootches 16
- hootiest 11
- hoovered 15
- hopheads 17
- hopingly 17
- hoplitic 15
- hoppiest 15
- hoppling 16
- hopsacks 19
- hoptoads 14
- hordeins 12
- hordeola 12
- hormonic 15
- hornfels 14
- hornings 12
- hornists 11
- hornlike 15
- hornpout 13
- horntail 11
- hornworm 16
- hornwort 14
- horologe 12
- horrider 12
- horsecar 13
- horsepox 20
- horsiest 11
- hosannah 14
- hosannas 11
- hoselike 15
- hoseying 15
- hospitia 13
- hospodar 14
- hosteled 12
- hosteler 11
- hostlers 11
- hotblood 14
- hotboxes 20
- hotching 17
- hotchpot 18
- hoteldom 14
- hotelman 13
- hotelmen 13
- hotfoots 14
- hotheads 15
- hotpress 13
- hounders 12
- hourlies 11
- houseled 12
- housemen 13
- housesat 11
- hoveling 15
- hovelled 15
- hoverers 14
- hoverfly 20
- howdying 19
- hoydened 16
- hryvnias 17
- huaracho 16
- hubrises 13
- huddlers 13
- huffiest 17
- huipiles 13
- huisache 16
- hulkiest 15
- hulloaed 12
- hulloing 12
- hullooed 12
- humanest 13
- humanise 13
- humblers 15
- humdrums 16
- humerals 13
- humified 17
- humiture 13
- hummuses 15
- humorful 16
- humphing 19
- humpiest 15
- humpless 15
- hunkiest 15
- huntable 13
- huntedly 15
- hurdlers 12
- hurlings 12
- hurrahed 15
- hurrayed 15
- hurriers 11
- hurtless 11
- hushedly 18
- huskiest 15
- huskings 16
- husklike 19
- huswifes 17
- huswives 17
- hutching 17
- hutments 13
- hutzpahs 25
- huzzahed 33
- huzzaing 30
- hyalines 14
- hyalites 14
- hyalogen 15
- hyaloids 15
- hybrises 16
- hydatids 16
- hydracid 18
- hydragog 17
- hydranth 18
- hydrases 15
- hydromel 17
- hydropic 19
- hydropsy 20
- hydroski 19
- hygeists 15
- hygieist 15
- hygienes 15
- hylozoic 25
- hymeneal 16
- hymenial 16
- hymenium 18
- hymnists 16
- hymnless 16
- hymnlike 20
- hyoidean 15
- hypergol 17
- hyperons 16
- hyperope 18
- hyphemia 21
- hyphened 20
- hyphenic 21
- hypnoses 16
- hypoacid 19
- hypoderm 19
- hypogeal 17
- hypogean 17
- hypogene 17
- hypogeum 19
- hypogyny 23
- hyponeas 16
- hyponoia 16
- hyponymy 24
- hypopyon 21
- hypothec 21
- hypoxias 23
- hyracoid 17
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Frequently asked questions
How many eight-letter words are there that start with H?
There are 1,037 eight-letter words that start with H in the tournament word lists. The most common are HARDWARE, HOMEPAGE, HOSPITAL.
What are common eight-letter words that start with H?
HARDWARE, HOMEPAGE, HOSPITAL, HOLIDAYS, HANDLING are the most frequently used. The full list of 1,037 words on this page is sorted by everyday frequency, so the common ones come first.
Why are the words in this order?
Words are ranked by how often they appear in a trillion-word corpus of written English, most common first. That surfaces likely puzzle answers instead of hiding them mid-alphabet. Use the sort control to switch to alphabetical or points order.
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