9-Letter Words Starting With H
Our word finder knows 996 nine-letter words that start with H. Common picks such as HEADLINES, HOUSEHOLD, HARDCOVER lead the list, which makes it faster to spot the word your puzzle is hiding.
Words are ordered by usage frequency in a trillion-word English corpus, which is the closest thing to "most likely answer first" that a word list can offer.
Most common
- headlines13
- household16
- hardcover18
- hospitals14
- hurricane14
- happening17
- hazardous22
- highlight20
- hopefully20
- happiness16
- handhelds17
- hierarchy20
- hydraulic18
- holocaust14
- hepatitis14
- highlands17
- honeymoon17
- histories12
- horoscope16
- homeowner17
All 996 words (the small number on each word is its Scrabble point value)
- hilarious 12
- honorable 14
- hyperlink 21
- homestead 15
- historian 12
- housewife 18
- headphone 18
- headaches 18
- hatchback 25
- healthier 15
- hypertext 24
- harvested 16
- horseback 20
- heartland 13
- heartbeat 14
- homepages 17
- hereafter 15
- handbooks 19
- headlight 17
- hydrology 20
- hydration 16
- horseshoe 15
- hamburger 17
- hypocrisy 22
- hostility 15
- histogram 15
- harnesses 12
- hereunder 13
- herbicide 17
- harmonica 16
- heartburn 14
- heuristic 14
- histology 16
- harlequin 21
- hermitage 15
- hibernate 14
- heartfelt 15
- headboard 16
- homegrown 18
- hillcrest 14
- hardening 14
- hydroxide 24
- harvester 15
- humankind 19
- handshake 20
- homemaker 20
- hourglass 13
- husbandry 18
- harmonies 14
- hindsight 17
- hardships 18
- harmonics 16
- harassing 13
- handcuffs 21
- hardwoods 17
- horrified 16
- hydrolase 16
- histamine 14
- hexagonal 20
- handlebar 15
- hypnotize 26
- hijacking 26
- hijackers 25
- hesitated 13
- herbarium 16
- headcount 15
- honeycomb 21
- hammering 17
- heartache 17
- healthful 18
- hairspray 17
- hillbilly 17
- histidine 13
- housework 19
- heartless 12
- hydrangea 17
- hairstyle 15
- harbinger 15
- hallmarks 18
- hypocrite 19
- harrowing 16
- hindrance 15
- hydrating 17
- headstone 13
- handicaps 17
- harmonize 23
- houseboat 14
- headlamps 17
- homicides 17
- hamstring 15
- hyperbole 19
- hobbyists 19
- hardiness 13
- headliner 13
- hygienist 16
- hardwired 17
- homelands 15
- hooligans 13
- heretical 14
- holograms 15
- haplotype 19
- hindering 14
- homologue 15
- hurriedly 16
- hemolytic 19
- harnessed 13
- habitable 16
- harboring 15
- hardbound 16
- hunchback 25
- heartwood 16
- headrests 13
- hundredth 17
- hypnotist 17
- heartworm 17
- headbands 16
- haphazard 27
- hillsides 13
- homebound 17
- handrails 13
- humongous 15
- heirlooms 14
- hoteliers 12
- humiliate 14
- herbalist 14
- homicidal 17
- headlined 14
- headlands 14
- honorably 17
- humanists 14
- headpiece 17
- heaviness 15
- honouring 13
- hegemonic 17
- handiwork 20
- hypnotism 19
- hedgehogs 18
- headdress 14
- harshness 15
- highchair 21
- housemate 14
- herniated 13
- herbalism 16
- hankering 17
- hypercube 21
- headspace 17
- hampering 17
- humanoids 15
- homebuilt 16
- horsetail 12
- hazelnuts 21
- hangovers 16
- harmonise 14
- helpfully 20
- headstock 19
- heightens 16
- hedgerows 17
- herbivore 17
- hopscotch 21
- harmonium 16
- homesites 14
- homeworks 21
- heritable 14
- hyperfine 20
- howsoever 18
- halothane 15
- hardboard 16
- hesitates 12
- hostesses 12
- hydrazine 25
- hackberry 23
- hemolysis 17
- halitosis 12
- handcraft 18
- hideously 16
- herculean 14
- heartened 13
- honeybees 17
- hastening 13
- hideaways 19
- handwoven 19
- heralding 14
- headwater 16
- hematuria 14
- halfpenny 20
- hairbrush 17
- headfirst 16
- heathland 16
- honeypots 17
- hailstorm 14
- honoraria 12
- hypnotics 19
- hatchling 18
- homestays 17
- hobgoblin 17
- hyacinths 20
- hollering 13
- hackneyed 22
- holograph 18
- hanseatic 14
- heritages 13
- hometowns 17
- healthily 18
- hybridoma 20
- humanized 24
- herbology 18
- halftones 15
- hydrofoil 19
- hysterics 17
- housemaid 15
- horsehair 15
- homeopath 19
- handstand 14
- herbivory 20
- hesitancy 17
- homestand 15
- heliports 14
- hardwares 16
- honorific 17
- hawksbill 21
- horehound 16
- hollyhock 24
- heliconia 14
- hyperopia 19
- hairpiece 16
- hamstrung 15
- handbills 15
- humorless 14
- heterodox 20
- hartshorn 15
- handprint 15
- hydrogens 17
- hirsutism 14
- habitants 14
- hydrogels 17
- howitzers 24
- headwords 17
- heterotic 14
- holloware 15
- horseplay 17
- hearkened 17
- hyperbola 19
- hyphenate 20
- hybridize 27
- homophobe 21
- hardbacks 21
- harboured 15
- humanness 14
- haystacks 21
- handbells 15
- handblown 18
- hypoxemia 26
- hellebore 14
- hillslope 14
- harmattan 14
- hoardings 14
- hypotonic 19
- hybridity 21
- hollowing 16
- hypomania 19
- humorists 14
- hardihood 17
- hitchhike 24
- hindbrain 15
- hypotonia 17
- hardcores 15
- hemolymph 24
- hemolysin 17
- haughtily 19
- haciendas 15
- hardcourt 15
- hucksters 18
- hawthorns 18
- holsteins 12
- hosteling 13
- holdbacks 21
- headworks 20
- helminths 17
- handovers 16
- homeplace 18
- horseshit 15
- horseless 12
- humpbacks 24
- handwheel 19
- hypocotyl 22
- horserace 14
- heterosis 12
- hydrolyze 28
- hailstone 12
- hematomas 16
- hairballs 14
- huaraches 17
- headnotes 13
- humdinger 16
- hungering 14
- hellhound 16
- heathered 16
- hairlines 12
- highrises 16
- headwinds 17
- handmaids 16
- hornbills 14
- heartiest 12
- hydrocele 18
- hierarchs 17
- hyperemia 19
- hardeners 13
- headstall 13
- hydrazide 26
- handpicks 21
- humungous 15
- haltingly 16
- holdovers 16
- headgears 14
- homewards 18
- handholds 17
- hidebound 16
- humectant 16
- haversack 21
- homiletic 16
- harangued 14
- handsomer 15
- handlooms 15
- hectoring 15
- harkening 17
- hemstitch 19
- handwrite 16
- holstered 13
- haematite 14
- handclaps 17
- hirelings 13
- heartsick 18
- hornpipes 16
- handgrips 16
- hoofbeats 17
- hexagrams 22
- hydrosols 16
- hiddenite 14
- heatproof 17
- horseweed 16
- humanlike 18
- harangues 13
- habituate 14
- hessonite 12
- hydrastis 16
- hookworms 21
- hypomanic 21
- housetops 14
- handstamp 17
- homophone 19
- haymakers 21
- hotheaded 17
- horrifies 15
- hemocytes 19
- horniness 12
- hesitance 14
- hunkering 17
- hadrosaur 13
- heiresses 12
- harmfully 20
- hedonists 13
- humanizes 23
- harborage 15
- hairiness 12
- hoovering 16
- helically 17
- hexameter 21
- homograph 20
- houstonia 12
- hungriest 13
- hexaploid 22
- harassers 12
- hogsheads 17
- homograft 18
- homebrews 19
- hyperopic 21
- halfpence 19
- horizonal 21
- hydronium 18
- houseboys 17
- hellishly 18
- hubristic 16
- habaneras 14
- habaneros 14
- habdalahs 18
- habergeon 15
- habitably 19
- habitudes 15
- hacendado 16
- hachuring 18
- hackamore 20
- hackliest 18
- hacksawed 22
- hackworks 25
- haecceity 19
- haematics 16
- haematins 14
- haftarahs 18
- haftaroth 18
- haftorahs 18
- haftoroth 18
- hagadists 14
- hagbushes 18
- hagfishes 19
- haggadahs 18
- haggadist 15
- haggadoth 18
- haggardly 18
- haggishly 20
- hagiarchy 21
- hagiology 17
- hagridden 15
- hagriders 14
- hagriding 15
- hairbands 15
- haircloth 17
- hairlocks 18
- hairworks 19
- hairworms 17
- halachist 17
- halachoth 20
- halakhahs 22
- halakhist 19
- halakhoth 22
- halakists 16
- halations 12
- halazones 21
- halfbacks 23
- halfbeaks 21
- halflives 18
- halfpipes 19
- halftimes 17
- halftrack 21
- halidomes 15
- halitoses 12
- halituses 12
- halliards 13
- halloaing 13
- hallooing 13
- hallowers 15
- hallowing 16
- halobiont 14
- halocline 14
- halogeton 13
- halophile 17
- halophyte 20
- haltering 13
- hamadryad 19
- hamadryas 18
- hamartias 14
- hamboning 17
- hammerers 16
- hammerkop 22
- hammertoe 16
- hamminess 16
- hamperers 16
- handballs 15
- handcarts 15
- handclasp 17
- handfasts 16
- handiness 13
- handlings 14
- handlists 13
- handpress 15
- handseled 14
- handspike 19
- handworks 20
- handwrote 16
- hangaring 14
- hangbirds 16
- hangfires 16
- hangnails 13
- hangnests 13
- hankerers 16
- hanseling 13
- hanselled 13
- haphtarah 20
- haphtaras 17
- haphtarot 17
- haplessly 17
- haploidic 17
- haplology 18
- haplontic 16
- haplopias 16
- haranguer 13
- harborers 14
- harborful 17
- harborous 14
- hardasses 13
- hardballs 15
- hardboots 15
- hardedges 15
- hardgoods 15
- hardhacks 22
- hardheads 17
- hardiment 15
- hardnoses 13
- hardpacks 21
- hardstand 14
- hardtacks 19
- hardwires 16
- harebells 14
- harkeners 16
- harmonist 14
- harpooned 15
- harpooner 14
- harpylike 21
- harquebus 23
- harridans 13
- harrowers 15
- harrumphs 19
- harshened 16
- harumphed 20
- hashheads 19
- hashishes 18
- hastately 15
- hasteners 12
- hastiness 12
- hatchable 19
- hatchecks 23
- hatcheled 18
- hatchings 18
- hatchment 19
- hatchways 23
- hatefully 18
- hatmakers 18
- hatterias 12
- haughtier 16
- haulmiest 14
- haulyards 16
- hausfraus 15
- haustella 12
- haustoria 12
- havdalahs 19
- havelocks 21
- havockers 21
- havocking 22
- hawkbills 21
- hawkishly 25
- hawkmoths 24
- hawknoses 19
- hawkshaws 25
- hawkweeds 23
- hawsehole 18
- hawsepipe 19
- hawthorny 21
- hayfields 19
- hazarders 22
- hazarding 23
- hazelhens 24
- headachey 21
- headgates 14
- headhunts 16
- headiness 13
- headlocks 19
- headraces 15
- headrooms 15
- headsails 13
- headships 18
- headstand 14
- headstays 16
- hearkener 16
- heartener 12
- heartfree 15
- hearthrug 16
- heartsome 14
- heartsore 12
- heathbird 18
- heathenry 18
- heathiest 15
- heathless 15
- heathlike 19
- hebdomads 18
- hebetated 15
- hebetates 14
- hebetudes 15
- hebraized 24
- hebraizes 23
- hecatombs 18
- hectogram 17
- hedgehops 19
- hedgepigs 17
- hedgingly 18
- hedonisms 15
- heedfully 19
- heehawing 19
- heelballs 14
- heelpiece 16
- heelplate 14
- heelposts 14
- heftiness 15
- hegumenes 15
- hegumenos 15
- heightism 18
- heinously 15
- heirships 17
- hektogram 19
- helicline 14
- helicoids 15
- helicopts 16
- helictite 14
- helilifts 15
- heliogram 15
- heliostat 12
- heliotype 17
- heliotypy 20
- heliozoan 21
- heliozoic 23
- helistops 14
- hellboxes 21
- hellbroth 17
- helldiver 16
- hellenize 21
- helleries 12
- hellfires 15
- hellholes 15
- hellkites 16
- helmeting 15
- helotages 13
- helotisms 14
- helotries 12
- helpmates 16
- helpmeets 16
- hemateins 14
- hematines 14
- hematinic 16
- hematites 14
- hematitic 16
- hematoses 14
- hematosis 14
- hematozoa 23
- hematuric 16
- hemelytra 17
- hemialgia 15
- hemicycle 21
- hemiolias 14
- hemipters 16
- hemistich 19
- hemitrope 16
- hemocoels 16
- hemolyses 17
- hemolyzed 27
- hemolyzes 26
- hemophile 19
- hemostats 14
- hemotoxic 23
- hemotoxin 21
- hempseeds 17
- hempweeds 20
- hendiadys 17
- henequens 21
- henequins 21
- henhouses 15
- heniquens 21
- henneries 12
- hennishly 18
- henpecked 21
- hepaticae 16
- hepaticas 16
- hepatized 24
- hepatizes 23
- hepatomas 16
- heptagons 15
- heptarchs 19
- heptarchy 22
- heraldist 13
- herbarial 14
- hereabout 14
- hereaways 18
- heritably 17
- hermetism 16
- hermetist 14
- hermitism 16
- herniates 12
- heroicize 23
- heroinism 14
- heroizing 22
- heronries 12
- hesitater 12
- hesitator 12
- hetaerism 14
- hetairism 14
- heteronym 17
- heteroses 12
- hexachord 25
- hexahedra 23
- hexamines 21
- hexastich 24
- hibakusha 21
- hiccoughs 20
- hiccuping 19
- hiccupped 21
- hickories 18
- hideosity 16
- hidrotics 15
- hierodule 13
- hierology 16
- hifalutin 15
- highballs 18
- highbrows 21
- highflier 19
- highflyer 22
- highjacks 29
- highlifes 19
- highroads 17
- highspots 18
- hightails 16
- hilliness 12
- hilloaing 13
- hillocked 19
- himations 14
- hinderers 13
- hindshank 20
- hiphugger 19
- hipnesses 14
- hipparchs 21
- hippiedom 19
- hippieish 19
- hippiness 16
- hippocras 18
- hiraganas 13
- hirseling 13
- hirselled 13
- hispanism 16
- hispidity 18
- histamins 14
- histidins 13
- histogens 13
- historied 13
- hizzoners 30
- hoactzins 23
- hoarfrost 15
- hoariness 12
- hoarsened 13
- hoatzines 21
- hobnailed 15
- hobnobbed 19
- hobnobber 18
- hockshops 23
- hocussing 15
- hodaddies 15
- hodoscope 17
- hogfishes 19
- hoggishly 20
- hogmanays 18
- hogmenays 18
- hogtieing 14
- hogwashes 19
- hoidening 14
- hokeyness 19
- holandric 15
- holddowns 17
- holdfasts 16
- holidayed 17
- holidayer 16
- holloaing 13
- hollooing 13
- hollowest 15
- holocrine 14
- hologynic 18
- holophyte 20
- holotypes 17
- holotypic 19
- holystone 15
- holytides 16
- homebreds 17
- homecomer 18
- homegirls 15
- homeliest 14
- homeports 16
- homerooms 16
- homespuns 16
- homeyness 17
- homilists 14
- hominians 14
- hominized 24
- hominizes 23
- hominoids 15
- homocercy 21
- homologic 17
- homolyses 17
- homolysis 17
- homolytic 19
- homonymic 21
- homophile 19
- homophony 22
- homophyly 25
- homoplasy 19
- homopolar 16
- homosexes 21
- homospory 19
- homostyly 20
- homotaxes 21
- homotaxis 21
- homunculi 16
- honchoing 18
- honestest 12
- honesties 12
- honeworts 15
- honeybuns 17
- honeydews 19
- honorands 13
- honourers 12
- hoodmolds 16
- hoodooing 14
- hoodooism 15
- hoodwinks 20
- hoofbound 18
- hoofprint 17
- hooknosed 17
- hooknoses 16
- hoopskirt 18
- hoopsters 14
- hoorahing 16
- hooraying 16
- hoosegows 16
- hordeolum 15
- hornbeams 16
- hornbooks 18
- hornpouts 14
- hornstone 12
- horntails 12
- hornworms 17
- hornworts 15
- horologer 13
- horologes 13
- horologic 15
- horoscopy 19
- horribles 14
- horridest 13
- horsebean 14
- horsecars 14
- horsehide 16
- horselike 16
- horsemint 14
- horseshod 16
- horsewhip 20
- horsiness 12
- hortative 15
- hortatory 15
- hosannaed 13
- hosannahs 15
- hosepipes 16
- hosieries 12
- hospitium 16
- hospodars 15
- hostelers 12
- hostelled 13
- hosteller 12
- hostessed 13
- hostilely 15
- hotbloods 15
- hotchpots 19
- hotdogged 16
- hotdogger 15
- hoteldoms 15
- hotfooted 16
- hothoused 16
- hothouses 15
- hotnesses 12
- housecarl 14
- housecoat 14
- housefuls 15
- housekeep 18
- housekept 18
- houseleek 16
- houseless 12
- houseling 13
- houselled 13
- houseroom 14
- housesits 12
- hovelling 16
- howlingly 19
- hoydening 17
- hoydenish 19
- huarachos 17
- huckaback 26
- huffiness 18
- huffishly 24
- hugeously 16
- huisaches 17
- hulloaing 13
- hullooing 13
- humanhood 18
- humanised 15
- humanises 14
- humanisms 16
- humanizer 23
- humblebee 18
- humbugged 19
- humbugger 18
- humidexes 22
- humidness 15
- humitures 14
- hummocked 23
- humouring 15
- humpiness 16
- hurrahing 16
- hurraying 16
- hurtfully 18
- husbanded 16
- husbander 15
- husbandly 18
- hushpuppy 24
- huskiness 16
- huzzahing 34
- hyalogens 16
- hybridism 20
- hybridist 18
- hybristic 19
- hydathode 20
- hydracids 19
- hydragogs 18
- hydranths 19
- hydrators 16
- hydrillas 16
- hydrocast 18
- hydrolyte 19
- hydromels 18
- hydropath 21
- hydropses 18
- hydrosere 16
- hydroskis 20
- hydrostat 16
- hydroxyls 26
- hydrozoan 25
- hygieists 16
- hygienics 18
- hygrostat 16
- hylozoism 26
- hylozoist 24
- hymeneals 17
- hymeniums 19
- hymnaries 17
- hymnbooks 23
- hymnodies 18
- hymnodist 18
- hymnology 21
- hyoscines 17
- hypallage 18
- hypanthia 20
- hyperacid 20
- hyperarid 18
- hyperemic 21
- hypergamy 23
- hypergols 18
- hyperopes 19
- hyperpnea 19
- hyperpure 19
- hypethral 20
- hyphemias 22
- hyphening 21
- hypnoidal 18
- hypnology 21
- hypobaric 21
- hypoblast 19
- hypocaust 19
- hypoderma 20
- hypoderms 20
- hypogeous 18
- hypomorph 24
- hyponasty 20
- hyponoias 17
- hypoploid 20
- hypopneas 19
- hypopneic 21
- hypopyons 22
- hypostome 19
- hypostyle 20
- hypotaxes 24
- hypotaxis 24
- hypothecs 22
- hypoxemic 28
- hyracoids 18
- hysterias 15
- hysteroid 16
Points use Scrabble US letter values
Frequently asked questions
How many nine-letter words are there that start with H?
There are 996 nine-letter words that start with H in the tournament word lists. The most common are HEADLINES, HOUSEHOLD, HARDCOVER.
What are common nine-letter words that start with H?
HEADLINES, HOUSEHOLD, HARDCOVER, HOSPITALS, HURRICANE are the most frequently used. The full list of 996 words on this page is sorted by everyday frequency, so the common ones come first.
Can I play these words in Scrabble?
Yes. The list combines ENABLE and the North American tournament list (TWL), so these words are playable in Scrabble-style games, including Words With Friends.
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