8 Letter Words Starting with H
There are 982 eight-letter words starting with H. Search them with your own letters, or browse the full list below.
All 8-letter words starting with H
Starting with HA306
- 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
Starting with HE218
- 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
Starting with HI74
- 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
Starting with HO237
- hoactzin22
- hoarders12
- hoarding13
- hoariest11
- hoarsely14
- hoarsens11
- hoarsest11
- hoatzins20
- hobblers15
- hobbling16
- hobbyist18
- hobnails13
- hoboisms15
- hockshop22
- hocusing14
- hocussed14
- hocusses13
- hoecakes17
- hoedowns15
- hogbacks20
- hogmanay17
- hogmanes14
- hogmenay17
- hognoses12
- hogshead16
- hogtying16
- hogweeds16
- hoicking18
- hoidened13
- hoisters11
- hoisting12
- hokiness15
- hokypoky27
- holdable14
- holdalls12
- holdback20
- holdfast15
- holdings13
- holdouts12
- holdover15
- holeless11
- holibuts13
- holidays15
- holiness11
- holistic13
- hollaing12
- hollands12
- hollered12
- holloaed12
- holloing12
- hollooed12
- hollowed15
- hollower14
- hollowly17
- holmiums15
- hologamy17
- hologram14
- hologyny18
- holotype16
- holozoic22
- holstein11
- holsters11
- holydays18
- holytide15
- homagers14
- homaging15
- homburgs16
- homebody19
- homeboys18
- homebred16
- homeland14
- homeless13
- homelier13
- homelike17
- homemade16
- homeobox22
- homeotic15
- homeport15
- homering14
- homeroom15
- homesick19
- homesite13
- homespun15
- homestay16
- hometown16
- homeward17
- homework20
- homicide16
- homilies13
- homilist13
- hominess13
- hominian13
- hominids14
- hominies13
- hominine13
- hominize22
- hominoid14
- hommocks21
- hommoses15
- homogamy19
- homogeny17
- homogony17
- homologs14
- homology17
- homonyms18
- homonymy21
- honchoed17
- hondling13
- honester11
- honestly14
- honewort14
- honeybee16
- honeybun16
- honeydew18
- honeyful17
- honeying15
- honorand12
- honorary14
- honorees11
- honorers11
- honoring12
- honoured12
- honourer11
- hoodiest12
- hoodless12
- hoodlike16
- hoodlums14
- hoodooed13
- hoodwink19
- hoofbeat16
- hoofless14
- hooflike18
- hookiest15
- hookless15
- hooklets15
- hooklike19
- hooknose15
- hookworm20
- hooligan12
- hoopless13
- hooplike17
- hoopster13
- hoorahed15
- hoorayed15
- hoosegow15
- hoosgows15
- hootches16
- hootiest11
- hopefuls16
- hopeless13
- hopheads17
- hoplites13
- hoplitic15
- hoppiest15
- hoppings16
- hoppling16
- hopsacks19
- hoptoads14
- hordeins12
- horizons20
- hormonal13
- hormones13
- hormonic15
- hornbeam15
- hornbill13
- hornbook17
- hornfels14
- horniest11
- hornists11
- hornitos11
- hornless11
- hornlike15
- hornpipe15
- hornpout13
- horntail11
- hornworm16
- hornwort14
- horologe12
- horology15
- horrible13
- horribly16
- horridly15
- horrific16
- horsecar13
- horsefly17
- horseman13
- horsemen13
- horsepox20
- horsiest11
- hosannah14
- hosannas11
- hosepipe15
- hospices15
- hospital13
- hospitia13
- hospodar14
- hostages12
- hosteled12
- hosteler11
- hostelry14
- hostiles11
- hostlers11
- hotblood14
- hotboxes20
- hotcakes17
- hotching17
- hotchpot18
- hoteldom14
- hotelier11
- hotelman13
- hotelmen13
- hotfoots14
- hotheads15
- hothouse14
- hotlines11
- hotpress13
- hotshots14
- hotspurs13
- hounders12
- hounding13
- houseboy16
- housefly17
- houseful14
- houseled12
- houseman13
- housemen13
- housesat11
- housesit11
- housetop13
- housings12
- hoveling15
- hovelled15
- hoverers14
- hovering15
- howdying19
- howitzer23
- hoydened16
Starting with HU83
- huarache16
- huaracho16
- hubrises13
- huckster17
- huddlers13
- huddling14
- huffiest17
- hugeness12
- huggable15
- huipiles13
- huisache16
- hulkiest15
- hulloaed12
- hulloing12
- humanely16
- humanest13
- humanise13
- humanism15
- humanist13
- humanity16
- humanize22
- humanoid14
- humblers15
- humblest15
- humbling16
- humdrums16
- humerals13
- humidify20
- humidity17
- humidors14
- humified17
- humility16
- hummable17
- hummocks21
- hummocky24
- hummuses15
- humorful16
- humoring14
- humorist13
- humorous13
- humoured14
- humpback23
- humphing19
- humpiest15
- humpless15
- hunching17
- hundreds13
- hungered13
- hungover15
- hungrier12
- hungrily15
- hunkered16
- hunkiest15
- huntable13
- huntedly15
- huntings12
- huntress11
- huntsman13
- huntsmen13
- hurdlers12
- hurdling13
- hurlings12
- hurrahed15
- hurrayed15
- hurriers11
- hurrying15
- hurtless11
- hurtling12
- husbands14
- hushedly18
- huskiest15
- huskings16
- husklike19
- hustings12
- hustlers11
- hustling12
- huswifes17
- huswives17
- hutching17
- hutments13
- hutzpahs25
- huzzahed33
- huzzaing30
Starting with HY64
- hyacinth19
- hyalines14
- hyalites14
- hyalogen15
- hyaloids15
- hybrises16
- hydatids16
- hydracid18
- hydragog17
- hydranth18
- hydrants15
- hydrases15
- hydrated16
- hydrates15
- hydrator15
- hydrides16
- hydrogel16
- hydrogen16
- hydroids16
- hydromel17
- hydronic17
- hydropic19
- hydropsy20
- hydroski19
- hydrosol15
- hydroxyl25
- hygeists15
- hygieist15
- hygienes15
- hygienic17
- hylozoic25
- hymeneal16
- hymenial16
- hymenium18
- hymnbook22
- hymnists16
- hymnless16
- hymnlike20
- hyoidean15
- hyoscine16
- hypergol17
- hyperons16
- hyperope18
- hyphemia21
- hyphened20
- hypnoses16
- hypnosis16
- hypnotic18
- hypoacid19
- hypoderm19
- hypogeal17
- hypogean17
- hypogene17
- hypogeum19
- hypogyny23
- hyponeas16
- hyponoia16
- hypopnea18
- hypopyon21
- hypothec21
- hypoxias23
- hyracoid17
- hysteria14
- hysteric16
Quick facts
- The highest-scoring word is HUZZAHED, worth 33 points in Scrabble.
- 7 of these words have only one vowel, which helps when your rack is short on vowels.
- The most common second letter is A, in 306 words.
8-letter words starting with other letters
Related lists
- 8-letter words ending with H
- 3-letter words starting with H
- 4-letter words starting with H
- 5-letter words starting with H
- 6-letter words starting with H
- 7-letter words starting with H
Questions
- How many 8-letter words are starting with H?
- There are 982 eight-letter words starting with H in the ENABLE word list.
- What is the highest-scoring 8-letter word starting with H?
- HUZZAHED scores 33 points in Scrabble, before any bonus squares.
- Are these words valid in Scrabble and Words With Friends?
- They come from the ENABLE list, which Words With Friends is based on. Almost all are also valid in Scrabble, though tournament lists differ slightly.