5-letter words with H as the first letter
There are 479 five-letter words with H as the first letter in Unscrambly's open word list; the highest scoring is HUZZY at 29 points. A is the most common second letter among them (136), and the average score is 11 points.
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Pinning a letter to an exact slot is the core of Wordle strategy: a green H in the first position leaves these 479 words as candidates. Every word below is exactly five letters with H in slot 1, shown with its Scrabble score, and examples include HUZZY, HUZZA, HAJJI, HAFIZ and HAMZA. Feed the letters you already know into the Wordle helper to narrow a puzzle with an H in slot 1 further.
For Wordle, HADES is a strong guess from this list: of the familiar words with five different letters, it uses the letters found in the most of these 479 words.
5-letter words with H as the first letter in numbers
- Words
- 479
- Highest scoring
- HUZZY 29 pts
- Average score
- 11.0 pts
- With a definition
- 268 (56%)
- A136
- E92
- I46
- O133
- U48
- W1
- Y23
Highest-scoring 5-letter words with h as the first letter
5-letter words with H as the first letter (479)
These 300 of the 479 are a spread sample: the 50 highest scoring first, then words taken in turn from every second letter; within each, words with a dictionary definition come first. The solver above searches all of them for your tiles, and the free JSON API has the full word lists.
Frequently asked questions
How many 5 letter words have H as the first letter?
Unscrambly's list has 479 five-letter words with H in the first position, 3.8% of all five-letter words.
How do I use this list for Wordle?
If your first tile turned green as H, these 479 words are your candidates. Cross off any word that uses a letter you have already ruled out, and prefer a guess that tests new letters, such as HADES.
What is the highest scoring 5 letter word with H as the first letter?
HUZZY scores 29 points in Scrabble. Next come HUZZA (26), HAJJI (22) and HAFIZ (20). The average is 11 points.