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3-Letter Words Starting with H

There are 68 three-letter words that start with H on Word.ws, from haa to hyp. The most common are his, had, her, how and him.

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All 68 three-letter words that start with H

HA

  • haa6interj. A sigh.
  • hab8n. A habitation or habitation facility.
  • had7v. Used to form the past perfect tense, expressing an action that took...
  • hag7n. A witch, sorceress, or enchantress; a female wizard.
  • hah9part. Synonym of ah (sense 1); used to form tag questions prompting the...
  • hal6n. A special temporary state of consciousness, generally understood to be...
  • ham8n. The region back of the knee joint; the popliteal space; the hock.
  • han6n. Sorrowful resentment, as a part of the Korean cultural identity.
  • hao6n. A former currency unit of Vietnam, worth one tenth of a dong.
  • hap8n. A person's lot (good or bad), luck, fortune, fate.
  • har6n. A hinge.
  • hat6n. A covering for the head, often in the approximate form of a cone, dome...
  • haw9interj. An imitation of laughter, often used to express scorn or disbelief....
  • hax13n. Hacks, hacking.
  • hay9n. Grass cut and dried for use as animal fodder.

HD

  • hdc9n. The headcase gene.

HE

  • hea6adv. Here.
  • hed7n. The headline of a news story.
  • hee6interj. An expression of laughter.
  • heh9n. The fifth letter of many Semitic alphabets (Phoenician 𐤄, Aramaic 𐡄...
  • hem8interj. Used to fill in the gap of a pause with a vocalized sound.
  • hen6n. A female chicken (Gallus gallus), especially a sexually mature one kept...
  • hep8n. Hepatitis.
  • her6det. Belonging to her (belonging to that female person or animal, or in...
  • hes6pron. The person of unspecified gender previously mentioned or implied.
  • het6n. A heterosexual person.
  • hew9v. To chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down.
  • hex13v. To cast a spell on (specifically an evil spell), to bewitch.
  • hey9interj. An exclamation to get attention.

HI

  • hic8interj. An approximation to the sound of a hiccup, used e.g. to indicate...
  • hie6v. To hasten; to go quickly, to hurry.
  • hig7n. A huff; a fit of passion, annoyance, or offense.
  • him8pron. With dative effect or as an indirect object.
  • hin6n. A former Hebrew liquid measure of volume (about 3.8 L).
  • hip8n. The outward-projecting parts of the pelvis and top of the femur and the...
  • his6det. Belonging to him.
  • hit6v. To administer a blow to, directly or with a weapon or missile.

HM

  • hmm10interj. Indicates thinking or pondering.

HN

  • hnn6interj. Indicating thinking or pondering.

HO

  • hoa6interj. Ho; hey; a call for attention.
  • hob8n. A kind of cutting tool, used to cut the teeth of a gear.
  • hod7n. A three-sided box mounted on a pole for carrying bricks, mortar, or...
  • hoe6n. An agricultural and horticultural hand tool consisting of a long handle...
  • hof9n. An enclosure, court, dwelling, building, or house.
  • hog7n. Any animal belonging to the Suidae family of mammals, especially the...
  • hok10n. A kind of small hut.
  • hon6n. A term of endearment; Honey, sweetheart.
  • hoo6pron. She.
  • hop8n. A short jump.
  • hor6pron. Her.
  • hot6adj. Having or giving off a high temperature.
  • how9adv. To what degree or extent.
  • hox13v. To hock; to hamstring; to cripple; to disable.
  • hoy9n. A small coaster vessel, usually sloop-rigged, used in conveying...

HR

  • hrm8interj. Expresses a moment of particular curiosity or thoughtfulness.

HU

  • hub8n. The central part, usually cylindrical, of a wheel; the nave.
  • hud7n. A huck or hull, as of a nut.
  • hue6n. A color, or shade of color; tint; dye.
  • hug7n. A close embrace, especially when charged with an emotion such as...
  • huh9interj. Used to express doubt or confusion.
  • hui6n. A Māori social gathering or assembly.
  • hum8n. A hummed tune, i.e. created orally with lips closed.
  • hun6n. A woman perceived as basic, brash, working class and fond of alcohol.
  • hup8interj. The first beat of a 4/4 military cadence, commanding either the...
  • huq15n. A just right; a lawful claim; a perquisite claimable by established...
  • hut6n. A small, simple one-storey dwelling or shelter, often with just one...

HY

  • hyl9n. A unit of mass that is accelerated at a rate of 1 meter per second...
  • hyp11n. Hypochondria.

Questions about these words

How many three-letter words that start with H are there?
Word.ws lists 68 three-letter words that start with H.
What are common three-letter words that start with H?
his, had, her, how, him, hit, hot and hey.
Which of the three-letter words that start with H has the highest letter score?
huq scores 15 points with the standard letter tile values.

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Word lists and meanings adapted from the Wiktionary entry of each word. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out names, abbreviations, misspellings and offensive words, and ordered the most common words by how often they appear in English (wordfreq). Meanings from Wiktionary; this is not an official Scrabble, Words With Friends or Wordle word list. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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