4-Letter Words Starting with H

All 220 four-letter words that start with H

HA

• haad8v. To hold.
• haaf10n. The open sea, especially as a place to fish.
• haar7n. Thick, cold, wet fog along the northeastern coast of Northern England...
• haat7n. A local open-air market held regularly.
• habu9n. Any of several venomous snake species of Asia.
• hace9interj. A command to turn to face in a particular direction.
• hack13v. To chop or cut down in a rough manner.
• hade8n. State; order, estate, rank, degree, or quality.
• haem9n. Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, and UK standard...
• haft10n. The handle of a tool or weapon.
• haha10interj. An onomatopoeic representation of laughter.
• haik11n. A covering for the head and body worn by Arabs.
• hail7n. Balls or pieces of ice falling as precipitation, often in connection...
• hain7v. To hedge or fence in; enclose; protect by hedging.
• hair7n. A pigmented filament of keratin which grows from a follicle on the skin...
• hajj21n. The pilgrimage to Mecca made by pious Muslims; the fifth of the five...
• haka11n. A group dance of New Zealand's Māori people featuring rhythmic...
• hake11n. A hook; a pot-hook.
• hako11n. A Pawnee Indian ceremony celebrating the union of Earth and Heaven and...
• haku11n. A three-ply braid incorporating additional materials, used in making...
• hala7n. Pandanus tectorius, a screw pine native to Malesia, eastern Australia...
• hale7adj. Sound, entire, healthy; robust, not impaired.
• half10n. One of two usually roughly equal parts into which anything may be...
• hall7n. A corridor; a hallway.
• halo7n. A circular band of coloured light, visible around the sun or moon etc....
• halt7v. To limp; move with a limping gait.
• hame9n. Part of the harness that fits round the neck of a draught horse that...
• hams9n. The hamstring muscles; the biceps femoris.
• hand8n. The part of the forelimb below the forearm or wrist in humans and other...
• hang8v. To be or remain suspended.
• hank11n. A coil or loop of something, especially twine, yarn, or rope.
• hant7v. To haunt.
• haor7n. A marshy wetland ecosystem in the northeastern part of Bangladesh...
• hapa9n. A person of mixed ethnic heritage, especially half East or Southeast...
• hapi9n. Synonym of xiapei.
• hapu9n. A subtribe of an iwi or Maori tribe; the basic political unit within...
• hard8adj. Solid and firm.
• hare7n. Any of several plant-eating mammals of the genus Lepus, similar to a...
• hark11n. A whisper.
• harl7n. A fibre, especially a fibre of hemp or flax, or an individual fibre of...
• harm9n. Physical injury; hurt; damage.
• harn7n. Brain.
• haro7interj. A call for help, a demand for protection against harm, or for...
• harp9n. A musical instrument consisting of a body and a curved neck, strung...
• harr7n. The stile that bears the hinges of a gate.
• hart7n. A male deer, especially the male of the red deer after his fifth year.
• hash10n. Food, especially meat and potatoes, chopped and mixed together.
• hask11n. A basket made of flags or rushes, as for carrying fish.
• hasp9n. A clasp, especially a metal strap fastened by a padlock or a pin; also...
• hass7n. A kind of prebendal land revenue reserved for high-ranking officials of...
• hate7n. An object of hatred.
• haul7v. To transport by drawing or pulling, as with horses or oxen, or a motor...
• haut7adj. Haughty.
• have10v. To possess, own.
• hawk14n. A diurnal predatory bird of the family Accipitridae, smaller than an...
• hawn10n. A haven or harbour.
• hawt10adj. Pronunciation or leetspeak spelling of hot (any sense).
• haya10n. A beech tree, especially a Mexican beech (Fagus mexicana).
• haye10n. A shark (cartilaginous fish of Selachimorpha).
• haze16n. Very fine solid particles (smoke, dust) or liquid droplets (moisture)...
• hazy19adj. Thick or obscured with haze.

HE

• head8n. The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain...
• heaf10n. A piece of mountain pasture to which a farm animal has become hefted; a...
• heal7v. To make better from a disease, wound, etc.; to revive or cure.
• hean7adj. Mean; abject; poor; humble; lowly.
• heap9n. A crowd; a throng; a multitude or great number of people.
• hear7v. To perceive sounds through the ear.
• heat7n. Thermal energy.
• heck13interj. Hell.
• hede8n. Rank; order; condition; quality.
• heed8n. Careful attention.
• heel7n. The rear part of the foot, where it joins the leg.
• heer7n. A yarn measure of six hundred yards, or 1/24 of a spindle.
• heft10n. The feel of the weight of something; heaviness.
• hehe10interj. An approximation to the sound of a mischievous giggle.
• heil7v. To greet with a Sieg Heil.
• heir7n. Someone who inherits, or is designated to inherit, the property of...
• heka11n. A mystic animating force present in the universe, used by deities and...
• hele7v. To hide, conceal, and keep secret, especially for a secret society...
• hell7n. A place or situation of great suffering in life.
• helm9n. The tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to steer the...
• helo7n. A helicopter.
• help9n. Action given to provide assistance; aid.
• heme9n. The component of hemoglobin (and other hemoproteins) responsible for...
• hemi9n. A motor with hemispherical combustion chambers. A piston engine...
• hemp11n. A tall annual herb, Cannabis sativa, native to Asia.
• hend8v. To take hold of; to grasp, hold.
• heng8n. The character ꜧ, combining an h and an eng, which stands for the...
• hent7v. To take hold of, to grasp.
• hera7n. A female hero; a heroine, especially in lesbian or feminist circles.
• herb9n. A plant whose stem is not woody and does not persist beyond each...
• herd8n. A number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or...
• here7adv. In, on, or at this place (a place perceived to be close to the...
• herl7n. The fibrous shaft or barb of a feather (especially that of the ostrich...
• herm9n. A rectangular pillar bearing a bust of Hermes, once used as a boundary...
• hern7n. Corner, nook.
• hero7n. Somebody who possesses great bravery and carries out extraordinary or...
• herp9n. A reptile or amphibian.
• hers7pron. That or those belonging to her; the possessive case of she, used...
• hesp9n. A measure of two hanks of linen thread.
• hest7n. Command, injunction.
• heta7n. The Ancient Greek letter eta, or variants of it, when used in their...
• heth10n. The eighth letter of many Semitic alphabets (Phoenician, Aramaic...
• hewe10n. A domestic; a servant or retainer.
• hewn10adj. Made or crafted by cutting, whittling down.
• hext14adj. Highest.
• heya10n. The so-called "stable" of rikishi who train under the instruction of a...
• heyo10interj. Hey; hallo; a casual greeting.

HH

• hhhh16interj. Elongated form of hhh.

HI

• hiam9adj. Hot and spicy.
• hiba9n. The conifer Thujopsis dolabrata, a cypress (in the broad sense) that is...
• hick13v. To hiccup.
• hide8v. To put (something) in a place where it will be out of sight or harder...
• hidy11adj. Of coffee: having a characteristic leathery taste.
• hifu10n. A protective padded outer vest or pinafore worn by children over their...
• high11adj. Very elevated; extending or being far above a base; tall; lofty.
• hihi10n. Synonym of stitchbird.
• hike11n. A long walk, usually for pleasure or exercise.
• hiki11n. A copper coin used in Japan in the Sengoku period, equal to 10 mon.
• hile7n. A bundle of sheaves of wheat (or similar crop) stacked vertically to...
• hill7n. An elevated landmass smaller than a mountain.
• hilt7n. The handle of a sword, consisting of grip, guard, and pommel, designed...
• hind8adj. Located at the rear (most often said of animals' body parts).
• hing8n. Asafoetida, especially when used as a seasoning.
• hink11v. To think optimistically.
• hint7n. A clue.
• hipe9n. A throw in which the wrestler lifts his opponent from the ground...
• hird8n. In Norwegian history, an informal retinue of personal armed companions...
• hire7n. A person who has been hired, especially in a cohort.
• hirn7n. Corner; nook; hiding-place.
• hiss7n. A sibilant sound, such as that made by a snake or escaping steam; an...
• hist7interj. An utterance used to discreetly attract someone's attention.
• hive10n. A structure, whether artificial or natural, for housing a swarm of...
• hiya10interj. An informal greeting, hi, hello.
• hiyo10interj. Drawing attention to a preceding joke or pun.
• hizb18n. Each of the roughly equilongitudinal 60 parts in which the Quran has...

HM

• hmmm13interj. Elongated form of hmm.

HO

• hoar7n. A white or greyish-white colour.
• hoax14v. To deceive (someone) by making them believe something that has been...
• hobo9n. A wandering homeless person, especially (historical) one illegally...
• hock13n. A Rhenish wine, of a light yellow color, either sparkling or still...
• hode8v. To ordain; consecrate; admit to a religious order.
• hodl8v. To hoard a kind of cryptocurrency, especially bitcoin.
• hods8n. Lots, loads.
• hogg9n. A young sheep of either gender, until it cuts its first two teeth.
• hoik11n. A wild hook shot played without style.
• hoit7v. To behave frivolously and thoughtlessly; to play the fool.
• hoka11n. Synonym of red codling.
• hoke11v. To ascribe a false or artificial quality to; to pretend falsely to have...
• hoki11n. The blue grenadier (Macruronus novaezelandiae), a merluccid hake.
• hola7interj. Hello, hi, hey.
• hold8v. To grasp or grip.
• hole7n. A hollow place or cavity; an excavation; a pit; a dent; a depression; a...
• holk11n. A hollow cavity.
• holm9n. Small island, islet.
• holo7n. A hologram.
• hols7n. Holidays (time off work or time spent travelling).
• holt7n. A small piece of woodland or a woody hill; a copse.
• holy10adj. Dedicated to a religious purpose or a god.
• home9n. One’s own dwelling place; the house or structure in which one lives...
• homi9n. A homicide.
• homo9n. Homogenized milk with a high butterfat content.
• homy12adj. Homely.
• hone7n. A sharpening stone composed of extra-fine grit used for removing the...
• hong8n. A foreign trading company in China.
• honk11v. To use a car horn.
• honu7n. A green sea turtle, Chelonia mydas.
• hood8n. A head covering placed on falcons to inhibit their vision.
• hoof10n. The tip of a toe of an ungulate such as a horse, ox or deer...
• hook11n. A rod bent into a curved shape, typically with one end free and the...
• hoon7n. A pimp.
• hoop9n. A circular band of metal used to bind a barrel.
• hoot7n. A derisive cry or shout.
• hope9v. To want (something) to happen, with a sense of expectation that it...
• hops9n. Term of address for a guy.
• hora7n. A circle dance popular in the Balkans, Israel and Yiddish culture...
• hork11v. To foul up; to be occupied with difficulty, tangle, or unpleasantness...
• horn7n. A hard growth of keratin that protrudes from the top of the head of...
• horo7n. A large cloak worn by Japanese warriors to protect against arrows.
• hose7n. A flexible tube conveying water or other fluid.
• hoss7n. A big, strong and respected or dependable person, usually a man; one...
• host7n. One which receives or entertains a guest, socially, commercially, or...
• hots7n. A condition of physical attraction toward (for) someone.
• hour7n. A unit of time of one twenty-fourth of a day (sixty minutes).
• hove10v. To remain; delay.
• howl10n. The protracted, mournful cry of a dog, wolf or other canid; also of...
• hoya10n. Any plant of the genus Hoya.

HU

• hubs9n. Husband.
• huck13v. To throw or chuck.
• hudd9n. A portable wooden graveside shelter, typically resembling a sentry box...
• hued8adj. Colored; having a hue.
• huer7n. Someone who cries out or gives an alarm, especially (Cornwall...
• huey10n. A helicopter.
• huff13n. A heavy breath; a grunt or sigh.
• huge8adj. Very large.
• huhu10n. A beetle, Prionoplus reticularis, endemic to New Zealand.
• huia7n. A wattlebird (†Heteralocha acutirostris), endemic to New Zealand's...
• huit7interj. A cry to sled dogs to start moving.
• huke11n. An outer garment (robe or cloak) worn by men and women in Europe in the...
• hula7n. A form of chant and dance, which was developed in the Hawaiian Islands...
• hulk11n. A non-functional but floating ship, usually stripped of equipment and...
• hull7n. The outer covering of a fruit or seed.
• hump11n. A mound of earth.
• hung8adj. Suspended by hanging.
• hunk11n. A large or dense piece of something.
• hunt7v. To find or search for an animal in the wild with the intention of...
• hurl7v. To throw (something) with force.
• hurr7v. To hum or buzz.
• hurt7v. To cause (a person or animal) physical pain and/or injury.
• hush10v. To become quiet.
• husk11n. The dry, leafy or stringy exterior of certain vegetables or fruits...
• huso7n. A large European sturgeon (Huso huso), inhabiting the Black Sea and...
• huss7v. To flee.

HW

• hwan10n. The monetary unit of South Korea from February 15, 1953 to June 9, 1962.

HY

• hyah13interj. A call, often to horses, livestock, or cattle, to move forward or...
• hyla10n. A tree frog of the genus Hyla.
• hyle10n. Synonym of protomatter, the first matter of the cosmos from which the...
• hymn12n. A song of praise or worship, especially a religious one.
• hype12n. Promotion or propaganda, especially exaggerated claims.
• hypo12n. A hypochondriac.

Questions about these words

How many four-letter words that start with H are there?

Word.ws lists 220 four-letter words that start with H, plus 31 rare ones.

What are common four-letter words that start with H?

have, here, home, help, high, hard, head and hope.

Which of the four-letter words that start with H has the highest letter score?

hajj scores 21 points with the standard letter tile values.

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