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5-Letter Words Starting with HE

There are 58 five-letter words that start with HE on Word.ws, from heads to hexyl. The most common are heart, heard, heavy, henry and hello.

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All 58 five-letter words that start with HE

HEA

  • heads9interj. A shouted warning that something is falling from above, mind your...
  • heady12adj. Intoxicating or stupefying.
  • heald9n. Heddle.
  • heaps10n. A large amount.
  • heard9adj. That has been perceived aurally.
  • heart8n. A muscular organ that pumps blood through the body, traditionally...
  • heath11n. A tract of level uncultivated land with sandy soil and scrubby...
  • heats8n. A period of hot weather.
  • heave11v. To lift with difficulty; to raise with some effort; to lift (a heavy...
  • heavy14adj. Having great weight.

HEB

  • heben10n. Ebony.
  • hebra10n. The offspring of a cross between a horse sire and a zebra dam.

HEC

  • hecka14det. Synonym of hella.

HED

  • heder9n. An elementary school in which students are taught to read Hebrew texts.
  • hedge10n. A thicket of bushes or other shrubbery, especially one planted as a...
  • hedon9n. A unit of pleasure used to theoretically weigh people's happiness.

HEE

  • heeey11interj. Elongated form of hey.
  • heels8n. High-heeled shoes.
  • heeze17v. To hoist.

HEF

  • hefty14adj. With heft; heavy, strong, vigorous, mighty, impressive.

HEI

  • heiau8n. A temple in traditional Hawaiian society.
  • heigh12interj. An exclamation designed to call attention, give encouragement, etc.
  • heist8n. A robbery or burglary, especially from an institution such as a bank or...
  • heita8interj. Greeting, hello; hi.

HEL

  • helen8n. Either of a pair of curved, spine-like appendages on some hyoliths.
  • helio8n. A heliotrope (surveying instrument).
  • helix15n. A curve on the surface of a cylinder or cone such that its angle to a...
  • hella8det. An intensifier, signifying an abundance of a thing; much or many.
  • hello8interj. A greeting (salutation) said when meeting someone or acknowledging...
  • helly11adj. Hellish, infernal.
  • helot8n. A member of the ancient Spartan class of serfs.
  • helve11n. The handle or haft of a tool or weapon.

HEM

  • hemal10adj. American standard spelling of haemal.
  • hemin10n. A reddish brown substance produced in a laboratory test for the...

HEN

  • hence10adv. In the future from now.
  • hench13n. The narrow side of chimney stack, a haunch.
  • henge9n. A prehistoric enclosure in the form of a circle or circular arc defined...
  • henlo8interj. DoggoLingo form of hello.
  • henna8n. A shrub, Lawsonia inermis, having fragrant reddish flowers.
  • henny11n. Synonym of hinny (cross between a stallion and a she-ass).
  • henry11n. In the International System of Units, the derived unit of electrical...

HER

  • herby13adj. Of or pertaining to herbs.
  • herem10n. A prohibition enacted by rabbinic authority.
  • herit8v. Synonym of inherit.
  • herky15adj. Only used in herky-jerky.
  • heron8n. Any long-legged, long-necked wading bird of the family Ardeidae.
  • herpe10n. A herpes infection.
  • herry11v. To honour, praise or celebrate.
  • herse8n. A kind of gate or portcullis, having iron bars, like a harrow, studded...
  • hertz17n. In the International System of Units, the derived unit of frequency...

HET

  • heter8n. Special permission from a rabbi to break a commandment.
  • hetty11n. A heterosexual.

HEU

  • heugh12n. A steep crag or cliff, especially one overlooking a river.

HEV

  • hevea11n. Any of the genus Hevea of flowering plants in the spurge family...

HEW

  • hewer11n. One who hews.

HEX

  • hexed16adj. Cursed; afflicted with bad luck.
  • hexer15n. One who casts a hex, or curse.
  • hexyl18n. Any of many isomeric univalent hydrocarbon radicals, C₆H₁₃, formally...
28 rare five-letter words that start with HE

Questions about these words

How many five-letter words that start with HE are there?
Word.ws lists 58 five-letter words that start with HE, plus 28 rare ones.
What are common five-letter words that start with HE?
heart, heard, heavy, henry, hello, heads, hence and helen.
Which of the five-letter words that start with HE has the highest letter score?
hexyl scores 18 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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