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5-Letter Words Starting with HI

There are 24 five-letter words that start with HI on Word.ws, from hided to hives. The most common are hills, hitch, hinge, hilly and hijab.

Meanings from Wiktionary. Not an official Scrabble, Words With Friends or Wordle word list.

All 24 five-letter words that start with HI

  • hided10adj. Having hide (skin) of a specified kind.
  • hider9n. One who hides oneself or a thing.
  • hield9v. To bend; incline; tilt (as a water-vessel or ship); heel.
  • hight12v. To call, name.
  • hijab17n. A traditional headscarf worn by Muslim women, covering the hair and...
  • hijra15n. A eunuch in South Asia, especially one who dresses as a woman.
  • hiker12n. One who hikes, especially frequently.
  • hilal8adj. Of or pertaining to a hilum.
  • hilar8adj. Relating to or near a hilum.
  • hillo8v. To holler, shout loudly at someone.
  • hills8n. A region in which there are many hills; a hilly area.
  • hilly11adj. Abundant in hills; having many hills.
  • hilsa8n. Tenualosa ilisha, a fish in the herring family, and a popular food fish...
  • hilum10n. The eye of a bean or other seed, or the center of that eye; the mark or...
  • hinge9n. A jointed or flexible device that allows the pivoting of a door etc.
  • hinky15adj. Acting suspiciously; strange, unusual; acting in a manner as if having...
  • hinny11n. The hybrid offspring of a stallion (male horse) and a she-ass (female...
  • hiper10n. A wrestler who uses the hipe technique.
  • hippo12n. An armored personnel carrier used by the South African Defence Force.
  • hippy15adj. Having large or prominent hips.
  • hissy11adj. Accompanied with hisses.
  • hitch13n. A sudden pull.
  • hiver11n. One who collects bees into a hive.
  • hives11n. Itchy, swollen, red areas of the skin which can appear quickly in...
15 rare five-letter words that start with HI

Questions about these words

How many five-letter words that start with HI are there?
Word.ws lists 24 five-letter words that start with HI, plus 15 rare ones.
What are common five-letter words that start with HI?
hills, hitch, hinge, hilly, hijab, hippo, hives and hippy.
Which of the five-letter words that start with HI has the highest letter score?
hijab scores 17 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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