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5-Letter Words Starting with HO

There are 75 five-letter words that start with HO on Word.ws, from hoard to hozen. The most common are house, hotel, horse, honor and honey.

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All 75 five-letter words that start with HO

HOA

  • hoard9n. A hidden supply or fund.
  • hoary11adj. White, whitish, or greyish-white.

HOB

  • hobby15n. An activity that one enjoys doing in one's spare time.

HOC

  • hocus10v. To play a trick on, to trick (someone); to hoax; to cheat.

HOD

  • hodag10n. A fictional animal in Wisconsin folklore, having a head like an ox, the...
  • hodge10n. A rustic; a country person.
  • hodja16n. A Muslim schoolmaster.

HOG

  • hogan9n. A one-room Native American (especially Navajo) dwelling or lodge...
  • hoggy13adj. Synonym of hoggish (“resembling a pig”).

HOI

  • hoise8v. To hoist.
  • hoist8v. To raise; to lift; to elevate (especially, to raise or lift to a...

HOK

  • hokey15adj. Phony, as if a hoax; noticeably contrived; of obviously flimsy...
  • hokku16n. Synonym of haiku (“type of Japanese poem”).
  • hokum14n. (An instance of) meaningless nonsense with an outward appearance of...

HOL

  • holed9adj. Having one or more holes.
  • holer8n. That which holes, perforates etc.
  • holey11adj. Having, or being full of, holes.
  • holin8n. Any of a diverse group of small proteins produced by dsDNA...
  • holla8v. To shout out or greet casually.
  • hollo8interj. Hey, hello.
  • holly11n. Any of various shrubs or (mostly) small trees, of the genus Ilex...
  • holon8n. One of three kinds of quasiparticle (the others being the spinon and...

HOM

  • homed11adj. Having a home, or homes.
  • homer10n. A former Hebrew unit of dry volume, about equal to 230 L or 6+¹⁄₂ US...
  • homey13adj. Befitting a home; cozy, intimate.
  • homie10n. Someone, particularly a friend or male acquaintance, from one's...

HON

  • honda9n. A closed loop or eyelet at one end of a lariat or lasso, through which...
  • honed9adj. Made sharp.
  • honer8n. One who hones.
  • honey11n. A sweet, viscous, gold-colored fluid produced from plant nectar by...
  • hongi9n. The Maori greeting of touching noses.
  • honky15n. A white (Caucasian) person.
  • honor8n. Recognition of importance or value; respect; veneration (of someone...

HOO

  • hooah11interj. The official yell of the US Army.
  • hooch13n. An alcoholic beverage, especially an inferior or illicit one and...
  • hoody12n. The hooded crow.
  • hooey11n. Silly talk or writing; nonsense, silliness, or fake assertion(s).
  • hooky15n. Absence from school or work; truancy.
  • hooly11adj. Holy.
  • hoops10n. Basketball.
  • hoopy13adj. Shaped like a hoop.
  • hoose8n. House.
  • hooty11adj. Characterised by a hooting sound.

HOP

  • hoper10n. One who hopes.
  • hopia10n. A flaky pastry (typically filled with either mung bean, pork bits...
  • hoppo12n. The imperial Chinese board of revenue, especially its branch in...
  • hoppy15adj. Having a taste of hops; heavily flavoured with hops.

HOR

  • horde9n. A wandering troop or gang; especially, a clan or tribe of a nomadic...
  • horos8n. A stone marking a boundary in Ancient Greece.
  • horry11adj. Impure; unclean; disgustingly dirty; foul.
  • horse8n. A hoofed mammal, Equus ferus caballus, often used throughout history...
  • horst8n. A block of the Earth's crust, bounded by faults, that has been raised...
  • horsy11adj. Of, relating to, or similar to horses.

HOS

  • hosed9adj. Wearing hose.
  • hosel8n. The portion of the head of a golf club to which the shaft of the club...
  • hosen8n. Coverings for the legs; trousers; pants.
  • hoser8n. One who operates a hose, e.g. a fire hose or a garden hose.
  • hosey11v. To bagsy; to shotgun (make a claim).
  • hosho11n. Either of a pair of gourds with seeds inside, used as musical...
  • hosta8n. Any of several herbaceous Asiatic plants of the genus Hosta.

HOT

  • hotch13v. To move irregularly up and down.
  • hotel8n. A large town house or mansion; a grand private residence, especially in...
  • hotly11adv. With great amounts of heat.

HOU

  • hoult8n. A wood; copse.
  • hound9n. A dog, particularly a breed with a good sense of smell developed for...
  • houri8n. A beautiful virgin girl supposed to dwell in Paradise for the enjoyment...
  • house8n. A structure built or serving as an abode of human beings.

HOV

  • hovel11n. An open shed for sheltering cattle, or protecting produce, etc., from...
  • hoven11adj. Affected with the disease called hoove.
  • hover11v. To keep (something, such as an aircraft) in a stationary state in the...

HOW

  • howay14interj. A general cry of encouragement.
  • howdy15interj. An informal greeting.
  • howel11n. A plane-like tool used by coopers for smoothing and chamfering their...

HOY

  • hoyer11n. A device for transferring a person with serious mobility issues to and...

HOZ

  • hozen17n. Stockings; hose.
28 rare five-letter words that start with HO

Questions about these words

How many five-letter words that start with HO are there?
Word.ws lists 75 five-letter words that start with HO, plus 28 rare ones.
What are common five-letter words that start with HO?
house, hotel, horse, honor, honey, hobby, honda and homer.
Which of the five-letter words that start with HO has the highest letter score?
hozen 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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