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5-Letter Words Starting with HU

There are 30 five-letter words that start with HU on Word.ws, from huaca to hutch. The most common are human, hurry, humid, hubby and husky.

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All 30 five-letter words that start with HU

  • huaca10n. An Incan relic.
  • hubba12n. A grain.
  • hubby15n. Husband.
  • hudud10n. The statutory punishments prescribed by the Quran for certain crimes...
  • huevo11n. An egg.
  • huffy17adj. Angry, annoyed, indignant or irritated.
  • huggy13adj. Tending to hug; affectionate in a physical way.
  • hukou12n. A household registration record that identifies a person as a local...
  • hully11adj. Having or containing hulls (peel, shell etc.).
  • human10adj. Of or belonging to the species Homo sapiens or its closest relatives.
  • humic12adj. Of or relating to humus (the natural substance, not the food).
  • humid11adj. Containing perceptible moisture (usually describing air or atmosphere)...
  • humin10n. The part of the organic matter in soil that does not dissolve in dilute...
  • humph15interj. A sound, usually made with a closed mouth pouting, indicating...
  • humpy15adj. Characterised by humps, uneven.
  • humus10n. A large group of natural organic compounds, found in the soil, formed...
  • hunch13n. A hump; a protuberance.
  • hundi9n. Synonym of hawala (“informal system of money transfer from India and...
  • hundo9n. A hundred.
  • hundy12n. Hundred, especially 100 dollars.
  • hunks12n. A crotchety or surly person.
  • hunky15adj. Exhibiting strong, masculine beauty.
  • hunty11n. An irreverent or sarcastic term of endearment.
  • hurly11n. A wheelbarrow.
  • hurry11n. A rushed action.
  • hurst8n. A wood or grove.
  • hurty11adj. Causing hurt; painful.
  • husky15adj. Of a voice, hoarse and rough-sounding; throaty.
  • hussy11n. A sexually immoral woman.
  • hutch13n. A box, chest, crate, case or cabinet.
20 rare five-letter words that start with HU

Questions about these words

How many five-letter words that start with HU are there?
Word.ws lists 30 five-letter words that start with HU, plus 20 rare ones.
What are common five-letter words that start with HU?
human, hurry, humid, hubby, husky, hurst, hunch and hutch.
Which of the five-letter words that start with HU has the highest letter score?
huffy 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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