5-Letter Words Starting with HY
There are 16 five-letter words that start with HY on Word.ws, from hydel to hyung. The most common are hyper, hydro, hyped, hydra and hyung.
Meanings from Wiktionary. Not an official Scrabble, Words With Friends or Wordle word list.
All 16 five-letter words that start with HY
- hydel12adj. Hydroelectric.
- hydra12n. A dragon-like creature with many heads and the ability to regrow them...
- hydro12n. Electrical power supply; specifically, electrical power provided by a...
- hyena11n. Any of the medium-sized to large feliform carnivores of the family...
- hygge13n. A feeling of cosiness, comfort, contentment and conviviality.
- hylia11n. Any bird in the family Hyliidae.
- hymen13n. A membrane which completely or partially occludes the vaginal opening...
- hyoid12adj. Shaped like a U, or like the letter upsilon (υ).
- hyped14adj. Having been subject to propaganda and promotion; promoted beyond what...
- hyper13n. A character or an individual with large body parts, usually the...
- hypha16n. Any of the long, threadlike filaments that form the mycelium of a...
- hyphy19adj. Rambunctious, loud, crazy, dangerous, irrational, and outrageous in...
- hyrax18n. Any of several small, paenungulate herbivorous mammals of the family...
- hyson11n. A Chinese green tea.
- hythe14n. A landing-place in a river; a harbour or small port.
- hyung12n. An affectionate term of address for an older brother or somewhat older...
11 rare five-letter words that start with HY
Questions about these words
- How many five-letter words that start with HY are there?
- Word.ws lists 16 five-letter words that start with HY, plus 11 rare ones.
- What are common five-letter words that start with HY?
- hyper, hydro, hyped, hydra, hyung, hyena, hymen and hyoid.
- Which of the five-letter words that start with HY has the highest letter score?
- hyphy scores 19 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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