6-Letter Words Starting with H

All 382 six-letter words that start with H

HA

• habeas11n. A habeas corpus.
• hacker15n. Someone who hacks.
• hackle15n. An instrument with steel pins used to comb out flax or hemp.
• haddie11n. A haddock.
• hadith13n. An eyewitness account of a saying or action of Muhammad or sometimes...
• hadron10n. A composite particle that comprises two or more quarks held together by...
• haemal11adj. Pertaining to the blood or blood vessels.
• hafnia12n. Hafnium oxide, HfO₂.
• hafted13adj. Having a haft or handle.
• hafter12n. A maker of handles for knives and other tools.
• haggis11n. A traditional Scottish dish made from minced sheep offal with oatmeal...
• haggle11v. To argue for a better deal, especially over prices between a buyer and...
• hagwon13n. A profit-making private school, common in South Korea.
• hahaha15interj. Haha (an onomatopoeic representation of laughter).
• haibun11n. A work in a Japanese prosimetric style combining prose and haiku.
• haikai13n. A form of Japanese comic verse, featuring satire and puns.
• haikal13n. The central chapel of the three forming the sanctuary of a Coptic...
• hailer9n. A person who or a device which calls, summons loudly, or hails.
• hairdo10n. A hairstyle.
• haired10adj. Bearing one's own hair as grown and yet attached; neither bald nor...
• hajduk21n. An outlaw, highwayman, or freedom fighter in the Balkans.
• hajjah26n. A female hajji.
• hakama15n. A type of traditional Japanese clothing, resembling very wide pleated...
• halala9n. A wedlease (temporary marriage) to a stranger undertaken prior to...
• haldol10n. Haloperidol.
• haleem11n. A stew-like dish traditionally consisting of wheat, mutton, spices, and...
• halide10n. Any salt of any halogen acid (such as hydrochloric acid, hydrofluoric...
• halite9n. Native salt; sodium chloride NaCl as a mineral; rock salt.
• hallan9n. The passage or space between the outer and inner door of a cottage; the...
• hallel9n. A hymn of praise chanted during the Passover supper, consisting of...
• halloo9interj. Used to greet someone, or to catch their attention.
• hallow12n. A saint; a holy person; an apostle.
• hallux16n. A big toe.
• halmos11n. The symbol “∎” marking the end of a proof.
• haloed10adj. Encircled with a halo.
• haloid10adj. Resembling salt; said of certain binary compounds consisting of a metal...
• halter9n. A bitless headpiece of rope or straps, placed on the head of animals...
• halved13adj. Divided into halves.
• hamada12n. A high, desert landscape from which most of the sand has been removed...
• hamate11adj. Hooked at the end.
• hamble13v. To cut out the balls of the feet of (dogs) so as to render them unfit...
• hamlet11n. A small settlement or a group of houses, often defined as a settlement...
• hammam15n. A communal bathhouse in Islamic countries and communities.
• hammed14adj. Having hams or hocks of the specified kind.
• hammer13n. A tool with a heavy head and a handle used for pounding.
• hamper13n. A large basket, usually with a cover, used for the packing and carrying...
• hanami11n. The Japanese custom of enjoying the beauty of flowers, usually cherry...
• hanbok15n. The traditional Korean dress, often characterized by vibrant colours...
• handed11adj. Having a certain kind or number of hands.
• hander10n. One who hands over or transmits; a conveyor in succession.
• handle10n. The part of an object which is (designed to be) held in the hand when...
• handly13adj. Synonym of handy.
• handsy13adj. Prone to touching other people with one's hands, especially in an...
• hangar10n. A large garagelike structure where aircraft are kept.
• hanged11adj. Damned (as an intensifier or vehement denial).
• hanger10n. One who hangs, or causes to be hanged; a hangman, paper hanger, etc.
• hangry13adj. Hungry and angry, especially when the anger is induced by the hunger.
• hangul10n. The phonetic alphabet used to write the Korean language.
• hanker13v. To crave, want or desire.
• hapmap15n. A map of haplotypes that is used to display common patterns of human...
• happed14adj. Wrapped; covered; cloaked.
• happen13v. To occur or take place.
• hapten11n. Any small molecule that can elicit an immune response only when...
• haptic13adj. Of or relating to the sense of touch.
• harami11n. A person who has done something haram; a sinner.
• harass9v. To annoy (someone) frequently or systematically; to pester.
• harbor11n. Any place of shelter.
• harden10v. To become hard.
• hardly13adv. Barely, only just, almost not.
• harish12adj. Like a hare.
• harken13v. To hark back, to return or revert (to a subject, etc.), to allude to...
• harlot9v. To play the harlot; to practice lewdness.
• harman11n. An indole alkaloid, 1-methyl-9H-β-carboline (C12H10N2) found in several...
• harmer11n. One who harms.
• haroun9n. The leading figures of the Daraawiish (i.e. commanders, governors...
• harper11n. A harpist, especially one who plays a traditional harp without pedals.
• harpin11n. A protein produced by certain plant pathogens.
• harras9n. A herd of horses.
• harris9n. A dried preparation of the flowering tops or other parts of the...
• harrow12n. A device consisting of a heavy framework having several disks or teeth...
• hartal9n. The closure of shops and offices, typically as a strike.
• hasher12n. One who or that which hashes (in various senses).
• haslet9n. The internal organs of an animal, especially the heart and liver of a...
• hassle9n. Trouble, bother, unwanted annoyances or problems.
• hasten9v. To move or act in a quick fashion.
• hatbox18n. A piece of luggage for a hat; a case or box for a hat.
• hatful12n. The amount that will fit into a hat.
• hating10n. Hatred.
• hatpin11n. A long straight pin, often with a decorative head, used to secure a...
• hatred10n. A strong aversion; an intense dislike.
• hatted10adj. Wearing a hat; wearing a specified type of hat.
• hatter9n. A person who makes, sells, or repairs hats.
• haught13adj. Haughty.
• hauler9n. A person or thing that hauls another person or thing.
• haunch14n. The area encompassing the upper thigh, hip and buttocks on one side of...
• hausen9n. European sturgeon (Huso huso).
• haveli12n. A type of private mansion in India and Pakistan.
• having13n. The act of possessing; ownership.
• hawala12n. A long-established informal system of money transfer from South Asia...
• hawing13n. The act of saying "haw", in intermission or hesitation of speech.
• hawked17adj. Curved like a hawk's bill; crooked.
• hawker16n. A peddler, a huckster, a person who sells easily transportable goods.
• hawkey19n. A harvest supper.
• hawser12n. A thick or heavy-duty cable or rope used to tow or moor a ship.
• haying13n. The act of gathering hay.
• hazard19n. A game of chance played with dice, usually for monetary stakes, popular...
• hazily21adv. In a hazy manner; unclearly, foggily.
• hazing19n. An initiation or behavior that involves humiliation, harassment or...
• hazmat20n. Hazardous material(s).

HE

• headed11adj. Of a sheet of paper: having the sender's name, address, etc. preprinted...
• header10n. The upper portion of a page (or other) layout.
• headly13adj. Chief; principal; capital; (of sins) deadly.
• healer9n. One who heals, especially through faith.
• health12n. The state of being free from physical or psychological disease...
• heaped12adj. In a heap.
• hearer9n. One who hears.
• hearse9n. A framework of wood or metal placed over the coffin or tomb of a...
• hearst9n. A hind in her second or third year.
• hearth12n. The place in a home where a fire is or was traditionally kept for home...
• hearts9n. One of the four suits of playing cards, in red, marked with the symbol...
• hearty12adj. Warm and cordial towards another person.
• heated10adj. Very agitated, angry or impassioned.
• heater9n. A device that produces and radiates heat, typically to raise the...
• heathy15adj. Resembling heath.
• heaven12n. The distant sky in which the sun, moon, and stars appear or move; the...
• heaver12n. One who, or that which, heaves or lifts; a laborer employed on docks in...
• heaves12n. A period of retching.
• heckle15v. To question harshly in an attempt to find or reveal weaknesses.
• hectic13adj. Very busy with activity and confusion.
• hector11n. Sometimes in the form Hector: a blustering, noisy, turbulent fellow; a...
• heddle11n. A component in a loom, being one of a number of similar components...
• hedera10n. Any Old World ivy of the genus Hedera.
• hedged12adj. Offset by another financial asset.
• hedger11n. One who makes or mends hedges.
• hedgie11n. A hedgehog.
• heeled10adj. Having a heel (of a specified type).
• heeler9n. A gamecock that strikes well with its heels or spurs.
• hefter12n. One who hefts something.
• hegira10n. A journey taken to escape from danger; an exodus.
• heifer12n. A young female cow, (particularly) one over one year old but which has...
• height13n. The distance from the base to the top of something.
• heinie9n. The buttocks.
• helado10n. Spanish or Latin American ice cream.
• helder10adv. Rather.
• helion9n. Any helium ion, the nucleus of any helium atom.
• helium11n. The second-lightest chemical element (symbol He), with an atomic number...
• heller9n. A German coin equivalent to half a pfennig, later used widely as a...
• helles9n. A type of lightly-hopped pale lager traditionally produced in southern...
• helmed12adj. Wearing a helm.
• helmer11n. Synonym of showrunner.
• helmet11n. A hard, protective head covering, typically part of armour.
• helper11n. One who helps; an aide; assistant; auxiliary.
• hemmer13n. One who, or that which, hems.
• hempen13adj. Made of hemp.
• henbit11n. An annual herb, of species Lamium amplexicaule, with pink or purple...
• henley12n. A type of knit shirt with a front placket but no collar.
• hentai9n. A work of anime or manga (or any similar medium) that contains heavily...
• hepcat13n. A jazz performer, especially one from the 1940s and 1950s.
• hepper13n. A young salmon; a parr.
• heptad12n. Synonym of septet: a group of seven things.
• herald10n. A messenger, especially one bringing important news.
• herbal11adj. Made from or with herbs.
• herbed12adj. Seasoned with herbs.
• herber11n. A garden in which herbs and vegetables are grown; a herbarium.
• herder10n. One who herds.
• hereat9adv. At this time; upon this event.
• hereby14adv. By this means, action or process.
• herein9adv. In this; within this content, context, or thing.
• hereof12adv. Of this; concerning this.
• hereon9adv. On this place.
• heresy12n. A doctrine held by a member of a religion at variance or conflict with...
• hereto9adv. To here; to this.
• heriot9n. The return of military equipment.
• hermie11n. A hermit crab.
• hermit11n. A religious recluse; someone who lives alone for religious reasons; an...
• hernia9n. A disorder in which a part of the body protrudes abnormally through a...
• heroic11adj. Of or relating to a hero or heroine; supremely noble.
• herpes11n. A viral infection, caused by Human alphaherpesvirus 1 and Human...
• herzog19n. A German duke.
• hesher12n. A diehard enthusiast of heavy metal music.
• hetero9adj. Heterosexual: of, pertaining to, or being a heterosexual person.
• hetman11n. A Cossack headman or general.
• hewing13n. The act of one who hews or chops.
• hexane16n. Any of five isomeric aliphatic hydrocarbons, C₆H₁₄. They are colorless...
• hexene16n. Any of several isomers of the alkene having six carbon atoms and one...
• hexing17n. The act of casting a hex or curse.
• hexose16n. A sugar or saccharide containing six carbon atoms.
• heyday16n. A period of success, popularity, or power; prime.
• heyoka16n. A sacred jester and contrarian in the culture of the Lakota people.

HI

• hiatal9adj. Relating to a hiatus.
• hiatus9n. A gap in a series, making it incomplete.
• hiccup15n. A spasm of the diaphragm, or the resulting sound.
• hickey18n. A bruise-like mark made during petting by pressing the mouth to the...
• hidden11adj. Located or positioned out of sight; not visually apparent.
• hiding11n. A state of concealment.
• higher13n. A national school-leaving examination and university entrance...
• highly16adv. In a high or esteemed manner.
• hijabi18n. A person, usually a Muslim woman, who wears a hijab.
• hijack22v. To forcibly seize control of some vehicle in order to rob it or to...
• hiking14n. Walking in the countryside for pleasure or sport.
• hikmah18n. Wisdom and understanding about the divine.
• hilted10adj. Having a hilt.
• hinder10v. To make difficult to accomplish; to act as an obstacle; to frustrate.
• hinged11adj. Affixed by a hinge, as a door.
• hinoki13n. A tree (species Chamaecyparis obtusa), the Japanese cypress.
• hipped14adj. Having hips or a feature resembling hips.
• hipper13n. A hip boot.
• hippie13n. A teenager who imitated the beatniks.
• hiring10n. The act by which an employee is hired.
• hisbah14n. An Islamic doctrine that requires upholding community morals and law...
• hispid12adj. Covered in short, stiff hairs.
• hitbox18n. An invisible shape bounding all or part of a model (in a video game...
• hither12adv. Over here.
• hitman11n. A male contract killer, especially one paid by a mafia.
• hitter9n. One who or that which hits.
• hiving13n. The process by which something is hived; separation and storage.

HO

• hoagie10n. A sandwich made on a long Italian bread or Italian roll.
• hoarse9adj. Having a dry, harsh tone to the voice, as a result of a sore throat...
• hoaxer16n. Someone who perpetrates hoaxes.
• hobbit13n. A member of a fictional race of small humanoids with shaggy hair and...
• hobble13n. One of the short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses...
• hobday15v. To operate on the larynx of a horse in order to improve its breathing.
• hobnob13n. A drinking together.
• hocked16adj. Having a specified kind of hock.
• hocker15n. One who hocks or pawns an item.
• hockey18n. Any of a family of sports in which hockey sticks are used to move a...
• hodder11n. A coal miner who hauls hods from the workface.
• hoddle11v. To waddle.
• hodler10n. A hoarder of cryptocurrency.
• hoeing10n. The act of digging, weeding, etc. with a hoe.
• hoggan11n. A pork pasty.
• hogged12adj. Broken or strained so as to have an upward curve between the ends.
• hogger11n. One who, or that which, hogs.
• hogget11n. A young sheep of either gender from about 9 to 18 months of age (until...
• hoggin11n. A mixture of clay, gravel and sand, used as a base for laying pavements...
• hoisin9n. A sauce made from soy, garlic, chili etc, used in Chinese cooking.
• holder10n. A thing that holds.
• holing10n. Undercutting in a bed of coal in order to bring down the upper mass.
• holism11n. A theory or belief that the whole is greater than the sum of the parts.
• holler9n. A yell, shout.
• hollin9n. Holly.
• hollow12n. A small valley between mountains.
• holmes11n. An informal term of address, like man or dude.
• homage12n. A demonstration of respect, as towards a person after his or her...
• hombre13n. A man, a chap, a guy; especially a Hispanic or Spanish man.
• homely14adj. Characteristic of, belonging to, or befitting a home; domestic, cosy.
• homily14n. A sermon, especially concerning a practical matter.
• homing12adj. That self-adjusts its trajectory to home in on a target; (of a weapon)...
• hominy14n. A food made from hulled corn (maize) kernels soaked in lye water...
• honcho14n. Boss, leader.
• honest9adj. Scrupulous with regard to telling the truth; not given to swindling...
• honing10n. The process by which something is honed.
• honker13n. One who honks.
• honors9adj. At an excelling level in academics.
• honour9n. British, Canadian, Commonwealth, and Ireland standard spelling of honor.
• hooded11adj. Wearing a hood.
• hoodia10n. Any of the genus Hoodia of succulent cactiform plants.
• hoodie10n. A sweatshirt with an integral hood and, sometimes, a large kangaroo...
• hoodoo10n. A set of spiritual practices and traditions created and concealed from...
• hoofed13adj. Having a hoof or hooves; ungulate.
• hoofer12n. A professional dancer, particularly one who has paid his or her dues.
• hookah16n. A pipe with a long flexible tube that draws the smoke through water...
• hooked14adj. Having a sharp curve at the end; resembling a hook.
• hooker13n. One who, or that which, hooks.
• hookey16n. A game in which rings are thrown at a board having numbered hooks.
• hookup15n. A connection.
• hooley12n. A noisy celebration or party; also, an evening of traditional music and...
• hooman11n. A human being.
• hooped12adj. Containing hoops.
• hooper11n. The European whistling, or wild, swan (Cygnus cygnus).
• hoopla11n. A bustling to-do, excited speech or noise.
• hoopoe11n. Any Old World bird of genus Upupa, especially Upupa epops (Eurasian...
• hooray12interj. Used to express approval, joy or victory.
• hooted10adj. Drunk.
• hooter9n. A person who hoots.
• hootie9interj. Only used in hootie hoo.
• hooven12adj. Affected with the disease called hoove.
• hoover12n. A vacuum cleaner, irrespective of brand.
• hooyah15interj. Official battle yell of the US Navy.
• hoping12adj. Filled with or inspiring hope.
• hopped14adj. Impregnated with hops.
• hopper13n. One who or that which hops.
• hopple13n. A fetter for horses or cattle when turned out to graze.
• hoppus13n. A unit of measure of volume equal to 1.273 cubic feet or 2,200 cubic...
• horary12adj. Pertaining to an hour or hours.
• horned10adj. Having horns.
• horner9n. Someone who works or deals in (animal) horn or horns.
• hornet9n. Any large wasp of the genus Vespa, having a brown-and-yellow-striped...
• horrid10adj. Causing horror or dread.
• horror9n. An intense distressing emotion of fear or repugnance.
• horsed10adj. Mounted on a horse.
• horses9n. Horsepower.
• hosier9n. One who deals in hose or stocking, or in goods knit or woven like hose.
• hosing10n. A spraying or washing with a hose.
• hostel9n. An overnight lodging place for travelers, with dormitory accommodation...
• hotbar11n. A panel of buttons to which users can assign frequently used commands.
• hotbed12n. A low bed of earth covered with glass, and heated with rotting manure...
• hotbox18n. A container maintained at elevated temperatures in order to heat or...
• hotcha14adj. Flashy, vivacious, attractive, desirable.
• hotfix19n. A cumulative package of one or more files used to address a problem in...
• hotkey16n. A keyboard shortcut.
• hotter9n. One who steals a vehicle in order to joyride.
• hottie9n. A physically or sexually attractive person.
• hourly12adj. Occurring every hour.
• housed10adj. Enclosed, provided or covered with a house.
• housel9n. The Eucharist.
• houser9n. One who, or that which, houses.
• housey12adj. Resembling or characteristic of house music; houselike.
• housie9n. A gambling game similar to bingo.
• howdah16n. A seat, usually with a canopy, carried on the back of an elephant or...
• howler12n. That which howls, especially an animal such as a wolf or a howler...
• howzat21interj. The cry used by members of the fielding team to make an appeal to the...
• howzit21interj. Hello; what's up?
• hoyden13adj. Like a hoyden: high-spirited and boisterous; saucy, tomboyish.

HU

• hubble13n. An uproar.
• hubbub15n. A confused sound of a crowd of people shouting or speaking...
• hubcap15n. A decorative and protective disk that covers the hub of a motor car...
• hubris11n. Excessive arrogance or pride, or presumption; originally (Greek...
• hucker15n. Someone who hucks (any meaning).
• huckle15n. A bunch or part projecting like the hip.
• huddle11n. A small group of individuals in very close proximity to one another.
• huerta9n. The area of Murcia and Valencia with fertile ground.
• huevos12n. Huevos rancheros, a Mexican breakfast dish.
• huffed16adj. In a huff; irritable.
• huffer15n. A drug addict who gets a high by inhaling or sniffing (huffing)...
• hugely13adv. Greatly; to a huge extent.
• hugger11n. One who hugs or embraces.
• huggie11n. A hug.
• huggle11v. To huddle.
• huipil11n. A traditional blouse worn by the women of various indigenous peoples of...
• hulled10adj. Deprived of the hulls.
• huller9n. One who, or that which, hulls; especially, an agricultural machine for...
• humane11adj. Having or showing concern for the pain or suffering of another...
• humate11n. A salt of humic acid.
• humble13adj. Not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming.
• humbly16adv. In a humble manner.
• humbug14n. A hoax, jest, or prank.
• hummel13n. A stag that has failed to grow antlers; a cow that has not developed...
• hummer13n. One who hums.
• hummin13adj. Totally stinking.
• hummus13n. A Levantine Arab dip made of chickpea paste with various additions...
• humour11n. The quality of being amusing, comical, funny.
• humous11adj. Of or relating to humus.
• humped14adj. Having a hump or humps, or, in combination, a hump or humps of the...
• humpty16n. Synonym of humpty-dumpty (“an inferior player”).
• hunger10n. A need or compelling desire for food.
• hungry13adj. Affected by hunger; having the physical need for food.
• hunker13v. To crouch or squat close to the ground or lie down.
• hunted10adj. Being the subject of a hunt.
• hunter9n. One who hunts game for sport or for food; a huntsman or huntswoman.
• hurdle10n. An artificial barrier, variously constructed, over which athletes or...
• hurler9n. The pitcher.
• hurley12n. A stick used in the game of hurling.
• hurrah12interj. Expressing approval, appreciation, or happiness.
• hurray12v. To cheer with a "hurray".
• hurter9n. One who hurts or does harm.
• hurtle9v. To move rapidly, violently, or without control, especially in a noisy...
• hushed13adj. Very quiet; expressed using soft tones.
• husked14adj. Covered with a husk.
• husker13n. One who husks (as one who removes the husks, leaves, from ears of corn).
• hussar9n. A member of the national cavalry of Hungary, Croatia and Poland.
• hussle9n. A form of carbonaceous shale found between coal deposits.
• hustle9v. To push someone roughly; to crowd; to jostle.
• hutong10n. A narrow alley or street in a traditional residential district of a...
• hutter9n. Someone who lives in a hut.
• huuuge10adj. Elongated form of huge.
• huzoor18n. A potentate; often used as a term of respect.
• huzzah30interj. Used as a call for coordinated physical effort, as in hoisting.

HY

• hyaena12n. Dated spelling of hyena.
• hybrid15n. Offspring resulting from cross-breeding different entities, e.g. two...
• hydria13n. A three-handled clay or metal vessel used in Greek culture to hold and...
• hydric15adj. Characterized by, or requiring, moisture.
• hydron13n. Any hydrogen cation, e.g. a proton (¹H⁺).
• hydros13n. Transliteration of Greek ὕδρος, "water snake".
• hydrox20n. A breathing gas composed of hydrogen and oxygen used for its lighter...
• hymnal14n. A collection of hymns; a hymn book.
• hymned15adj. For whom a hymn is sung (typically at a funeral).
• hyphal17adj. Of or pertaining to hyphae.
• hyphen17n. The symbol "‐", typically used to join two or more words to form a...
• hypnic16adj. That induces sleep.
• hypoid15adj. Describing gear wheels whose axes are offset from each other.
• hyssop14n. Any of several aromatic bushy herbs, of the genus Hyssopus, native to...

Questions about these words

How many six-letter words that start with H are there?

Word.ws lists 382 six-letter words that start with H, plus 405 rare ones.

What are common six-letter words that start with H?

having, health, happen, higher, highly, handle, honest and hoping.

Which of the six-letter words that start with H has the highest letter score?

huzzah scores 30 points with the standard letter tile values.

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