Words That Start with GH
There are 41 words that start with GH on Word.ws, from 3 to 13 letters. The most common length is 5 letters (9 words). The words used most often are ghost, ghana, ghetto, ghostly and ghastly.
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3-letter words that start with GH
- gho7n. The traditional male costume in Bhutan, consisting of a knee-length...
4-letter words that start with GH
5-letter words that start with GH
- ghana9n. A style of Maltese folk singing.
- ghani9n. A powered mortar and pestle used to extract oil.
- ghast9adj. Having a ghastly appearance; weird.
- ghazi18n. A Muslim warrior who fights in war against non-Muslims, especially one...
- ghoom11v. To hunt for animals by stealth in an area where they are likely to be...
- ghost9n. A disembodied soul; a soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit...
- ghoul9n. A demon said to feed on corpses.
- ghusl9n. A full-body wash taken by Muslims to restore the body to a state of...
- ghyll12n. A ravine.
6-letter words that start with GH
- ghagra11n. A long ornamented skirt or petticoat, tightened with a drawstring and...
- ghanta10n. A type of bell, usually constructed of brass, used in Hindu rituals.
- ghazal19n. A poetic form mostly used for love poetry in Middle Eastern, South, and...
- gherao10n. A protest in which a group of people surrounds a politician, building...
- ghetto10n. An (often walled) area of a city in which Jews are concentrated by...
- ghibli12n. Sirocco.
- ghosty13adj. Ghostly.
- ghulam12n. A personal guard to the shah of Persia.
7-letter words that start with GH
- gharana11n. An Indian system of social organization linking musicians or dancers by...
- gharial11n. A crocodilian of species Gavialis gangeticus, of the family Gavialidae.
- ghastly14adj. Like a ghost in appearance; death-like; pale; pallid; dismal.
- gherkin15n. A small cucumber, often pickled whole.
- ghillie11n. A low-cut type of shoe with decorative lacing.
- ghosted12adj. Written under the name of another person; ghostwritten.
- ghoster11n. A ghosthunter; a paranormal investigator.
- ghostly14adj. Of or pertaining to ghosts or spirits.
- ghrelin11n. A peptide hormone, secreted in the stomach when empty, that increases...
8-letter words that start with GH
9-letter words that start with GH
- ghostlike17adj. Seemingly invisible; as a ghost, similar to a ghost.
10-letter words that start with GH
- ghostwrite17v. To write under the name of another (especially literary works).
- ghoulishly20adv. In a ghoulish manner.
11-letter words that start with GH
- ghastliness15n. The state of being ghastly.
- ghostbuster17n. Someone who purports to rid a place of ghosts.
- ghostwriter18n. A professional writer who is paid to write material that is officially...
12-letter words that start with GH
- ghostbusting19n. The activities of a ghostbuster; exorcism of ghosts.
- ghostwriting20n. Writing for pay without the expectation of receiving credit by name.
- ghostwritten19adj. Written by a ghostwriter.
13-letter words that start with GH
- ghettoization26n. The process of becoming a ghetto, an isolated and underprivileged urban...
112 rare words that start with GH
- ghaap
- ghaffir
- ghaist
- ghalakinoside
- ghamping
- gharara
- gharry
- gharuwood
- ghasard
- ghasdana
- ghassoul
- ghastful
- ghastfully
- ghastfulness
- ghastily
- ghastlily
- ghastness
- ghatam
- ghatwal
- ghatwali
- ghawazee
- ghaychak
- ghayn
- ghayrah
- ghazeeyeh
- ghazism
- ghazwa
- gheada
- gheimeh
- ghersh
- ghettoish
- ghettoism
- ghettoize
- ghettolike
- ghettology
- ghettospeak
- ghettotech
- ghevar
- ghiya
- ghizite
- ghod
- ghods
- ghoema
- ghoen
- ghonnella
- ghood
- ghoomar
- ghoonghat
- ghoont
- ghooting
- ghorfa
- ghorkhar
- ghostball
- ghostban
- ghostbox
- ghostcraft
- ghostdom
- ghostee
- ghosten
- ghostess
- ghostfish
- ghostflower
- ghosthood
- ghosthunt
- ghosthunter
- ghosthunting
- ghostification
- ghostify
- ghostily
- ghostiness
- ghostish
- ghostishly
- ghostism
- ghostkind
- ghostking
- ghostland
- ghostless
- ghostlessness
- ghostlet
- ghostlify
- ghostlily
- ghostliness
- ghostling
- ghostlore
- ghostological
- ghostologist
- ghostology
- ghostsome
- ghostweed
- ghostwort
- ghostwritership
- ghoti
- ghotul
- ghoulery
- ghoulfriend
- ghoulie
- ghoulification
- ghoulishness
- ghoulism
- ghouly
- ghrelinemia
- ghrelinergic
- ghrelinoma
- ghugni
- ghumar
- ghungroo
- ghurra
- ghurree
- ghurry
- ghurush
- ghut
- ghutra
Questions about these words
- How many words that start with GH are there?
- Word.ws lists 41 words that start with GH, plus 112 rare ones.
- What are common words that start with GH?
- ghost, ghana, ghetto, ghostly, ghastly, ghoul, ghibli and ghazi.
- Which of the words that start with GH has the highest letter score?
- ghettoization scores 26 points with the standard letter tile values.
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Source and license
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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