Four-letter words starting with H
There are 189 four-letter words that start with H in the ENABLE word list used by this site. That is about 4.8% of all four-letter words. The highest-scoring is hajj, worth 21 points in standard Scrabble tile values.
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All 189 four-letter words starting with H
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Highest-scoring four-letter words starting with H
- hajj 21 points
- hazy 19 points
- haze 16 points
- hadj 15 points
- haji 14 points
- hawk 14 points
- hoax 14 points
- howk 14 points
- hack 13 points
- heck 13 points
- hick 13 points
- hock 13 points
- howf 13 points
- huck 13 points
- huff 13 points
- homy 12 points
- hymn 12 points
- hype 12 points
- hypo 12 points
- hyps 12 points
- haik 11 points
- hake 11 points
- hank 11 points
- hark 11 points
Patterns in this list
The most common second letters are ha (55), ho (48), he (36), hu (23), hi (20). 0 of these words contain three or more vowels, which can make them easier to spot when you are unscrambling.
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