5 Letter Words That Start With HY

All 24 five-letter words beginning with HY, scored for Scrabble and Words With Friends.

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Letter run takes _ as a one-letter gap, so E_O finds lemon. Dictionary keeps only the words your game accepts.

All words · 24
hydra12
hydro12
hyena11
hyens11
hygge13
hying12
hykes15
hylas11
hyleg12
hyles11
hylic13
hymen13
hymns13
hynde12
hyoid12
hyped14
hyper13
hypes13
hypha16
hyphy19
hypos13
hyrax18
hyson11
hythe14

5 letter words beginning HY

There are 24 5 letter words beginning with HY in our dictionary — about 5% of the 490 5 letter words that start with H.

Not every game takes every word. Of these 24:16 are valid in Scrabble US, 22 are valid in Scrabble UK and 23 are valid in Words With Friends. Use the Dictionary filter under More filters to keep only the ones your game accepts.

Highest scoring

The best Scrabble play on this list is hyphy at 19 points. The top of the table:

  • hyphy · 19 pts
  • hyrax · 18 pts
  • hypha · 16 pts
  • hykes · 15 pts
  • hythe · 14 pts
  • hyped · 14 pts

How the rest of the word behaves

7 of them end with S, 3 of them end with A and 3 of them end with E.4of them repeat a letter, which matters when you are working out whether a yellow tile can appear twice.

Using this list

Type the letters you already know into the solver at the top of the page. Put confirmed letters in Right spot in the slot they occupy, letters you know are present but misplaced in Wrong spot, and dead letters in Not in the word. The list narrows as you go, and the answer is never revealed for you.