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8-letter words with H as the 1st letter

A curated list of 8-letter words tailored to this exact pattern. Use this when H is fixed in the 1st slot; rotate high-frequency consonants elsewhere to prune fast. For example: habanera, habdalah, habitans.

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984 words

Word	Length	Syllables
habanera	8	4
habdalah	8	3
habitans	8	3
habitant	8	3
habitats	8	3
habiting	8	3
habitual	8	3
habitude	8	3
habitues	8	3
hachured	8	3
hachures	8	3
hacienda	8	3
hackbuts	8	2
hacklers	8	2
hacklier	8	2
hackling	8	2
hackneys	8	2
hacksaws	8	2
hackwork	8	2
haddocks	8	2
hadronic	8	3
haematal	8	3
haematic	8	3
haematin	8	3
haeredes	8	3
hafniums	8	2
haftarah	8	3
haftaras	8	3
haftarot	8	3
haftorah	8	3
haftorot	8	3
hagadist	8	3
hagberry	8	3
haggadah	8	3
haggadas	8	3
haggadic	8	3
haggadot	8	3
haggards	8	2
haggises	8	3
hagglers	8	2
haggling	8	2
hagrides	8	3
hahniums	8	2
hairball	8	2
hairband	8	2
haircaps	8	2
haircuts	8	2
hairiest	8	2
hairless	8	2
hairlike	8	2
hairline	8	2
hairlock	8	2
hairnets	8	2
hairpins	8	2
hairwork	8	2
hairworm	8	2
halachas	8	3
halachot	8	3
halakahs	8	3
halakhas	8	3
halakhot	8	3
halakist	8	3
halakoth	8	3
halalahs	8	3
halation	8	3
halavahs	8	3
halazone	8	3
halberds	8	2
halberts	8	2
halcyons	8	2
haleness	8	3
halfback	8	2
halfbeak	8	2
halflife	8	2
halfness	8	2
halftime	8	2
halftone	8	2
halibuts	8	3
halidome	8	3
halidoms	8	3
halliard	8	2
hallmark	8	2
halloaed	8	2
halloing	8	2
hallooed	8	2
hallowed	8	3
hallower	8	3
halluces	8	3
hallways	8	2
halogens	8	3
halolike	8	3
haltered	8	3
halteres	8	3
haltless	8	2
halutzim	8	3
halyards	8	2
hamartia	8	3
hamboned	8	3
hambones	8	3
hamburgs	8	2
hammadas	8	3
hammered	8	3
hammerer	8	3
hammiest	8	2
hammocks	8	2
hampered	8	3
hamperer	8	3
hamsters	8	2
hamulate	8	3
hamulose	8	3
hamulous	8	3
hanapers	8	3
handbags	8	2
handball	8	2
handbell	8	2
handbill	8	2
handbook	8	2
handcars	8	2
handcart	8	2
handcuff	8	2
handfast	8	2
handfuls	8	2
handgrip	8	2
handguns	8	2
handheld	8	2
handhold	8	2
handicap	8	3
handiest	8	2
handlers	8	2
handless	8	2
handlike	8	2
handling	8	2
handlist	8	2
handloom	8	2
handmade	8	2
handmaid	8	2
handoffs	8	2
handouts	8	2
handover	8	3
handpick	8	2
handrail	8	2
handsaws	8	2
handsels	8	2
handsets	8	2
handsewn	8	2
handsful	8	2
handsome	8	2
handwork	8	2
handwrit	8	2
handyman	8	3
handymen	8	3
hangable	8	2
hangared	8	3
hangbird	8	2
hangdogs	8	2
hangfire	8	2
hangings	8	2
hangnail	8	2
hangnest	8	2
hangouts	8	2
hangover	8	3
hangtags	8	2
hankered	8	3
hankerer	8	3
hanseled	8	3
hanumans	8	3
haphtara	8	3
haplites	8	3
haploids	8	2
haploidy	8	3
haplonts	8	2
haplopia	8	3
haploses	8	3
haplosis	8	3
happened	8	3
happiest	8	2
haptenes	8	3
haptenic	8	3
haptical	8	3
harangue	8	2
harassed	8	3
harasser	8	3
harasses	8	3
harbored	8	3
harborer	8	3
harbours	8	2
hardback	8	2
hardball	8	2
hardboot	8	2
hardcase	8	2
hardcore	8	2
hardedge	8	2
hardened	8	3
hardener	8	3
hardhack	8	2
hardhats	8	2
hardhead	8	2
hardiest	8	2
hardline	8	2
hardness	8	2
hardnose	8	2
hardpans	8	2
hardship	8	2
hardtack	8	2
hardtops	8	2
hardware	8	2
hardwire	8	2
hardwood	8	2
harebell	8	3
harelike	8	3
harelips	8	3
harianas	8	3
haricots	8	3
harijans	8	3
harkened	8	3
harkener	8	3
harlotry	8	3
harmines	8	3
harmless	8	2
harmonic	8	3
harpings	8	2
harpists	8	2
harpoons	8	2
harridan	8	3
harriers	8	2
harrowed	8	3
harrower	8	3
harrumph	8	2
harrying	8	2
harshens	8	2
harshest	8	2
harslets	8	2
harumphs	8	2
haruspex	8	3
harvests	8	2
hasheesh	8	2
hashhead	8	2
hassling	8	2
hassocks	8	2
hasteful	8	3
hastened	8	3
hastener	8	3
hastiest	8	2
hatbands	8	2
hatboxes	8	3
hatcheck	8	2
hatchels	8	2
hatchers	8	2
hatchery	8	3
hatchets	8	2
hatching	8	2
hatchway	8	2
hateable	8	2
hatmaker	8	3
hatracks	8	2
hatteria	8	3
hauberks	8	2
haulages	8	3
hauliers	8	2
haulmier	8	2
haulyard	8	2
haunched	8	2
haunches	8	2
haunters	8	2
haunting	8	2
hausfrau	8	2
hautbois	8	2
hautboys	8	2
hauteurs	8	2
havartis	8	3
havdalah	8	3
havelock	8	3
havening	8	3
haverels	8	3
havering	8	3
haviours	8	2
havocked	8	3
havocker	8	3
hawfinch	8	2
hawkbill	8	2
hawkeyed	8	2
hawkings	8	2
hawklike	8	2
hawkmoth	8	2
hawknose	8	2
hawkshaw	8	2
hawkweed	8	2
hawthorn	8	2
haycocks	8	2
hayfield	8	2
hayforks	8	2
haylages	8	3
haylofts	8	2
haymaker	8	3
hayracks	8	2
hayricks	8	2
hayrides	8	3
hayseeds	8	2
haystack	8	2
haywards	8	2
haywires	8	3
hazarded	8	3
hazelhen	8	3
hazelnut	8	3
haziness	8	3
hazzanim	8	3
headache	8	2
headachy	8	3
headband	8	2
headfish	8	2
headgate	8	2
headgear	8	2
headhunt	8	2
headiest	8	2
headings	8	2
headlamp	8	2
headland	8	2
headless	8	2
headline	8	2
headlock	8	2
headlong	8	2
headmost	8	2
headnote	8	2
headpins	8	2
headrace	8	2
headrest	8	2
headroom	8	2
headsail	8	2
headsets	8	2
headship	8	2
headsman	8	2
headsmen	8	2
headstay	8	2
headways	8	2
headwind	8	2
headword	8	2
headwork	8	2
healable	8	2
hearable	8	2
hearings	8	2
hearkens	8	2
hearsays	8	2
hearsing	8	2
heartens	8	2
heartier	8	2
hearties	8	2
heartily	8	3
hearting	8	2
heatable	8	2
heatedly	8	3
heathens	8	2
heathers	8	2
heathery	8	3
heathier	8	2
heatless	8	2
heavenly	8	3
heaviest	8	2
heavyset	8	3
hebdomad	8	3
hebetate	8	3
hebetude	8	3
hebraize	8	2
hecatomb	8	3
hecklers	8	2
heckling	8	2
hectares	8	3
hectical	8	3
hecticly	8	3
hectored	8	3
hedgehog	8	3
hedgehop	8	3
hedgepig	8	3
hedgerow	8	3
hedgiest	8	2
hedonics	8	3
hedonism	8	3
hedonist	8	3
heedless	8	2
heehawed	8	3
heelball	8	2
heelings	8	2
heelless	8	2
heelpost	8	2
heeltaps	8	2
heftiest	8	2
hegemony	8	4
hegumene	8	3
hegumens	8	3
hegumeny	8	4
heighten	8	2
heighths	8	1
heirdoms	8	2
heirless	8	2
heirloom	8	2
heirship	8	2
heisters	8	2
heisting	8	2
hektares	8	3
heliacal	8	3
heliasts	8	2
helicity	8	4
helicoid	8	3
helicons	8	3
helicopt	8	3
helilift	8	3
helipads	8	3
heliport	8	3
helistop	8	3
hellbent	8	2
hellcats	8	2
hellfire	8	2
hellhole	8	2
hellions	8	2
hellkite	8	2
helloing	8	2
helmeted	8	3
helminth	8	2
helmless	8	2
helmsman	8	2
helmsmen	8	2
helotage	8	3
helotism	8	3
helpable	8	2
helpings	8	2
helpless	8	2
helpmate	8	2
helpmeet	8	2
hemagogs	8	3
hematein	8	3
hematics	8	3
hematine	8	3
hematins	8	3
hematite	8	3
hematoid	8	3
hematoma	8	4
hemiolas	8	3
hemiolia	8	3
hemipter	8	3
hemlines	8	3
hemlocks	8	2
hemocoel	8	3
hemocyte	8	3
hemolyze	8	3
hemostat	8	3
hempiest	8	2
hemplike	8	2
hempseed	8	2
hempweed	8	2
henbanes	8	3
henchman	8	2
henchmen	8	2
hencoops	8	2
henequen	8	3
henequin	8	3
henhouse	8	2
heniquen	8	3
hennaing	8	2
henpecks	8	2
heparins	8	3
hepatica	8	4
hepatics	8	3
hepatize	8	3
hepatoma	8	4
heptagon	8	3
heptanes	8	3
heptarch	8	2
heptoses	8	3
heralded	8	3
heraldic	8	3
heraldry	8	3
herbages	8	3
herbaria	8	3
herbiest	8	2
herbless	8	2
herblike	8	2
hercules	8	3
herdlike	8	2
herdsman	8	2
herdsmen	8	2
hereaway	8	3
heredity	8	4
hereinto	8	3
heresies	8	3
heretics	8	3
heretrix	8	3
hereunto	8	3
hereupon	8	3
herewith	8	3
heritage	8	3
heritors	8	3
heritrix	8	3
hermaean	8	2
hermetic	8	3
hermitic	8	3
hermitry	8	3
herniate	8	2
heroical	8	3
heroines	8	3
heroisms	8	2
heroized	8	3
heroizes	8	3
herpetic	8	3
herrings	8	2
herrying	8	2
herstory	8	3
hesitant	8	3
hesitate	8	3
hessians	8	2
hessites	8	3
hetaerae	8	2
hetaeras	8	3
hetaeric	8	3
hetairai	8	3
hetairas	8	3
hexagons	8	3
hexagram	8	3
hexamine	8	3
hexaplar	8	3
hexaplas	8	3
hexapods	8	3
hexapody	8	4
hexarchy	8	3
hexereis	8	3
hexosans	8	3
hiatuses	8	3
hibachis	8	3
hibernal	8	3
hibiscus	8	3
hiccough	8	2
hiccuped	8	3
hidalgos	8	3
hiddenly	8	3
hideaway	8	3
hideless	8	3
hideouts	8	2
hidroses	8	3
hidrosis	8	3
hidrotic	8	3
hierarch	8	2
hieratic	8	3
higglers	8	2
higgling	8	2
highball	8	2
highborn	8	2
highboys	8	2
highbred	8	2
highbrow	8	2
highbush	8	2
highjack	8	2
highland	8	2
highlife	8	2
highness	8	2
highroad	8	2
highspot	8	2
hightail	8	2
highting	8	2
highways	8	2
hijacked	8	3
hijacker	8	3
hilarity	8	4
hildings	8	2
hilliest	8	2
hilloaed	8	2
hillocks	8	2
hillocky	8	3
hilloing	8	2
hillside	8	2
hilltops	8	2
hiltless	8	2
himation	8	3
hindered	8	3
hinderer	8	3
hindguts	8	2
hindmost	8	2
hinkiest	8	2
hinnying	8	2
hipbones	8	3
hiplines	8	3
hipparch	8	2
hippiest	8	2
hipsters	8	2
hiragana	8	4
hireable	8	2
hireling	8	3
hirpling	8	2
hirseled	8	3
hirsling	8	2
hirudins	8	3
hissings	8	2
histamin	8	3
histidin	8	3
histogen	8	3
histones	8	3
historic	8	3
hitchers	8	2
hitching	8	2
hitherto	8	3
hiveless	8	3
hizzoner	8	3
hoactzin	8	2
hoarders	8	2
hoarding	8	2
hoariest	8	2
hoarsely	8	3
hoarsens	8	2
hoarsest	8	2
hoatzins	8	2
hobblers	8	2
hobbling	8	2
hobbyist	8	2
hobnails	8	2
hoboisms	8	2
hockshop	8	2
hocusing	8	3
hocussed	8	3
hocusses	8	3
hoecakes	8	3
hoedowns	8	2
hogbacks	8	2
hogmanay	8	3
hogmanes	8	3
hogmenay	8	3
hognoses	8	3
hogshead	8	2
hogtying	8	2
hogweeds	8	2
hoicking	8	2
hoidened	8	3
hoisters	8	2
hoisting	8	2
hokiness	8	3
hokypoky	8	4
holdable	8	2
holdalls	8	2
holdback	8	2
holdfast	8	2
holdings	8	2
holdouts	8	2
holdover	8	3
holeless	8	3
holibuts	8	3
holidays	8	3
holiness	8	3
holistic	8	3
hollaing	8	2
hollands	8	2
hollered	8	3
holloaed	8	2
holloing	8	2
hollooed	8	2
hollowed	8	3
hollower	8	3
hollowly	8	3
holmiums	8	2
hologamy	8	4
hologram	8	3
hologyny	8	4
holotype	8	3
holozoic	8	3
holstein	8	2
holsters	8	2
holydays	8	3
holytide	8	3
homagers	8	3
homaging	8	3
homburgs	8	2
homebody	8	4
homeboys	8	3
homebred	8	3
homeland	8	3
homeless	8	3
homelier	8	3
homelike	8	3
homemade	8	3
homeobox	8	3
homeotic	8	3
homeport	8	3
homering	8	3
homeroom	8	3
homesick	8	3
homesite	8	3
homespun	8	3
homestay	8	3
hometown	8	3
homeward	8	3
homework	8	3
homicide	8	3
homilies	8	3
homilist	8	3
hominess	8	3
hominian	8	3
hominids	8	3
hominies	8	3
hominine	8	3
hominize	8	3
hominoid	8	3
hommocks	8	2
hommoses	8	3
homogamy	8	4
homogeny	8	4
homogony	8	4
homologs	8	3
homology	8	4
homonyms	8	3
homonymy	8	4
honchoed	8	2
hondling	8	2
honester	8	3
honestly	8	3
honewort	8	3
honeybee	8	2
honeybun	8	3
honeydew	8	3
honeyful	8	3
honeying	8	2
honorand	8	3
honorary	8	4
honorees	8	3
honorers	8	3
honoring	8	3
honoured	8	3
honourer	8	3
hoodiest	8	2
hoodless	8	2
hoodlike	8	2
hoodlums	8	2
hoodooed	8	2
hoodwink	8	2
hoofbeat	8	2
hoofless	8	2
hooflike	8	2
hookiest	8	2
hookless	8	2
hooklets	8	2
hooklike	8	2
hooknose	8	2
hookworm	8	2
hooligan	8	3
hoopless	8	2
hooplike	8	2
hoopster	8	2
hoorahed	8	3
hoorayed	8	2
hoosegow	8	3
hoosgows	8	2
hootches	8	2
hootiest	8	2
hopefuls	8	3
hopeless	8	3
hopheads	8	2
hoplites	8	3
hoplitic	8	3
hoppiest	8	2
hoppings	8	2
hoppling	8	2
hopsacks	8	2
hoptoads	8	2
hordeins	8	2
horizons	8	3
hormonal	8	3
hormones	8	3
hormonic	8	3
hornbeam	8	2
hornbill	8	2
hornbook	8	2
hornfels	8	2
horniest	8	2
hornists	8	2
hornitos	8	3
hornless	8	2
hornlike	8	2
hornpipe	8	2
hornpout	8	2
horntail	8	2
hornworm	8	2
hornwort	8	2
horologe	8	3
horology	8	4
horrible	8	2
horribly	8	3
horridly	8	3
horrific	8	3
horsecar	8	3
horsefly	8	3
horseman	8	3
horsemen	8	3
horsepox	8	3
horsiest	8	2
hosannah	8	3
hosannas	8	3
hosepipe	8	3
hospices	8	3
hospital	8	3
hospitia	8	3
hospodar	8	3
hostages	8	3
hosteled	8	3
hosteler	8	3
hostelry	8	3
hostiles	8	3
hostlers	8	2
hotblood	8	2
hotboxes	8	3
hotcakes	8	3
hotching	8	2
hotchpot	8	2
hoteldom	8	3
hotelier	8	3
hotelman	8	3
hotelmen	8	3
hotfoots	8	2
hotheads	8	2
hothouse	8	2
hotlines	8	3
hotpress	8	2
hotshots	8	2
hotspurs	8	2
hounders	8	2
hounding	8	2
hourlies	8	2
houseboy	8	3
housefly	8	3
houseful	8	3
houseled	8	3
houseman	8	3
housemen	8	3
housesat	8	3
housesit	8	3
housetop	8	3
housings	8	2
hoveling	8	3
hovelled	8	3
hoverers	8	3
hovering	8	3
howdying	8	2
howitzer	8	3
hoydened	8	3
huarache	8	2
huaracho	8	3
hubrises	8	3
huckster	8	2
huddlers	8	2
huddling	8	2
huffiest	8	2
hugeness	8	3
huggable	8	2
huipiles	8	3
huisache	8	2
hulkiest	8	2
hulloaed	8	2
hulloing	8	2
humanely	8	4
humanest	8	3
humanise	8	3
humanism	8	3
humanist	8	3
humanity	8	4
humanize	8	3
humanoid	8	3
humblers	8	2
humblest	8	2
humbling	8	2
humdrums	8	2
humerals	8	3
humidify	8	4
humidity	8	4
humidors	8	3
humified	8	3
humility	8	4
hummable	8	2
hummocks	8	2
hummocky	8	3
hummuses	8	3
humorful	8	3
humoring	8	3
humorist	8	3
humorous	8	3
humoured	8	3
humpback	8	2
humphing	8	2
humpiest	8	2
humpless	8	2
hunching	8	2
hundreds	8	2
hungered	8	3
hungover	8	3
hungrier	8	2
hungrily	8	3
hunkered	8	3
hunkiest	8	2
huntable	8	2
huntedly	8	3
huntings	8	2
huntress	8	2
huntsman	8	2
huntsmen	8	2
hurdlers	8	2
hurdling	8	2
hurlings	8	2
hurrahed	8	3
hurrayed	8	2
hurriers	8	2
hurrying	8	2
hurtless	8	2
hurtling	8	2
husbands	8	2
hushedly	8	3
huskiest	8	2
huskings	8	2
husklike	8	2
hustings	8	2
hustlers	8	2
hustling	8	2
huswifes	8	3
huswives	8	3
hutching	8	2
hutments	8	2
hutzpahs	8	2
huzzahed	8	3
huzzaing	8	2
hyacinth	8	2
hyalines	8	3
hyalites	8	3
hyalogen	8	3
hyaloids	8	2
hybrises	8	3
hydatids	8	3
hydracid	8	3
hydragog	8	3
hydranth	8	2
hydrants	8	2
hydrases	8	3
hydrated	8	3
hydrates	8	3
hydrator	8	3
hydrides	8	3
hydrogel	8	3
hydrogen	8	3
hydroids	8	2
hydromel	8	3
hydronic	8	3
hydropic	8	3
hydropsy	8	3
hydroski	8	3
hydrosol	8	3
hydroxyl	8	3
hygeists	8	2
hygieist	8	2
hygienes	8	3
hygienic	8	3
hylozoic	8	3
hymeneal	8	3
hymenial	8	3
hymenium	8	3
hymnbook	8	2
hymnists	8	2
hymnless	8	2
hymnlike	8	2
hyoidean	8	2
hyoscine	8	2
hypergol	8	3
hyperons	8	3
hyperope	8	3
hyphemia	8	3
hyphened	8	3
hypnoses	8	3
hypnosis	8	3
hypnotic	8	3
hypoacid	8	3
hypoderm	8	3
hypogeal	8	3
hypogean	8	3
hypogene	8	3
hypogeum	8	3
hypogyny	8	4
hyponeas	8	3
hyponoia	8	3
hypopnea	8	3
hypopyon	8	3
hypothec	8	3
hypoxias	8	3
hyracoid	8	3
hysteria	8	3
hysteric	8	3

FAQs

How do I play around a fixed H in the 1st slot?
Try mixing common consonant clusters (ST, TR, CH) in other positions while keeping H locked.

Why are uncommon words included?
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