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5-Letter Words Starting With H and Ending in R

There are 20 five-letter words starting with H and ending in R in our dictionary; 13 of them are common words.

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All 20 words

  • humor10 points
  • honor8 points
  • hiker12 points
  • hover11 points
  • huger9 points
  • haler8 points
  • hyper13 points
  • homer10 points
  • hewer11 points
  • hater8 points
  • hazer17 points
  • hider9 points
  • honer8 points
  • hexer15 points
  • haver11 points
  • heder9 points
  • hirer8 points
  • hayer11 points
  • hoper10 points
  • hilar8 points

Quick facts

  • Total words: 20
  • By usage: 6 very common, 7 common, 7 rare

Highest scoring (classic tiles)

  1. hazer 17
  2. hexer 15
  3. hyper 13
  4. hiker 12
  5. haver 11
  6. hayer 11
  7. hewer 11
  8. hover 11
  9. homer 10
  10. hoper 10

Most common

  1. humor
  2. honor
  3. hiker
  4. hover
  5. huger
  6. haler
  7. hyper
  8. homer
  9. hewer
  10. hater

Definitions

humor (noun)
A message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter.
honor (noun)
A tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction.
hiker (noun)
A foot traveler; someone who goes on an extended walk (for pleasure).
hover (verb)
Be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action.

Words that start with H and end in R come up constantly in tile games, crosswords and daily letter puzzles, and this page gathers all 20 of the five-letter ones. The most useful are the common words at the top of the list; the rare ones at the bottom are worth knowing when you need to hook onto an awkward board position. HAZER is the top scorer here, worth 17 points before any board multiplier.

How to use this page

This page works as both a reference and a tool. As a reference, it lists every word that start with H and end in R, sorted by familiarity. As a tool, it accepts your own letters in the search box and returns the subset you can play, with scores. The related links at the end cover neighbouring letters and lengths.

Tips

Hooks are single letters added to the front or back of an existing word to make a new one, and they are the cheapest way to score in a crowded game. Look through the words on this page for ones that become a different valid word with one more letter, or that can be formed by extending a shorter word already on the board. Suffixes such as S, ED, ER and ING, and prefixes such as RE and UN, do most of the work. A hook lets you play a second word in parallel and collect both scores.

Questions

What is the highest-scoring word among the five-letter words starting with H and ending in R?

HAZER scores 17 points with classic tile values, ignoring board multipliers. The full top ten is in the quick facts above; switch the tile set on the search tool if you play with different letter values.

Why are some of these words unfamiliar?

7 of the 20 words on this page are tagged rare, meaning they fall outside the usual spell-check vocabulary. They are still real words, and many are legal plays, but you should expect a challenge if someone asks you to define them.

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