5-Letter Words With H and I
There are 260 five-letter words containing both H and I in our dictionary; 155 of them are common words.
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All 260 words
- which16 points
- chips12 points
- fight12 points
- think12 points
- child11 points
- faith11 points
- might11 points
- shift11 points
- while11 points
- white11 points
- chain10 points
- chair10 points
- habit10 points
- eight9 points
- hides9 points
- light9 points
- night9 points
- right9 points
- sight9 points
- thing9 points
- third9 points
- tight9 points
- hints8 points
- their8 points
- sixth15 points
- fifth14 points
- thick14 points
- chief13 points
- witch13 points
- pinch12 points
- pitch12 points
- weigh12 points
- width12 points
- ditch11 points
- hairy11 points
- shiny11 points
- thief11 points
- birth10 points
- choir10 points
- ethic10 points
- hided10 points
- ships10 points
- smith10 points
- hired9 points
- hairs8 points
- hills8 points
- hires8 points
- shine8 points
- shirt8 points
- whiff17 points
- chick16 points
- khaki16 points
- hippy15 points
- whisk15 points
- chimp14 points
- chink14 points
- fishy14 points
- hicks14 points
- fiche13 points
- filch13 points
- finch13 points
- hiked13 points
- hitch13 points
- itchy13 points
- pithy13 points
- whims13 points
- whips13 points
- winch13 points
- birch12 points
- bitch12 points
- chime12 points
- chirp12 points
- cinch12 points
- highs12 points
- hiker12 points
- hikes12 points
- hived12 points
- sheik12 points
- shirk12 points
- thigh12 points
- chide11 points
- filth11 points
- hilly11 points
- hives11 points
- humid11 points
- swish11 points
- whine11 points
- whirl11 points
- whirs11 points
- chili10 points
- chill10 points
- china10 points
- chins10 points
- mirth10 points
- niche10 points
- girth9 points
- hinds9 points
- hinge9 points
- neigh9 points
- shied9 points
- sighs9 points
- hails8 points
- heirs8 points
- hilts8 points
- hoist8 points
- lithe8 points
- ninth8 points
- rhino8 points
- shies8 points
- shins8 points
- shire8 points
- thins8 points
- chive13 points
- hippo12 points
- chino10 points
- chits10 points
- heist8 points
- shits8 points
- zilch19 points
- jihad16 points
- helix15 points
- whiny14 points
- haiku12 points
- hying12 points
- milch12 points
- wight12 points
- aphid11 points
- bight11 points
- firth11 points
- whist11 points
- whits11 points
- phial10 points
- sahib10 points
- shims10 points
- dhoti9 points
- saith8 points
- shill8 points
- shirr8 points
- sushi8 points
- thine8 points
- tithe8 points
- chivy16 points
- hoick14 points
- dishy12 points
- aitch10 points
- hajji22 points
- fichu13 points
- knish12 points
- shivs11 points
- withe11 points
- apish10 points
- chine10 points
- hider9 points
- houri8 points
- shier8 points
- hafiz20 points
- ghazi18 points
- chimb14 points
- chirk14 points
- hakim14 points
- whish14 points
- whity14 points
- withy14 points
- fitch13 points
- whipt13 points
- bimah12 points
- chico12 points
- chirm12 points
- hemic12 points
- hight12 points
- humic12 points
- hyoid12 points
- ohmic12 points
- dhobi11 points
- frith11 points
- hinny11 points
- shiva11 points
- shive11 points
- whins11 points
- aphis10 points
- chiao10 points
- chirr10 points
- dight10 points
- hemin10 points
- hilum10 points
- ichor10 points
- ihram10 points
- piths10 points
- spahi10 points
- stich10 points
- grith9 points
- hirer8 points
- lathi8 points
- nihil8 points
- rishi8 points
- thill8 points
- thiol8 points
- tilth8 points
- whizz29 points
- hadji16 points
- vichy16 points
- hajis15 points
- shoji15 points
- khadi13 points
- thymi13 points
- chics12 points
- haika12 points
- haiks12 points
- heigh12 points
- kithe12 points
- kiths12 points
- miche12 points
- shtik12 points
- whids12 points
- whigs12 points
- hafis11 points
- hissy11 points
- shily11 points
- swith11 points
- whirr11 points
- wisha11 points
- yirth11 points
- baith10 points
- chias10 points
- chiel10 points
- chile10 points
- chiro10 points
- cuish10 points
- gighe10 points
- laich10 points
- lichi10 points
- licht10 points
- thrip10 points
- tophi10 points
- unhip10 points
- dashi9 points
- dhuti9 points
- girsh9 points
- halid9 points
- laigh9 points
- nighs9 points
- ohing9 points
- airth8 points
- heils8 points
- helio8 points
- hilar8 points
- hillo8 points
- hilus8 points
- hists8 points
- hoise8 points
- ither8 points
- laith8 points
- litho8 points
- ohias8 points
- shiel8 points
- shist8 points
- shris8 points
- sinhs8 points
- thein8 points
- thirl8 points
Quick facts
- Total words: 260
- By usage: 112 very common, 43 common, 105 rare
Highest scoring (classic tiles)
- whizz 29
- hajji 22
- hafiz 20
- zilch 19
- ghazi 18
- whiff 17
- chick 16
- chivy 16
- hadji 16
- jihad 16
Most common
- which
- chips
- fight
- think
- child
- faith
- might
- shift
- while
- white
Definitions
- chips (noun)
- Strips of potato fried in deep fat.
- fight (noun)
- A hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war.
- think (noun)
- An instance of deliberate thinking.
- child (noun)
- A young person of either sex.
The five-letter words that contain both H and I number 260 in our dictionary. About 155 of them are common, which is the group most players will recognise on sight, and the remainder are rarer words that still count in the majority of games. The list is complete, computed from the full word list rather than typed by hand, so you can trust that nothing is missing. The best scorer is WHIZZ, at 29 points.
How to use this page
Begin with the search box if you are mid-game: your letters, plus question marks for blanks, produce the playable words instantly. Begin with the list if you are studying: the common words are at the top, the definitions section explains the most useful ones, and the quick facts show the top scorers.
Tips
If you know some letters of a word and their positions, a pattern search finds it faster than scanning a list. Open the word finder, type the word with question marks for the unknown letters, and every match appears immediately. You can combine a pattern with the starts-with and ends-with filters to narrow the set further. This works for crosswords, for daily five-letter puzzles and for any tile game where a board word gives you two or three fixed letters.
Questions
How many five-letter words containing both H and I are there?
Our dictionary has 260 five-letter words containing both H and I, of which 155 are common English words. The count comes from the public-domain ENABLE list, so it can differ slightly from the dictionary a particular game uses.
What is the highest-scoring word among the five-letter words containing both H and I?
WHIZZ scores 29 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.