5-Letter Words With H and L
There are 202 five-letter words containing both H and L in our dictionary; 106 of them are common words.
Type your own letters to find only the 5-letter words you can make, or leave it empty to open this list in the word finder.
All 202 words
- child11 points
- flash11 points
- shelf11 points
- wheel11 points
- while11 points
- whole11 points
- helps10 points
- leach10 points
- lunch10 points
- holds9 points
- light9 points
- hello8 points
- holes8 points
- hotel8 points
- shall8 points
- shell8 points
- chalk14 points
- flesh11 points
- flush11 points
- halve11 points
- whale11 points
- alpha10 points
- clash10 points
- cloth10 points
- laugh9 points
- halls8 points
- halts8 points
- heels8 points
- hills8 points
- slash8 points
- hazel17 points
- lymph15 points
- filch13 points
- lynch13 points
- belch12 points
- hulks12 points
- mulch12 points
- filth11 points
- gulch11 points
- hilly11 points
- holly11 points
- hotly11 points
- hovel11 points
- howls11 points
- shawl11 points
- whirl11 points
- blush10 points
- chili10 points
- chill10 points
- helms10 points
- latch10 points
- leech10 points
- lurch10 points
- plush10 points
- ghoul9 points
- haled9 points
- holed9 points
- hails8 points
- haler8 points
- hales8 points
- halos8 points
- hauls8 points
- heals8 points
- hilts8 points
- hulls8 points
- hurls8 points
- lathe8 points
- laths8 points
- leash8 points
- lithe8 points
- loath8 points
- shoal8 points
- slosh8 points
- sloth8 points
- slush8 points
- shyly14 points
- welsh11 points
- aloha8 points
- zilch19 points
- phlox17 points
- helix15 points
- whelk15 points
- glyph14 points
- phyla13 points
- sylph13 points
- whelp13 points
- milch12 points
- wheal11 points
- whorl11 points
- churl10 points
- larch10 points
- phial10 points
- helot8 points
- hulas8 points
- shale8 points
- shalt8 points
- shill8 points
- lough9 points
- haply13 points
- whelm13 points
- ethyl11 points
- helve11 points
- holey11 points
- blahs10 points
- plash10 points
- thole8 points
- hexyl18 points
- hulky15 points
- chyle13 points
- phyle13 points
- culch12 points
- ghyll12 points
- kohls12 points
- lakhs12 points
- lathy11 points
- aleph10 points
- buhls10 points
- chela10 points
- halms10 points
- hamal10 points
- haulm10 points
- hemal10 points
- hilum10 points
- loach10 points
- dahls9 points
- dhole9 points
- galah9 points
- haole8 points
- hells8 points
- horal8 points
- lathi8 points
- lethe8 points
- nihil8 points
- selah8 points
- shool8 points
- thill8 points
- thiol8 points
- tilth8 points
- uhlan8 points
- muhly13 points
- welch13 points
- clach12 points
- holks12 points
- halva11 points
- hooly11 points
- hoyle11 points
- hurly11 points
- hylas11 points
- shaly11 points
- shily11 points
- almah10 points
- almeh10 points
- chiel10 points
- chile10 points
- cholo10 points
- halma10 points
- holms10 points
- laich10 points
- letch10 points
- lichi10 points
- licht10 points
- lochs10 points
- mohel10 points
- ralph10 points
- schul10 points
- shlep10 points
- ahold9 points
- dhals9 points
- hadal9 points
- halid9 points
- laigh9 points
- ahull8 points
- altho8 points
- hallo8 points
- harls8 points
- heils8 points
- helio8 points
- helos8 points
- herls8 points
- hilar8 points
- hillo8 points
- hilus8 points
- holla8 points
- hollo8 points
- holts8 points
- hosel8 points
- hullo8 points
- lahar8 points
- laith8 points
- lehrs8 points
- lehua8 points
- litho8 points
- lotah8 points
- shaul8 points
- sheal8 points
- sheol8 points
- shiel8 points
- shorl8 points
- shuln8 points
- shuls8 points
- thirl8 points
- thurl8 points
Quick facts
- Total words: 202
- By usage: 75 very common, 31 common, 96 rare
Highest scoring (classic tiles)
- zilch 19
- hexyl 18
- hazel 17
- phlox 17
- helix 15
- hulky 15
- lymph 15
- whelk 15
- chalk 14
- glyph 14
Most common
- child
- flash
- shelf
- wheel
- while
- whole
- helps
- leach
- lunch
- holds
Definitions
- child (noun)
- A young person of either sex.
- flash (adjective)
- Tastelessly showy.
- shelf (noun)
- A support that consists of a horizontal surface for holding objects.
- wheel (noun)
- A simple machine consisting of a circular frame with spokes (or a solid disc) that can rotate on a shaft or axle (as in vehicles or other machines).
Here is the complete list of five-letter words containing both H and L: 202 words in total. We sort common words to the top because they are the ones you are most likely to be looking for, whether you are solving a puzzle or checking a play. Words such as CHILD and FLASH lead the way. If you need something more specific, the search box accepts your own letters with question marks for blanks and applies this page's constraint automatically.
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
Which five-letter words containing both H and L are the most common?
CHILD, FLASH and SHELF are among the most familiar. The list is sorted with everyday words first, and the very common ones carry a small dot, so you can read the top of the page and skip the obscure entries at the bottom.
Can I search this list with my own letters?
Yes. Type your letters into the search box at the top of the page, using a question mark for a blank, and the tool will show only the five-letter words containing both H and L you can actually spell from that rack, with scores.