5 Letter Words Starting with H

There are 711 of them. The everyday ones include HOUSE, HAPPY, HUMAN, HEART and HEARD.

711 in total, and 68 of them are on the Wordle answer list.

HEADS, HOUSE and HOLES narrow this list fastest. HEADS leaves at most 107 words in the worst case.

197 of them, including HUMUS, HOURS, HANDS, HELPS and HOMES.

Yes. HOUSE, HAPPY and HUMAN all sit on the Wordle answer list, so the pattern is worth playing for rather than ruling out.

Yes. HAPPY and HARRY are two of them. Crossing off a letter after one grey square is the quickest way to miss an answer like these.

Yes. Stems of beans and peas and potatoes and grasses collectively as used for thatching and bedding. It is not on the Wordle answer list, so keep it for Scrabble.

HOUSE. It is the most ordinary word here that the answer list carries, so it is the guess to make when you want to win the round rather than learn from it.

Yes. Every word on this list is a legal guess, including the ones that look wrong. HYRST and HYRSE are among them. Only a smaller set sits on the answer list, and those are the ones marked in green.

HARPY, HOVEL and HUMPH. All three are on the answer list, and none is a word you would reach for early, so they are worth remembering once the obvious guesses run out.