5 Letter Words With H and I

Start with HINTS. It splits the 675 5 letter words with h and i more evenly than any other first guess, and the full list sits below it.

Know H and I belong in the word but not where? 675 words contain them, APHID, BIRCH, BIRTH among them, and 86 can still be the answer.

86 of the 675 can still be the answer, and BIRTH is the one most players reach for.

Best First Guesses

With 675 words to get through, the first guess decides most of the round. Each one below is on this list, so it could be the answer outright, and the number beside it is how many words would still be left in the worst case.

HINTS: takes 675 down to 128 at worst.
SHIRT: down to 137. It is on the answer list.
SMITH: down to 140. It is on the answer list.

What These Words Have in Common

The last square lands on H more than any other letter: 138 words, about one in five of the set. The letters that turn up alongside most often are S (223), A (194) and T (185). Only 42 of the 675 are everyday words. The rest belong to crosswords more than to conversation, so lean on the letters above rather than on the tail of the list.

Best 5 Letter Words With H and I

The strongest picks, with answer-list words first.

APHID
BIRCH
BIRTH
CHAIN
CHAIR
CHICK
CHIDE
CHIEF
CHILD
CHILI
CHILL
CHIME
CHINA
CHIRP
CHOIR
CINCH
DITCH
EIGHT
ETHIC
FAITH
FIFTH
FIGHT
FILTH
FINCH
FISHY
GIRTH
HABIT
HAIRY
HEIST
HELIX
HILLY
HINGE
HIPPO
HIPPY
HITCH
HOIST
HUMID
ITCHY
KHAKI
LIGHT
LITHE
MIGHT
MIRTH
NEIGH
NICHE
NIGHT
NINTH
PINCH
PITCH
PITHY
RHINO
RIGHT
SHEIK
SHIED
SHIFT
SHINE
SHINY
SHIRE
SHIRK
SHIRT
SIGHT
SIXTH
SMITH
SUSHI
SWISH
THEIR
THICK
THIEF
THIGH
THING
THINK
THIRD
TIGHT
WEIGH
WHICH
WHIFF
WHILE
WHINE
WHINY
WHIRL
WHISK
WHITE
WIDTH
WIGHT
WINCH
WITCH
CHILE
CHIPS
HIGHS
HILLS
HINTS
HIRED
SHIPS

5 Letter Words With H and I Starting With A

APHID
AHIGH
AHIND
AHING
AHINT
AIGHT
AIRTH
AITCH
AIYAH
AIYOH
ALISH
AMISH
AMPHI
ANIGH
APHIS
APISH
ARCHI
ARISH
ARITH
ASHIR
AVAHI
AWHIR

5 Letter Words With H and I Starting With B

BIRCH
BIRTH
BAHAI
BAITH
BARIH
BHAIS
BHAJI
BHILI
BHIMA
BIACH
BICHY
BIGHA
BIGHT
BIHAI
BIHAM
BIHON
BILCH
BILSH
BIMAH
BITCH
BODHI
BRITH
BUSHI

5 Letter Words With H and I Starting With C

CHAIN
CHAIR
CHICK
CHIDE
CHIEF
CHILD
CHILI
CHILL
CHIME
CHINA
CHIRP
CHOIR
CINCH
CHILE
CHIPS
CAHIZ
CHAIS
CHAIT
CHATI
CHAUI
CHEDI
CHEIR
CHEKI
CHIAM
CHIAN
CHIAO
CHIAS
CHIBA
CHIBS
CHICA
CHICH
CHICO
CHICS
CHIEL
CHIEN
CHIKO
CHIKS
CHIMB
CHIMO
CHIMP
CHIMU
CHINE
CHING
CHINK
CHINO
CHINS
CHINT
CHIOT
CHIRK
CHIRL
CHIRM
CHIRO
CHIRR
CHIRT
CHIRU
CHITA
CHITI
CHITS
CHIVA
CHIVE
CHIVS
CHIVW
CHIVY
CHIZZ
CHOIL
CHOLI
CHRIA
CHRIS
CLICH
CRITH
CUISH

5 Letter Words With H and I Starting With D

DITCH
DABIH
DAHIS
DASHI
DELHI
DESHI
DHERI
DHIKR
DHOBI
DHONI
DHOTI
DHUTI
DICHT
DIGHT
DINAH
DIOCH
DISHY

5 Letter Words With H and I Starting With E

EIGHT
ETHIC
ECHIS
EDITH
EHING
ELCHI
ELIHU
EOITH
EPHOI
ESHIN
ETHID

5 Letter Words With H and I Starting With F

FAITH
FIFTH
FIGHT
FILTH
FINCH
FISHY
FICHE
FICHU
FILCH
FIQHS
FIRTH
FISHO
FITCH
FRITH
FUCHI

5 Letter Words With H and I Starting With G

GIRTH
GHAIN
GHAZI
GIGHE
GIHER
GINCH
GIRSH
GITCH
GRIPH
GRITH

5 Letter Words With H and I Starting With H

HABIT
HAIRY
HEIST
HELIX
HILLY
HINGE
HIPPO
HIPPY
HITCH
HOIST
HUMID
HIGHS
HILLS
HINTS
HIRED
HADIT
HADJI
HAFIS
HAFIZ
HAGIA
HAICK
HAIDA
HAIKA
HAIKH
HAIKS
HAIKU
HAILS
HAILY
HAINE
HAINS
HAINT
HAIRE
HAIRS
HAITH
HAITI
HAJIB
HAJIS
HAJJI
HAKIM
HALDI
HALID
HAMLI
HANDI
HANGI
HANIF
HANOI
HAORI
HAPPI
HARBI
HARIM
HASID
HATHI
HATTI
HEIAU
HEIDI
HEIDS
HEIGH
HEILD
HEILS
HEILY
HEINZ
HEIRS
HEIZE
HELIO
HEMIC
HEMIN
HERMI
HEXIS
HIANT
HIATE
HIBAS
HIBLA
HICHT
HICHU
HICKS
HICKY
HIDED
HIDEL
HIDER
HIDES
HIELD
HIEMS
HIENZ
HIERA
HIFIS
HIGHT
HIGRA
HIJAB
HIJRA
HIKED
HIKER
HIKES
HIKOI
HILAR
HILCH
HILDA
HILLO
HILSA
HILTS
HILUM
HILUS
HIMBO
HIMNE
HINAU
HINCH
HINDI
HINDS
HINDU
HINEY
HINGS
HINKY
HINNY
HIOIS
HIPED
HIPER
HIPES
HIPLY
HIPMI
HIPPA
HIPPI
HIRAM
HIREE
HIREN
HIRER
HIRES
HIRSE
HIRST
HISIS
HISPA
HISSY
HISTS
HITHE
HIVED
HIVER
HIVES
HIZEN
HOGNI
HOICK
HOIED
HOIKS
HOING
HOISE
HOKIS
HOLIA
HOMIE
HONGI
HOPIS
HORIM
HORIS
HOTIS

5 Letter Words With H and I Starting With I

ITCHY
ICHED
ICHES
ICHOR
ICHTH
IDAHO
IDDAH
IDDHI
IDGAH
IGHLY
IHLAT
IHRAM
ILLTH
IMSHI
IMSHY
IPHIS
IRISH
IROHA
ISHES
ISTHM
ITHER

5 Letter Words With H and I Starting With K

KHAKI
KASHI
KEITH
KHADI
KHAIR
KHAMI
KHASI
KHAZI
KHILA
KHIRS
KHUAI
KHUZI
KIGHT
KILAH
KILEH
KINAH
KINCH
KIPAH
KISHY
KITHE
KITHS
KNISH

5 Letter Words With H and I Starting With L

LIGHT
LITHE
LAICH
LAIGH
LAITH
LATHI
LEIGH
LEISH
LEITH
LICHI
LICHT
LIESH
LINCH
LINHA
LITCH
LITHI
LITHO
LITHS
LITHY
LOCHI

5 Letter Words With H and I Starting With M

MIGHT
MIRTH
MACHI
MAGHI
MAHDI
MAHIS
MAHRI
MEITH
METHI
MICAH
MICHE
MICHI
MICHT
MIHAS
MIHIS
MILCH
MILHA
MINAH
MIRAH
MIRCH
MISCH
MITCH
MOCHI
MYTHI

5 Letter Words With H and I Starting With N

NEIGH
NICHE
NIGHT
NINTH
NAISH
NASHI
NICHT
NIGHS
NIHAL
NIHIL
NIKAH
NITCH
NOSHI

5 Letter Words With H and I Starting With O

OHIAS
OHING
OHMIC
OLCHI
OPHIC
OPHIR
OPHIS
OPIHI
OTHIN

5 Letter Words With H and I Starting With P

PINCH
PITCH
PITHY
PAHIT
PAHMI
PHIAL
PHIES
PHILL
PHISH
PHIZZ
PICHI
PIGHT
PILCH
PISHU
PITHS
PLISH
PRICH
PTISH

5 Letter Words With H and I Starting With R

RHINO
RIGHT
RAHUI
RAIAH
RAITH
RAKHI
REHID
REICH
RHEIC
RHEID
RHEIN
RHIES
RHILA
RHIME
RHINA
RHINE
RICHE
RICHT
RINCH
RISHI
RITHE
ROSHI

5 Letter Words With H and I Starting With S

SHEIK
SHIED
SHIFT
SHINE
SHINY
SHIRE
SHIRK
SHIRT
SIGHT
SIXTH
SMITH
SUSHI
SWISH
SHIPS
SAHIB
SAIPH
SAITH
SCHIF
SCHIZ
SEHRI
SEMIH
SHAHI
SHARI
SHCHI
SHIAH
SHIAI
SHICE
SHICK
SHIDE
SHIEL
SHIER
SHIES
SHIKO
SHILF
SHILH
SHILL
SHILY
SHIMS
SHINA
SHINS
SHIOK
SHIPT
SHIRL
SHIRR
SHIRS
SHISH
SHISN
SHISO
SHIST
SHITA
SHITE
SHITS
SHIUR
SHIVA
SHIVE
SHIVS
SHIVY
SHOGI
SHOJI
SHOOI
SHRIP
SHRIS
SHTIK
SICHT
SIDHA
SIDHE
SIDTH
SIETH
SIGHS
SIKHS
SINGH
SINHS
SIRIH
SITCH
SITHE
SLICH
SLISH
SMICH
SPAHI
STCHI
STICH
STITH
SUGIH
SWITH

5 Letter Words With H and I Starting With T

THEIR
THICK
THIEF
THIGH
THING
THINK
THIRD
TIGHT
TACHI
TAHIL
TAHIN
TAICH
TAISH
TAKHI
TCHAI
TCHWI
THAGI
THAIM
THAIS
THALI
THEIC
THEIN
THIGS
THILK
THILL
THINE
THINS
THIOL
THIRL
THIRT
THISN
THOLI
THRID
THRIP
THYMI
TICHY
TILTH
TIRTH
TITCH
TITHE
TITHI
TOPHI
TYIGH

5 Letter Words With H and I Starting With W

WEIGH
WHICH
WHIFF
WHILE
WHINE
WHINY
WHIRL
WHISK
WHITE
WIDTH
WIGHT
WINCH
WITCH
WAKHI
WASHI
WHEIN
WHEKI
WHIBA
WHICK
WHIDS
WHIES
WHIFT
WHIGS
WHILK
WHILL
WHILS
WHIMS
WHING
WHINS
WHIOS
WHIPS
WHIPT
WHIRR
WHIRS
WHISH
WHISP
WHISS
WHIST
WHITS
WHITY
WHIZZ
WICHT
WISHA
WISHT
WISHY
WITHE
WITHS
WITHY
WRITH

5 Letter Words With H and I Starting With J, Q, U and other letters

JHILS
JIHAD
JOSHI
QUICH
UDISH
ULUHI
UNHID
UNHIP
UNHIT
URIAH
VICHY
VINHO
YIRTH
YUCHI
ZIHAR
ZILCH

Less Familiar Words Here

This page carries a lot of words most players would not define. Reading them once is quicker than meeting them cold in a puzzle.

HOURI: A voluptuously beautiful young woman.
HUMIN: A black humic substance that is not soluble in water.
HINNY: Hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey or ass; usually sterile.
PICHI: Peruvian shrub with small pink to lavender tubular flowers; leaves yield a tonic and diuretic.
MINAH: Tropical Asian starlings.
TILTH: Arable land that is worked by plowing and sowing and raising crops.
HILUM: The scar on certain seeds marking its point of attachment to the funicle.
ICHOR: A fluid product of inflammation.
CHIRK: Make a shrill creaking, squeaking, or noise, as of a door, mouse, or bird.
WITHY: Strong flexible twig.
LATHI: Club consisting of a heavy stick (often bamboo) bound with iron; used by police in India.
HIRER: A person responsible for hiring workers.
HILAR: Of or relating to or located near a hilum.
OHMIC: Of or relating to or measured in ohms.
PHIAL: A small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed sterile container for injection by needle).
SHOGI: A form of chess played on a board of 81 squares; each player has 20 pieces.
FILCH: Make off with belongings of others.
DHOTI: A long loincloth worn by Hindu men.

FAQs

Can a Wordle answer contain H and I?

Yes. THEIR, WHICH and THINK all sit on the Wordle answer list, so the pattern is worth playing for rather than ruling out.

Do any of these use the same letter twice?

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

Is CHIRR really a word?

Yes. Make a vibrant noise, of grasshoppers or cicadas. It is not on the Wordle answer list, so keep it for Scrabble.

Which one has the best chance of just being the answer?

THEIR. 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.

Are all of these accepted as guesses?

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

Which of these would most players overlook?

APHID, CHIDE and LITHE. 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.