With an H, an O and a T in hand, 5 letter words with H, O and T narrow fastest when the T and H stay together.
Joined as TH, the pair turns up at the end more than at the start, as in SOUTH and MONTH.
And older words such as TROTH, which crossword solvers know well, end on the same pair.
List of 5 Letter Words With H O and T
- BOOTH
- BOTCH
- BROTH
- CLOTH
- ETHOS
- FORTH
- FROTH
- GHOST
- HOIST
- HOTEL
- HOTLY
- LOATH
- MONTH
- MOUTH
- NORTH
- NOTCH
- OTHER
- OUGHT
- PHOTO
- QUOTH
- SHOOT
- SHORT
- SHOUT
- SLOTH
- SOOTH
- SOUTH
- THONG
- THORN
- THOSE
- THROB
- THROW
- TOOTH
- TORCH
- TOUCH
- TOUGH
- WORTH
- YOUTH
- HOSTS
- HOWTO
- SHOTS
- AHOLT
- ALTHO
- ASHOT
- AZOTH
- BHOOT
- BOTEH
- BOTHY
- BUTOH
- CAHOT
- CHIOT
- CHORT
- CHOTA
- CHOTT
- CHOUT
- COOTH
- COTCH
- COTHE
- COTHS
- COTHY
- COUTH
- DHOTI
- DHOTY
- DOCHT
- DOETH
- EOITH
- FOHAT
- FOTCH
- FOUTH
- FOWTH
- GOETH
- GOSHT
- GOTCH
- GOTHA
- GOTHS
- GOTHY
- HELOT
- HOAST
- HOLTS
- HOOTS
- HOOTY
- HORST
- HOSTA
- HOTCH
- HOTEN
- HOTIS
- HOTTA
- HOTTE
- HOTTY
- HOULT
- HOUTS
- KOTCH
- LHOTA
- LITHO
- LOTAH
- LOWTH
- METHO
- MOOTH
- MORTH
- MOTHS
- MOTHY
- MOWTH
- NOCHT
- OATHS
- ORTHO
- OTHIN
- OTHYL
- OUCHT
- OWGHT
- PHOTA
- PHOTS
- PHOTY
- PORTH
- POTCH
- ROTCH
- ROUTH
- ROWTH
- SHOAT
- SHOTE
- SHOTT
- SOCHT
- SOTHO
- SOTHS
- SOWTH
- STOSH
- TACHO
- TAHOU
- THEOL
- THEOR
- THEOS
- THEOW
- THIOL
- THOFT
- THOKE
- THOLE
- THOLI
- THONE
- THOOM
- THORE
- THORO
- THORP
- THORT
- THOTS
- THOUS
- THOWL
- THOWT
- THROE
- THROU
- THUOC
- TOHER
- TOHOS
- TOOSH
- TOPHE
- TOPHI
- TOPHS
- TORAH
- TOSHY
- TOVAH
- TROCH
- TROTH
- UNHOT
- WHOOT
- WHORT
- WROTH
Common 5 Letter Words With H O and T
- OTHER
- THOSE
- SOUTH
- NORTH
- SHORT
- MONTH
- WORTH
- PHOTO
- HOTEL
- TOUCH
- MOUTH
- THROW
- TOUGH
- YOUTH
- SHOOT
- GHOST
- FORTH
- OUGHT
- BOOTH
- TOOTH
- CLOTH
- THONG
- SHOTS
- HOSTS
- HOWTO
5 Letter Words With H O and T for Wordle
- TOOTH
- TOUCH
- SOUTH
- OTHER
- THOSE
- NORTH
- SHORT
- MONTH
- WORTH
- PHOTO
- HOTEL
- MOUTH
- THROW
- TOUGH
- YOUTH
- SHOOT
- GHOST
- FORTH
- OUGHT
- BOOTH
- CLOTH
- THONG
- SHOUT
- NOTCH
- TORCH
- THORN
- BROTH
- ETHOS
- HOIST
- SLOTH
- HOTLY
- FROTH
- THROB
- LOATH
- BOTCH
- SOOTH
- QUOTH
5 Letter Words With H O and T by Position
5 Letter Words Starting With H Containing O and T
- HOTEL
- HOIST
- HOTLY
- HOSTS
- HOWTO
- HORST
- HOOTS
- HOTCH
- HOULT
- HOLTS
- HOTTY
- HOSTA
5 Letter Words Starting With T Containing H and O
- THOSE
- TOUCH
- THROW
- TOUGH
- TOOTH
- THONG
- TORCH
- THORN
- THROB
- TORAH
- THORP
- THOTS
5 Letter Words Ending in H Containing O and T
- SOUTH
- NORTH
- MONTH
- WORTH
- TOUCH
- MOUTH
- TOUGH
- YOUTH
- FORTH
- BOOTH
- TOOTH
- CLOTH
5 Letter Words Ending in T Containing H and O
- SHORT
- SHOOT
- GHOST
- OUGHT
- SHOUT
- HOIST
- HORST
- HOULT
- WHOOT
- BHOOT
- SHOTT
- HELOT
5 Letter Words With H O T and Another Letter
5 Letter Words With H O T and S
- THOSE
- SOUTH
- SHORT
- SHOOT
- GHOST
- SHOUT
- ETHOS
- HOIST
- SLOTH
- SOOTH
- SHOTS
- HOSTS
5 Letter Words With H O T and R
- OTHER
- NORTH
- SHORT
- WORTH
- THROW
- FORTH
- TORCH
- THORN
- BROTH
- FROTH
- THROB
- TORAH
5 Letter Words With H O T and C
- TOUCH
- CLOTH
- NOTCH
- TORCH
- BOTCH
- HOTCH
- GOTCH
- CHOTA
- POTCH
- ROTCH
- TACHO
- COUTH
5 Letter Words With H O T and E
- OTHER
- THOSE
- HOTEL
- ETHOS
- GOETH
- DOETH
- THEOS
- THOLE
- THORE
- THEOR
- THEOL
- HOTTE
5 Letter Words With H O T and A
- LOATH
- TORAH
- OATHS
- ALTHO
- GOTHA
- CHOTA
- LHOTA
- HOSTA
- HOTTA
- TACHO
- TOVAH
- AZOTH
5 Letter Words With H O T and U
- SOUTH
- TOUCH
- MOUTH
- TOUGH
- YOUTH
- OUGHT
- SHOUT
- QUOTH
- ROUTH
- HOULT
- THROU
- THOUS
Meanings of 5 Letter Words With H O and T
- THROE: Severe spasm of pain.
- DHOTI: A long loincloth worn by Hindu men.
- WROTH: Vehemently incensed and condemnatory.
- TROTH: A mutual promise to marry.
- SOOTH: Truth or reality. It is on the answer list.
- BOTCH: An embarrassing mistake. It is on the answer list.
- LOATH: Unwillingness to do something contrary to your custom. It is on the answer list.
- THROB: A deep pulsating type of pain. It is on the answer list.
- FROTH: Exude or expel foam. It is on the answer list.
- HOTLY: In a heated manner. It is on the answer list.
- SLOTH: A disinclination to work or exert yourself. It is on the answer list.
- HOIST: Raise. It is on the answer list.
- THONG: Leather strip that forms the flexible part of a whip. It is on the answer list.
- BROTH: A thin soup of meat or fish or vegetable stock. It is on the answer list.
FAQs
What are 5 letter words with H O and T?
There are 163 of them. The everyday ones include OTHER, THOSE, SOUTH, NORTH and SHORT.
How many 5 letter words have H O and T in them?
163 in total, and 37 of them are on the Wordle answer list.
Which 5 letter words with H O and T are Wordle answers?
37 of them have been answers, among them MONTH, WORTH, PHOTO, HOTEL and TOUCH.
What 5 letter words have H O and T in any order?
163 of them, including OTHER, THOSE, SOUTH, NORTH and SHORT.
Can a Wordle answer contain H, O and T?
Yes. OTHER, THOSE and SOUTH 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. PHOTO and SHOOT are two of them. Crossing off a letter after one grey square is the quickest way to miss an answer like these.
Is MOTHY really a word?
Yes. Infested with moths. It is not on the Wordle answer list, so keep it for Scrabble.
Which one has the best chance of just being the answer?
OTHER. 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. WHORT and UNHOT 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?
BOTCH, QUOTH and SOOTH. 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.
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