Words Starting With H
797 words accepted in official NYT Spelling Bee puzzles since 2018 starting with H, with meanings, pronunciation, etymology and puzzle appearances for each. Browse all letters.
H Words
- haafNoun
the open sea, especially as a place to fish
- haarNoun
Thick, cold, wet fog along the northeastern coast of Northern England and Scotland.
- habdalahProper noun
Alternative form of Havdalah.
- habileAdjective
Generally able or adroit; handy.
- habilitateAdjective · Verb
Qualified or entitled.
- habitNoun · Verb
An action performed on a regular basis.
- habitabilityNoun
The property of being habitable.
- habitableAdjective
Safe and comfortable, where humans, or other animals, can live; fit for habitation.
- habitablyAdverb
So as to permit habitation.
- habitanNoun
Obsolete form of habitant.
- habitantNoun
A member of a habitation colony at Stadacona founded by Samuel de Champlain, where Quebec City now lies.
- habitatNoun
Conditions suitable for an organism or population of organisms to live.
- habitationNoun
The act of inhabiting; state of inhabiting or dwelling, or of being inhabited; occupancy.
- habitingVerb · Noun
present participle and gerund of habit
- habitualAdjective · Noun
Of or relating to a habit; established as a habit; performed over and over again; recurrent, recurring.
- haboobNoun
A violent duststorm or sandstorm in the deserts of Arabia, North Africa, India, or North America.
- habuNoun
Any of several venomous snake species of Asia.
- haciendaNoun
A large homestead in a ranch or estate, usually in places where Colonial Spanish culture has had architectural influence.
- hackVerb · Noun
To chop or cut down in a rough manner.
- hackableAdjective
That can be hacked or broken into; insecure, vulnerable.
- hackedVerb
simple past and past participle of hack
- hackieNoun
A taxicab driver.
- hackleNoun · Verb
An instrument with steel pins used to comb out flax or hemp.
- hackledVerb · Adjective
simple past and past participle of hackle
- hackmanNoun
The driver of a hack (a carriage, cab, or taxi).
- hackmatackNoun
A larch, a tree of the species Larix laricina.
- hackmenNoun
plural of hackman
- hackneyNoun · Adjective
An ordinary horse.
- hadalAdjective
Of or relating to the deepest parts of the ocean.
- hadeNoun · Verb
State; order, estate, rank, degree, or quality.
- hadedVerb
simple past and past participle of hade
- hadingVerb
present participle and gerund of hade
- hadithNoun
An eyewitness account of a saying or action of Muhammad or sometimes one of his companions not otherwise found in the Quran.
- hadronNoun
A composite particle that comprises two or more quarks held together by the strong force and (consequently) can interact with other particles via said force; a meson or a baryon.
- haedVerb
Pronunciation spelling of had
- haemNoun
Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, and UK standard spelling of heme.
- haemalAdjective
Pertaining to the blood or blood vessels.
- haematicAdjective · Noun
Alternative form of hematic.
- haematiteNoun
Alternative spelling of hematite.
- haemicAdjective
Alternative spelling of hemic.
- haeminNoun
Alternative spelling of hemin.
- haetVerb
Deliberate misspelling of hate.
- haffetNoun
The side of the head; the temples.
- haffitNoun
Alternative form of haffet.
- haftNoun · Verb
The handle of a tool or weapon.
- haftaraNoun
Alternative form of Haftarah.
- haftarahNoun
Alternative form of Haftarah.
- hagdonNoun
Any member of any of several species of sea birds of the genus Puffinus, especially, of species Ardenna gravis (syn. Puffinus gravis, Puffinus major; great shearwater) and of…
- haggadaProper noun
Alternative form of Aggadah.
- haggadahProper noun
The text which is recited at Seder during the first and second nights of Passover, focused on the freeing of Israel from Egyptian bondage as described in the Book of Exodus.
- haggardAdjective · Noun
Looking exhausted, worried, or poor in condition
- haggardlyAdjective · Adverb
Synonym of haggard.
- haggedAdjective · Verb
Like a hag; ugly.
- haggingVerb
present participle and gerund of hag
- haggleVerb
To argue for a better deal, especially over prices between a buyer and seller.
- haggledVerb
simple past and past participle of haggle
- hagglingVerb · Noun
present participle and gerund of haggle
- haickNoun
Alternative form of haik.
- haikNoun
A covering for the head and body worn by Arabs.
- hailNoun · Verb
Balls or pieces of ice falling as precipitation, often in connection with a thunderstorm.
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