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13 Letter Words Starting With HE

There are 321 valid 13 letter words that start with HE, drawn from NWL2023, CSW24, and Words With Friends. Sorted below by score, with the single highest scorer called out.

Highest Scoring 13-Letter Words

US Scrabble (NWL)

headquartered - 27 points

UK Scrabble (CSW)

headquartered - 27 points

Words With Friends

headquartered - 27 points

13 Letter Words (321)

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Top 20 Highest-Scoring 13 Letter Words Starting With he

Point values shown for US Scrabble, UK Scrabble, and Words With Friends. The average across this full 321 word list is 65.1 combined points.

Rank Word US Scrabble UK Scrabble WWF Points Total
#1 headmistressy 22 22 21 65
🏆 #2 headquartered 27 27 27 81
#3 headshrinkers 24 24 23 71
#4 healthfulness 22 22 24 68
#5 healthinesses 19 19 19 57
#6 heartbreakers 22 22 22 66
#7 heartbreaking 23 23 25 71
#8 heartbrokenly 25 25 26 76
#9 heartburnings 19 19 23 61
#10 hearthwarming 25 25 26 76
#11 heartlessness 16 16 17 49
#12 heartsickness 22 22 23 67
#13 heartsomeness 18 18 19 55
#14 heartsoreness 16 16 16 48
#15 heartwounding 21 21 24 66
#16 heathennesses 19 19 19 57
#17 hebdomadaries 22 22 23 67
#18 hebeosteotomy 23 23 23 69
#19 hebephreniacs 25 25 27 77
#20 hebraisations 18 18 19 55

Where 13 Letter Words Fit on the Board

At 13 letters, a word almost always uses your entire rack plus tiles already on the board these are realistically bingo-adjacent plays rather than everyday moves, which is why the list leans heavily on compound and suffixed forms (-nesses, -ation, -izing). If you're looking for words you can play more often, shorter lengths starting with HE will give you far more flexible options try 13 letter words starting with HE for a more practical middle ground.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the highest-scoring 13 letter word starting with he?

headquartered — worth 81 combined points (US Scrabble: 27, UK Scrabble: 27, Words With Friends: 27).

How many 13 letter words start with he?

321 valid words, combining entries from NWL2023, CSW24, and the Words With Friends dictionary.

Are 13 letter words realistic to actually play?

Only occasionally — you'd need most of your rack plus letters already on the board to reach 13 tiles. They're worth knowing for the rare bingo-extension play, but for regular turns, shorter he words will come up far more often.