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13 Letter Words Starting With HI

There are 66 valid 13 letter words that start with HI, 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)

hieroglyphize - 34 points

UK Scrabble (CSW)

hieroglyphize - 34 points

Words With Friends

hibernicizing - 34 points

13 Letter Words (66)

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Top 20 Highest-Scoring 13 Letter Words Starting With hi

Point values shown for US Scrabble, UK Scrabble, and Words With Friends. The average across this full 66 word list is 73.1 combined points.

Rank Word US Scrabble UK Scrabble WWF Points Total
#1 hibernaculums 22 22 28 72
#2 hibernicising 21 21 25 67
#3 hibernicizing 30 30 34 94
#4 hibernisation 18 18 20 56
#5 hibernization 27 27 29 83
#6 hibernologist 19 19 22 60
#7 hideboundness 20 20 23 63
#8 hideousnesses 17 17 18 52
#9 hieracosphinx 30 30 31 91
#10 hierarchising 22 22 23 67
#11 hierarchizing 31 31 32 94
#12 hierocratical 20 20 22 62
#13 hieroglyphics 27 27 28 82
#14 hieroglyphing 26 26 28 80
#15 hieroglyphist 25 25 25 75
🏆 #16 hieroglyphize 34 34 34 102
#17 hierogrammate 21 21 23 65
#18 hierogrammats 21 21 23 65
#19 hierographers 22 22 22 66
#20 hierographies 22 22 22 66

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 HI will give you far more flexible options try 13 letter words starting with HI for a more practical middle ground.

Frequently Asked Questions

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

hieroglyphize — worth 102 combined points (US Scrabble: 34, UK Scrabble: 34, Words With Friends: 34).

How many 13 letter words start with hi?

66 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 hi words will come up far more often.