5 Letter Words Starting With HE
There are 129 valid 5 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 5-Letter Words
US Scrabble (NWL)
heazy - 20 points
UK Scrabble (CSW)
heazy - 20 points
Words With Friends
heazy - 18 points
5 Letter Words (129)
View all words starting with HETop 20 Highest-Scoring 5 Letter Words Starting With he
Point values shown for US Scrabble, UK Scrabble, and Words With Friends. The average across this full 129 word list is 30.6 combined points.
| Rank | Word | US Scrabble | UK Scrabble | WWF Points | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | heads | 9 | 9 | 8 | 26 |
| #2 | heady | 12 | 12 | 10 | 34 |
| #3 | heald | 9 | 9 | 9 | 27 |
| #4 | heals | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 |
| #5 | heame | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| #6 | heaps | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| #7 | heapy | 13 | 13 | 12 | 38 |
| #8 | heard | 9 | 9 | 8 | 26 |
| #9 | heare | 8 | 8 | 7 | 23 |
| #10 | hears | 8 | 8 | 7 | 23 |
| #11 | heart | 8 | 8 | 7 | 23 |
| #12 | heast | 8 | 8 | 7 | 23 |
| #13 | heath | 11 | 11 | 9 | 31 |
| #14 | heats | 8 | 8 | 7 | 23 |
| #15 | heave | 11 | 11 | 11 | 33 |
| #16 | heavy | 14 | 14 | 13 | 41 |
| 🏆 #17 | heazy | 20 | 20 | 18 | 58 |
| #18 | heben | 10 | 10 | 11 | 31 |
| #19 | hebes | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| #20 | hecco | 12 | 12 | 13 | 37 |
Where 5 Letter Words Fit on the Board
At 5 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 5 letter words starting with HE for a more practical middle ground.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the highest-scoring 5 letter word starting with he?
heazy — worth 58 combined points (US Scrabble: 20, UK Scrabble: 20, Words With Friends: 18).
How many 5 letter words start with he?
129 valid words, combining entries from NWL2023, CSW24, and the Words With Friends dictionary.
Are 5 letter words realistic to actually play?
Only occasionally — you'd need most of your rack plus letters already on the board to reach 5 tiles. They're worth knowing for the rare bingo-extension play, but for regular turns, shorter he words will come up far more often.