5 Letter Words Starting With HI
There are 73 valid 5 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 5-Letter Words
US Scrabble (NWL)
hicky - 17 points
UK Scrabble (CSW)
hicky - 17 points
Words With Friends
hijab - 19 points
5 Letter Words (73)
View all words starting with HITop 20 Highest-Scoring 5 Letter Words Starting With hi
Point values shown for US Scrabble, UK Scrabble, and Words With Friends. The average across this full 73 word list is 34.1 combined points.
| Rank | Word | US Scrabble | UK Scrabble | WWF Points | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | hiant | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 |
| #2 | hiate | 8 | 8 | 7 | 23 |
| #3 | hibla | 10 | 10 | 11 | 31 |
| #4 | hicht | 13 | 13 | 12 | 38 |
| #5 | hichu | 13 | 13 | 13 | 39 |
| #6 | hicks | 14 | 14 | 14 | 42 |
| #7 | hicky | 17 | 17 | 16 | 50 |
| #8 | hided | 10 | 10 | 9 | 29 |
| #9 | hidel | 9 | 9 | 9 | 27 |
| #10 | hider | 9 | 9 | 8 | 26 |
| #11 | hides | 9 | 9 | 8 | 26 |
| #12 | hield | 9 | 9 | 9 | 27 |
| #13 | hiems | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| #14 | hienz | 17 | 17 | 17 | 51 |
| #15 | hiera | 8 | 8 | 7 | 23 |
| #16 | highs | 12 | 12 | 11 | 35 |
| #17 | hight | 12 | 12 | 11 | 35 |
| #18 | higra | 9 | 9 | 9 | 27 |
| 🏆 #19 | hijab | 17 | 17 | 19 | 53 |
| #20 | hijra | 15 | 15 | 16 | 46 |
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 HI will give you far more flexible options try 5 letter words starting with HI for a more practical middle ground.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the highest-scoring 5 letter word starting with hi?
hijab — worth 53 combined points (US Scrabble: 17, UK Scrabble: 17, Words With Friends: 19).
How many 5 letter words start with hi?
73 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 hi words will come up far more often.