6 Letter Words Starting With HE
There are 232 valid 6 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 6-Letter Words
US Scrabble (NWL)
headly - 13 points
UK Scrabble (CSW)
headly - 13 points
Words With Friends
headly - 12 points
6 Letter Words (232)
View all words starting with HETop 20 Highest-Scoring 6 Letter Words Starting With he
Point values shown for US Scrabble, UK Scrabble, and Words With Friends. The average across this full 232 word list is 30.0 combined points.
| Rank | Word | US Scrabble | UK Scrabble | WWF Points | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | headed | 11 | 11 | 10 | 32 |
| #2 | header | 10 | 10 | 9 | 29 |
| #3 | headle | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| 🏆 #4 | headly | 13 | 13 | 12 | 38 |
| #5 | healds | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| #6 | healed | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| #7 | healee | 9 | 9 | 9 | 27 |
| #8 | healer | 9 | 9 | 9 | 27 |
| #9 | health | 12 | 12 | 11 | 35 |
| #10 | heaped | 12 | 12 | 12 | 36 |
| #11 | heaper | 11 | 11 | 11 | 33 |
| #12 | heards | 10 | 10 | 9 | 29 |
| #13 | hearer | 9 | 9 | 8 | 26 |
| #14 | heares | 9 | 9 | 8 | 26 |
| #15 | hearie | 9 | 9 | 8 | 26 |
| #16 | hearse | 9 | 9 | 8 | 26 |
| #17 | hearst | 9 | 9 | 8 | 26 |
| #18 | hearsy | 12 | 12 | 10 | 34 |
| #19 | hearth | 12 | 12 | 10 | 34 |
| #20 | hearts | 9 | 9 | 8 | 26 |
Where 6 Letter Words Fit on the Board
At 6 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 6 letter words starting with HE for a more practical middle ground.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the highest-scoring 6 letter word starting with he?
headly — worth 38 combined points (US Scrabble: 13, UK Scrabble: 13, Words With Friends: 12).
How many 6 letter words start with he?
232 valid words, combining entries from NWL2023, CSW24, and the Words With Friends dictionary.
Are 6 letter words realistic to actually play?
Only occasionally — you'd need most of your rack plus letters already on the board to reach 6 tiles. They're worth knowing for the rare bingo-extension play, but for regular turns, shorter he words will come up far more often.