6 Letter Words Starting With HI
There are 112 valid 6 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 6-Letter Words
US Scrabble (NWL)
hickey - 18 points
UK Scrabble (CSW)
hickey - 18 points
Words With Friends
hiccup - 18 points
6 Letter Words (112)
View all words starting with HITop 20 Highest-Scoring 6 Letter Words Starting With hi
Point values shown for US Scrabble, UK Scrabble, and Words With Friends. The average across this full 112 word list is 35.6 combined points.
| Rank | Word | US Scrabble | UK Scrabble | WWF Points | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | hiatal | 9 | 9 | 9 | 27 |
| #2 | hiatus | 9 | 9 | 9 | 27 |
| #3 | hibbin | 13 | 13 | 15 | 41 |
| #4 | hibito | 11 | 11 | 11 | 33 |
| #5 | hicaco | 13 | 13 | 14 | 40 |
| #6 | hiccup | 15 | 15 | 18 | 48 |
| #7 | hicker | 15 | 15 | 15 | 45 |
| #8 | hicket | 15 | 15 | 15 | 45 |
| 🏆 #9 | hickey | 18 | 18 | 17 | 53 |
| #10 | hickie | 15 | 15 | 15 | 45 |
| #11 | hidage | 11 | 11 | 11 | 33 |
| #12 | hidden | 11 | 11 | 11 | 33 |
| #13 | hidder | 11 | 11 | 10 | 32 |
| #14 | hiders | 10 | 10 | 9 | 29 |
| #15 | hiding | 11 | 11 | 12 | 34 |
| #16 | hieder | 10 | 10 | 9 | 29 |
| #17 | hieing | 10 | 10 | 11 | 31 |
| #18 | hiemal | 11 | 11 | 12 | 34 |
| #19 | hieron | 9 | 9 | 9 | 27 |
| #20 | hieros | 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 HI will give you far more flexible options try 6 letter words starting with HI for a more practical middle ground.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the highest-scoring 6 letter word starting with hi?
hickey — worth 53 combined points (US Scrabble: 18, UK Scrabble: 18, Words With Friends: 17).
How many 6 letter words start with hi?
112 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 hi words will come up far more often.