5 Letter Words Ending in H
Need five-letter words that end in H? There are 356 valid 5 letter words ending in H, and 105 of them are common everyday words. The most used is which. Use the finder for your Wordle clues, or browse the lists below. To search all words at once, use the 5 letter words finder.
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5 letter words ending in H at a glance
- Valid words
- 356
- Common words
- 105
- Most common
- which
- Top Scrabble score (common)
- which 16 pts
- Top Scrabble score (all)
- zilch 19 pts
- Best Wordle guess in this set
- teach
- The 1st letter is B in 12% of common words.
- The 2nd letter is O in 22% of common words.
- The 3rd letter is A in 18% of common words.
- The 4th letter is C in 46% of common words.
Common 5 letter words ending in H (105)
The words with 5 letters ending in H you're most likely to know, most used first.
- which16
- death9
- south8
- north8
- watch13
- march12
- month10
- worth11
- match12
- earth8
- truth8
- coach12
- reach10
- beach12
- touch10
- smith10
- catch12
- fresh11
- mouth10
- faith11
- fifth14
- birth10
- tough9
- youth11
- teach10
- laugh9
- lunch10
- teeth8
- bunch12
- crash10
- depth11
- rough9
- flash11
- pitch12
- trash8
- forth11
- bench12
- sixth15
- punch12
- brush10
- flesh11
- patch12
- couch12
- crush10
- harsh11
- witch13
- booth10
- smash10
- tooth8
- ninth8
- graph11
- cloth10
- ranch10
- width12
- weigh12
- clash10
- cough11
- lynch13
- tenth8
- batch12
- ditch11
- marsh10
- dough10
- porch12
- hatch13
- flush11
- notch10
- peach12
- heath11
- pinch12
- torch10
- thigh12
- wrath11
- fetch13
- slash8
- blush10
- finch13
- stash8
- birch12
- leash8
- berth10
- roach10
- pouch12
- hitch13
- filth11
- broth10
- butch12
- welch13
- latch10
- plush10
- perch12
- beech12
- fitch13
- leach10
- lymph15
- epoch12
- firth11
- leech10
- vouch13
- sloth8
- munch12
- hunch13
- morph12
- hutch13
- winch13
How to find a five-letter word that ends in an H
Looking for 5 letter words that end with H to solve a Wordle? The finder above already has H in the last green box; add your other clues.
A real example from our word list: the answer is BENCH, and all you know is that it ends in H, which leaves 105 common words. Open with TEACH, the guess that splits this set most evenly.
Guess 1: TEACH E, C and H are green, and the rest are grey. That leaves 5 possible answers: bench, welch, perch, beech and leech.
Guess 2: BEECH B, E, C and H are green, and the rest are grey. That leaves 1 possible answer.
Guess 3: BENCH All five letters are green. Solved in 3.
What comes before the final H?
The most common endings are -CH (46%), -TH (29%) and -SH (16%). If you know the last letter is H, these pairs are the best place to start for the fourth letter.
| Ends in | Number of common words | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| -CH | 48 | which, watch, march, match |
| -TH | 30 | death, south, north, month |
| -SH | 17 | fresh, crash, flash, trash |
| -GH | 7 | tough, laugh, rough, weigh |
| -PH | 3 | graph, lymph, morph |
What the most common ones mean
- death
- nounthe event of dying or departure from life
- south
- nounthe region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line
- north
- nounthe region of the United States lying to the north of the Mason-Dixon line
- watch
- verblook attentively
- march
- verbmarch in a procession
- month
- nounone of the twelve divisions of the calendar year
- worth
- nounan indefinite quantity of something having a specified value
- match
- verbbe compatible, similar or consistent
- earth
- nounthe 3rd planet from the sun
- truth
- nouna fact that has been verified
- coach
- verbteach and supervise (someone)
- reach
- verbreach a destination, either real or abstract
- beach
- nounan area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake
- touch
- verbmake physical contact with, come in contact with
- smith
- nounRhodesian statesman who declared independence of Zimbabwe from Great Britain (born in 1919)
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
About 5 letter words ending in H
Most 5 letter words ending in H end in CH, SH or TH: beach, flash, south, teeth, watch, fresh. -GH is less common but appears in laugh, rough and tough. Because H endings are nearly always pairs, finding the fourth letter is the key step. In Wordle, testing C, S and T in the fourth spot usually tells you which pair it is in one guess.
H ranks 11 out of 26 as a last letter for 5 letter words.
Common endings with H
H endings come in four families. -CH is the largest: bench, catch, coach, couch, lunch, match, patch, pitch, punch, reach, teach and touch. -TH words include birth, death, depth, earth, faith, fifth, month, mouth, north, truth and youth. -SH words include brush, crash, crush, harsh and trash. -GH words include laugh and weigh. In Wordle, a single guess that tests C, T and S in the fourth spot usually tells you which family you're in. For H at the start, see 5 letter words starting with H.
Vowels in 5 letter words ending in H
A is the most common vowel here, appearing in 31% of the common words, followed by O (26%) and U (24%). The least common is I (20%).
69% have just one vowel, like which, north, watch and march.
A few have no A, E, I, O or U at all, because Y does the vowel's job: lynch, psych, synth, lymph and nymph.
Nouns, verbs and adjectives
By main meaning (WordNet), there are 70 nouns, 27 verbs, 6 adjectives and 1 adverb.
Nouns include death, south and north. Verbs include watch, march and match. Adjectives include fresh, tough and rough. Adverbs include forth.
Best Wordle guesses that end in H
Top guesses, with the average number of the 105 common words each leaves: TEACH (8.2), TORCH (8.4), EARTH (8.5), TOUCH (9.3) and CLOTH (9.7).
22% repeat a letter, and 5 have a double letter, like teeth, booth, tooth and beech.
Highest-scoring 5 letter words ending in H in Scrabble
Top common words: which (16), sixth (15) and lymph (15). All valid words: zilch (19), quich (19) and nudzh (18). 22 words reach 15 points or more.
All 356 valid 5 letter words ending in H251 rarer words accepted in Scrabble and Wordle, not shown above. Plurals are marked.
- dutch11
- welsh11
- ralph10
- mitch12
- psych15
- torah8
- synth11
- garth9
- merch12
- slush8
- hough12
- pooch12
- brash10
- saith8
- waugh12
- girth9
- mulch12
- swish11
- nymph15
- burgh11
- lough9
- neath8
- swath11
- conch12
- lurch10
- gulch11
- awash11
- froth11
- quash17
- shush11
- bough11
- glyph14
- poach12
- loath8
- wench13
- cinch12
- rajah15
- mirth10
- oomph12
- frith11
- hooch13
- meath10
- staph10
- myrrh13
- larch10
- surah8
- sangh9
- synch13
- neigh9
- ummah12
- zilch19
- loach10
- selah8
- syrah11
- mooch12
- botch12
- aleph10
- delph11
- sooth8
- cooch12
- ketch14
- frosh11
- belch12
- bokeh14
- goeth9
- tench10
- hotch13
- swash11
- kutch14
- humph15
- mutch12
- vetch13
- milch12
- natch10
- cutch12
- troth8
- haugh12
- routh8
- furth11
- slosh8
- wroth11
- umrah10
- quoth17
- marah10
- stich10
- brach12
- arish8
- dawah12
- retch10
- shish11
- gnash9
- heigh12
- broch12
- doeth9
- whish14
- bandh11
- sylph13
- filch13
- laith8
- smush10
- nikah12
- bekah14
- woosh11
- aargh9
- brith10
- obeah10
- titch10
- misch12
- keech14
- laich10
- potch12
- beath10
- aitch10
- mynah13
- knish12
- letch10
- subah10
- latah8
- rotch10
- sough9
- lauch10
- pilch12
- galah9
- tilth8
- arrah8
- couth10
- kench14
- musth10
- parch12
- ephah13
- laigh9
- brugh11
- chich15
- haith11
- linch10
- kotch14
- airth8
- swith11
- baith10
- sawah11
- mouch12
- plash10
- ratch10
- azoth17
- fouth11
- blash10
- gulph11
- cwtch15
- faugh12
- heugh12
- maneh10
- almah10
- orach10
- shash11
- apish10
- bimah12
- solah8
- ahigh12
- tuath8
- frush11
- belah10
- abash10
- clach12
- dunch11
- almeh10
- anigh9
- biach12
- brogh11
- bumph14
- bundh11
- caneh10
- cheth13
- crith10
- crwth13
- cuish10
- culch12
- curch12
- dadah10
- daych14
- deash9
- derth9
- donah9
- doseh9
- dunsh9
- flosh11
- fowth14
- ganch11
- gerah9
- girsh9
- gouch11
- grith9
- gursh9
- hanch13
- heuch13
- hewgh15
- hilch13
- hoosh11
- horah11
- illth8
- kaneh12
- kaugh13
- khaph17
- kheth15
- lanch10
- leish8
- leuch10
- leugh9
- lotah8
- luach10
- meith10
- mensh10
- mulsh10
- nauch10
- nudzh18
- omlah10
- omrah10
- plesh10
- pujah17
- quich19
- qursh17
- rayah11
- reech10
- rewth11
- rowth11
- runch10
- sauch10
- saugh9
- scath10
- sieth8
- sirih8
- skosh12
- slish8
- snash8
- snath8
- snush8
- sokah12
- sowth11
- sposh10
- sulph10
- sumph12
- taish8
- tavah11
- teuch10
- teugh9
- uneth8
- vauch13
- wersh11
- yecch15
- yirth11
- yrneh11
- yucch15
Questions people ask
How many 5 letter words ending in H are there?
356 valid words; 105 of them are common everyday words.
What is a five-letter word that ends in an H?
The most common is which. Other everyday examples are death, south and north.
What is the best Wordle guess that ends in H?
teach, leaving about 8.2 possible answers on average.
Which 5 letter word ending in H scores the most in Scrabble?
Among common words, which scores 16 points. Among all valid words, zilch scores 19.
What 5 letter words start with B and end in H?
B is the most common first letter for these words (13 of the common words). Examples: beach, birth, bunch and bench.
Do more 5 letter words end with H or start with H?
356 valid 5 letter words end with H, compared with 478 that start with it. See 5 letter words starting with H.
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