5-Letter Words Starting With HU
There are 53 five-letter words starting with HU, including 9 common puzzle answers. A handy list for Wordle and other five-letter word games.
Popular 5-Letter Puzzle Words Starting With HU
Common puzzle answers are everyday words of the kind word puzzles choose as solutions, most common first. Plurals and rare words are valid guesses but rarely answers, so they're listed separately below.
- HUMAN A member of the species characterized by intelligence and upright posture
- HUMOR The quality of being funny or amusing
- HURRY A condition of urgency making it necessary to move quickly
- HUMID Containing or characterized by a great deal of water vapor
- HUSKY A breed of strong arctic sled dog with a thick coat
- HUNCH An intuitive feeling that something might be the case
- HUTCH A cage for keeping small animals like rabbits
- HUMUS Partially decomposed organic matter in soil
- HUMPH An exclamation expressing doubt or dissatisfaction
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Useful Pattern Information
- Most common last letter: S (40%), Y (26%), A (9%)
- Most common additional vowel: A, in 17% of these words
- Letters that most often appear alongside: S, Y, R, M, A
- Most have 1 vowel (57%)
- 43% contain a repeated letter
- 9 of the 53 are common puzzle answers (17%)
Other Valid Words
44 additional dictionary words start with HU — valid guesses, though rarely answers. Most common first.
- HURTS
- HUBBY
- HUNTS
- HURST
- HULLS
- HUNKY
- HUSKS
- HUMPS
- HUNKS
- HURLS
- HUMIC
- HULKS
- HUBBA
- HUFFY
- HUSSY
- HUFFS
- HULLO
- HUGGY
- HUGER
- HURLY
- HUKOU
- HUMPY
- HUNDO
- HUDUD
- HURTY
- HURRA
- HUCKS
- HULLY
- HULAS
- HULES
Show all 44 words All 44 words
- HUMAS
- HUERS
- HUIES
- HUSHY
- HURDS
- HUSOS
- HUIAS
- HUTIA
- HULKY
- HUZZY
- HUZZA
- HUHUS
- HUMFS
- HUDNA
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Generated from the TurnWord word database, the dictionary behind the Word Solver and Word Bot. Common puzzle answers are our curated answer list, the everyday words word puzzles tend to use as answers — not the official answer list of any game; every other word is a valid guess. Counts and statistics are computed from this list. Word database updated September 19, 2026.