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8-letter words starting with HE

There are 218 8-letter words starting with HE in the standard word-game list. The most common are headache, helpless, hesitate, heavenly, heritage, headline.

Most common, with meanings

Word	Meaning	Points
headache	something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness	17
helpless	lacking in or deprived of strength or power	13
hesitate	pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness	11
heavenly	relating to or inhabiting a divine heaven	17
heritage	practices that are handed down from the past by tradition	12
headline	the heading or caption of a newspaper article	12
hedgehog	relatively large rodents with sharp erectile bristles mingled with the fur	17
headless	not having a head or formed without a head	12
heirloom	(law) any property that is considered by law or custom as inseparable from an inheritance is inherited with…	13
hellhole	any place of pain and turmoil	14
hesitant	lacking decisiveness of character; unable to act or decide quickly or firmly	11
hematoma	a localized swelling filled with blood	15
heartily	with gusto and without reservation	14
hellfire	a place of eternal fire envisaged as punishment for the damned	14
henchman	a man who assists in a plot	18
headband	a band worn around or over the head	15
helmsman	a man who steers a ship	15
henhouse	a farm building for housing poultry	14
headgear	clothing for the head	13
headlong	excessively quick	13
heighten	become more extreme	15
headlock	a wrestling hold in which the opponent's head is locked between the crook of your elbow and the side of your…	18
heredity	the biological process whereby genetic factors are transmitted from one generation to the next	15
herewith	(formal) by means of this	17
heckling	shouting to interrupt a speech with which you disagree	18
headachy	Suffering from a headache	20
headfish	among the largest bony fish; pelagic fish having an oval compressed body with high dorsal and anal fins and…	18
headgate	A primary gate or valve at an aqueduct or other source that can be opened or closed to regulate the flow of…	13
headhunt	To cut off, and preserve, the heads of one's enemies.	15
headlamp	a powerful light with reflector; attached to the front of an automobile or locomotive	16
headland	a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea)	13
headmost	Closest to the front of a group or pack	14
headnote	A note at the head of a page or chapter.	12
headrace	a waterway that feeds water to a mill or water wheel or turbine	14
headrest	a cushion attached to the top of the back of an automobile's seat to prevent whiplash	12
headroom	vertical space available to allow easy passage under something	14
headsail	any sail set forward of the foremast of a vessel	12
headship	the position of headmaster or headmistress	17
headsman	a male executioner who beheads the condemned person	14
headstay	the farthest forward forestay that runs from the bow or bowsprit to the top of the mast.	15
headwind	wind blowing opposite to the path of a ship or aircraft	16
headword	a content word that can be qualified by a modifier	16
headwork	Mental or intellectual labour; the use of logic and clear thinking.	19
healable	Receptive to treatment or cure.	13
hearable	heard or perceptible by the ear	13
hearting	Material used as fill between walls of greater structural integrity, especially in masonry.	12
heatable	capable of becoming hot	13
heatedly	in a heated manner	15
heathery	Of, pertaining to, or abundant in heather.	17
heatless	without generating heat	11
heavyset	having a short and solid form or stature	17
hebdomad	any period of seven consecutive days	17
hebetate	Obtuse; dull	13
hebetude	mental lethargy or dullness	14
hecatomb	a great sacrifice; an ancient Greek or Roman sacrifice of 100 oxen	17
hectical	Hectic	15
hedgehop	fly very close to the ground	18
hedgepig	A hedgehog.	16
hedgerow	a fence formed by a row of closely planted shrubs or bushes	16
hedonics	The ethical study of pleasure	14

All 218 words

headache
helpless
hesitate
heavenly
heritage
headline
hedgehog
headless
heirloom
hellhole
hesitant
hematoma
heartily
hellfire
henchman
headband
helmsman
henhouse
headgear
headlong
heighten
headlock
heredity
herewith
heckling
headachy
headfish
headgate
headhunt
headiest
headings
headlamp
headland
headmost
headnote
headpins
headrace
headrest
headroom
headsail
headsets
headship
headsman
headsmen
headstay
headways
headwind
headword
headwork
healable
hearable
hearings
hearkens
hearsays
hearsing
heartens
heartier
hearties
hearting
heatable
heatedly
heathens
heathers
heathery
heathier
heatless
heaviest
heavyset
hebdomad
hebetate
hebetude
hebraize
hecatomb
hecklers
hectares
hectical
hecticly
hectored
hedgehop
hedgepig
hedgerow
hedgiest
hedonics
hedonism
hedonist
heedless
heehawed
heelball
heelings
heelless
heelpost
heeltaps
heftiest
hegemony
hegumene
hegumens
hegumeny
heighths
heirdoms
heirless
heirship
heisters
heisting
hektares
heliacal
heliasts
helicity
helicoid
helicons
helicopt
helilift
helipads
heliport
helistop
hellbent
hellcats
hellions
hellkite
helloing
helmeted
helminth
helmless
helmsmen
helotage
helotism
helpable
helpings
helpmate
helpmeet
hemagogs
hematein
hematics
hematine
hematins
hematite
hematoid
hemiolas
hemiolia
hemipter
hemlines
hemlocks
hemocoel
hemocyte
hemolyze
hemostat
hempiest
hemplike
hempseed
hempweed
henbanes
henchmen
hencoops
henequen
henequin
heniquen
hennaing
henpecks
heparins
hepatica
hepatics
hepatize
hepatoma
heptagon
heptanes
heptarch
heptoses
heralded
heraldic
heraldry
herbages
herbaria
herbiest
herbless
herblike
hercules
herdlike
herdsman
herdsmen
hereaway
hereinto
heresies
heretics
heretrix
hereunto
hereupon
heritors
heritrix
hermaean
hermetic
hermitic
hermitry
herniate
heroical
heroines
heroisms
heroized
heroizes
herpetic
herrings
herrying
herstory
hessians
hessites
hetaerae
hetaeras
hetaeric
hetairai
hetairas
hexagons
hexagram
hexamine
hexaplar
hexaplas
hexapods
hexapody
hexarchy
hexereis
hexosans