Five-letter word list

5 Letter Words Ends with H

Every word below finishes with H and contains exactly five letters. Try beach, teeth or month as strong ideas for word games. Great for Wordle, Scrabble, quizzes and daily practice.

500matching five-letter words

Five-letter words ending in H

aargh
abash
abush
agrah
agush
ahigh
ahush
airth
aitch
aleph
alish
allah
almah
almeh
amish
anigh
apish
arach
arish
arith
aroph
arrah
awash
azoch
azoth
baith
bamah
bandh
bargh
barih
batch
bauch
beach
beath
beech
beeth
bekah
belah
belch
bench
bensh
berth
biach
bilch
bilsh
bimah
birch
birth
bitch
blash
blush
bokeh
boodh
booth
borgh
botch
bouch
bough
brach
brash
breth
brith
broch
brogh
broth
brugh
brush
bumph
bunch
bundh
burgh
butch
canch
caneh
catch
cauch
cheth
chich
cinch
clach
clash
clich
closh
cloth
coach
conch
cooch
cooth
corah
cotch
couch
cough
couth
crash
crith
crush
cruth
crwth
cuish
culch
curch
cutch
cwtch
cyath
dabuh
dadah
datch
dawah
daych
deash
death
delph
depoh
depth
derah
derth
ditch
doeth
donah
doseh
dough
drogh
dryth
dunch
dunsh
dutch
earsh
earth
eoith
ephah
epoch
faith
fardh
farth
faugh
felch
ferth
fetch
fifth
filch
filth
finch
firth
fitch
flash
flesh
flosh
flush
forth
fotch
fouth
fowth
fresh
frith
frosh
froth
frush
fulth
furth
galah
ganch
gareh
garth
gatch
gerah
getah
girsh
girth
glyph
gnash
goeth
gotch
gouch
graph
griph
grith
grush
gryph
gulch
gulph
gursh
haith
halch
hanch
harsh
hatch
haugh
heath
heigh
heuch
heugh
hewgh
heygh
hilch
hitch
hooch
hoosh
horah
hotch
hough
hulch
humph
hunch
hutch
ichth
idgah
illth
jough
kaneh
karch
kauch
kaugh
keach
keech
keleh
kench
kerch
ketch
khaph
kheth
kileh
kinah
klosh
knish
kotch
kulah
kutch
laich
laigh
laith
lanch
larch
latah
latch
lauch
laugh
leach
leash
leath
leech
leish
lench
lenth
letch
leuch
leugh
lewth
liesh
linch
loach
loath
looch
lotah
louch
lough
lowth
luach
lunch
lurch
lymph
lynch
maneh
marah
march
marsh
match
maugh
meach
meath
meech
meeth
meith
melch
mensh
merch
mergh
milch
minah
mirth
misch
mitch
month
mooch
mooth
morph
morth
mouch
mouth
mowch
mowth
mulch
mulsh
munch
musth
mutch
mynah
myrrh
naish
nasch
natch
nauch
neath
neigh
nikah
ninth
nitch
north
notch
nowch
nudzh
nunch
nymph
obeah
omlah
omrah
oomph
orach
palch
parah
parch
pasch
patch
peach
perch
pilch
pinch
pitch
plash
plesh
plush
poach
pooch
porch
potch
pouch
prich
psych
pujah
punch
quash
quegh
quich
quoth
qursh
raash
rajah
ralph
ranch
ratch
rayah
reach
reech
retch
rewth
rinch
roach
rotch
rough
routh
rowth
ruach
runch
rutch
saith
sangh
sauch
saugh
sawah
scath
seech
selah
semih
sereh
seugh
shash
sheth
shiah
shish
shush
sidth
sieth
sirih
sitch
sixth
skosh
slash
slath
slich
slish
slosh
sloth
slush
smash
smeth
smich
smith
smush
smyth
snash
snath
snush
sokah
solah
sooth
sough
south
sowth
spath
sposh
staph
stash
stech
stegh
stich
stith
stosh
subah
subch
sulph
sumph
surah
swash
swath
swish
swith
swosh
sylph
synch
synth
syrah
taich
taish
tavah
teach
teeth
tench
tenth
tetch
teuch
teugh
theah
thigh
tilth
titch
toosh
tooth
torah
torch
touch
tough
trash
troch
troth
trush
truth
tuath
ummah
umrah
uneth
vauch
vetch
vlach
vouch
walth
warch
warth
watch
wauch
waugh
wawah
weesh
weigh
welch
welsh
wench
wersh
which
whish
whush
width
winch
witch
woosh
worth
wouch
wough
wrath
writh
wroth
yamph
yarth
yecch
yeech
yerth
yirth
youth
yrneh
yucch
zakah
zilch

Letters in the open positions

Looking at the fourth letter, “C” (177, 35.4%), “T” (111, 22.2%), “S” (79, 15.8%), “A” (49, 9.8%) appear most often. This measures the character immediately before the final letter, rather than the word's first internal letter. Percentages use all 500 matching words as the denominator.

Most words ending in H finish in one of three letter pairs, CH, TH or SH, which makes them easy to spot. Knowing the last letter gives you a head start in Wordle, Scrabble and crosswords, because it removes many of the possible answers straight away. A little pattern spotting goes a long way here.

Common Endings for Words That End in H

The quickest way to sort these words is by their last two letters. The CH ending gives WHICH, WATCH and MARCH; the TH ending gives NORTH, SOUTH and MONTH; the SH ending gives FRESH, BRUSH and FLASH.

Useful five-letter words

WHICH, DEATH, SOUTH, NORTH and WATCH are among the most familiar words on the page, so they make sensible first guesses. MARCH, MONTH and WORTH are worth keeping in reserve.

WHICH
DEATH
SOUTH
NORTH
WATCH

A Wordle Tip for This Ending

Test C and T in the fourth box first, because CH and TH are behind most of the common words. S is the next one to try, which gives you words like FRESH and BRUSH. After that, the opening letters decide which of the likely words fits.

Playing H Words in Scrabble

In Scrabble, H is worth four points, so it is a valuable tile, and placing it on a premium square can make a real difference. Knowing words like WHICH, DEATH and SOUTH makes it easier to use the tile when it turns up late in a game.

Common starting letters in words ending in H

The most frequent starting letter is S, appearing in 67 words (13.4%). This shows how the words sharing the H ending are distributed across different beginnings.

Frequently asked questions

Is H a hard letter to place in Wordle

It can feel that way because it rarely stands alone at the end. It almost always follows C, T or S, so once you have the last two boxes the rest of the word usually falls into place.

Is H a common last letter in Wordle

H is a fairly common ending in five letter words. Knowing the usual spelling patterns is more helpful than guessing blindly.

What are good words ending in H to guess first

WHICH, DEATH and SOUTH are good places to start, because they are familiar and spread across different letters. NORTH and WATCH make good follow ups.