5-Letter Words Starting With HO

17 common words and 188 valid guesses start with "HO". Pick from here to refine your next guess.

17 common words188 valid words

Common Words (17)

Words most likely to be the answer.

hoard
homer
howdy
honey
house
horny
hovel
hotly
hoist
horde
hover
honor
holly
hobby
hotel
horse
hound

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (171)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

hoagy
hoang
hoare
hoars
hoary
hoast
hoban
hobbs
hobey
hobic
hobie
hobis
hoboe
hobos
hocco
hocks
hocky
hocus
hodad
hoddy
hoder
hodge
hodur
hoers
hoeve
hofei
hofer
hoffa
hofuf
hogan
hogen
hoggs
hoggy
hogle
hogni
hogue
hoick
hoise
hokah
hokan
hoked
hoker
hokes
hokey
hokku
hokum
holds
holed
holer
holes
holey
holgu
holia
holks
holla
holle
holli
hollo
holms
holna
holst
holts
holtz
holub
homam
homed
homes
homey
homme
homos
honan
honda
hondo
honed
honer
hones
hongs
honig
honks
honky
honna
honus
honzo
hooch
hoods
hoody
hooey
hoofs
hoofy
hooge
hoogh
hooka
hooke
hooks
hooky
hooly
hoopa
hoops
hoose
hoosh
hoots
hooty
hoove
hooye
hopak
hoped
hopeh
hopei
hoper
hopes
hopin
hopis
hoppe
hoppo
hoppy
horae
horah
horal
horan
horas
horeb
horim
horla
horme
horne
horns
horol
horry
horsa
horst
horsy
horta
horus
hosea
hosed
hosel
hosen
hoses
hoshi
hosta
hosts
hotch
hotei
hotol
hotta
hotze
houck
hough
hoult
houma
houri
hours
houss
housy
houve
hoven
hovey
howea
howel
howes
howey
howff
howfs
howie
howks
howls
howso
hoxha
hoxie
hoyas
hoyle

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 188 matches.

Most common letters

h188
o188
e71
s58
a38
r38
l33
y31
n30
k21

Most common letter by position

The most common letter in the 3rd position is o, appearing in 21 of 188 words.

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 55 with 1 unique vowel
  • 116 with 2 unique vowels
  • 17 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -ey · 8 words
  • -er · 8 words
  • -es · 7 words
  • -ed · 6 words
  • -an · 5 words

Strategy

17 answers start with "HO". Use the common endings shown above to lock in your remaining green letters.

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