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39 verified matches
The opening tile is already settled, leaving 4 places to test. HABIT keeps A, B, I, and T distinct after H, which makes it a useful comparison point rather than an automatic guess.
39 real matches in Wurdella
5-Letter Words Starting With H
39 playable 5-letter words begin with H, stretching alphabetically from HABIT to HYLEG. The first tile is already settled here, so the useful differences all sit in the remaining 4 places.
Repeated letters
13 answers repeat a letter
HAJJI, HAPAX, HAPPY, and HARRY are among the repeated-letter choices. For a cleaner letter test, compare them with HABIT, HAFIZ, and HALER.
Reading order
The list runs from HABIT to HYLEG
HABIT, HAFIZ, HAJJI, HALER, and HAPAX open the list; HYLEG is the final entry alphabetically.
All 39 matches from HABIT to HYLEG
This set is small enough for a single careful pass: HABIT opens it, HELOT marks the midpoint and HYLEG closes it. Cross out conflicts as you go instead of rereading the whole list after every clue.
- HABIT
- HAFIZ
- HAJJI
- HALER
- HAPAX
- HAPPY
- HARRY
- HASTE
- HATCH
- HAUGH
- HAVEN
- HAVOC
- HAZEL
- HEART
- HEAVY
- HEDGE
- HEIAU
- HEIST
- HELLO
- HELOT
- HEMIC
- HEVEA
- HILUM
- HINGE
- HITCH
- HOARD
- HOBBY
- HOMME
- HONEY
- HORSE
- HOTEL
- HOUFF
- HOUSE
- HOVEL
- HOVER
- HUMAN
- HUMIC
- HURST
- HYLEG
What separates these 39 candidates
E, A, and O appear across the open parts of the list more often than the other movable letters. HABIT exposes 4 distinct letters outside the fixed clue: A, B, I, and T.
Leaders in open positions
- second: A in 13 words
- third: L in 5 words
- fourth: E in 9 words
- fifth: E in 6 words
Movable letters seen most often
- E appears outside the fixed clue in 22 candidates
- A appears outside the fixed clue in 19 candidates
- O appears outside the fixed clue in 13 candidates
- I appears outside the fixed clue in 10 candidates
- T appears outside the fixed clue in 9 candidates
Vowel count across the matches
29 of the 39 matches use 2 vowels. HABIT is one concrete example of that shape.
1 vowel: 72 vowels: 293 vowels: 24 vowels: 1
H owns the opening square
Why HABIT is worth comparing
Keep H anchored at the front and compare the remaining tiles, not the whole word. HABIT checks 4 different follow-up letters—A, B, I, and T—so any gray among them removes that word immediately and may clear several neighbors from the list too.
HABIT belongs here because it starts with H; that alone does not make it legal on your current board. Submit it only when A, B, I, and T also agree with the feedback you have already earned.
Browse solving strategies →Meanings found in this 39-word result set
Every match on this page has a glossary note. The entries for HABIT, HAFIZ, and HAJJI show the exact sense Wurdella uses, which is worth checking before an unfamiliar spelling costs a turn.
- HABIT
- A behavior or action repeated regularly, often automatically.
- HAFIZ
- A Muslim who has memorized the entire Quran; also used as an honorific title.
- HAJJI
- An honorific for a Muslim who has completed the pilgrimage to Mecca.
- HALER
- A former minor monetary unit used in Czechoslovakia, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and related currencies.
- HAPAX
- A word or expression that occurs only once within a particular text, author, or body of work.
- HAPPY
- Feeling or showing pleasure, contentment, or joy.
- HARRY
- To repeatedly trouble, attack, or pressure someone.
- HASTE
- Excessive speed or urgency in action or movement.
- HATCH
- To emerge from an egg or cause an egg to open.
- HAUGH
- A low-lying meadow or flat area beside a river, especially in Scottish and northern English usage.
- HAVEN
- A place of safety, shelter, or peace.
- HAVOC
- Widespread chaos, damage, or destruction.
- HAZEL
- A greenish-brown color, or a type of shrub or tree.
- HEART
- A muscular organ that pumps blood through the circulatory system.
- HEAVY
- Having a great weight compared with its size.
- HEDGE
- A row of bushes forming a boundary.
- HEIAU
- A traditional Hawaiian temple, shrine, or sacred ceremonial site.
- HEIST
- A planned theft, especially of valuable property.
Keep H in front and change one other condition
From 5-Letter Words Starting With H, the nearest alternative is 5-Letter Words Starting With A, currently with 140 matches. Use the links below only when new board feedback changes the constraint you actually know.
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5-Letter Words Starting With P
Open list →Try HABIT only with H already fixed first
Return to HABIT only when the first square is confirmed as H. Keep every green where it is, move every yellow, and reject the word immediately if one of A, B, I, and T has already turned gray.