5 Letter Words Starting With HE (93 Words)

Common 5-letter words that start with HE

With their Scrabble points and, for the first 16, a short meaning, most used first.

heart★8the locus of feelings and intuitions
heard★9to perceive by the ear
heavy★14having much weight
hello★8an expression of greeting
helps★10to give assistance to
heads★9the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals
hence★10in a consequent manner
herbs★10a flowering plant with a nonwoody stem
heath★11an evergreen shrub
heels★8the bottom of a shoe or boot
hedge★10a fence formed by a row of closely planted shrubs or bushes
hears★8to perceive by the ear
heron★8a bird of genus Tigriornis
heirs★8a person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another
heats★8a form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature
heres★8this place

93 of the 12,982 5-letter words start with HE (1%).
69 are good in NWL2023, 93 in Collins Scrabble Words, 69 in WOW24 and 65 in the Words With Friends list. 20 are everyday words.
In Scrabble points, hexyl scores the most (18), then hertz, heeze and hejab (17 each), then two words on 16.