8-letter words with HOR in the middle
Delve into the fascinating world of words where the letter HOR is nestled in the middle. This section highlights the unique placement of HOR in various words, illustrating how it contributes to their sound and meaning. From everyday language to more unusual terms, discover how HOR in the middle shapes the essence of these words.
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| shortcut | 13 | a route shorter than the usual one | - |
| thorough | 15 | without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers | a thorough nuisance |
| shortage | 12 | an acute insufficiency | - |
| offshore | 17 | (of winds) coming from the land | offshore winds |
| seashore | 11 | the shore of a sea or ocean | - |
| euphoria | 13 | a feeling of great (usually exaggerated) elation | - |
| euphoric | 15 | exaggerated feeling of well-being or elation | - |
| bullhorn | 13 | a portable loudspeaker with built-in microphone and amplifier | - |
| shorties | 11 | - | - |
| thoracic | 15 | of or relating to the chest or thorax | - |
| plethora | 13 | extreme excess | - |
| abhorred | 14 | - | - |
| seahorse | 11 | small fish with horse-like heads bent sharply downward and curled tails; swim in upright position | - |
| longhorn | 12 | long-horned beef cattle formerly common in southwestern United States | - |
| whoreson | 14 | insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous | - |
| hawthorn | 17 | a spring-flowering shrub or small tree of the genus Crataegus | - |
| shoehorn | 14 | a device used for easing the foot into a shoe | - |
| warhorse | 14 | an experienced person who has been through many battles; someone who has given long service | - |
| whoredom | 17 | offering sexual intercourse for pay | - |
| choruses | 13 | - | - |
| unhorsed | 12 | - | - |
| sawhorse | 14 | a framework for holding wood that is being sawed | - |
| aphorism | 15 | a short pithy instructive saying | - |
| urochord | 14 | primitive marine animal having a saclike unsegmented body and a urochord that is conspicuous in the larva | - |
| waldhorn | 15 | - | - |
| whorlbat | 16 | - | - |
| whortles | 14 | - | - |
| zoophori | 22 | - | - |
| zoochore | 22 | - | - |
| zoochory | 25 | - | - |
| subchord | 16 | - | - |
| thornset | 11 | - | - |
| thorning | 12 | - | - |
| thoracal | 13 | - | - |
| thoraces | 13 | - | - |
| thoraxes | 18 | - | - |
| thorites | 11 | - | - |
| thoriums | 13 | - | - |
| thornier | 11 | - | - |
| thornily | 14 | - | - |
| tinhorns | 11 | - | - |
| trichord | 14 | - | - |
| unhorses | 11 | - | - |
| staghorn | 12 | - | - |
| saxhorns | 18 | - | - |
| senhoras | 11 | - | - |
| senhores | 11 | - | - |
| shoreman | 13 | - | - |
| shoremen | 13 | - | - |
| shortish | 14 | somewhat short | - |
| shorting | 12 | - | - |
| shorings | 12 | - | - |
| shortarm | 13 | - | - |
| shortens | 11 | - | - |
| shortest | 11 | - | - |
| shortias | 11 | - | - |
| slughorn | 12 | - | - |
| phorates | 13 | - | - |
| phorminx | 22 | - | - |
| phormium | 17 | - | - |
| phoronid | 14 | hermaphrodite wormlike animal living in mud of the sea bottom | - |
| poechore | 15 | - | - |
| porthors | 13 | - | - |
| ramshorn | 13 | - | - |
| redshort | 12 | - | - |
| redhorse | 12 | North American sucker with reddish fins | - |
| amphorae | 15 | - | - |
| amphoral | 15 | - | - |
| amphoras | 15 | - | - |
| amphoric | 17 | the sound heard in auscultation resembling the hollow sound made by blowing across the mouth of a bottle | amphoric breathing indicates a cavity in the lung |
| anaphora | 13 | repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses | - |
| anchored | 14 | - | - |
| anchoret | 13 | - | - |
| anaphors | 13 | - | - |
| althorns | 11 | - | - |
| alphorns | 13 | - | - |
| aphorise | 13 | speak or write in aphorisms | - |
| aphorist | 13 | someone who formulates aphorisms or who repeats aphorisms | - |
| aphorize | 22 | speak or write in aphorisms | - |
| authored | 12 | - | - |
| asthores | 11 | - | - |
| bathorse | 13 | - | - |
| biophors | 15 | - | - |
| biophore | 15 | - | - |
| bewhored | 17 | - | - |
| bewhores | 16 | - | - |
| bethorns | 13 | - | - |
| bighorns | 14 | - | - |
| boxthorn | 20 | any of various shrubs or vines of the genus Lycium with showy flowers and bright berries | - |
| buckhorn | 19 | - | - |
| enchoric | 15 | - | - |
| ephorate | 13 | - | - |
| exhorted | 19 | - | - |
| exhorter | 18 | - | - |
| foghorns | 15 | - | - |
| futhorks | 18 | - | - |
| futhorcs | 16 | - | - |
| dishorns | 12 | - | - |
| dishorse | 12 | - | - |
| ichorous | 13 | of or resembling or characterized by ichor or sanies | an ichorous discharge |
| inkhorns | 15 | - | - |
| isochors | 13 | - | - |
| isochore | 13 | - | - |
| lanthorn | 11 | - | - |
| krumhorn | 17 | - | - |
| gemshorn | 14 | - | - |
| markhors | 17 | - | - |
| oophoron | 13 | - | - |
| leghorns | 12 | - | - |
| chording | 15 | - | - |
| choregic | 16 | - | - |
| choregus | 14 | - | - |
| choreman | 15 | - | - |
| choremen | 15 | - | - |
| choreoid | 14 | - | - |
| choriamb | 17 | - | - |
| chorines | 13 | - | - |
| chordees | 14 | - | - |
| chordate | 14 | any animal of the phylum Chordata having a notochord or spinal column | - |
| choragic | 16 | pertaining to or characteristic of a choragus | - |
| choragus | 14 | (ancient Greece) leader of a group or festival; leader of a chorus | - |
| chorales | 13 | - | - |
| chorally | 16 | by a chorus | chorally accompanied |
| chorioid | 14 | - | - |
| chorions | 13 | - | - |
| chorises | 13 | - | - |
| chorused | 14 | - | - |
| chortles | 13 | - | - |
| chortler | 13 | - | - |
| chorisis | 13 | - | - |
| chorisms | 15 | - | - |
| chorists | 13 | - | - |
| chorizos | 22 | - | - |
| choroids | 14 | - | - |
| chorries | 13 | - | - |
| chortens | 13 | - | - |
| chortled | 14 | - | - |
| chikhors | 20 | - | - |
| coehorns | 13 | - | - |
| crumhorn | 15 | a Renaissance woodwind with a double reed and a curving tube (crooked horn) | - |
| deerhorn | 12 | - | - |
| dehorned | 13 | - | - |
| dehorner | 12 | - | - |
| dehorted | 13 | - | - |
| dehorter | 12 | - | - |
| dichords | 15 | - | - |
| camphors | 17 | - | - |
| abhorrer | 13 | a signer of a 1679 address to Charles II in which those who petitioned for the reconvening of parliament were condemned and abhorred | - |
| midshore | 14 | - | - |
| phoretic | 15 | - | - |
| camwhore | 18 | - | - |
| choreboy | 18 | - | - |
| kachoris | 17 | - | - |
| whorings | 15 | - | - |
| whorling | 15 | - | - |
