9-letter words starting with HA
Embark on a linguistic journey with words that begin with the letter HA. This section showcases how HA at the start shapes the identity and sound of various words. From commonly used terms to rare finds, explore the diverse range of words that start with HA, enriching your vocabulary and appreciation for language.
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| happening | 17 | an event that happens | - |
| happiness | 16 | state of well-being characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy | - |
| handcuffs | 21 | - | - |
| hamburger | 17 | beef that has been ground | - |
| handshake | 20 | grasping and shaking a person's hand (as to acknowledge an introduction or to agree on a contract) | - |
| hairstyle | 15 | the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair) | - |
| hammering | 17 | the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows) | - |
| harmonica | 16 | a small rectangular free-reed instrument having a row of free reeds set back in air holes and played by blowing into the desired hole | - |
| hazardous | 22 | involving risk or danger | skydiving is a hazardous sport |
| handiwork | 20 | a work produced by hand labor | - |
| habitable | 16 | fit for habitation | the habitable world |
| harmonium | 16 | a free-reeded instrument with a piano keyboard in which air is forced through the reeds by bellows | - |
| hairbrush | 17 | a brush used to groom a person's hair | - |
| harvester | 15 | someone who helps to gather the harvest | - |
| hairpiece | 16 | a covering or bunch of human or artificial hair used for disguise or adornment | - |
| hairspray | 17 | - | - |
| harnessed | 13 | brought under control and put to use | electricity from the harnessed Colorado River |
| handstand | 14 | the act of supporting yourself by your hands alone in an upside down position | - |
| handbrake | 19 | - | - |
| harrowing | 16 | extremely painful | - |
| hailstorm | 14 | a storm during which hail falls | - |
| harbinger | 15 | something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone | - |
| handlebar | 15 | the shaped bar used to steer a bicycle | - |
| hankering | 17 | a yearning for something or to do something | - |
| handsomer | 15 | - | - |
| hardening | 14 | the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization | the hardening of concrete |
| harshness | 15 | the quality of being harsh or rough or grating to the senses | - |
| haematoma | 16 | a localized swelling filled with blood | - |
| halitosis | 12 | offensive breath | - |
| hamstring | 15 | one of the tendons at the back of the knee | - |
| harlequin | 21 | a clown or buffoon (after the Harlequin character in the commedia dell'arte) | - |
| harmonics | 16 | the study of musical sound | - |
| harmonize | 23 | go together | The colors don't harmonize |
| haphazard | 27 | without care; in a slapdash manner | the Prime Minister was wearing a grey suit and a white shirt with a soft collar, but his neck had become thinner and the collar stood away from it as if it had been bought haphazard |
| haversack | 21 | a bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder | - |
| haltingly | 16 | - | - |
| hardcover | 18 | having a hard back or cover | - |
| hatchling | 18 | any recently hatched animal (especially birds) | - |
| hackneyed | 22 | repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse | hackneyed phrases |
| hatchback | 25 | a sloping rear car door that is lifted to open | - |
| handcraft | 18 | a work produced by hand labor | - |
| haymaking | 22 | cutting grass and curing it to make hay | - |
| hackberry | 23 | small edible dark purple to black berry with large pits; southern United States | - |
| halothane | 15 | a nonflammable inhalation anesthetic that produces general anesthesia; used along with analgesics and muscle relaxants for many types of surgical procedures | - |
| hardheads | 17 | a weedy perennial with tough wiry stems and purple flowers; native to Europe but widely naturalized | - |
| hastiness | 12 | overly eager speed (and possible carelessness) | - |
| haughtily | 19 | in a haughty manner | he peered haughtily down his nose |
| habituate | 14 | take or consume (regularly or habitually) | - |
| halfpenny | 20 | an English coin worth half a penny | - |
| handwoven | 19 | made on a handloom | handwoven tablecloth |
| hanseatic | 14 | - | - |
| hardliner | 13 | a conservative who is uncompromising | - |
| haanepoot | 14 | - | - |
| habaneras | 14 | - | - |
| habaneros | 14 | - | - |
| habdalahs | 18 | - | - |
| habendums | 17 | - | - |
| haberdine | 15 | - | - |
| habergeon | 15 | (Middle Ages) a light sleeveless coat of chain mail worn under the hauberk | - |
| habilable | 16 | - | - |
| habitably | 19 | - | - |
| habitants | 14 | - | - |
| habituals | 14 | - | - |
| habitudes | 15 | - | - |
| habituses | 14 | - | - |
| hacendado | 16 | - | - |
| hachuring | 18 | - | - |
| haciendas | 15 | - | - |
| hackamore | 20 | rope or canvas headgear for a horse, with a rope for leading | - |
| hackbolts | 20 | - | - |
| hackeries | 18 | - | - |
| hackettes | 18 | - | - |
| hackliest | 18 | - | - |
| hacksawed | 22 | - | - |
| hackworks | 25 | - | - |
| hacqueton | 23 | - | - |
| hadrosaur | 13 | any of numerous large bipedal ornithischian dinosaurs having a horny duck-like bill and webbed feet; may have been partly aquatic | - |
| haecceity | 19 | the essence that makes something the kind of thing it is and makes it different from any other | - |
| haematein | 14 | - | - |
| haematics | 16 | - | - |
| haematins | 14 | - | - |
| haematite | 14 | the principal form of iron ore; consists of ferric oxide in crystalline form; occurs in a red earthy form | - |
| haematoid | 15 | - | - |
| haemocoel | 16 | - | - |
| haemocyte | 19 | - | - |
| haemolyse | 17 | - | - |
| haemolyze | 26 | - | - |
| haemonies | 14 | - | - |
| haemostat | 14 | a surgical instrument that stops bleeding by clamping the blood vessel | - |
| haeremais | 14 | - | - |
| haftarahs | 18 | - | - |
| haftaroth | 18 | - | - |
| haftorahs | 18 | - | - |
| haftoroth | 18 | - | - |
| hagadists | 14 | - | - |
| hagbushes | 18 | - | - |
| hagbuteer | 15 | - | - |
| hagbutter | 15 | - | - |
| hagfishes | 19 | - | - |
| haggadahs | 18 | - | - |
| haggadist | 15 | - | - |
| haggadoth | 18 | - | - |
| haggardly | 18 | in a haggard manner | she looked haggardly out of her tent |
| haggishly | 20 | - | - |
| hagglings | 15 | - | - |
| hagiarchy | 21 | - | - |
| hagiology | 17 | literature narrating the lives (and legends) of the saints | - |
| hagridden | 15 | tormented or harassed by nightmares or unreasonable fears | hagridden...by visions of an imminent heaven or hell upon earth |
| hagriders | 14 | - | - |
| hagriding | 15 | - | - |
| hailshots | 15 | - | - |
| hailstone | 12 | small pellet of ice that falls during a hailstorm | - |
| hainching | 18 | - | - |
| hairballs | 14 | - | - |
| hairbands | 15 | - | - |
| hairbells | 14 | - | - |
| haircloth | 17 | cloth woven from horsehair or camelhair; used for upholstery or stiffening in garments | - |
| hairdrier | 13 | - | - |
| hairdryer | 16 | - | - |
| hairgrips | 15 | - | - |
| hairiness | 12 | the quality of having hair | - |
| hairlines | 12 | - | - |
| hairlocks | 18 | - | - |
| hairsting | 13 | - | - |
| hairtails | 12 | - | - |
| hairwings | 16 | - | - |
| hairworks | 19 | - | - |
| hairworms | 17 | - | - |
| hairyback | 23 | - | - |
| halachist | 17 | - | - |
| halachoth | 20 | - | - |
| halakhahs | 22 | - | - |
| halakhist | 19 | - | - |
| halakhoth | 22 | - | - |
| halakists | 16 | - | - |
| halalling | 13 | - | - |
| halations | 12 | - | - |
| halazones | 21 | - | - |
| halcyonic | 19 | - | - |
| halfbacks | 23 | - | - |
| halfbeaks | 21 | - | - |
| halflings | 16 | - | - |
| halflives | 18 | - | - |
| halfpaces | 19 | - | - |
| halfpence | 19 | - | - |
| halfpipes | 19 | - | - |
| halftimes | 17 | - | - |
| halftones | 15 | - | - |
| halftrack | 21 | - | - |
| halicores | 14 | - | - |
| halidomes | 15 | - | - |
| halieutic | 14 | - | - |
| halimotes | 14 | - | - |
| halitoses | 12 | - | - |
| halitotic | 14 | - | - |
| halituses | 12 | - | - |
| hallalled | 13 | - | - |
| hallaloos | 12 | - | - |
| halliards | 13 | - | - |
| hallmarks | 18 | - | - |
| halloaing | 13 | - | - |
| hallooing | 13 | - | - |
| halloumis | 14 | - | - |
| hallowers | 15 | - | - |
| hallowing | 16 | - | - |
| hallstand | 13 | a piece of furniture where coats and hats and umbrellas can be hung; usually has a mirror | - |
| halobiont | 14 | - | - |
| halocline | 14 | - | - |
| halogenic | 15 | - | - |
| halogeton | 13 | a coarse annual herb introduced into North America from Siberia; dangerous to sheep and cattle on western rangelands because of its high oxalate content | - |
| halophile | 17 | archaebacteria requiring a salt-rich environment for growth and survival | - |
| halophily | 20 | - | - |
| halophobe | 19 | - | - |
| halophyte | 20 | plant growing naturally in very salty soil | - |
| haloseres | 12 | - | - |
| haltering | 13 | - | - |
| hamadryad | 19 | large cobra of southeastern Asia and the East Indies; the largest venomous snake; sometimes placed in genus Naja | - |
| hamadryas | 18 | - | - |
| hamamelis | 16 | deciduous shrubs or small trees: witch hazel | - |
| hamartias | 14 | - | - |
| hamboning | 17 | - | - |
| hamfatter | 17 | - | - |
| hammerers | 16 | - | - |
| hammerkop | 22 | - | - |
| hammerman | 18 | - | - |
| hammermen | 18 | - | - |
| hammertoe | 16 | a deformed toe which is bent in a clawlike arch | - |
| hamminess | 16 | - | - |
| hamperers | 16 | - | - |
| hampering | 17 | - | - |
| hampsters | 16 | - | - |
| hamstrung | 15 | - | - |
| handballs | 15 | - | - |
| handbells | 15 | - | - |
| handbills | 15 | - | - |
| handblown | 18 | - | - |
| handbooks | 19 | - | - |
| handcarts | 15 | - | - |
| handclaps | 17 | - | - |
| handclasp | 17 | grasping and shaking a person's hand (as to acknowledge an introduction or to agree on a contract) | - |
| handfasts | 16 | - | - |
| handfeeds | 17 | - | - |
| handglass | 14 | - | - |
| handgrips | 16 | - | - |
| handhelds | 17 | - | - |
| handholds | 17 | - | - |
| handicaps | 17 | - | - |
| handiness | 13 | the quality of being at hand when needed | - |
| handknits | 17 | - | - |
| handliner | 13 | - | - |
| handlines | 13 | - | - |
| handlings | 14 | - | - |
| handlists | 13 | - | - |
| handlooms | 15 | - | - |
| handmaids | 16 | - | - |
| handovers | 16 | - | - |
| handphone | 18 | - | - |
| handpicks | 21 | - | - |
| handplays | 18 | - | - |
| handpress | 15 | - | - |
| handprint | 15 | - | - |
| handrails | 13 | - | - |
| handrolls | 13 | - | - |
| handseled | 14 | - | - |
| handsiest | 13 | - | - |
| handsomes | 15 | - | - |
| handspike | 19 | a metal bar (or length of pipe) used as a lever | - |
| handstaff | 19 | - | - |
| handstamp | 17 | stamp with a rubber stamp, usually an indication of official approval on a document | - |
| handsturn | 13 | - | - |
| handtowel | 16 | - | - |
| handwheel | 19 | a wheel worked by hand | - |
| handworks | 20 | - | - |
| handwrite | 16 | write by hand | You should handwrite the note to your guests |
| handwrote | 16 | - | - |
| handywork | 23 | - | - |
| hanepoots | 14 | - | - |
| hangarage | 14 | - | - |
| hangaring | 14 | - | - |
| hangbirds | 16 | - | - |
| hangfires | 16 | - | - |
| hangnails | 13 | - | - |
| hangnests | 13 | - | - |
| hangovers | 16 | - | - |
| hangriest | 13 | - | - |
| hankerers | 16 | - | - |
| hanseling | 13 | - | - |
| hanselled | 13 | - | - |
| hanukiahs | 19 | - | - |
| haphtarah | 20 | a short selection from the Prophets read on every Sabbath in a Jewish synagogue following a reading from the Torah | - |
| haphtaras | 17 | - | - |
| haphtarot | 17 | - | - |
| haplessly | 17 | - | - |
| haploidic | 17 | of a cell or organism having a single set of chromosomes | - |
| haplology | 18 | - | - |
| haplontic | 16 | - | - |
| haplopias | 16 | - | - |
| haplotype | 19 | (genetics) a combination of alleles (for different genes) that are located closely together on the same chromosome and that tend to be inherited together | - |
| happoshus | 19 | - | - |
| hapterons | 14 | - | - |
| haquetons | 21 | - | - |
| harakekes | 20 | - | - |
| harambees | 16 | - | - |
| haramzada | 24 | - | - |
| haramzadi | 24 | - | - |
| harangued | 14 | - | - |
| haranguer | 13 | a public speaker who delivers a loud or forceful or angry speech | - |
| harangues | 13 | - | - |
| harassers | 12 | - | - |
| harassing | 13 | - | - |
| harborage | 15 | (nautical) a place of refuge (as for a ship) | - |
| harborers | 14 | - | - |
| harborful | 17 | - | - |
| harboring | 15 | - | - |
| harborous | 14 | - | - |
| harboured | 15 | - | - |
| harbourer | 14 | - | - |
| hardasses | 13 | - | - |
| hardbacks | 21 | - | - |
| hardbakes | 19 | - | - |
| hardballs | 15 | - | - |
| hardbeams | 17 | - | - |
| hardboard | 16 | a cheap hard material made from wood chips that are pressed together and bound with synthetic resin | - |
| hardboots | 15 | - | - |
| hardbound | 16 | having a hard back or cover | - |
| hardcases | 15 | - | - |
| hardcores | 15 | - | - |
| hardcourt | 15 | - | - |
| hardedges | 15 | - | - |
| hardeners | 13 | - | - |
| hardfaces | 18 | - | - |
| hardgoods | 15 | - | - |
| hardgrass | 14 | - | - |
| hardhacks | 22 | - | - |
| hardihead | 17 | - | - |
| hardihood | 17 | the trait of being willing to undertake things that involve risk or danger | - |
| hardiment | 15 | - | - |
| hardiness | 13 | the trait of being willing to undertake things that involve risk or danger | the plan required great hardiness of heart |
| hardnosed | 14 | - | - |
| hardnoses | 13 | - | - |
| hardpacks | 21 | - | - |
| hardparts | 15 | - | - |
| hardrocks | 19 | - | - |
| hardscape | 17 | - | - |
| hardshell | 16 | - | - |
| hardships | 18 | - | - |
| hardstand | 14 | - | - |
| hardtacks | 19 | - | - |
| hardtails | 13 | - | - |
| hardwares | 16 | - | - |
| hardwired | 17 | - | - |
| hardwires | 16 | - | - |
| hardwoods | 17 | - | - |
| harebells | 14 | - | - |
| harestail | 12 | - | - |
| harewoods | 16 | - | - |
| harigalds | 14 | - | - |
| hariolate | 12 | - | - |
| harkeners | 16 | - | - |
| harkening | 17 | - | - |
| harmaline | 14 | - | - |
| harmalins | 14 | - | - |
| harmattan | 14 | a dusty wind from the Sahara that blows toward the western coast of Africa during the winter | - |
| harmdoing | 16 | - | - |
| harmfully | 20 | in a detrimental manner | - |
| harmonies | 14 | - | - |
| harmonise | 14 | go together | - |
| harmonist | 14 | - | - |
| harmotome | 16 | - | - |
| harnesser | 12 | - | - |
| harnesses | 12 | - | - |
| haroseths | 15 | - | - |
| harpooned | 15 | - | - |
| harpooner | 14 | someone who launches harpoons | - |
| harpylike | 21 | - | - |
| harquebus | 23 | an obsolete firearm with a long barrel | - |
| harridans | 13 | - | - |
| harrowers | 15 | - | - |
| harrumphs | 19 | - | - |
| harshened | 16 | - | - |
| hartbeest | 14 | - | - |
| hartening | 13 | - | - |
| hartlesse | 12 | - | - |
| hartshorn | 15 | - | - |
| harumphed | 20 | - | - |
| haruspicy | 19 | - | - |
| harvested | 16 | - | - |
| hashheads | 19 | - | - |
| hashishes | 18 | - | - |
| hashmarks | 21 | - | - |
| hastately | 15 | - | - |
| hasteners | 12 | - | - |
| hastening | 13 | - | - |
| hatchable | 19 | - | - |
| hatchecks | 23 | - | - |
| hatcheled | 18 | - | - |
| hatchings | 18 | - | - |
| hatchment | 19 | - | - |
| hatchways | 23 | - | - |
| hatefully | 18 | in a hateful manner | - |
| haterents | 12 | - | - |
| hatguards | 14 | - | - |
| hatinator | 12 | - | - |
| hatmakers | 18 | - | - |
| hatstands | 13 | - | - |
| hatterias | 12 | - | - |
| hattering | 13 | - | - |
| haughtier | 16 | - | - |
| haulbacks | 20 | - | - |
| haulmiest | 14 | - | - |
| haulyards | 16 | - | - |
| haunching | 18 | - | - |
| hauntings | 13 | - | - |
| hausfraus | 15 | - | - |
| haustella | 12 | - | - |
| haustoria | 12 | - | - |
| havdalahs | 19 | - | - |
| havdolohs | 19 | - | - |
| havelocks | 21 | - | - |
| havenless | 15 | - | - |
| haverings | 16 | - | - |
| haversine | 15 | - | - |
| havildars | 16 | - | - |
| havockers | 21 | - | - |
| havocking | 22 | - | - |
| haweaters | 15 | - | - |
| hawkbells | 21 | - | - |
| hawkbills | 21 | - | - |
| hawkishly | 25 | - | - |
| hawkmoths | 24 | - | - |
| hawknoses | 19 | - | - |
| hawksbill | 21 | pugnacious tropical sea turtle with a hawk-like beak; source of food and the best tortoiseshell | - |
| hawkshaws | 25 | - | - |
| hawkweeds | 23 | - | - |
| hawsehole | 18 | the hole that an anchor rope passes through | - |
| hawsepipe | 19 | the hole that an anchor rope passes through | - |
| hawthorns | 18 | - | - |
| hawthorny | 21 | - | - |
| haycation | 17 | - | - |
| hayfields | 19 | - | - |
| haymakers | 21 | - | - |
| haystacks | 21 | - | - |
| hazarders | 22 | - | - |
| hazarding | 23 | - | - |
| hazardize | 31 | - | - |
| hazelhens | 24 | - | - |
| hazelnuts | 21 | - | - |
| hazelwood | 25 | reddish-brown wood and lumber from heartwood of the sweet gum tree used to make furniture | - |
