Words Starting With HEA
100 wordsWords beginning with HEA form a compact but essential corner of English vocabulary. This cluster brings together fundamental concepts—health, hearing, hearts, and heat—that touch nearly every aspect of human experience.
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1Pattern Guide
Insights and recommendations for these words.
The HEA pattern offers reliable options for word game players, with several high-scoring compounds and emotionally resonant terms worth mastering.
Vocabulary & Language
Linguistic patterns and usage statistics
The HEA combination frequently appears in words related to the body and basic human experience. The head-heart-health-hear cluster represents some of English's oldest vocabulary for describing physical and emotional states. Many HEA words form compounds easily, creating longer terms like HEADWAY, HEARTBREAK, and HEATSTROKE that pack substantial meaning.
Total Words
228
0.1% of dictionary
Avg Length
8.8 letters
2.3 syllables
Top Scrabble
HEAVYHEARTEDNESS
29 points
Longest Word
HEAVYHEARTEDNESS
16 letters
Parts of Speech
With 70% nouns and 21% adjectives, HEA words lean heavily toward naming things and describing them. The average length of 8.8 letters reflects how many HEA words are compounds—simple roots that combine into longer, descriptive terms.
Middle English and Old English dominate this pattern, marking HEA words as deeply native to the language. The word HEAVE traces a clear path from Middle English 'heven' through Old English 'hebban' back to Proto-West Germanic. This Germanic heritage explains why HEA words feel so fundamental—they've been part of English since its earliest forms.
Word Games
High-value words for board games
Short (2-4)
Long (8+)
a feeling of dispirited melancholy
Short (2-4)
Medium (5-7)
slowly as if burdened by much weight
the act of lifting something with great effort
a covering over the surface of your head
Long (8+)
a feeling of dispirited melancholy
HEAVYHEARTEDNESS tops Scrabble at 29 points but drops to 28 in Words With Friends due to different tile valuations. For medium-length plays, HEADWAY scores 17 points in Scrabble, while HEAVILY and HEAVING both hit 16 points in WWF. The H tile is worth 4 points in both games, so focus on premium square placement rather than hoping for scoring differences.
Wordle
5-letter words for daily puzzles
Good Starters (E, A, R, S, T)
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body
a tract of level wasteland; uncultivated land with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation
HEART and HEARD make excellent Wordle starters, covering E and A while testing the common consonants R, T, and D. HEADS offers similar vowel coverage with a different consonant check.
Length Extremes
Longest and shortest valid words
Longest
HEA words skip the shortest lengths entirely—no 2 or 3-letter options exist. This happens because HEA itself needs a meaningful ending to form complete words, pushing even the simplest terms to 4 letters minimum.
Hidden Gems
Rare but valid words to surprise opponents
the act of turning your head left and right to signify denial or disbelief or bemusement
"I could tell from their headshakes that they didn't believe me"
an acrobatic feat in which a person balances on the head (usually with the help of the hands)
a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea)
someone who listens attentively
HEADLAND describes a natural rocky elevation jutting into the sea—think dramatic coastal cliffs. Beyond its geographic precision, it's a valid Scrabble play that uses common letters while reaching into less-contested vocabulary. Worth knowing for both crossword puzzles and describing rugged coastlines.
Popular crossword answers
Words frequently used in crossword puzzles with common clues.
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