6-letter words starting with HO
Embark on a linguistic journey with words that begin with the letter HO. This section showcases how HO 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 HO, enriching your vocabulary and appreciation for language.
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| honest | 9 | not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent | honest lawyers |
| hoping | 12 | - | - |
| horses | 9 | - | - |
| houses | 9 | - | - |
| honour | 9 | the state of being honored | - |
| horror | 9 | intense aversion | - |
| hooked | 14 | curved down like an eagle's beak | - |
| hooker | 13 | a prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets | - |
| hockey | 18 | a game played on an ice rink by two opposing teams of six skaters each who try to knock a flat round puck into the opponents' goal with angled hockey sticks | - |
| hollow | 12 | remove the inner part or the core of | - |
| hotter | 9 | - | - |
| hooray | 12 | a victory cheer | - |
| holmes | 11 | United States jurist noted for his liberal opinions (1841-1935) | - |
| hostel | 9 | inexpensive supervised lodging (especially for youths on bicycling trips) | - |
| holler | 9 | utter a sudden loud cry | - |
| hopper | 13 | (baseball) a hit that travels along the ground | - |
| honors | 9 | - | - |
| hottie | 9 | - | - |
| holden | 10 | - | - |
| hoover | 12 | 31st President of the United States; in 1929 the stock market crashed and the economy collapsed and Hoover was defeated for reelection by Franklin Roosevelt (1874-1964) | - |
| holder | 10 | the person who is in possession of a check or note or bond or document of title that is endorsed to him or to whoever holds it | - |
| horrid | 10 | grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror | - |
| homage | 12 | respectful deference | - |
| hooves | 12 | - | - |
| hooper | 11 | - | - |
| hobbit | 13 | an imaginary being similar to a person but smaller and with hairy feet; invented by J.R.R. Tolkien | - |
| holdup | 12 | the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time | - |
| hornet | 9 | large stinging paper wasp | - |
| homing | 12 | orienting or directing homeward or to a destination | the homing instinct |
| honeys | 12 | - | - |
| hombre | 13 | an informal term for a youth or man | - |
| hotdog | 11 | someone who performs dangerous stunts to attract attention to himself | - |
| hotpot | 11 | a stew of meat and potatoes cooked in a tightly covered pot | - |
| homely | 14 | having a feeling of home; cozy and comfortable | the homely everyday atmosphere |
| hoarse | 9 | deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion | hoarse cries |
| hourly | 12 | occurring every hour or payable by the hour | hourly chimes |
| hooded | 11 | - | - |
| horned | 10 | having a horn or horns or hornlike parts or horns of a particular kind | horned viper |
| hoodie | 10 | - | - |
| horsey | 12 | - | - |
| holier | 9 | - | - |
| hotbed | 12 | a bed of earth covered with glass and heated by rotting manure to promote the growth of plants | - |
| hoodoo | 10 | a charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers | - |
| hookup | 15 | a system of components assembled together for a particular purpose | - |
| honcho | 14 | a person who exercises control over workers | - |
| horner | 9 | - | - |
| hobble | 13 | strap the foreleg and hind leg together on each side (of a horse) in order to keep the legs on the same side moving in unison | hobble race horses |
| honing | 10 | - | - |
| hooter | 9 | nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes | - |
| hoorah | 12 | - | - |
| howler | 12 | a joke that seems extremely funny | - |
| hoagie | 10 | a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States | - |
| holing | 10 | - | - |
| hoopla | 11 | blatant or sensational promotion | - |
| hosing | 10 | - | - |
| hookah | 16 | an oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through water | a bipolar world with the hookah and Turkish coffee versus hamburgers and Coca Cola |
| hoeing | 10 | - | - |
| hominy | 14 | hulled corn with the bran and germ removed | - |
| hogged | 12 | (of a ship) so weakened as to sag at each end | - |
| honker | 13 | informal terms for the nose | - |
| hoofed | 13 | having or resembling hoofs | horses and other hoofed animals |
| hobnob | 13 | rub elbows with | He hobnobs with the best of society |
| homily | 14 | a sermon on a moral or religious topic | - |
| hotbox | 18 | a journal bearing (as of a railroad car) that has overheated | - |
| hoofer | 12 | a professional dancer | - |
| hoggin | 11 | - | - |
| honkey | 16 | (slang) offensive names for a White man | - |
| housel | 9 | - | - |
| honkie | 13 | (slang) offensive names for a White man | - |
| hookey | 16 | - | - |
| hoopoe | 11 | any of several crested Old World birds with a slender downward-curved bill | - |
| hootch | 14 | an illicitly distilled (and usually inferior) alcoholic liquor | - |
| hoaing | 10 | - | - |
| hoards | 10 | - | - |
| hoared | 10 | - | - |
| hoasts | 9 | - | - |
| hoaxed | 17 | - | - |
| hoaxer | 16 | someone who plays practical jokes on others | - |
| hoaxes | 16 | - | - |
| hobbed | 14 | - | - |
| hobber | 13 | - | - |
| hobday | 15 | - | - |
| hobjob | 20 | - | - |
| hoboed | 12 | - | - |
| hoboes | 11 | - | - |
| hocked | 16 | - | - |
| hocker | 15 | - | - |
| hockle | 15 | - | - |
| hodads | 11 | - | - |
| hodded | 12 | - | - |
| hodden | 11 | - | - |
| hoddin | 11 | - | - |
| hoddle | 11 | - | - |
| hodjas | 17 | - | - |
| hodman | 12 | a laborer who carries supplies to masons or bricklayers | - |
| hodmen | 12 | - | - |
| hogans | 10 | - | - |
| hogens | 10 | - | - |
| hogger | 11 | - | - |
| hogget | 11 | a sheep up to the age of one year; one yet to be sheared | - |
| hognut | 10 | - | - |
| hogtie | 10 | - | - |
| hohing | 13 | - | - |
| hoicks | 15 | - | - |
| hoiden | 10 | - | - |
| hoiing | 10 | - | - |
| hoiked | 14 | - | - |
| hoised | 10 | - | - |
| hoises | 9 | - | - |
| hoisin | 9 | - | - |
| hoists | 9 | - | - |
| hokier | 13 | - | - |
| hokily | 16 | - | - |
| hoking | 14 | - | - |
| hokums | 15 | - | - |
| holard | 10 | - | - |
| holies | 9 | - | - |
| holily | 12 | - | - |
| holism | 11 | the theory that the parts of any whole cannot exist and cannot be understood except in their relation to the whole | holism holds that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts |
| holist | 9 | - | - |
| holked | 14 | - | - |
| hollas | 9 | - | - |
| holloa | 9 | a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal) | - |
| holloo | 9 | - | - |
| hollos | 9 | - | - |
| holmia | 11 | - | - |
| holmic | 13 | - | - |
| holons | 9 | - | - |
| holpen | 11 | - | - |
| homers | 11 | - | - |
| homeys | 14 | - | - |
| homier | 11 | - | - |
| homies | 11 | - | - |
| hommes | 13 | - | - |
| hommos | 13 | a thick spread made from mashed chickpeas, tahini, lemon juice and garlic; used especially as a dip for pita; originated in the Middle East | - |
| honans | 9 | - | - |
| hondas | 10 | - | - |
| hondle | 10 | - | - |
| honers | 9 | - | - |
| hongis | 10 | - | - |
| honied | 10 | with honey added | - |
| honked | 14 | - | - |
| hoodia | 10 | - | - |
| hooeys | 12 | - | - |
| hookas | 13 | - | - |
| hooley | 12 | - | - |
| hoolie | 9 | - | - |
| hooned | 10 | - | - |
| hooped | 12 | - | - |
| hoopoo | 11 | any of several crested Old World birds with a slender downward-curved bill | - |
| hoords | 10 | - | - |
| hooroo | 9 | - | - |
| hooted | 10 | - | - |
| hooved | 13 | having or resembling hoofs | - |
| hooven | 12 | - | - |
| hopaks | 15 | - | - |
| hopdog | 13 | - | - |
| hopers | 11 | - | - |
| hopped | 14 | - | - |
| hopple | 13 | strap the foreleg and hind leg together on each side (of a horse) in order to keep the legs on the same side moving in unison | - |
| hoppus | 13 | - | - |
| horahs | 12 | - | - |
| horary | 12 | relating to the hours | the horary cycle |
| horded | 11 | - | - |
| hordes | 10 | - | - |
| horked | 14 | - | - |
| horkey | 16 | - | - |
| hormes | 11 | - | - |
| hormic | 13 | - | - |
| horsed | 10 | - | - |
| horsie | 9 | - | - |
| horson | 9 | - | - |
| horste | 9 | - | - |
| horsts | 9 | - | - |
| hosels | 9 | - | - |
| hosers | 9 | - | - |
| hoseys | 12 | - | - |
| hosier | 9 | a tradesman who sells hosiery and (in England) knitwear | - |
| hosses | 9 | - | - |
| hostas | 9 | - | - |
| hosted | 10 | - | - |
| hostie | 9 | - | - |
| hostly | 12 | - | - |
| hostry | 12 | - | - |
| hotels | 9 | - | - |
| hotrod | 10 | - | - |
| hotted | 10 | - | - |
| houdah | 13 | a (usually canopied) seat for riding on the back of a camel or elephant | - |
| houdan | 10 | - | - |
| houfed | 13 | - | - |
| houffs | 15 | - | - |
| houghs | 13 | - | - |
| houmus | 11 | - | - |
| hounds | 10 | - | - |
| houris | 9 | - | - |
| housed | 10 | - | - |
| houser | 9 | - | - |
| housey | 12 | - | - |
| houted | 10 | - | - |
| hoveas | 12 | - | - |
| hovels | 12 | - | - |
| hovers | 12 | - | - |
| hoving | 13 | - | - |
| howdah | 16 | a (usually canopied) seat for riding on the back of a camel or elephant | - |
| howdie | 13 | - | - |
| howfed | 16 | - | - |
| howffs | 18 | - | - |
| howked | 17 | - | - |
| howker | 16 | - | - |
| howled | 13 | - | - |
| howlet | 12 | - | - |
| howres | 12 | - | - |
| howzat | 21 | - | - |
| howzit | 21 | - | - |
| hoxing | 17 | - | - |
| hoyden | 13 | a girl who behaves in a boyish manner | - |
| hoying | 13 | - | - |
| hoyles | 12 | - | - |
