Hooking with -HE words
Endings like -HE let you tack a word onto a tile already on the board, often turning a small play into a big one. Look for the high-value entries above to maximise points.
A quick statistical tour
Inside this list: 153 words spanning 3–14 letters. The biggest cluster sits at 6 letters (35 words), 23 entries are Wordle-sized at five letters, and 29 run to seven — bingo length if you can empty the rack. For points, the ceiling is BATHYSCAPHE, worth 26.
For quick reference, the top of the score table reads: BATHYSCAPHE (26), ECOCATASTROPHE (23), STOMACHACHE (23), MICROFICHE (22), PREHEADACHE (22). The longest entry is ECOCATASTROPHE at 14 letters, and the average word here is worth about 14 points. Letter-wise, H is the workhorse — it appears in 153 of these words, ahead of E (153) and C (98).
Three words worth learning first
- LOATHE is easy to keep in memory: 6 letters, 9 points, and no awkward tiles to hunt for.
- SAITHE — 6 letters for 9 points; every tile in it is a common draw, so it shows up rack after rack.
- When the rack looks hopeless, SEETHE (6 letters, 9 points) is the kind of quiet play that keeps a game moving.
Round out your set with SNATHE (9), SOOTHE (9), TEETHE (9), LATHE (8), LETHE (8) — all built from common tiles.
Back-hooking with -HE
When the board tightens up late in a Scrabble game, -HE words keep you scoring: they attach to existing letters instead of needing seven clean tiles. Crossword solvers use the same trick in reverse — if the grid gives you the last letters, this list is the candidate pool. Check the length filter in the Word Finder to match your open squares exactly.
More endings
Narrow it down
Pair an ending with a length or starting letter in the Word Finder.