Words Containing HEL

There are over 899 words with the letters HEL in English. From short HEL-words to long ones, find all the words that have HEL in it grouped by length, each valid in Scrabble, Wordle, and Words With Friends. You can also see five letter words with HEL.

4 letter HEL-words icon
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4-Letter Words With HEL

Common 4-letter HEL-words:

held

help

hell

bhel

hele

helm

helo

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5 letter HEL-words icon
22

5-Letter Words With HEL

Common 5-letter HEL-words:

helps

shell

bhels

chela

chelp

heled

heles

helio

helix

hella

hello

hells

helms

helot

helve

shelf

thelf

whelk

whelm

whelp

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6 letter HEL-words icon
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6-Letter Words With HEL

Common 6-letter HEL-words:

helped

shells

helium

helmet

beheld

bethel

bushel

helios

helled

heller

helmer

helper

helves

shelfy

shelly

shelta

shelve

unhelm

whelky

whelms

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7 letter HEL-words icon
87

7-Letter Words With HEL

Common 7-letter HEL-words:

helping

shelter

helpful

brothel

bushels

chelone

echelle

echelon

ephelis

futchel

helibus

hellova

helming

orchels

phellem

satchel

shelled

shelver

thelves

whelped

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8 letter HEL-words icon
123

8-Letter Words With HEL

Common 8-letter HEL-words:

aphelion

atheling

blithely

brothels

chelated

chelator

chellups

chelping

dishelms

gauchely

helicity

hellions

helmless

nutshell

satchels

shelfier

shelters

sheltery

stanchel

threshel

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9 letter HEL-words icon
157

9-Letter Words With HEL

Common 9-letter HEL-words:

aeroshell

busheling

busheller

chelators

helicases

heliopses

helistops

hellfires

hellholes

helpmeets

helvetium

netheless

nochelled

nutshells

rakehells

shelffuls

shellbark

shellduck

thelement

threshels

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10 letter HEL-words icon
148

10-Letter Words With HEL

Common 10-letter HEL-words:

helicopter

bombshells

bushelfuls

bushellers

diothelism

ditheletes

dyothelism

echeloning

epithelium

helidromes

heliotrope

hellacious

hellenised

lampshells

overwhelms

sheldducks

shellproof

shellworks

subchelate

underwhelm

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11 letter HEL-words icon
117

11-Letter Words With HEL

Common 11-letter HEL-words:

helicopters

nonetheless

diothelites

dyotheletic

dyothelisms

hatchellers

helichrysum

heliochrome

heliopauses

heliotropin

helispheric

helleborine

helminthoid

mesothelium

phelloderms

philhellene

shelftalker

shellackers

shellacking

shelterbelt

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12 letter HEL-words icon
84

12-Letter Words With HEL

Common 12-letter HEL-words:

nevertheless

overwhelming

cockleshells

endothelioma

epithelising

estranghelos

helianthemum

helianthuses

heliocentric

heliolatries

heliotherapy

heliotropies

monothelites

nephelinites

paranthelion

philhellenes

philhellenic

rakehelliest

stanchelling

underwhelmed

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13 letter HEL-words icon
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13-Letter Words With HEL

Common 13-letter HEL-words:

bachelorships

cheluviations

diotheletical

epithelialize

epitheliomata

epitrachelion

helicoptering

heliographies

heliographing

heliotropisms

helispherical

helminthiases

helminthology

monotheletism

monothelitism

nephelometers

phelloplastic

philhellenist

tortoiseshell

trochelminths

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14 letter HEL-words icon
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14-Letter Words With HEL

Common 14-letter HEL-words:

anthelminthics

antihelminthic

epithelialised

epithelialises

epithelialized

epithelization

epitrachelions

heliotherapies

hellenisations

hellenizations

helplessnesses

mesotheliomata

monotheletisms

monothelitisms

nemathelminths

nephelometries

overwhelmingly

philhellenisms

philhellenists

platyhelminths

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15 letter HEL-words icon
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15-Letter Words With HEL

Common 15-letter HEL-words:

antihelminthics

apheliotropisms

diaheliotropism

epithelialising

epithelializing

epitheliomatous

epithelisations

epithelizations

heliocentricism

heliocentricity

heliometrically

heliosciophytes

heliotropically

helminthologies

helminthologist

nemathelminthic

paraheliotropic

platyhelminthic

unhelpfulnesses

See all 15-letter HEL-words

899 Common Words with HEL

Most Common Length
9
(157 words)
Avg Scrabble Score
16.5
(out of 32)
Most Common Ending
s
(39%)

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What is the highest scoring word in Scrabble that contains HEL?

32 Points

The highest scoring word in Scrabble that contains HEL is zooxanthellae with a total of 32 points.

Z 10
O 1
O 1
X 8
A 1
N 1
T 1
H 4
E 1
L 1
L 1
A 1
E 1
noun 1. a yellowish-brown symbiotic dinoflagellate present in large numbers in the cytoplasm of many marine invertebrates

A list of all HEL words with their Scrabble and Words with Friends points. You can also find a list of all words that start with HEL. Also commonly searched for are words that end in HEL. Try our five letter words with HEL page if you’re playing Wordle-like games or use the New York Times Wordle Solver for finding the NYT Wordle daily answer.

FAQ Words With Letters HEL

  • How many words containing HEL are in the English dictionary?

    There are 899 words in the English dictionary that contain HEL, and most of them are 9 letters long (157 words of that length).

  • What's the longest word containing HEL?

    The longest word containing HEL is "heliotropically" at 15 letters long. If you're looking for a more everyday word, "nevertheless" is the longest common word containing HEL.

  • Are there any rare words containing HEL worth more in Scrabble?

    Yes. Uncommon words like "zooxanthellae", "zooxanthella", "epithelialize", "epithelization" contain HEL and can score big thanks to their unusual letters. "zooxanthellae" is worth 32 points in Scrabble before any bonus tiles.

  • What are the most common words containing HEL?

    Most words containing HEL are 9 letters long, including everyday words like "aeroshell", "busheling", "busheller", "chelators", "helicases".