Words we already knew
| HAD | HEM | HIM | HOT |
| HAG | HEN | HIP | HOW |
| HAM | HER | HIS | HUB |
| HAP | HEW | HIT | HUE |
| HAS | HEX | HOE | HUG |
| HAT | HEY | HOG | HUM |
| HAY | HID | HOP | HUT |
Plurals
| HES |
Mouth sounds
| HAH | used to express triumph, surprise, or scorn. Also a noun, taking an -S |
| HAW | a verb, to make an inarticulate utterance (e.g. with HUM). |
| not a laugh, see below | |
| HIC | used to represent a hiccup. Is this easier to remember than if HIC and HOC were listed for the same reason? |
| HMM | used to express thoughtful consideration, also HM and HMMM. |
| HOI# | used to attract attention |
| HOO | used to express boisterous emotion (as in “hoo boy” ?) |
| HUH | used to express surprise |
Hunorifics that ought to be capitalised
| HON | short for “Honey” |
| HUN | a vandal |
Hebrew
| HEH | the fifth letter of the Hebrew alphabet, also HE, HEY |
| HET | the eighth letter of the Hebrew alphabet, also HETH, KHET, KHETH, or, in Wikipedia but not in Scrabble, chet |
| HIN | a unit of liquid measure, used in the Bible in ritual instructions. Fractional hins of oil are mixed with flour in offerings in an interestingly non-linear way: 1/10 of an ephah of fine flour — 1/4 hin of oil Numbers 28:5 2/10 of an ephah of fine flour — 1/3 hin of oil Numbers 15:6 3/10 of an ephah of fine flour — 1/2 hin of oil Numbers 15:9 Also used in New Kingdom Egypt for 1/10 of a hekat. |
Verbs for hastening or stopping something
| HIE HYE# | to hurry |
| HOY | to incite |
| HUP | to incite to hurry (as on a horse) |
| HOA# HOH# HOS | To stop or call to stop. As in “Ho there!” or “Whoa, Nelly” |
Other verbs
| HAE HAN# | to have. Just as GAE and GAN are “to go” |
| HOB | to furnish with hobnails |
| HOD | to bob up and down, e.g. when riding a horse |
| HOX# | variant of HOCK, in the sense of cutting the hamstring |
| HYP | variant of HIP in several senses, including the verb to offend or dispirit |
English from around the world
| HAJ | the pilgrimage to Mecca in Islam, also HADJ, HAJJ |
| HAO | one tenth of a Vietnamese dong, no longer used due to inflation |
| HEP | abreast of fashionable knowledge in the way cats were |
| HOC# | this (from Latin) |
| HOM | a plant important in Zoroastrianism. Also HOMA, HAOMA |
| HUI# | a Maori gathering |
Pleasingly little nonsense in the H section. Maybe we could standardise the spelling of HO/HOA/HOH, and then also consign HYE, HOD and HYP to history. Hoom Hmm!