6-Letter Words Starting With HYP
- 11 words
- All English dictionaries
- Scrabble points
Popular 6-Letter Words Starting With HYP
The most familiar words on this list, with their Scrabble scores.
All 6-Letter Words Starting With HYP 11 words
How common is HYP at the start of six-letter words?
Our combined English word list has 11 six-letter words that start with HYP. They average 15.7 points, the best is HYPHEN (17 points) and 27.3% end in D.
- Total words
- 11
- Average Scrabble score
- 15.7
- out of 17 max
- Everyday words
- 9%
- common in ordinary English
- Most common ending
- D
- 27.3% of words
Most common last letters
- d 27.3%
- e 18.2%
- c 9.1%
Top vowel pairs
- ae9.1%
- oe9.1%
- oi9.1%
Share of words where these two vowels sit side by side.
Rare words worth knowing
Valid in this dictionary but rarely seen in everyday English.
Highest-scoring six-letter word that starts with HYP
h 4y 4p 3h 4e 1n 1
H 4 + Y 4 + P 3 + H 4 + E 1 + N 1 = 17 points
- Double word
- 34 pts
- Triple word
- 51 pts
Face value of the tiles, then the whole word on a double- or triple-word square (letter bonuses and bingos not included).
hyphen
- nouna punctuation mark (-) used between parts of a compound word or between the syllables of a word when the word is divided at the end of a line of text
- verbdivide or connect with a hyphen“hyphenate these words and names”
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How many six-letter words that start with HYP are there?
There are 11 six-letter words that start with HYP in our combined English word list. Other dictionaries give different totals, so switch dictionary at the top of the list to compare.
What is the highest-scoring six-letter word that starts with HYP?
HYPHEN is worth 17 points in Scrabble before any bonus squares. Other strong options are HYPHAE (17), HYPHAL (17), HYPPED (17).
Which rare six-letter words that start with HYP score well?
Uncommon but valid choices include HYPHAL (17), HYPPED (17), HYPNIC (16), HYPNUM (16). Few players know them, so they can catch an opponent off guard.