How many words start with HY?

23, from 5 letters up to 5. All of them are on this page.

What is the highest scoring word that start with HY?

HYPHY at 19 points in Scrabble, and HYPHY at 16 in Words With Friends, because the two games score the tiles differently.

HYDRA, HYDRO, HYENA, HYENS, HYING, HYKES, HYLAS, HYLEG, HYLES, HYLIC and 13 more on this page.

There are 23 of them. The highest scoring is HYPHY at 19 points in Scrabble, and the set averages 13.1.

Most common words first, then the rest A to Z.

The most familiar words on this page and what they mean. Tap any word for its full entry, score and anagrams.

HYMNS verb form of HYMN: sing a hymn
HYDRA noun trouble that cannot be overcome by a single effort because of its many aspects or its persistent and pervasive quality
HYENA noun doglike nocturnal mammal of Africa and southern Asia that feeds chiefly on carrion
HYMEN noun a fold of tissue that partly covers the entrance to the vagina of a virgin
HYOID noun a U-shaped bone at the base of the tongue that supports the tongue muscles
HYPED noun form of HYPE: blatant or sensational promotion
HYPES noun form of HYPE: blatant or sensational promotion
HYPHA noun any of the threadlike filaments forming the mycelium of a fungus
HYPOS noun form of HYPO: a compound used as a fixing agent in photographic developing
HYRAX noun any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

All of them: Word lists.