Words Ending In HT

Last updated: October 1, 2026

Counting only the ENABLE word list, 223 entries are words that end in HT. That is about 0.13% of the list. They run from PHT at the short end to SUPERHEAVYWEIGHT and ULTRALIGHTWEIGHT at the long end. Using commonly used tile values, SUPERHEAVYWEIGHT (34 points) scores the most. Words with no repeated letter: 90. This is a general word list, not any game's official one; always check the rules of your game.

At a glance

Fact	Value
Words in this list	223
Share of the ENABLE list shown on this site	0.13%
Longest	`SUPERHEAVYWEIGHT` and `ULTRALIGHTWEIGHT` (16 letters)
Shortest	`PHT` (3 letters)
Highest base score (common values)	`SUPERHEAVYWEIGHT`, 34
No repeated letters	90

Most common letter before HT

Letter	Words
G	211
C	6
P	3
S	2
A	1

What stands out

None of these words is a palindrome (the same backward and forward).
10 leave another word when the final HT is taken off, for example BAHT, BIGHT, BRIGHT, DIGHT and FIGHT → BA, BIG, BRIG, DIG and FIG.
The most common number of vowels (A, E, I, O, U) is 2, found in 93 of these words.
The average length is 8.4 letters.
Before HT, the letter G appears most often (211 words).

All -HT words

3 letters 1

pht

4 letters 1

baht

5 letters 18

aught bight dight eight fight hight licht light might night ought phpht right sight tight wecht wight yacht

6 letters 25

alight aright blight borsht bought bright caught dought flight fought fright height klepht knight naught nought plight slight sought taught waucht waught weight whisht wright

7 letters 26

abought alright bedight borscht brought claucht claught delight draught drought fraught freight infight insight refight relight resight sleight spright thought tonight unsight uplight upright uptight wrought

8 letters 40

affright airtight beknight besought catfight daylight dogfight eyesight fanlight gaslight gastight gunfight inflight infought lowlight midnight mislight oiltight outfight outright outsight penlight prefight rebought refought resought retaught sennight skylight straight sunlight twilight twinight unbought unbright uncaught unfought unsought untaught unweight

9 letters 48

backlight bethought bombsight bullfight cockfight copyright deadlight dogfought downright droplight eyebright firefight firelight fistfight flyweight foresight fortnight gunfought headlight highlight hindsight jacklight lamplight limelight methought mistaught moonlight onslaught outbought outcaught outfought overlight overnight oversight preflight rethought rewrought rushlight safelight sidelight skintight spotlight starlight stoplight taillight topflight unthought weeknight

10 letters 30

airfreight birthright deadweight distraught earthlight flashlight floodlight forthright lighttight makeweight millwright misthought outthought outwrought overbought overbright overflight overweight playwright postflight prizefight shipwright sticktight superlight supertight torchlight ultralight ultraright wainwright watertight

11 letters 19

candlelight dreadnought forethought handwrought heavyweight lightweight overthought overwrought paperweight pennyweight searchlight spaceflight streetlight superbright trothplight underbought underweight wheelwright yesternight

12 letters 9

aforethought afterthought bantamweight featherlight interwrought merrythought middleweight postmidnight welterweight

13 letters 4

counterweight cruiserweight featherweight hundredweight

16 letters 2

superheavyweight ultralightweight

Using these words

To find words ending in HT from your own letters, use the Word Unscrambler with HT in Ends with, or try a pattern such as ???HT in the Crossword Solver. Words come from the open ENABLE word list. Different games use different dictionaries, so always check the rules of your game.