Words that contain 'h' and end in 'ds'


This is a popular choice of words, so much so there are exactly 425 entries to select. Don't get too excited!

4 letter words

  • hods

5 letter words

  • chads
  • hands
  • hards
  • heads
  • heeds
  • herds
  • hinds
  • holds
  • hoods
  • hurds
  • shads
  • sheds
  • thuds
  • whids

6 letter words

  • aholds
  • aphids
  • chards
  • chords
  • ephods
  • halids
  • hexads
  • hylids
  • hyoids
  • hoards
  • hodads
  • hounds
  • jehads
  • jihads
  • shards
  • shends
  • sherds
  • shreds
  • thirds

7 letter words

  • beheads
  • behinds
  • beholds
  • chields
  • coheads
  • echards
  • haloids
  • hatreds
  • hazards
  • heptads
  • heralds
  • hybrids
  • hydrids
  • holards
  • hotbeds
  • hotrods
  • methods
  • orchids
  • shairds
  • shields
  • shrouds
  • threads
  • unhands
  • unhoods
  • upholds

8 letter words

  • airheads
  • airsheds
  • athodyds
  • bigheads
  • boyhoods
  • bowheads
  • catheads
  • cepheids
  • chalcids
  • cheloids
  • chiliads
  • chlorids
  • choroids
  • cichlids
  • cowhands
  • cowherds
  • cowsheds
  • diehards
  • eggheads
  • ethmoids
  • farhands
  • fatheads
  • galahads
  • glochids
  • godheads
  • godhoods
  • haggards
  • hayseeds
  • haywards
  • halberds
  • halyards
  • haploids
  • hatbands
  • headends
  • helipads
  • hexapods
  • hyaloids
  • hydatids
  • hydroids
  • himwards
  • hogweeds
  • hollands
  • hominids
  • hopheads
  • hoptoads

9 letter words

  • acidheads
  • adherends
  • amphipods
  • antherids
  • arachnids
  • athetoids
  • aunthoods
  • babyhoods
  • backhands
  • baldheads
  • beshrouds
  • billheads
  • blowhards
  • blueheads
  • boltheads
  • boneheads
  • bulkheads
  • bullheads
  • bushlands
  • characids
  • chenopods
  • childbeds
  • chilopods
  • chorioids
  • chresards
  • clochards
  • clubhands
  • coalsheds
  • conchoids
  • copyholds
  • deadheads
  • deathbeds
  • deckhands
  • dihybrids
  • dockhands
  • dropheads
  • drumheads
  • echinoids
  • elkhounds
  • enshrouds
  • fahlbands
  • farmhands
  • fauchards
  • fishponds
  • flatheads

10 letter words

  • apprehends
  • archfiends
  • arrowheads
  • arthropods
  • beachheads
  • beechwoods
  • blackheads
  • blockheads
  • buckhounds
  • catchwords
  • chancroids
  • chickweeds
  • childhoods
  • coonhounds
  • curlyheads
  • dachshunds
  • dashboards
  • deathwards
  • earthwards
  • falsehoods
  • greyhounds
  • hamadryads
  • handstands
  • hardstands
  • headboards
  • headstands
  • heartlands
  • homesteads
  • horehounds
  • horseheads
  • households
  • housemaids
  • yethhounds
  • leaseholds
  • lightwards
  • marshlands
  • monkshoods
  • nightwards
  • northwards
  • otherwards
  • rangeheads
  • reprehends
  • rightwards
  • sheepfolds
  • sheepheads

11 letter words

  • anthropoids
  • bloodhounds
  • bridgeheads
  • chalkboards
  • chessboards
  • churchyards
  • churchwards
  • clavichords
  • comprehends
  • copperheads
  • dunderheads
  • fatherlands
  • figureheads
  • hammerheads
  • heavenwards
  • hemorrhoids
  • hinderlands
  • hinterlands
  • hitherwards
  • knighthoods
  • letterheads
  • likelihoods
  • livelihoods
  • loggerheads
  • maidenheads
  • motherlands
  • netherlands
  • netherwards
  • nightstands
  • packthreads
  • schoolyards
  • schoolwards
  • scratchpads
  • sheepsheads
  • shoddywards
  • sisterhoods
  • sleepyheads
  • strongholds
  • subtrahends
  • whirlybirds
  • windshields
  • witherwards
  • withinwards
  • zenithwards

12 letter words

  • chambermaids
  • channelwards
  • haemorrhoids
  • harpsichords
  • hypothyroids
  • hummingbirds
  • kitchenwards
  • knuckleheads
  • parathyroids
  • switchboards
  • theaterwards
  • thitherwards
  • thunderheads
  • whitherwards
  • withoutwards

13 letter words

  • checkerboards
  • chesterfields
  • flashforwards
  • fountainheads
  • henceforwards
  • hyperthyroids
  • househusbands
  • misapprehends
  • neighborhoods
  • straightwards
  • thoroughbreds
  • thunderclouds

14 letter words

  • northeastwards
  • northwestwards
  • southeastwards
  • southwestwards
  • thenceforwards

16 letter words

  • straightforwards

Which word on this page ranks as the most common?
We've discovered that 'hands' is the 294th most common word.

In Scrabble, what's the best score possible using words that have 'h' in and end with 'ds'?
With the massive number of words to select from, your best option is 'hexapods' scoring 21 points in total.

How many possible words can you make using this combination of letters?
There are a maximum of 425 entries on this page.

What's a strange word from this list of words that have 'h' in and end with 'ds'?
The most weird word based on a recently conducted poll is 'hemorrhoids'. The definition of 'hemorrhoids' is as follows: "Livid and painful swellings formed by the dilation of the blood vessels around the margin of, or within, the anus, from which blood or mucus is occasionally discharged; piles; emerods. [The sing. Hemorrhoid is rarely used.]". Source Oxford Dictionary.

What is the longest word you can make from this list?
'Straightforwards' is made up of 16 letters, and is the biggest word that's possible to make from the combination specified.