Yes. HI is a valid word.
HI is valid in the North American word list used for the Scrabble board game and other crossword tile games.
HI is in the NASPA Word List 2023 (NWL2023), the North American list that Tileside uses for challenges and the one used in club and tournament play.
About HI
HI is a greeting everyone knows. Two-letter words with H are among the best small plays because the H is worth 4: AH, EH, HA, HE, HI, HM, HO, OH, SH and UH.
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HI scores 5 points
Before any bonus squares: H 4 + I 1 = 5. On a double-word square that's 10, on a triple-word 15, and every letter bonus under one of these tiles is applied first.
Example: HI as the first play
Later in the game, put the H on a 3L square and HI is worth 13 before any word bonus.
Hooks: one tile makes a new word
In front of HI (5):
After HI (8):
Place that one tile so it also forms a word in the other direction and both words score.
Longer words from HI
Words that start with HI:
- HICKa person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture
- HIDEprevent from being seen or discovered
- HIEDform of HIE: move hurridly
- HIESform of HIE: move hurridly
- HIGHgreater than normal in degree or intensity or amount
- HIKEa long walk usually for exercise or pleasure
- HILAform of HILUM: (anatomy) a depression or fissure where vessels or nerves or ducts enter a bodily organ
- HILIform of HILUS: (anatomy) a depression or fissure where vessels or nerves or ducts enter a bodily organ
Change one tile
Swap any one letter of HI and these are still words:
Same letters, other words
No other word in the list uses exactly the letters H and I.
Memory tip
HI is a friendly hello. HIC, HID, HIE, HIM, HIN, HIP, HIS and HIT all hook off the end.
On these lists
Other two-letter words starting with H
Check words at the table, free
Tileside keeps score, checks words like this one during a challenge, tracks the tiles left in the bag and times turns. It runs in your phone's browser with no account and works offline.
Tileside checks words against the North American list, the NASPA Word List 2023. Your group's chosen dictionary always wins. Playing the international (Collins) list? Turn on its 20 extra two-letter words in Setup.
Word list: NASPA Word List 2023, used under license. NASPA Word List 2023 Edition © NASPA 2023. The copy included in this app is licensed for personal use. You may not use it for any commercial purposes.
Works with the Scrabble board game, played at the table. Tileside is an independent product, not affiliated with or endorsed by the makers of Scrabble.