Words containing GH

There are 1,513 words containing GH in our word list. 153 of them are common everyday words, such as ENOUGH, HIGH, MIGHT and NIGHT. They range from 3 to 15 letters, and 9-letter words are the biggest group, with 259.

Words: 1,513
Common words: 153
Longest: STRAIGHTFORWARD; 15 letters
Top score: PRIZEFIGHTINGS; 33 points

GH is often silent, as in NIGHT and THOUGH, and sometimes sounds like F, as in LAUGH and ENOUGH.

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3-letter words (2)

4-letter words (12)

high
sigh
nigh
agha
ghee
pugh
ghat
ghis
sugh
ughs
vugh
yogh

5-letter words (54)

might
night
right
eight
fight
light
laugh
sight
tight
tough
ghost
ought
rough
cough
dough
highs
thigh
weigh
sighs
wight
bight
bough
burgh
ghazi
ghoul
hight
lough
sangh
waugh
aught
ghats
haugh
heigh
neigh
aargh
ghast
ogham
sough
brugh
dight
faugh
ghaut
ghyll
heugh
laigh
aghas
ghees
gighe
nighs
saugh
sughs
teugh
vughs
yoghs

6-letter words (104)

enough
though
higher
rights
weight
bought
bright
caught
flight
height
highly
lights
taught
eighth
fights
fought
knight
laughs
mighty
nights
slight
sought
wright
afghan
eighty
ghetto
ghosts
sights
thighs
weighs
alight
blight
coughs
fright
plight
plough
sighed
slough
tights
trough
aghast
clough
dinghy
eights
ghibli
ghouls
naught
nought
righty
sleigh
aright
boughs
burghs
doughy
nighty
aughts
aweigh

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7-letter words (153)

thought
through
brought
tonight
highest
alright
fighter
flights
heights
highway
insight
knights
laughed
lighter
roughly
borough
delight
drought
freight
lightly
naughty
rightly
sighted
tighten
tighter
tightly
tougher
upright
weighed
weights
draught
fraught
ghastly
ghostly
lighted
lighten
nightly
wrought
yoghurt
afghans
bighorn
coughed
doughty
ghettos
ghosted
haughty
jughead
roughed
rougher
sighing
sleight
sorghum
toughen
troughs
uptight
weighty
afghani

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8-letter words (237)

although
daughter
straight
fighting
laughing
slightly
thoughts
fighters
laughter
lighting
midnight
neighbor
shanghai
almighty
brighter
daylight
eighteen
highland
highways
insights
outright
sunlight
thorough
toughest
twilight
weighing
weighted
boroughs
brighten
brightly
coughing
delights
doughnut
eighties
eyesight
frighten
highness
outweigh
rightful
sighting
airtight
blighted
dogfight
doghouse
draughts
droughts
furlough
gaslight
ghosting
gunfight
heighten
knighted
lighters
lightest
longhorn
mightier
mightily

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9-letter words (259)

copyright
daughters
delighted
highlight
lightning
neighbors
nightmare
overnight
brightest
highlands
moonlight
neighbour
nightclub
oversight
righteous
slaughter
slightest
spaghetti
spotlight
doughnuts
downright
enlighten
foresight
fortnight
freighter
hindsight
laughable
limelight
nightfall
nightlife
nighttime
onslaught
sightings
starlight
tightened
toughness
brightens
firefight
frightens
frightful
headlight
lightbulb
lightened
lightness
longhorns
mightiest
nightgown
nighthawk
outweighs
ploughing
roughness
skylights
sourdough
straights
tightness
tightrope
unsightly

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10-letter words (237)

throughout
highlights
thoroughly
brightness
delightful
frightened
lighthouse
neighbours
nightmares
overweight
thoughtful
birthright
distraught
eighteenth
flashlight
headlights
heightened
insightful
lightening
nightclubs
playwright
rightfully
straighten
stronghold
throughput
tightening
wainwright
brightened
copyrights
forthright
freighters
highlander
infighting
knighthood
nightshade
nightstand
outweighed
spotlights
straighter
ultralight
watertight
weightless
deadweight
delighting
enlightens
farsighted
firefights
flightless
floodlight
footlights
furloughed
gunfighter
highnesses
highwayman
highwaymen
laughingly
lightbulbs

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11-letter words (175)

frightening
heavyweight
highlighted
lightweight
neighboring
slaughtered
candlelight
copyrighted
enlightened
firefighter
highlanders
nightingale
sightseeing
brightening
dreadnought
flashlights
fortnightly
highlighter
lighthouses
nightmarish
playwrights
searchlight
spaceflight
strongholds
thoughtless
underweight
bullfighter
dogfighting
draughtsman
floodlights
forethought
frightfully
ghostwriter
goddaughter
heightening
knighthoods
lightheaded
naughtiness
nearsighted
overwrought
paperweight
righteously
roughriders
spotlighted
straightens
straightest
streetlight
unrighteous
wheelwright
daylighting
delightedly
draughtsmen
gunfighters
haughtiness
highfalutin
lamplighter
millwrights

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12-letter words (121)

neighborhood
breakthrough
firefighters
highlighting
neighbouring
enlightening
manslaughter
middleweight
slaughtering
straightened
afterthought
delightfully
heavyweights
lighthearted
moonlighting
shortsighted
stepdaughter
straightaway
thoroughbred
thoroughfare
thoughtfully
welterweight
bantamweight
bullfighting
cockfighting
dreadnoughts
ghostwriters
highlighters
lightweights
nightingales
prizefighter
searchlights
spotlighting
straightener
streetlights
superhighway
thoroughness
weightlifter
aforethought
backlighting
bullfighters
copyrighting
forthrightly
ghostwriting
ghostwritten
interborough
meetinghouse
paperweights
roughhousing
spaceflights
straightedge
straightness
wheelwrights
airtightness
brightnesses
featherlight
insightfully

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13-letter words (87)

enlightenment
granddaughter
neighborhoods
breakthroughs
righteousness
weightlifting
clearinghouse
counterweight
cruiserweight
featherweight
frighteningly
straightening
thoroughfares
laughingstock
straighteners
thoroughbreds
thoughtlessly
unenlightened
weightlifters
afterthoughts
boardinghouse
copyrightable
floodlighting
ghettoization
hundredweight
middleweights
stepdaughters
superhighways
thoroughgoing
welterweights
bantamweights
lightfastness
meetinghouses
nightclubbing
nightmarishly
overweighting
playwrighting
prizefighters
prizefighting
sprightliness
straightaways
airfreighting
benightedness
bullfightings
candlelighted
candlelighter
cockfightings
countinghouse
delightedness
doughtinesses
downrightness
eggheadedness
flightinesses
foresightedly
fortnightlies
frightfulness
ghastlinesses

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14-letter words (47)

granddaughters
slaughterhouse
thoughtfulness
weightlessness
clearinghouses
counterweights
cruiserweights
farsightedness
forthrightness
lightheartedly
neighborliness
straightjacket
boardinghouses
enlightenments
featherweights
airtightnesses
almightinesses
bigheartedness
candlelighters
countinghouses
delightfulness
droughtinesses
forethoughtful
gastightnesses
ghettoizations
ghoulishnesses
highhandedness
hundredweights
knightlinesses
laughingstocks
longheadedness
overtightening
playwrightings
prizefightings
rightfulnesses
shortsightedly
slaughterously
sprightfulness
straightnesses
thoroughbasses
thoroughbraces
thoroughnesses
trothplighting
ultrarightists
unenlightening
watertightness
weightliftings

15-letter words (25)

straightforward
slaughterhouses
unrighteousness
nearsightedness
thoughtlessness
counterweighted
benightednesses
delightednesses
downrightnesses
eggheadednesses
foresightedness
frightfulnesses
laughablenesses
lightfastnesses
lightsomenesses
longsightedness
pigheadednesses
righteousnesses
sightlessnesses
sprightlinesses
straightjackets
tightfistedness
uncopyrightable
unsightlinesses
wrongheadedness

Darker borders mark common everyday words. Rarer words follow in each group.

Questions

How many words containing GH are there?

Our word list has 1,513 words containing GH. 153 of them are common everyday words.

What is the longest word containing GH?

The longest have 15 letters, for example STRAIGHTFORWARD, SLAUGHTERHOUSES and UNRIGHTEOUSNESS.

Which word containing GH scores the most points?

Using standard letter tile values, PRIZEFIGHTINGS scores 33 points, the most of any word containing GH in our list.