Alexander Farber <alexander.farber@gmail.com> writes:
> TLDR "psql words_de" works, but "psql -h localhost words_de" does not
I'd try connecting the first way and seeing what "show
listen_addresses" gives. Per your report it should be "*",
but maybe something is overriding that.
If it is "*", then it seems like something is interfering with
expanding that. Maybe try explicitly setting it to "localhost"?
regards, tom lane