Five-letter words starting with O
There are 181 five-letter words that start with O in the ENABLE word list used by this site. That is about 2.1% of all five-letter words. The highest-scoring is oxbow, worth 17 points in standard Scrabble tile values.
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All 181 five-letter words starting with O
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Highest-scoring five-letter words starting with O
- oxbow 17 points
- oozed 15 points
- oxeye 15 points
- objet 14 points
- oozes 14 points
- orzos 14 points
- ouzel 14 points
- ouzos 14 points
- oxime 14 points
- oxims 14 points
- oxlip 14 points
- ozone 14 points
- ochry 13 points
- oxide 13 points
- oxids 13 points
- offed 12 points
- ohmic 12 points
- okays 12 points
- okehs 12 points
- oomph 12 points
- oxter 12 points
- oakum 11 points
- ocker 11 points
- ofays 11 points
Patterns in this list
The most common second letters are or (23), ou (15), oc (13), ob (11), ol (11). 76 of these words contain three or more vowels, which can make them easier to spot when you are unscrambling.
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