Word lists
5 Letter Words Starting With O
Our word list has 76 five letter words starting with O. Start with the 23 common ones, ranked by everyday use (OTHER, ORDER, OFTEN), or open the full list for the other 53. The most common second letter is A, found in 7 of them.
- Words
- 76
- 23 common
- Top letters in spots 2 to 5
- e62%s32%r30%t29%a26%
- Repeated letters
- 23
- 30% of words, like ORDER
- 2+ vowels
- 75
- 99% of words
Common 5 letter words starting with O
23 everyday words, ranked by how often they appear in English, most common first.
- other
- order
- often
- offer
- older
- owner
- owned
- ocean
- occur
- opens
- ought
- opera
- outer
- organ
- orbit
- onion
- opted
- owing
- optic
- oddly
More common words, in order (3)
ozone omits obeys
More 5 letter words starting with O
The other 53 words in our dictionary, A to Z. Most are rarer words, plurals and word forms that many word games accept.
Show all 53 more words
OA... 7
oaken oakum oared oases oasis oaten oaths
OB... 3
obese obits oboes
OC... 3
ocher octal octet
OD... 3
odder odium odors
OF... 2
offal offed
OG... 3
ogled ogles ogres
OI... 1
oiled
OK... 2
okays okras
OL... 2
olden olive
OM... 2
omega omens
ON... 1
onset
OO... 2
oozed oozes
OP... 3
opals opine opium
OR... 2
orals orate
OS... 1
osier
OT... 1
otter
OU... 5
ounce ousts outdo outed outgo
OV... 7
ovals ovary ovens overs overt ovoid ovule
OW... 1
owlet
OX... 2
oxbow oxide
Tips for this pattern
- Check the second letter. A follows the O in 7 words (9%). P (7) and U (7) come next.
- Look at the last letter. 28% of five letter words starting with O end in S, like OPENS and OMITS. Most of those are plurals, which some daily word games never use as answers.
- A strong first guess. If you know the word starts with O, OUTER is a good opener: it tests T, E and R, three of the seven most common letters in the open spots.
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Questions
How many 5 letter words starting with O are there?
Our dictionary has 76 five letter words starting with O. 23 of them are common everyday words, and the other 53 are rarer words that are still in our dictionary.
What are the most common 5 letter words starting with O?
OTHER, ORDER, OFTEN, OFFER and OLDER, ranked by how often they appear in everyday English. 23 of all 76 words repeat a letter, and 75 have two or more vowels.
What is the most common second letter in 5 letter words starting with O?
A. 7 of the 76 words (9%) have A second. P is next with 7 words, then U with 7.
Word lists are based on SCOWL. “Most common” order uses data from wordfreq by Robyn Speer, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.