Word lists
5 Letter Words With O in the Middle
Need 5 letter words with O in the middle? Here are all 382. The 137 you are most likely to know come first, starting with ABOUT, THOSE and GROUP. S is the most common first letter, starting 87 of them.
- Words
- 382
- 137 common
- Top letters around the O
- s55%r32%o31%l27%t25%
- Repeated letters
- 171
- 45% of words, like KNOWN
- 2+ vowels
- 258
- 68% of words
Common 5 letter words with O in the middle
137 everyday words, ranked by how often they appear in English, most common first.
- about
- those
- group
- whole
- story
- known
- wrong
- along
- close
- looks
- short
- among
- phone
- front
- shows
- above
- alone
- books
- blood
- knows
More common words, in order (117)
whose wrote store brown cross photo floor stock shown block avoid broke score stone proud prove shoot sport crowd proof grown shoes smoke storm shots spoke goods tools stood crown rooms chose doors broad quote cloud loose shock gross woods clock ghost boost foods stops sword drove glory knock flood roots shops boots drops spots scope blown stole adopt grows flows tooth shout crops shook blows cloth flour float prone slope sworn choir fools irony flown slots spoil plots atoms icons arose glove prose troop clone drown shove chord cooks hooks loops agony frogs quota swore aloud froze ozone slows chops moons abort frown shone gnome whoop groan spout spoof acorn cools goody glows spool dooms thous
More 5 letter words with O in the middle
The other 245 words in our dictionary, A to Z. Most are rarer words, plurals and word forms that many word games accept.
Show all 245 more words
A... 18
abode adobe adore adorn afoot afoul aloes aloft aloof amour anode anons aroma atoll atone avows awoke axons
B... 22
blobs blocs blogs blond bloom blots booby booed booms boons boors booth booty booze boozy broil brood brook broom broth brows buoys
C... 27
chock choke chomp chore chows cloak clods clogs clomp clops clots clout clove clown cloys cooed coons coops coots croak crock crone crony crook croon croup crows
D... 7
dhoti diode droll drone drool droop dross
E... 8
ebony elope emoji emote epoch epoxy erode evoke
F... 12
flock floes flogs flops flora floss flout foots frock frond frost froth
G... 18
geode ghoul gloat globe gloom gloss gooey goofs goofy gooks goons goose groin groom grope grout grove growl
H... 7
hooch hoods hooey hoofs hooky hoops hoots
I... 3
idols irons ivory
K... 7
kiosk knobs knoll knots kooks kooky krone
L... 6
lions looms loons loony loopy loots
M... 7
meows moods moody mooed moors moose moots
N... 2
nooks noose
O... 3
oboes odors ovoid
P... 20
peons peony phony pious plods plops plows ploys poohs pools poops probe prods proms prong props prosy prowl prows proxy
Q... 2
quoit quoth
R... 7
reorg riots roods roofs rooks roomy roost
S... 51
scoff scold scone scoop scoot scorn scour scout scowl scows shoal shoos shore showy slobs sloes slogs sloop slops slosh sloth smock smoky smote snobs snoop snoot snore snort snots snout snows snowy sooth sooty spook spoon spoor spore stoat stoke stomp stony stool stoop stork stout stove stows swoon swoop
T... 9
thong thorn toots troll trope troth trots trout troys
V... 2
viola viols
W... 6
whorl woody wooed wooer woofs wroth
Z... 1
zooms
Tips for this pattern
- Work outward from the O. The letter right after it is most often N (39 words, like WRONG and ALONG), then T (37).
- Try common openings. S starts 87 of these words and C starts 42, while S is the most common last letter (33%).
- A strong first guess. If you know the middle letter is O, STORE is a good opener: it tests S, T, R and E, four of the seven most common letters in the open spots.
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Questions
How many 5 letter words with O in the middle are there?
Our dictionary has 382 five letter words with O in the middle. 137 of them are common everyday words, and the other 245 are rarer words that are still in our dictionary.
What are the most common 5 letter words with O in the middle?
ABOUT, THOSE, GROUP, WHOLE and STORY, ranked by how often they appear in everyday English. 171 of all 382 words repeat a letter, and 258 have two or more vowels.
What letter do most 5 letter words with O in the middle start with?
S. It starts 87 of the 382 words (23%), including STORY and SHORT. C is second with 42.
Word lists are based on SCOWL. “Most common” order uses data from wordfreq by Robyn Speer, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.