5-Letter Words Starting with O
There are 47 common five-letter words starting with O in Hintwordo's list, and 134 more that are valid but rarely used. The most familiar are OTHER, ORDER, OFTEN, OFFER, OLDER, OWNER. Words are ranked by how often they appear in real-world writing, so the ones at the top are the likeliest answers in a daily five-letter puzzle.
Apart from the letter in the name, the most common letters in this list are E (in 62% of words), R (36%) and T (30%) — good letters to test next.
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Common words (47)
Type a pattern with ? for unknown letters (s?a?e), or letters the word must contain (ae).
Showing 47 of 47
- very common: other
- very common: order
- very common: often
- very common: offer
- very common: older
- very common: owner
- very common: ocean
- very common: occur
- very common: ought
- very common: opera
- very common: outer
- very common: organ
- very common: orbit
- very common: ounce
- very common: omega
- very common: owing
- very common: onset
- common: obese
- common: oxide
- common: optic
- common: oasis
- common: oddly
- common: opium
- common: ozone
- common: otter
- common: overt
- common: olive
- common: onion
- common: ovary
- common: olden
- common: outdo
- common: oldie
- common: oomph
- common: ovate
- less common: offal
- less common: oriel
- less common: ovoid
- less common: oases
- less common: opine
- less common: octet
- less common: oxbow
- less common: octal
- less common: odder
- less common: ocher
- less common: odium
- less common: oaken
- less common: outre
Letter patterns in these words
Most common other letters
- e62%
- r36%
- t30%
- i28%
- n26%
- a23%
Most common letter by position
| Position 1 | Position 2 | Position 3 | Position 4 | Position 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| o100% | c11% | t17% | e34% | r21% |
A strong first guess from this list: outer
Puzzle tips
- If you know the first letter is O, spend your next guess on common vowels and consonants you haven't tried rather than on another O-word.
- Check the “most common letter by position” table below: it shows which second and last letters are most likely.
- Enter your guesses in the solver to combine this with everything else you know, including yellow letters.
Less common valid words (134)
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