5-letter words with O as the fifth letter
There are 369 five-letter words with O as the fifth letter in Unscrambly's open word list; the highest scoring are BIZZO and MEZZO, tied at 25 points. C is the most common first letter among them (40), and the average score is 9.2 points.
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Pinning a letter to an exact slot is the core of Wordle strategy: a green O in the fifth position leaves these 369 words as candidates. Every word below is exactly five letters with O in slot 5, shown with its Scrabble score, and examples include MEZZO, BIZZO, LAZZO, ZHOMO and KAZOO. Feed the letters you already know into the Wordle helper to narrow a puzzle with an O in slot 5 further.
For Wordle, RATIO is a strong guess from this list: of the familiar words with five different letters, it uses the letters found in the most of these 369 words.
5-letter words with O as the fifth letter in numbers
- Words
- 369
- Highest scoring
- BIZZO 25 pts
- Average score
- 9.2 pts
- With a definition
- 142 (38%)
- A22
- B33
- C40
- D23
- E2
- F11
- G25
- H10
- I7
- J7
- K9
- L12
- M27
- N6
- O5
- P36
- Q2
- R20
- S29
- T17
- U1
- V5
- W7
- Y6
- Z7
Highest-scoring 5-letter words with o as the fifth letter
5-letter words with O as the fifth letter (369)
These 300 of the 369 are a spread sample: the 50 highest scoring first, then words taken in turn from every first letter; within each, words with a dictionary definition come first. The solver above searches all of them for your tiles, and the free JSON API has the full word lists.
Frequently asked questions
How many 5 letter words have O as the fifth letter?
Unscrambly's list has 369 five-letter words with O in the fifth position, 2.9% of all five-letter words.
How do I use this list for Wordle?
If your fifth tile turned green as O, these 369 words are your candidates. Cross off any word that uses a letter you have already ruled out, and prefer a guess that tests new letters, such as RATIO.
What is the highest scoring 5 letter word with O as the fifth letter?
BIZZO and MEZZO tie at 25 points in Scrabble. Next come LAZZO (23), ZHOMO (19) and JOCKO (18). The average is 9.2 points.