5-letter words with O as the fourth letter
There are 666 five-letter words with O as the fourth letter in Unscrambly's open word list; the highest scoring is XEROX at 19 points. S is the most common first letter among them (86), and the average score is 8.6 points.
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Pinning a letter to an exact slot is the core of Wordle strategy: a green O in the fourth position leaves these 666 words as candidates. Every word below is exactly five letters with O in slot 4, shown with its Scrabble score, and examples include XEROX, KAZOO, DZHOS, ZYGON and OXBOW. Feed the letters you already know into the Wordle helper to narrow a puzzle with an O in slot 4 further.
For Wordle, ARSON 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 666 words.
5-letter words with O as the fourth letter in numbers
- Words
- 666
- Highest scoring
- XEROX 19 pts
- Average score
- 8.6 pts
- With a definition
- 328 (49%)
- A62
- B52
- C44
- D37
- E30
- F19
- G27
- H17
- I13
- J14
- K24
- L20
- M36
- N14
- O13
- P41
- R26
- S86
- T44
- U13
- V11
- W11
- X3
- Y6
- Z3
Highest-scoring 5-letter words with o as the fourth letter
5-letter words with O as the fourth letter (666)
These 300 of the 666 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 fourth letter?
Unscrambly's list has 666 five-letter words with O in the fourth position, 5.3% of all five-letter words.
How do I use this list for Wordle?
If your fourth tile turned green as O, these 666 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 ARSON.
What is the highest scoring 5 letter word with O as the fourth letter?
XEROX scores 19 points in Scrabble. Next come DZHOS (18), KAZOO (18) and ZYGON (18). The average is 8.6 points.