5-letter words with O as the second letter
There are 2,028 five-letter words with O as the second letter in Unscrambly's open word list; the highest scoring is POZZY at 28 points. C is the most common first letter among them (215), 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 second position leaves these 2,028 words as candidates. Every word below is exactly five letters with O in slot 2, shown with its Scrabble score, and examples include POZZY, VOZHD, WOOZY, TOWZY and BOOZY. Feed the letters you already know into the Wordle helper to narrow a puzzle with an O in slot 2 further.
For Wordle, LOSER 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 2,028 words.
5-letter words with O as the second letter in numbers
- Words
- 2,028
- Highest scoring
- POZZY 28 pts
- Average score
- 9.2 pts
- With a definition
- 1,041 (51%)
- A1
- B169
- C215
- D145
- E2
- F80
- G103
- H133
- I5
- J43
- K44
- L131
- M161
- N80
- O10
- P139
- Q2
- R127
- S130
- T141
- V41
- W53
- X1
- Y41
- Z31
Highest-scoring 5-letter words with o as the second letter
5-letter words with O as the second letter (2,028)
These 300 of the 2,028 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 second letter?
Unscrambly's list has 2,028 five-letter words with O in the second position, 16% of all five-letter words.
How do I use this list for Wordle?
If your second tile turned green as O, these 2,028 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 LOSER.
What is the highest scoring 5 letter word with O as the second letter?
POZZY scores 28 points in Scrabble. Next come VOZHD (21), TOWZY (20) and WOOZY (20). The average is 9.2 points.