5-letter words with O as the third letter
There are 965 five-letter words with O as the third letter in Unscrambly's open word list; the highest scoring is WOOZY at 20 points. S is the most common first letter among them (191), and the average score is 9 points.
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Pinning a letter to an exact slot is the core of Wordle strategy: a green O in the third position leaves these 965 words as candidates. Every word below is exactly five letters with O in slot 3, shown with its Scrabble score, and examples include WOOZY, BOOZY, KHOJA, ZHOMO and DOOZY. Feed the letters you already know into the Wordle helper to narrow a puzzle with an O in slot 3 further.
For Wordle, STORE 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 965 words.
5-letter words with O as the third letter in numbers
- Words
- 965
- Highest scoring
- WOOZY 20 pts
- Average score
- 9.0 pts
- With a definition
- 517 (54%)
- A87
- B68
- C100
- D47
- E26
- F46
- G67
- H21
- I11
- J1
- K24
- L17
- M28
- N10
- O13
- P79
- Q11
- R22
- S191
- T41
- U1
- V8
- W30
- Y6
- Z10
Highest-scoring 5-letter words with o as the third letter
5-letter words with O as the third letter (965)
These 300 of the 965 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 third letter?
Unscrambly's list has 965 five-letter words with O in the third position, 7.7% of all five-letter words.
How do I use this list for Wordle?
If your third tile turned green as O, these 965 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 STORE.
What is the highest scoring 5 letter word with O as the third letter?
WOOZY scores 20 points in Scrabble. Next come BOOZY (19), KHOJA (19) and ZHOMO (19). The average is 9 points.