Words that start with O
There are 8,651 words that start with O in Unscrambly's open word list; the highest scoring is OXYPHENBUTAZONE at 41 points. They run from 2 to 15 letters, 9-letter words are the biggest group with 1,407, and the average one scores 14.9 points.
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O is the roundest vowel and the seed of plenty of onomatopoeia, from oink to ooze. O starts 3.2% of the 269,870 words in the dictionary, the 16th largest share of the 26 letters. The longest run to 15 letters (235 words), OPHTHALMOLOGIST among them. Two-letter words starting with O: OB, OD, OE, OF, OH, OI, OM, ON, OO, OP, OR, OS, OU, OW, OX and OY.
Words that start with O in numbers
- Words
- 8,651
- Highest scoring
- OXYPHENBUTAZONE 41 pts
- Average score
- 14.9 pts
- Longest
- OPHTHALMOLOGIST 15 letters
- 216
- 369
- 4156
- 5260
- 6490
- 7844
- 81,297
- 91,407
- 101,289
- 111,035
- 12729
- 13475
- 14349
- 15235
Highest-scoring words that start with o
| Word | Score | Length |
|---|---|---|
| oxyphenbutazone | 41 | 15 |
| objectivizing | 37 | 13 |
| objectivized | 36 | 12 |
| objectivizes | 35 | 12 |
| overemphasizing | 35 | 15 |
| objectivize | 34 | 11 |
| oophorectomized | 34 | 15 |
| overemphasized | 34 | 14 |
| overhomogenized | 34 | 15 |
| oxyrhynchuses | 34 | 13 |
Words that start with O (8,651)
These 300 of the 8,651 are a spread sample: the 50 highest scoring first, then words taken in turn from every length (2 to 15 letters); within each, words with a dictionary definition come first. The solver above searches all of them for your tiles, and the full list is in the free JSON API.
15-letter words 22
14-letter words 22
13-letter words 22
12-letter words 22
11-letter words 22
10-letter words 22
9-letter words 23
8-letter words 23
7-letter words 23
6-letter words 23
5-letter words 23
4-letter words 23
3-letter words 23
Frequently asked questions
How many words start with O?
8,651 words in Unscrambly's list start with O. 260 of them have five letters, 844 have seven and 16 have two.
What is the best O word for Scrabble?
OXYPHENBUTAZONE scores 41 points before bonus squares. Next come OBJECTIVIZING (37), OBJECTIVIZED (36) and OBJECTIVIZES (35). Across all 8,651, the average is 14.9 points.
What two-letter words start with O?
OB, OD, OE, OF, OH, OI, OM, ON, OO, OP, OR, OS, OU, OW, OX and OY: 16 in total. Two-letter words are the easiest way to score on a crowded board.
How many 5 letter words start with O?
260. Five letters is the Wordle length, and every one of them is on the 5 letter words starting with O list, where OZZIE scores highest at 23 points.