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5 Letter Words Starting With O

There are 396 five-letter words starting with O. 352 of them are playable in Scrabble or Words With Friends, 22 are everyday English, and the highest scorer is ozzie at 23 points.

The words

All 396 of them, everyday words first.

Everyday words 22

Word-game words 330

Archaic and rare 44

What is in this list

Every word carries its Scrabble score; hover one to see its Words With Friends score, which differs because the two games value tiles differently. Both are raw tile totals and exclude double- and triple-letter squares, since those depend on where you put the word rather than on the word itself.

Words in total
396
Playable in Scrabble or Words With Friends
352 (89%)
Everyday words
22
Archaic or rare
44
Highest Scrabble score
ozzie at 23
Average Scrabble score
8.2
Letters that turn up most
O 100%, E 46%, S 34%, A 30%, I 29%, R 27%

Questions

How many 5 letter words start with O?
396, across every dictionary this site merges. 22 of those are everyday English, 330 are valid in word games without being words you would say out loud, and 44 come from Webster's 1913 and are largely obsolete.
Which of them are valid in Scrabble?
181 appear in ENABLE, the word list Scrabble and Words With Friends programs check against. The 44 archaic entries are shown last and labelled, because a word game will usually reject them.
What is the highest-scoring 5 letter word that start with O?
ozzie, worth 23 in Scrabble and 23 in Words With Friends. Both are raw tile values, before any double- or triple-letter square.
Which are the most common?
By frequency in ordinary English: other, order, offer, often, owner, older, owned, ocean. The list below is in that order, so the words you are most likely to want come first.

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