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5-letter words with D as the 3rd letter and O as the 5th letter

5-letter words with D third and O fifth: 13 matches, all ending in O.

13 wordsTop pick VIDEOHighest score GADJO 14

7 of 13 are everyday words (54%). A friendly list: most players will know the top picks.

With D in 3rd place, S is the most common 5th letter (91 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Best words to play first 13 · most-used first

All valid words 13

A to Z. Includes rare and Collins-only words. Linked tiles open the word's meaning, score and rhymes.

Letters by positionIn 31% of these words the 2nd letter is A.
1st letter
  1. A23%
  2. G23%
  3. R15%
2nd letter
  1. A31%
  2. I15%
  3. O15%
4th letter
  1. I23%
  2. R23%
  3. D15%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
GADJO1417Collins only
HYDRO1210All three
KIDDO1111All three
VIDEO910All three
PEDRO89All three
ADDIO77Collins only
SADDO77Collins only
GODSO78Collins only
GADSO78Collins only
RADIO66All three
AUDIO67All three
RODEO66All three

Locking D into the middle and O at the end leaves a compact set: 13 tournament-dictionary entries. Familiar picks include VIDEO, RADIO and AUDIO, while GADJO leads the scoring table. The mix is lopsided in a useful way: A and G each supply three opening letters, but no other first letter appears more than twice, which makes this clue narrower than the final O alone suggests.

The narrow D–O pattern at a glance

  • 13 entries satisfy both fixed positions, and every match ends in O.
  • VIDEO, RADIO and AUDIO are familiar examples; GADJO is the highest scorer at 14 points.
  • Seven entries fall in the common-frequency group, while 11 have definitions.
  • All 13 appear in Collins; eight appear in NWL2023 and seven in ENABLE.

5-letter words with D third and O fifth

Only three starting letters occur more than once: A and G each begin three matches, while R begins two. H, K, P, S and V each begin one. That spread makes the middle-and-final-letter clue more selective than a starting-letter clue; the shared D and O do most of the filtering.

Among familiar choices, VIDEO, RADIO and AUDIO are easy to recognize, but they do not lead the tile-score ranking. GADJO scores 14, HYDRO 12 and KIDDO 11 before board bonuses. A familiar sound is no guide to score: the unusual J in GADJO does the heavy lifting.

GADJO scores 14, versus VIDEO's 9 and RADIO's 6; its J makes the score gap, not its length. For a rack-based game, compare tile values before choosing the word that looks most familiar.

Can you use these words in Wordle?

Five of these words match Wordle's answer list, and all 13 are allowed guesses. Treat the pattern as a filter, not a reason to force an answer: AUDIO, RADIO and VIDEO share the final O but use different first letters. When your board fixes D in slot three, the short candidate set makes a full scan practical.

5-letter words with D third and O fifth also vary by game dictionary: Collins accepts all 13, while NWL2023 includes eight and ENABLE seven. Only seven sit in the common-frequency group, so some tournament entries will feel obscure. Check your game's word list before playing a low-frequency candidate; tournament acceptance alone does not guarantee acceptance everywhere.

Questions people ask

How many five-letter words have D third and O fifth?
There are 13 tournament-dictionary words with D in the third position and O in the fifth. All 13 end in O, and the first letters vary: A and G each appear three times, while R appears twice.
Which word with D third and O fifth scores the most?
GADJO is the top scorer at 14 points before board bonuses. HYDRO follows at 12, then KIDDO at 11. The familiar choices VIDEO and RADIO score 9 and 6 respectively, so GADJO's J gives it a clear tile-value edge.
Are all 13 words accepted in Wordle?
All 13 are allowed guesses, but five match Wordle's answer list. That distinction matters when solving: a word can be a valid guess without being an answer. Use the fixed D and O positions to narrow candidates, then check the remaining letters against your clues.

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