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5-letter words ending in O

5-letter words ending in O total 385 in tournament dictionaries, and VIDEO, RADIO, PHOTO and HELLO lead the everyday group.

385 wordsTop pick VIDEOHighest score MEZZO 25

62 of 385 are everyday words (16%). A mix of familiar words and game-only finds.

S ends the most 5-letter words (3,898); J ends the fewest (2). O ranks #10 of 26. The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

Common words 62 · most-used first

Showing the top 48 of 62 common words. See every valid word

All valid words 385

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

  • ABMHO12
  • ACHOO10
  • ADDIO7
  • ADOBO8
  • AGGRO7
  • AGLOO6
  • ALAMO7
  • ALTHO8
  • AMIDO8
  • AMIGO8
  • AMINO7
  • AMNIO7
  • ANCHO10
  • ANDRO6
  • ANGLO6
  • APPRO9
  • ASPRO7
  • AUDIO6
  • AVISO8
  • AWATO8
  • AWETO8
  • AZIDO15
  • BABOO9
  • BACCO11
  • BALOO7
  • BANCO9
  • BANJO14
  • BARDO8
  • BARRO7
  • BASHO10
  • BASSO7
  • BASTO7
  • BAZOO16
  • BEANO7
  • BENTO7
  • BERKO11
  • BIFFO13
  • BILBO9
  • BIMBO11
  • BINGO8
  • BIZZO25
  • BOFFO13
  • BOMBO11
  • BONGO8
  • BORGO8
  • BRAVO10
  • BROMO9
  • BUCKO13
  • BUFFO13
  • BUMBO11
  • BUNCO9
  • BUNKO11
  • BUROO7
  • BURRO7
  • BUTEO7
  • CACAO9
  • CAMEO9
  • CAMPO11
  • CANSO7
  • CANTO7
  • CARBO9
  • CARGO8
  • CASCO9
  • CELLO7
  • CENTO7
  • CHACO12
  • CHADO11
  • CHEMO12
  • CHIAO10
  • CHICO12
  • CHIMO12
  • CHINO10
  • CHIRO10
  • CHOCO12
  • CHOKO14
  • CHOLO10
  • CISCO9
  • CLARO7
  • COCCO11
  • COMBO11
  • COMMO11
  • COMPO11
  • CONDO8
  • CONGO8
  • CONTO7
  • CONVO10
  • CORNO7
  • CORSO7
  • COSMO9
  • CREDO8
  • CRUDO8
  • CUFFO13
  • CURIO7
  • CUSSO7
  • CUTTO7
  • CYANO10
  • CYCLO12
  • DANIO6
  • DATTO6
  • DECKO12
  • DEFFO12
  • DEKKO14
  • DERRO6
  • DIAZO15
  • DILDO7
  • DINGO7
  • DIPSO8
  • DISCO8
  • DITTO6
  • DOBRO8
  • DOGGO8
  • DOHYO12
  • DONKO10
  • DRACO8
  • DSOBO8
  • DSOMO8
  • DUBBO10
  • DUMBO10
  • DUNNO6
  • DUOMO8
  • EJIDO13
  • ERUGO6
  • ESTRO5
  • FANGO9
  • FARRO8
  • FATSO8
  • FIBRO10
  • FILLO8
  • FLEXO15
  • FOLIO8
  • FORDO9
  • FORGO9
  • FUERO8
  • FUGIO9
  • FUNGO9
  • GADJO14
  • GADSO7
  • GALVO9
  • GAMBO10
  • GARBO8
  • GAZOO15
  • GECKO12
  • GENRO6
  • GESSO6
  • GINZO15
  • GIPPO10
  • GISMO8
  • GIZMO17
  • GOBBO10
  • GODSO7
  • GOMBO10
  • GONZO15
  • GREGO7
  • GUACO8
  • GUANO6
  • GUIRO6
  • GUMBO10
  • GUSTO6
  • GYPPO13
  • HALLO8
  • HELIO8
  • HELLO8
  • HILLO8
  • HIMBO12
  • HIPPO12
  • HOLLO8
  • HOWSO11
  • HULLO8
  • HUNDO9
  • HYDRO12
  • IGAPO8
  • IGLOO6
  • IMAGO8
  • IMIDO8
  • IMINO7
  • IMPRO9
  • INSPO7
  • INTRO5
  • IROKO9
  • JAMBO16
  • JELLO12
  • JINGO13
  • JOCKO18
  • JUMBO16
  • JUNCO14
  • JUNTO12
  • KAROO9
  • KAZOO18
  • KEENO9
  • KEMBO13
  • KENDO10
  • KIDDO11
  • KIMBO13
  • KONDO10
  • KUSSO9
  • LAEVO8
  • LARGO6
  • LASSO5
  • LAZZO23
  • LENTO5
  • LESBO7
  • LEUCO7
  • LIMBO9
  • LINGO6
  • LITHO8
  • LLANO5
  • LOTTO5
  • MACHO12
  • MACRO9
  • MAIKO11
  • MAMBO11
  • MANGO8
  • MANTO7
  • MATLO7
  • MATZO16
  • MENTO7
  • MESTO7
  • METHO10
  • METRO7
  • MEZZO25
  • MICRO9
  • MILKO11
  • MIMEO9
  • MISDO8
  • MISGO8
  • MOLTO7
  • MONDO8
  • MONGO8
  • MORRO7
  • MOSSO7
  • MOTTO7
  • MUCHO12
  • MUCRO9
  • MUNGO8
  • NACHO10
  • NAPOO7
  • NARCO7
  • NATTO5
  • NEGRO6
  • NGAIO6
  • NITRO5
  • NUTSO5
  • ORTHO8
  • OUTDO6
  • OUTGO6
  • OUTRO5
  • OVOLO8
  • PALEO7
  • PANKO11
  • PANTO7
  • PAOLO7
  • PAREO7
  • PARGO8
  • PARVO10
  • PASEO7
  • PATIO7
  • PEDRO8
  • PENGO8
  • PERVO10
  • PESTO7
  • PETTO7
  • PHONO10
  • PHOTO10
  • PIANO7
  • PIEZO16
  • PILAO7
  • PINGO8
  • PINKO11
  • PINTO7
  • PISCO9
  • POLIO7
  • PONGO8
  • PORNO7
  • POSHO10
  • POTOO7
  • POTTO7
  • PRIMO9
  • PROMO9
  • PROSO7
  • PULAO7
  • PULMO9
  • PUNTO7
  • PUTTO7
  • QUESO14
  • QUINO14
  • QUIPO16
  • RADIO6
  • RANDO6
  • RATIO5
  • RATOO5
  • RAUPO7
  • RAZOO14
  • REALO5
  • RECCO9
  • RECTO7
  • REFFO11
  • REGGO7
  • REPRO7
  • RESTO5
  • RETRO5
  • RHINO8
  • RODEO6
  • ROMEO7
  • RONDO6
  • RONEO5
  • RUMBO9
  • RUMPO9
  • SADDO7
  • SALTO5
  • SALVO8
  • SAMBO9
  • SANGO6
  • SANKO9
  • SANTO5
  • SARGO6
  • SCHMO12
  • SCUDO8
  • SECCO9
  • SEGNO6
  • SERVO8
  • SEXTO12
  • SHAKO12
  • SHERO8
  • SHISO8
  • SHOJO15
  • SICKO11
  • SIXMO14
  • SKIMO11
  • SLOMO7
  • SMOKO11
  • SOCKO11
  • SOLDO6
  • SORBO7
  • SORDO6
  • SORGO6
  • SPADO8
  • STENO5
  • STYLO8
  • SULFO8
  • TABOO7
  • TACHO10
  • TAIKO9
  • TANGO6
  • TANTO5
  • TARDO6
  • TASSO5
  • TELCO7
  • TEMPO9
  • TENNO5
  • THORO8
  • TIMBO9
  • TONDO6
  • TORSO5
  • TRIGO6
  • TRUGO6
  • TSUBO7
  • TURBO7
  • TYPTO10
  • UREDO6
  • VERSO8
  • VIDEO9
  • VIREO8
  • VISTO8
  • VULGO9
  • WACKO14
  • WAHOO11
  • WALDO9
  • WAZOO17
  • WHAMO13
  • WHOSO11
  • WILCO10
  • YAHOO11
  • YARCO10
  • YARTO8
  • YOBBO12
  • YUCKO14
  • YUMMO12
  • ZAMBO18
  • ZENDO15
  • ZHOMO19
  • ZINCO16
  • ZIPPO18
  • ZOCCO18
  • ZOPPO18
  • ZORRO14
Letters by positionIn 23% of these words the 2nd letter is A.
1st letter
  1. C11%
  2. P9%
  3. B9%
2nd letter
  1. A23%
  2. O15%
  3. U14%
3rd letter
  1. N15%
  2. R10%
  3. L8%
4th letter
  1. T10%
  2. G9%
  3. R9%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
Score spreadMost of these words score 7 in Scrabble; MEZZO tops the list with 25. Scores before board bonuses.
  1. 55 points: 23 words
  2. 6 points: 38 words
  3. 77 points: 77 words
  4. 8 points: 70 words
  5. 99 points: 45 words
  6. 10 points: 32 words
  7. 1111 points: 27 words
  8. 12 points: 23 words
  9. 1313 points: 11 words
  10. 14 points: 12 words
  11. 1515 points: 8 words
  12. 16 points: 7 words
  13. 1717 points: 2 words
  14. 18 points: 6 words
  15. 1919 points: 1 words
  16. 20 points: 0 words
  17. 2121 points: 0 words
  18. 22 points: 0 words
  19. 2323 points: 1 words
  20. 24 points: 0 words
  21. 2525 points: 2 words
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
MEZZO2526All three
BIZZO2526Collins only
LAZZO2324Collins only
ZHOMO1919Collins only
ZIPPO1820Collins · NWL
KAZOO1818All three
JOCKO1821All three
ZAMBO1820Collins only
ZOPPO1820Collins only
ZOCCO1820Collins only
GIZMO1719All three
WAZOO1717Collins · NWL

ENABLE lists only 223 of these 385 words, while Collins lists 365, so the dictionary choice changes this page more than most. Informal words such as DUNNO and ANGLO account for part of that gap. Two tails, -MBO and -NGO, supply 35 words between them.

Words ending in O, the numbers

  • Dictionaries: Collins 365, NWL2023 270, ENABLE 223.
  • 58 have been Wordle answers, and 379 of the 385 are legal guesses.
  • 62 are common, ranked in the top 25,000 English words.
  • MEZZO and BIZZO share the top Scrabble score at 25.
  • C opens 42 words, then P with 36 and B with 33.

Which tails dominate the O list?

-MBO has 19 words, including COMBO, JUMBO and LIMBO. -NGO follows with 16, among them BINGO, MANGO, TANGO and LINGO. The next four tails are -NTO with 13, -TTO and -NDO with 9 each, and -LLO and -CKO with 8.

MOTTO and DITTO sit in the -TTO group, CONDO belongs to -NDO, and HELLO and CELLO to -LLO.

Which Wordle answers end in O?

58 have been answers. In order of everyday frequency the first ten are VIDEO, RADIO, PHOTO, HELLO, AUDIO, RATIO, PIANO, CARGO, METRO and MICRO. A Wordle O in fifth place often follows another vowel, as in AUDIO, RADIO and VIDEO.

The shared -IO ending is worth testing early, since three of the first four answers use it. Six words in the group are not accepted as guesses, which is rare enough to ignore. Only 58 of the 385 have been answers, so most of the list will never matter for the daily puzzle.

Why does ENABLE list so many fewer?

48 of the 385 words are in NWL2023 but not ENABLE. Informal entries are a visible part: DUNNO and ANGLO are in NWL2023 and Collins but not ENABLE, while PROMO, DISCO, INTRO and AMINO appear in all three.

Collins accepts 365, which is 142 more than ENABLE. If you play online against a mixed crowd, stay with the all-list words and check your game's word list before using shortened forms.

Which O words score the most?

MEZZO and BIZZO score 25 on two 10-point Zs. LAZZO follows at 23, ZHOMO at 19, and ZIPPO and KAZOO at 18. KAZOO is the only everyday word in that top group.

The ordinary words score far less. VIDEO is worth 9 points, built on a 4-point V, and RADIO is worth 6. A Z-word like KAZOO at 18 doubles that, so keep the Z tile for an open lane that ends in O.

Questions people ask

How many 5-letter words end in O?
There are 385 five-letter words that end in O. Collins accepts 365, NWL2023 accepts 270 and ENABLE accepts 223. Of those, 58 have been Wordle answers and 62 are common English words.
Is dunno a valid Scrabble word?
DUNNO is valid in NWL2023 and Collins but not in ENABLE. It scores 6 points. ANGLO follows the same pattern, so both can be challenged off in games that use ENABLE.
What is the highest-scoring 5-letter word ending in O?
MEZZO and BIZZO tie at 25 points. LAZZO scores 23, ZHOMO scores 19, and ZIPPO and KAZOO score 18 each. KAZOO is the only common word in the top group.
Which tail has the most 5-letter O words?
-MBO has the most, with 19 words such as COMBO, JUMBO and LIMBO. -NGO comes second with 16, including BINGO and MANGO, and -NTO comes third with 13, which holds PINTO.

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