5-letter words with O as the 2nd letter and S as the 5th letter

5-letter words with O as the 2nd letter and S as the 5th letter number 707, including familiar picks like HOURS, COMES, and WORKS.

707 wordsTop pick HOURSHighest score QOPHS 19

142 of 707 are everyday words (20%). A mix of familiar words and game-only finds.

2nd letter
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H
I
J
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O
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Q
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5th letter
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With O in 2nd place, S is the most common 5th letter (707 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Common words 142 · most-used first

HOURS₈
COMES₉
LOOKS₉
WORKS₁₂
WORDS₉
BOOKS₁₁
FOCUS₁₀
COSTS₇
GOALS₆
NOTES₅
SONGS₆
LOUIS₅
YOURS₈
FORMS₁₀
JONES₁₂
HOMES₁₀
LOVES₈
POSTS₇
VOTES₈
GOODS₇
HOLDS₉
FOLKS₁₂
MOVES₁₀
TOOLS₅
ROOMS₇
ROADS₆
DOORS₆
LOANS₅
BONUS₇
WOODS₉
ROLES₅
FOODS₉
HOPES₁₀
TOWNS₈
ROCKS₁₁
HOLES₈
BOXES₁₄
ROOTS₅
BOOTS₇
JOKES₁₆
BONES₇
BONDS₈
CORPS₉
COINS₇
BOATS₇
HOSTS₈
ROLLS₅
LOADS₆

Showing the top 48 of 142 common words. See every valid word

All valid words 707

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

BOABS₉
BOAKS₁₁
BOARS₇
BOATS₇
BOBAS₉
BOBOS₉
BOCKS₁₃
BODES₈
BOEPS₉
BOETS₇
BOFFS₁₃
BOGUS₈
BOHOS₁₀
BOILS₇
BOKES₁₁
BOKOS₁₁
BOLAS₇
BOLDS₈
BOLES₇
BOLLS₇
BOLOS₇
BOLTS₇
BOLUS₇
BOMAS₉
BOMBS₁₁
BONDS₈
BONES₇
BONGS₈
BONKS₁₁
BONUS₇
BOOBS₉
BOOHS₁₀
BOOKS₁₁
BOOLS₇
BOOMS₉
BOONS₇
BOORS₇
BOOTS₇
BORAS₇
BORDS₈
BORES₇
BORKS₁₁
BORMS₉
BORTS₇
BOSKS₁₁
BOTAS₇
BOTTS₇
BOUKS₁₁
BOUNS₇
BOUTS₇
BOWES₁₀
BOWLS₁₀
BOWRS₁₀
BOXES₁₄
BOYFS₁₃
BOYGS₁₁
BOYOS₁₀
BOZOS₁₆
COALS₇
COATS₇
COBBS₁₁
COCAS₉
COCKS₁₃
COCOS₉
CODAS₈
CODES₈
COEDS₈
COFFS₁₃
COHOS₁₀
COIFS₁₀
COILS₇
COINS₇
COIRS₇
COITS₇
COKES₁₁
COLAS₇
COLDS₈
COLES₇
COLLS₇
COLTS₇
COMAS₉
COMBS₁₁
COMES₉
COMMS₁₁
COMPS₁₁
COMUS₉
CONES₇
CONFS₁₀
CONKS₁₁
CONNS₇
CONUS₇
COOFS₁₀
COOKS₁₁
COOLS₇
COOMS₉
COONS₇
COOPS₉
COOTS₇
COPES₉
CORDS₈
CORES₇
CORKS₁₁
CORMS₉
CORNS₇
CORPS₉
CORYS₁₀
COSES₇
COSTS₇
COTES₇
COTHS₁₀
COTTS₇
COUPS₉
COURS₇
COVES₁₀
COWKS₁₄
COWLS₁₀
COWPS₁₂
COXES₁₄
COZES₁₆
DOABS₈
DOATS₆
DOBES₈
DOCKS₁₂
DOCOS₈
DODOS₇
DOEKS₁₀
DOERS₆
DOFFS₁₂
DOGES₇
DOITS₆
DOJOS₁₃
DOLES₆
DOLLS₆
DOLOS₆
DOLTS₆
DOMES₈
DONAS₆
DONGS₇
DOOBS₈
DOOKS₁₀
DOOLS₆
DOOMS₈
DOORS₆
DOPAS₈
DOPES₈
DORBS₈
DORES₆
DORIS₆
DORKS₁₀
DORMS₈
DORPS₈
DORRS₆
DORTS₆
DOSAS₆
DOSES₆
DOTES₆
DOUCS₈
DOUKS₁₀
DOUMS₈
DOUPS₈
DOUTS₆
DOVES₉
DOWDS₁₀
DOWLS₉
DOWNS₉
DOWPS₁₁
DOWTS₉
DOXES₁₃
DOZES₁₅
EORLS₅
FOALS₈
FOAMS₁₀
FOCUS₁₀
FOHNS₁₁
FOIDS₉
FOILS₈
FOINS₈
FOLDS₉
FOLKS₁₂
FOMES₁₀
FONDS₉
FONTS₈
FOODS₉
FOOLS₈
FOOTS₈
FORBS₁₀
FORDS₉
FORES₈
FORKS₁₂
FORMS₁₀
FORTS₈
FOUDS₉
FOULS₈
FOURS₈
FOWLS₁₁
FOXES₁₅
GOADS₇
GOAFS₉
GOALS₆
GOATS₆
GOBOS₈
GOELS₆
GOERS₆
GOFFS₁₂
GOGOS₇
GOJIS₁₃
GOLDS₇
GOLES₆
GOLFS₉
GOLPS₈
GONGS₇
GONKS₁₀
GONYS₉
GOODS₇
GOOFS₉
GOOGS₇
GOOKS₁₀
GOOLS₆
GOONS₆
GOOPS₈
GOORS₆
GORAS₆
GORES₆
GORIS₆
GORMS₈
GORPS₈
GOTHS₉
GOUKS₁₀
GOUTS₆
GOWDS₁₀
GOWFS₁₂
GOWKS₁₃
GOWLS₉
GOWNS₉
GOXES₁₃
HOARS₈
HOBOS₁₀
HOCKS₁₄
HOCUS₁₀
HOERS₈
HOGGS₁₀
HOGHS₁₂
HOIKS₁₂
HOKES₁₂
HOKIS₁₂
HOLDS₉
HOLES₈
HOLKS₁₂
HOLMS₁₀
HOLOS₈
HOLTS₈
HOMAS₁₀
HOMES₁₀
HOMOS₁₀
HONDS₉
HONES₈
HONGS₉
HONKS₁₂
HOODS₉
HOOFS₁₁
HOOKS₁₂
HOONS₈
HOOPS₁₀
HOOTS₈
HOPES₁₀
HORAS₈
HORIS₈
HORKS₁₂
HORNS₈
HOSES₈
HOSTS₈
HOUFS₁₁
HOURS₈
HOUTS₈
HOVES₁₁
HOWES₁₁
HOWFS₁₄
HOWKS₁₅
HOWLS₁₁
HOXES₁₅
HOYAS₁₁
IOTAS₅
JOBES₁₄
JOCKS₁₈
JOEYS₁₅
JOHNS₁₅
JOINS₁₂
JOKES₁₆
JOLES₁₂
JOLLS₁₂
JOLTS₁₂
JOMOS₁₄
JONES₁₂
JONGS₁₃
JOOKS₁₆
JOTAS₁₂
JOUGS₁₃
JOUKS₁₆
JOURS₁₂
JOWLS₁₅
KOANS₉
KOAPS₁₁
KOBOS₁₁
KOELS₉
KOFFS₁₅
KOHAS₁₂
KOHLS₁₂
KOJIS₁₆
KOLAS₉
KOLOS₉
KONKS₁₃
KOOKS₁₃
KOPHS₁₄
KORAS₉
KORES₉
KORIS₉
KORUS₉
KOSES₉
KOTOS₉
LOADS₆
LOAFS₈
LOAMS₇
LOANS₅
LOBES₇
LOBOS₇
LOBUS₇
LOCHS₁₀
LOCIS₇
LOCKS₁₁
LOCOS₇
LOCUS₇
LODES₆
LOESS₅
LOFTS₈
LOGES₆
LOGOS₆
LOIDS₆
LOINS₅
LOIRS₅
LOKES₉
LOLLS₅
LOMAS₇
LOMES₇
LONGS₆
LOOFS₈
LOOKS₉
LOOMS₇
LOONS₅
LOOPS₇
LOOTS₅
LOPES₇
LORDS₆
LORES₅
LORIS₅
LOSES₅
LOTAS₅
LOTES₅
LOTOS₅
LOTUS₅
LOUIS₅
LOUNS₅
LOUPS₇
LOURS₅
LOUTS₅
LOVES₈
LOWES₈
LOWNS₈
LOWPS₁₀
LOWTS₈
LOXES₁₂
MOANS₇
MOATS₇
MOBES₉
MOCHS₁₂
MOCKS₁₃
MODES₈
MODUS₈
MOERS₇
MOFOS₁₀
MOHOS₁₀
MOHRS₁₀
MOILS₇
MOITS₇
MOJOS₁₄
MOKES₁₁
MOKIS₁₁
MOKOS₁₁
MOLAS₇
MOLDS₈
MOLES₇
MOLLS₇
MOLTS₇
MOLYS₁₀
MOMES₉
MOMUS₉
MONAS₇
MONGS₈
MONKS₁₁
MONOS₇
MOODS₈
MOOKS₁₁
MOOLS₇
MOONS₇
MOOPS₉
MOORS₇
MOOTS₇
MOPES₉
MOPUS₉
MORAS₇
MORES₇
MORNS₇
MORTS₇
MOSES₇
MOSKS₁₁
MOSTS₇
MOTES₇
MOTHS₁₀
MOTIS₇
MOTTS₇
MOTUS₇
MOUES₇
MOULS₇
MOUPS₉
MOVES₁₀
MOWAS₁₀
MOXAS₁₄
MOYAS₁₀
MOYLS₁₀
MOZES₁₆
MOZOS₁₆
NOAHS₈
NOCKS₁₁
NODES₆
NODUS₆
NOELS₅
NOGGS₇
NOILS₅
NOIRS₅
NOLES₅
NOLLS₅
NOLOS₅
NOMAS₇
NOMES₇
NOMOS₇
NONAS₅
NONES₅
NONGS₆
NONIS₅
NOOBS₇
NOOKS₉
NOONS₅
NOOPS₇
NORIS₅
NORKS₉
NORMS₇
NOSES₅
NOTES₅
NOULS₅
NOUNS₅
NOUPS₇
NOVAS₈
NOWLS₈
NOWTS₈
NOXES₁₂
NOYES₈
OONTS₅
OOSES₅
OOZES₁₄
POCKS₁₃
POEMS₉
POEPS₉
POETS₇
POGOS₈
POKES₁₁
POLES₇
POLIS₇
POLKS₁₁
POLLS₇
POLOS₇
POLTS₇
POLYS₁₀
POMES₉
POMOS₉
POMPS₁₁
PONDS₈
PONES₇
PONGS₈
PONKS₁₁
PONTS₇
POODS₈
POOFS₁₀
POOHS₁₀
POOKS₁₁
POOLS₇
POONS₇
POOPS₉
POOTS₇
POPES₉
PORES₇
PORKS₁₁
PORNS₇
PORTS₇
POSES₇
POSTS₇
POTES₇
POTTS₇
POUFS₁₀
POUKS₁₁
POURS₇
POUTS₇
POWNS₁₀
POXES₁₄
QOPHS₁₉
ROADS₆
ROAMS₇
ROANS₅
ROARS₅
ROBES₇
ROCKS₁₁
RODES₆
ROIDS₆
ROILS₅
ROINS₅
ROJIS₁₂
ROKES₉
ROLES₅
ROLFS₈
ROLLS₅
ROMAS₇
ROMPS₉
RONES₅
RONTS₅
ROODS₆
ROOFS₈
ROOKS₉
ROOMS₇
ROONS₅
ROOPS₇
ROOTS₅
ROPES₇
RORES₅
RORTS₅
ROSES₅
ROSTS₅
ROTAS₅
ROTES₅
ROTIS₅
ROTLS₅
ROTOS₅
ROUES₅
ROULS₅
ROUMS₇
ROUPS₇
ROUTS₅
ROVES₈
ROWTS₈
SOAKS₉
SOAPS₇
SOARS₅
SOBAS₇
SOCAS₇
SOCES₇
SOCKS₁₁
SODAS₆
SOFAS₈
SOFTS₈
SOILS₅
SOJAS₁₂
SOJUS₁₂
SOKES₉
SOLAS₅
SOLDS₆
SOLES₅
SOLOS₅
SOLUS₅
SOMAS₇
SONES₅
SONGS₆
SOOKS₉
SOOLS₅
SOOMS₇
SOOPS₇
SOOTS₅
SOPHS₁₀
SORAS₅
SORBS₇
SORDS₆
SORES₅
SORNS₅
SORTS₅
SORUS₅
SOTHS₈
SOUKS₉
SOULS₅
SOUMS₇
SOUPS₇
SOURS₅
SOUTS₅
SOWFS₁₁
SOWLS₈
SOWMS₁₀
SOWPS₁₀
SOYAS₈
TOADS₆
TOCKS₁₁
TOCOS₇
TOEAS₅
TOFFS₁₁
TOFTS₈
TOFUS₈
TOGAS₆
TOGES₆
TOHOS₈
TOILS₅
TOITS₅
TOKES₉
TOKOS₉
TOLAS₅
TOLES₅
TOLLS₅
TOLTS₅
TOLUS₅
TOMBS₉
TOMES₇
TOMOS₇
TONES₅
TONGS₆
TONKS₉
TONUS₅
TOOLS₅
TOOMS₇
TOONS₅
TOOTS₅
TOPES₇
TOPHS₁₀
TOPIS₇
TOPOS₇
TORAS₅
TORCS₇
TORES₅
TOROS₅
TORRS₅
TORTS₅
TORUS₅
TOSAS₅
TOSES₅
TOTES₅
TOUKS₉
TOUNS₅
TOURS₅
TOUTS₅
TOWNS₈
TOWTS₈
TOYOS₈
TOZES₁₄
VOARS₈
VOCES₁₀
VOIDS₉
VOLES₈
VOLKS₁₂
VOLTS₈
VOTES₈
WOADS₉
WOCKS₁₄
WOLDS₉
WOLFS₁₁
WOMBS₁₂
WONKS₁₂
WONTS₈
WOODS₉
WOOFS₁₁
WOOLS₈
WOONS₈
WOOPS₁₀
WORDS₉
WORKS₁₂
WORMS₁₀
WORTS₈
YOCKS₁₄
YODHS₁₂
YOGAS₉
YOGHS₁₂
YOGIS₉
YOKES₁₂
YOLKS₁₂
YOMPS₁₂
YONIS₈
YONKS₁₂
YOOFS₁₁
YOOPS₁₀
YORES₈
YORKS₁₂
YORPS₁₀
YOUKS₁₂
YOURS₈
YOWES₁₁
YOWLS₁₁
ZOBOS₁₆
ZOBUS₁₆
ZOEAS₁₄
ZONES₁₄
ZONKS₁₈
ZOOKS₁₈
ZOOMS₁₆
ZOONS₁₄
ZORIS₁₄
ZOUKS₁₈

Letters by positionIn 18% of these words the 4th letter is E.

1st letter

3rd letter

O13%
R11%
L10%

4th letter

E18%
K10%
T10%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 7 in Scrabble; QOPHS tops the list with 19. Scores before board bonuses.

55 points: 101 words
6 points: 52 words
77 points: 149 words
8 points: 102 words
99 points: 86 words
10 points: 62 words
1111 points: 54 words
12 points: 42 words
1313 points: 16 words
14 points: 19 words
1515 points: 8 words
16 points: 11 words
1717 points: 0 words
18 points: 4 words
1919 points: 1 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
QOPHS	19	19	All three
JOCKS	18	21	All three
ZOOKS	18	18	All three
ZOUKS	18	19	Collins · NWL
ZONKS	18	19	All three
JOKES	16	18	All three
ZOOMS	16	17	All three
BOZOS	16	17	All three
MOZES	16	17	Collins only
ZOBOS	16	17	Collins only
ZOBUS	16	18	Collins only
KOJIS	16	18	Collins · NWL

The fixed pattern is _ O _ _ S: every match ends in S, but the opening letter ranges widely. C leads with 61 entries, just ahead of M at 60 and B at 58. Only 142 of the 707 are common by our frequency measure, so familiar examples form a small slice of a much larger tournament-word pool.

5-letter words with O as the 2nd letter and S as the 5th letter

A total of 707 tournament-dictionary words fit the _ O _ _ S pattern.
The common-word count is 142, a small share of the full set.
Collins includes 690 matches, compared with 524 in NWL2023 and 475 in ENABLE.
Four matches are Wordle answers; 704 are allowed guesses.
C starts 61 matches, followed by M with 60 and B with 58.

Which familiar words fit O _ _ _ S?

Familiar fits include HOURS, COMES, LOOKS, WORKS, WORDS, BOOKS, FOCUS, and NOTES. COSTS, GOALS, SONGS, HOMES, LOVES, and TOOLS add more everyday options, all with O second and S last.

The final S can mark a plural or a verb form, but HOURS and FOCUS show that it does not identify one grammatical role. The pattern tells you the letter positions, not the word's meaning or part of speech.

The first-letter groups are strikingly close: C has 61 matches, M has 60, and B has 58. That near tie makes an opening-letter clue less decisive; use the third or fourth tile to distinguish COMES from COSTS or BOOKS.

Among five-letter words with O second, S is the most frequent ending at 707. The next listed endings are Y with 274 and E with 230, so a confirmed final S narrows the pattern sharply.

How do scores and game lists differ?

For 5-letter words with O as the 2nd letter and S as the 5th letter, QOPHS scores 19 Scrabble points. JOCKS, ZOOKS, ZOUKS, and ZONKS each score 18; JOKES, ZOOMS, and BOZOS score 16.

The dictionary totals are not interchangeable: Collins has 690 matches, NWL2023 has 524, and ENABLE has 475. Check your game's word list before playing an unfamiliar high scorer such as QOPHS.

The four Wordle answer matches sit inside a much larger pool of 704 allowed guesses. Treat the pattern as a filter, then use the remaining middle letters to narrow your candidate rather than treating every legal guess as an answer.

Questions people ask

How many 5-letter words have O second and S last?

There are 707 tournament-dictionary matches for the _O__S pattern. The total includes 690 Collins entries, 524 in NWL2023, and 475 in ENABLE; those dictionary counts overlap because some words appear in more than one list.

Which starting letter is most common in this pattern?

C is the leading first letter, with 61 matches. M follows closely with 60, and B has 58. Examples include COMES and COSTS for C, MOVES for M, and BOOKS for B, so the opening letter alone does little to separate these groups.

What is the highest-scoring word with O second and S last?

QOPHS is the highest scorer at 19 Scrabble points. JOCKS, ZOOKS, ZOUKS, and ZONKS each score 18, while JOKES, ZOOMS, and BOZOS each score 16. The top score comes from the unusual Q, not from the common-looking O-and-S pattern.

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5-letter words with O as the 2nd letter and S as the 5th letter

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