5-letter words with O as the 3rd letter and A as the 5th letter
38 five-letter words place O third and A fifth, and every one of them ends in A.
4 of 38 are everyday words (11%). A mix of familiar words and game-only finds.
With O in 3rd place, S is the most common 5th letter (266 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.
Best words to play first
- FLORA8
- VIOLA8
- QUOTA14
- AROMA7
- ALOHA8
- POOJA14
- AGORA6
- BIOTA7
- RIOJA12
- CHOLA10
- KRONA9
- STOMA7
- CHOTA10
- SHOLA8
- GYOZA18
- AROHA8
- DOONA6
- MOOLA7
- TRONA5
- POOKA11
- ROOSA5
- SCOPA9
- KHOJA19
- NGOMA8
- LOOFA8
- PHOCA12
- FLOTA8
- IDOLA6
- HOOKA12
- MYOMA12
- IXORA12
- HAOMA10
- GROMA8
- PSORA7
- ABOMA9
- AROBA7
- DIOTA6
- ZOOEA14
All valid words 38
- ABOMA9
- AGORA6
- ALOHA8
- AROBA7
- AROHA8
- AROMA7
- BIOTA7
- CHOLA10
- CHOTA10
- DIOTA6
- DOONA6
- FLORA8
- FLOTA8
- GROMA8
- GYOZA18
- HAOMA10
- HOOKA12
- IDOLA6
- IXORA12
- KHOJA19
- KRONA9
- LOOFA8
- MOOLA7
- MYOMA12
- NGOMA8
- PHOCA12
- POOJA14
- POOKA11
- PSORA7
- QUOTA14
- RIOJA12
- ROOSA5
- SCOPA9
- SHOLA8
- STOMA7
- TRONA5
- VIOLA8
- ZOOEA14
Highest-scoring words
| Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Dictionaries |
|---|---|---|---|
| KHOJA | 19 | 20 | Collins only |
| GYOZA | 18 | 18 | Collins · NWL |
| QUOTA | 14 | 15 | All three |
| POOJA | 14 | 17 | Collins · NWL |
| ZOOEA | 14 | 14 | Collins only |
| RIOJA | 12 | 14 | All three |
| PHOCA | 12 | 13 | Collins only |
| HOOKA | 12 | 11 | All three |
| MYOMA | 12 | 13 | All three |
| IXORA | 12 | 12 | All three |
| POOKA | 11 | 12 | Collins · NWL |
| CHOLA | 10 | 11 | Collins · NWL |
The O and A never touch, so the pattern is looser than it looks. The words are almost all borrowings: FLORA, VIOLA, AROMA and AGORA come from Latin and Greek, ALOHA and AROHA from Hawaiian and Maori, GYOZA and RIOJA from Japanese and Spanish. Only four count as common and five are Wordle answers.
The O-third, A-fifth set in numbers
- 38 words match the pattern.
- Every one ends in A.
- O is the second letter in 8 words, R in 6 and H in 5.
- A opens 6 words, P opens 4 and S opens 3.
- Only 18 appear in ENABLE, though all 38 are in Collins.
- KHOJA tops scoring at 19, then GYOZA on 18.
A shelf of loanwords that end in A
Almost the whole list is imported. FLORA, VIOLA, AROMA, AGORA, BIOTA and STOMA carry Latin and Greek stems, ALOHA, AROHA and DOONA arrive from the Pacific, and GYOZA, RIOJA, POOJA and NGOMA come from Japanese, Spanish and beyond.
The second letter sorts the list further: O appears in 8 words, R in 6, H in 5 and I in 4, so shapes like _OO_A, _OR_A and _OH_A repeat. Just four entries count as common English.
Scoring and the Collins-heavy split
The top of the scoring list leans on rare tiles. KHOJA reaches 19 on its K and J, GYOZA hits 18 on Z, and QUOTA, POOJA and ZOOEA share 14. Below them the list flattens out around 9 or 10.
A large slice of the group is Collins-only. AROBA, AROHA, CHOTA, DIOTA, DOONA, GROMA, HAOMA, IDOLA, KHOJA, NGOMA, PHOCA, PSORA, ROOSA, SHOLA and ZOOEA never reach ENABLE or NWL2023, so check your game's word list before playing one.
Why the A ending rewards a vowel dump
With A pinned in the last square, every word takes a vowel early. ALOHA, AROMA and AGORA are the friendliest picks, and they sit among the four common words in the group.
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