6-letter words with O as the 5th letter and S as the 6th letter

6-letter words with O as the 5th letter and S as the 6th letter: 352 matches, from familiar PHOTOS to high-scoring MEZZOS.

352 wordsTop pick PHOTOSHighest score MEZZOS 26

8 of 352 are everyday words (2%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.

5th letter
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

6th letter
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

With O in 5th place, S is the most common 6th letter (352 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

Length
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15

Best words to play first 352 · most-used first

PHOTOS₁₁
VIDEOS₁₀
SANTOS₆
RATIOS₆
COSMOS₁₀
RADIOS₇
RHINOS₉
CONDOS₉
PROMOS₁₀
PIANOS₈
CAMPOS₁₂
COMBOS₁₂
NACHOS₁₁
CAMEOS₁₀
AMIGOS₉
MACROS₁₀
ALAMOS₈
KIDDOS₁₂
PATHOS₁₁
TABOOS₈
HIPPOS₁₃
MYTHOS₁₄
ANDROS₇
HELIOS₉
INTROS₆
METROS₈
GECKOS₁₃
AUDIOS₇
DISCOS₉
PATIOS₈
MANGOS₉
TELCOS₈
NARCOS₈
TEMPOS₁₀
CHINOS₁₁
GIZMOS₁₈
BONGOS₉
MICROS₁₀
CURIOS₈
FOLIOS₉
TURBOS₈
CANTOS₈
CONVOS₁₁
TORSOS₆
KOSMOS₁₂
CENTOS₈
RODEOS₇
ANGLOS₇

Showing the top 48 of 352 words. See every valid word

All valid words 352

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

ABMHOS₁₃
ADDIOS₈
ADOBOS₉
AGGROS₈
AGLOOS₇
ALAMOS₈
ALIYOS₉
AMIGOS₉
AMINOS₈
AMNIOS₈
ANCHOS₁₁
ANDROS₇
ANGLOS₇
APPROS₁₀
ARCCOS₁₀
ASPROS₈
AUDIOS₇
AVISOS₉
AWETOS₉
AZYGOS₁₉
BABOOS₁₀
BACCOS₁₂
BALOOS₈
BANCOS₁₀
BANJOS₁₅
BARDOS₉
BASSOS₈
BASTOS₈
BATHOS₁₁
BAZOOS₁₇
BEANOS₈
BENTOS₈
BIFFOS₁₄
BILBOS₁₀
BIMBOS₁₂
BINGOS₉
BIZZOS₂₆
BOFFOS₁₄
BOMBOS₁₂
BONGOS₉
BORGOS₉
BRAVOS₁₁
BROMOS₁₀
BUCKOS₁₄
BUFFOS₁₄
BUMBOS₁₂
BUNCOS₁₀
BUNKOS₁₂
BUROOS₈
BURROS₈
BUTEOS₈
CACAOS₁₀
CAMEOS₁₀
CAMPOS₁₂
CANSOS₈
CANTOS₈
CARBOS₁₀
CARGOS₉
CASCOS₁₀
CELLOS₈
CENTOS₈
CESTOS₈
CHACOS₁₃
CHADOS₁₂
CHEMOS₁₃
CHICOS₁₃
CHINOS₁₁
CHIROS₁₁
CHOCOS₁₃
CHOKOS₁₅
CHOLOS₁₁
CISCOS₁₀
CLAROS₈
COCCOS₁₂
COMBOS₁₂
COMMOS₁₂
COMPOS₁₂
CONDOS₉
CONGOS₉
CONTOS₈
CONVOS₁₁
CORSOS₈
COSMOS₁₀
CREDOS₉
CRUDOS₉
CURIOS₈
CUSSOS₈
CUSTOS₈
CYCLOS₁₃
DANIOS₇
DATTOS₇
DECKOS₁₃
DEKKOS₁₅
DERROS₇
DIAZOS₁₆
DILDOS₈
DINGOS₈
DIPSOS₉
DISCOS₉
DITTOS₇
DOBROS₉
DOHYOS₁₃
DONKOS₁₁
DROMOS₉
DSOBOS₉
DSOMOS₉
DUBBOS₁₁
DUMBOS₁₁
DUOMOS₉
EJIDOS₁₄
ERUGOS₇
ESTROS₆
ETHNOS₉
EXODOS₁₄
FANGOS₁₀
FARROS₉
FATSOS₉
FIBROS₁₁
FILLOS₉
FLEXOS₁₆
FOLIOS₉
FUEROS₉
FUGIOS₁₀
FUNGOS₁₀
FYNBOS₁₄
GADSOS₈
GALVOS₁₀
GAMBOS₁₁
GARBOS₉
GAZOOS₁₆
GECKOS₁₃
GENROS₇
GIPPOS₁₁
GISMOS₉
GIZMOS₁₈
GODSOS₈
GOMBOS₁₁
GREGOS₈
GUACOS₉
GUANOS₇
GUIROS₇
GUMBOS₁₁
GUSTOS₇
GYPPOS₁₄
HALLOS₉
HELIOS₉
HELLOS₉
HILLOS₉
HIMBOS₁₃
HIPPOS₁₃
HOLLOS₉
HOMMOS₁₃
HULLOS₉
HUNDOS₁₀
HYDROS₁₃
IGAPOS₉
IGLOOS₇
IMAGOS₉
IMPROS₁₀
INSPOS₈
INTROS₆
IROKOS₁₀
JAMBOS₁₇
JELLOS₁₃
JOCKOS₁₉
JUMBOS₁₇
JUNCOS₁₅
JUNTOS₁₃
KAROOS₁₀
KAZOOS₁₉
KEENOS₁₀
KEMBOS₁₄
KENDOS₁₁
KIDDOS₁₂
KIMBOS₁₄
KONDOS₁₁
KOSMOS₁₂
KOUROS₁₀
KUSSOS₁₀
LARGOS₇
LASSOS₆
LENTOS₆
LESBOS₈
LIMBOS₁₀
LINGOS₇
LITHOS₉
LLANOS₆
LOTTOS₆
MACHOS₁₃
MACROS₁₀
MAIKOS₁₂
MAMBOS₁₂
MANGOS₉
MANTOS₈
MATLOS₈
MATZOS₁₇
MENTOS₈
METHOS₁₁
METROS₈
MEZZOS₂₆
MICROS₁₀
MIKVOS₁₅
MILKOS₁₂
MIMEOS₁₀
MONDOS₉
MONGOS₉
MORROS₈
MOTTOS₈
MUCROS₁₀
MUNGOS₉
MYTHOS₁₄
NACHOS₁₁
NAPOOS₈
NARCOS₈
NATTOS₆
NGAIOS₇
NITROS₆
NOSTOS₆
NUTSOS₆
ORTHOS₉
OUTROS₆
OVIBOS₁₁
OVOLOS₉
PADKOS₁₃
PALEOS₈
PANTOS₈
PAREOS₈
PARGOS₉
PARVOS₁₁
PASEOS₈
PATHOS₁₁
PATIOS₈
PEDROS₉
PENGOS₉
PEPLOS₁₀
PERVOS₁₁
PESTOS₈
PHAROS₁₁
PHONOS₁₁
PHOTOS₁₁
PIANOS₈
PILAOS₈
PINGOS₉
PINKOS₁₂
PINTOS₈
PISCOS₁₀
PITHOS₁₁
POLIOS₈
PONGOS₉
PORNOS₈
POSHOS₁₁
POTHOS₁₁
POTOOS₈
POTTOS₈
PRIMOS₁₀
PROMOS₁₀
PROSOS₈
PULAOS₈
PUNTOS₈
QUESOS₁₅
QUINOS₁₅
QUIPOS₁₇
RADIOS₇
RANDOS₇
RATIOS₆
RATOOS₆
RAZOOS₁₅
REALOS₆
RECCOS₁₀
RECTOS₈
REFFOS₁₂
REGGOS₈
REPROS₈
RESTOS₆
RETROS₆
RHINOS₉
RODEOS₇
ROMEOS₈
RONDOS₇
RONEOS₆
RUMBOS₁₀
RUMPOS₁₀
SACCOS₁₀
SADDOS₈
SAKKOS₁₄
SALTOS₆
SALVOS₉
SAMBOS₁₀
SANGOS₇
SANKOS₁₀
SANTOS₆
SARGOS₇
SCHMOS₁₃
SECCOS₁₀
SEGNOS₇
SERVOS₉
SEXTOS₁₃
SHAKOS₁₃
SHAMOS₁₁
SHISOS₉
SICKOS₁₂
SIGLOS₇
SIXMOS₁₅
SKIMOS₁₂
SLOMOS₈
SMOKOS₁₂
SORGOS₇
SPADOS₉
STENOS₆
STYLOS₉
SUCCOS₁₀
SUKKOS₁₄
TABOOS₈
TACHOS₁₁
TAIKOS₁₀
TANGOS₇
TANTOS₆
TASSOS₆
TELCOS₈
TEMPOS₁₀
TENNOS₆
THOLOS₉
TIMBOS₁₀
TONDOS₇
TORSOS₆
TRIGOS₇
TRIPOS₈
TRUGOS₇
TSUBOS₈
TURBOS₈
TYPTOS₁₁
UREDOS₇
VERSOS₉
VIDEOS₁₀
VIREOS₉
VISTOS₉
WACKOS₁₅
WAHOOS₁₂
WALDOS₁₀
WAZOOS₁₈
XYSTOS₁₆
YAHOOS₁₂
YARCOS₁₁
YARTOS₉
YOBBOS₁₃
ZAMBOS₁₉
ZENDOS₁₆
ZHOMOS₂₀
ZINCOS₁₇
ZIPPOS₁₉
ZOCCOS₁₉
ZORROS₁₅

Letters by positionIn 24% of these words the 2nd letter is A.

1st letter

C11%
P10%
B9%

2nd letter

A24%
O14%
I13%

3rd letter

N15%
R9%
M8%

4th letter

T10%
B9%
R9%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 8 in Scrabble; MEZZOS tops the list with 26. Scores before board bonuses.

66 points: 24 words
7 points: 31 words
88 points: 67 words
9 points: 61 words
1010 points: 46 words
11 points: 33 words
1212 points: 23 words
13 points: 21 words
1414 points: 13 words
15 points: 11 words
1616 points: 5 words
17 points: 6 words
1818 points: 2 words
19 points: 6 words
2020 points: 1 words
21 points: 0 words
2222 points: 0 words
23 points: 0 words
2424 points: 0 words
25 points: 0 words
2626 points: 2 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
MEZZOS	26	27	All three
BIZZOS	26	27	Collins only
ZHOMOS	20	20	Collins only
KAZOOS	19	19	All three
AZYGOS	19	19	All three
ZIPPOS	19	21	Collins · NWL
JOCKOS	19	22	All three
ZAMBOS	19	21	Collins only
ZOCCOS	19	21	Collins only
GIZMOS	18	20	All three
WAZOOS	18	18	Collins · NWL
JUMBOS	17	22	All three

The fixed ending is O-S, but the words range from everyday plurals such as VIDEOS and RADIOS to terms such as COSMOS and PATHOS. Only 8 entries fall among the commonest English words, so the full set is much broader than ordinary conversation. Collins accepts 330 matches, compared with 253 in NWL2023 and 200 in ENABLE.

At a glance: familiar plurals and rare high scorers

All 352 entries are six letters long and end in O-S, with O in the fifth position.
PHOTOS, VIDEOS, RATIOS, and RADIOS show how familiar plurals fit this pattern.
MEZZOS scores 26 points, the highest score here; KAZOOS reaches 19.
Only 8 entries count as common, so many matches are niche words rather than everyday choices.

How many six-letter words match O in fifth and S last?

Exactly 352 six-letter words match the pattern. The leading first letters are C (38), P (36), and B (31), so an O-S clue still leaves many possible starts.

PHOTOS, VIDEOS, CONDOS, and PIANOS are familiar plurals, while MYTHOS and PATHOS are more specialized. RATIOS and COSMOS are good candidates when the clue fixes only the final pair, but not every match is common.

The fifth-letter choice makes a sharp difference: E in fifth place has 1,694 matches, compared with 352 for O and 269 for I. If that tile is uncertain, testing it can narrow the search substantially.

6-letter words with O as the 5th letter: scores and limits

MEZZOS scores 26 points, while KAZOOS and AZYGOS each score 19; the average score across these matches is 10.1. A high-scoring option stands out, but its letters still need to fit your board.

A common mistake is treating the final S as proof that a word is a familiar plural: MYTHOS and PATHOS fit the same slots, and 293 matches have definitions. Dictionary coverage also varies, so check your game's word list before playing an unfamiliar form.

With 352 six-letter words matching O fifth and S last, start with recognizable choices such as PHOTOS or RATIOS. Keep less familiar options in reserve when the board or your game’s dictionary makes them viable.

Questions people ask

How many six-letter words have O as the fifth letter and S as the last?

There are 352 matches for this pattern across tournament dictionaries. The first letters C, P, and B lead the group, with 38, 36, and 31 words respectively. Familiar examples include PHOTOS, VIDEOS, and RATIOS.

Which O-S word has the highest Scrabble score?

MEZZOS is the highest-scoring match at 26 points. KAZOOS and AZYGOS each score 19, while the average across the set is 10.1. Board bonuses can change a play’s total, so consider tile placement as well as the word’s base score.

Are all words ending in O-S common English words?

No. Only 8 matches fall among the most common English words by frequency. PHOTOS and RADIOS are familiar, but MYTHOS and PATHOS are less everyday choices. The list includes words found in tournament dictionaries, and acceptance can differ between game word lists.

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