Playing words that start with OO
Leading with OO lets you hook onto open columns and reach premium squares. Scan the high-scoring entries above first — they offer the best return when you have the tiles.
This list by the numbers
Inside this list: 83 words spanning 3–14 letters. The biggest cluster sits at 8 letters (20 words), 6 entries are Wordle-sized at five letters, and 19 run to seven — bingo length if you can empty the rack. For points, the ceiling is OOPHORECTOMY, worth 24.
The five biggest scorers on the page: OOPHORECTOMY (24), OOPHORECTOMIES (23), OOZINESSES (19), OOPHYTIC (18), OOZILY (18). The longest entry is OOPHORECTOMIES at 14 letters, and the average word here is worth about 11 points. If you are fishing for these words, keep O (83 appearances), S (42) and I (40) on your rack.
Three words worth learning first
- OOT is easy to keep in memory: 3 letters, 3 points, and no awkward tiles to hunt for.
- Playing OOTS across a double-word square turns its base 4 points into 8 — solid value for 4 tiles.
- OORIE earns 5 points from just 5 tiles — and it is a word few opponents will bother to challenge.
Five more everyday options from the same list: OOLITE (6), OORALI (6), OODLES (7), OOLONG (7), OOTIDS (7).
Learning words through OO
Groups like this one reward a different kind of practice: pick five words of different lengths from the list above, write each in a sentence, and the OO pattern moves into long-term memory. It is also a quiet Scrabble edge — racks that spell OO plus common tiles come up constantly, and prepared players cash them in while others shuffle letters.
More starting letters
Narrow it down
Combine a starting letter with a length or pattern in the Word Finder for exact matches.