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5 Letter Words Starting With O and Ending in R
Every five-letter word that fits O _ _ _ R — answer-eligible words are flagged in green, and you can tap any word to play it.
How Many 5-Letter Words Start With O and End in R?
27 words start with O and end with R, 9 of them answer-eligible. OUTER is the most efficient probe from here, clearing about 95.7%.
The second letter stays open here — C is the most common at only 11% (OCCUR). Expect to spend a guess narrowing it rather than assuming.
100% of these words carry two or more vowels, so the middle is vowel-rich — test consonants with your next probe.
Green-dotted words are answer-eligible — the everyday vocabulary the daily puzzle actually draws from — while hollow-dotted words are valid guesses you can play but that will never be the solution. Flip on Answers only to focus on the 9 words that could truly win the board.
Best Wordle Guesses That Fit O _ _ _ R
Once O and R are green, the strongest follow-up is a word that both fits the pattern and rules out as many remaining answers as possible. These three score highest, measured across all 2296 possible answers:
- 01 OUTER — eliminates about 95.7% of remaining answers on average.
- 02 OLDER — eliminates about 95.2% of remaining answers on average.
- 03 OTHER — eliminates about 95.1% of remaining answers on average.
The Full List, Grouped by Second Letter
Reading by square two: OC·3 OT·3 OA·2 OD·2 OF·2 +13 others. Tap the group that matches your board rather than scrolling the whole 27-word column.
O···R Words That Have Been Wordle Answers
This shape is rare in the daily puzzle. In 1916 Wordles, only 8 words with O and ending in R have been the answer: OFFER (#1468, 2025-06-26), OTTER (#1345, 2025-02-23), OWNER (#1176, 2024-09-07), ORDER (#1104, 2024-06-27), OUTER (#1058, 2024-05-12), OCCUR (#853, 2023-10-20), OLDER (#814, 2023-09-11), OTHER (#247, 2022-02-21). That leaves 1 candidate the puzzle has never used — ODDER.
| Puzzle | Date | Answer |
|---|---|---|
| #1468 | 2025-06-26 | OFFER |
| #1345 | 2025-02-23 | OTTER |
| #1176 | 2024-09-07 | OWNER |
| #1104 | 2024-06-27 | ORDER |
| #1058 | 2024-05-12 | OUTER |
| #853 | 2023-10-20 | OCCUR |
| #814 | 2023-09-11 | OLDER |
| #247 | 2022-02-21 | OTHER |
Never used as an answer
1 answer-eligible O···R word has never been the solution: ODDER . Wordle avoided repeats entirely for its first 1,688 puzzles and only began reusing old answers in February 2026 — 24 times so far. An unused word is still the likelier bet, just no longer a certainty; see how repeats work for the full picture.
The other 18 words are valid guesses the game accepts but will never choose as a solution. They are still useful as probes — words you play to expose new letters — but when you are guessing to win, a green-dotted answer word is the smarter pick.
O···R Words by Vowel Count & Second Letter
Vowel structure is the fastest way to narrow the middle three squares. Here is how the 27 O···R words split by how many vowels they contain in total:
| Vowels | Words | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 or fewer | 0 | 0% |
| Exactly 2 | 21 | 78% |
| 3 or more | 6 | 22% |
And the most common second letters among O···R words — handy when a yellow tile hints at the square right after O:
| Pattern | Words |
|---|---|
| OC···R | 3 |
| OT···R | 3 |
| OA···R | 2 |
| OD···R | 2 |
| OF···R | 2 |
| OL···R | 2 |
How to Use These Words to Win Wordle
- Pin the second letter first. The square after O splits the list fastest — OC alone accounts for 3 of the 27 candidates, so fixing that tile drops most of the rest.
- Favor distinct letters early. 18 of the 27 words here use five different letters and 9 repeat one.
- Lean toward an unused word. Repeats stayed at zero until February 2026 and number just 24 in 1916 puzzles, so the 1 never-used O···R word above remains the stronger bet.
Full strategy lives in the how-to-play guide, and you can practice any time on the unlimited Wordle board.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many 5-letter words start with O and end in R?
There are 27 valid five-letter words that start with O and end in R in our Wordle dictionary, and 9 of them can appear as a daily answer. Turn on the "Answers only" filter above to narrow the O···R list to answer-eligible words.
What are the best O···R words for Wordle?
OUTER, OLDER, OTHER are the strongest. OUTER eliminates about 95.7% of the answer pool on average, so if a clue has already fixed O and R, guessing OUTER both tests the pattern and rules out the most remaining words. See more best Wordle starting words.
Which O to R words have been Wordle answers?
8 of them, across 1916 puzzles. The most recent was OFFER (#1468) on 2025-06-26, and the first was OTHER on 2022-02-21. 1 answer-eligible O···R word has never come up, including ODDER. Browse the full past Wordle answers archive.
Do these O···R words work in hard mode?
Yes. Once O and R are green you must keep them, so this list is exactly your hard-mode candidate set. 18 of the 27 words use five distinct letters and 9 repeat one — worth knowing, because hard mode will not let you drop a confirmed letter to probe elsewhere. See the how-to-play guide.
What is the most common second letter in O···R words?
C — OC accounts for 3 of the 27 words (11%), ahead of OT with 3. With both ends already green, square two is usually the tile worth testing first.
How many vowels do O···R words usually have?
100% of these 27 words carry two or more vowels — 21 have exactly two and 6 have three or more, against 0 with one or fewer. With O and R already fixed, that tells you how much vowel room the three middle squares still need. For a full clue-by-clue solve, send your board to the Wordle Solver.