4 Letter Words That Start With O
148 words in this list, every one checked against the YAWL dictionary.
Use these letters in the Word Finder to unscramble them into new words.
4 Letter Words 148
Which of these words score the most in Scrabble?
The highest scoring words from this list, ranked by Scrabble letter values.
Browse Words by First Letter
Word Finders by Length
Holding a rack rather than browsing? Most games are won at four, six, and seven tiles, so start with the 4 Letter Word Finder, the 6 Letter Word Finder, or the 7 Letter Word Finder, then pick any other length below.
This page holds all 148 four letter words that start with O, a compact opener list that turns useful the moment your rack fills with vowels. The words range from everyday picks like OPEN, ONCE, and ONLY to the point heavy OYEZ and ONYX at the far end. Enter your tiles in the filter above and only the plays you can actually make stay on screen.
A short but handy list
O is not a crowded opener at four letters, and that keeps this page quick to read through. A recognizable group clusters behind a few shapes: the plain words such as OPEN, OVAL, ORAL, and OMEN, the vowel first pairs like OBOE, OOZE, and OGRE, and the rarer OU and OY words that carry most of the scoring weight. Scan those groups first and you will have covered a good part of the list before you reach anything unusual like OYEZ or ORZO.
Opening a Wordle grid with O
When a green O lands in the first slot, this is the page to browse. OPEN, ONCE, OATH, and OKRA give you common follow up letters, while OBEY, OMIT, and OINK push into different territory for a second guess. OBOE, a double reed instrument, is a favorite among players who need to burn off two extra vowels early. Filter by anything you have already confirmed and the candidates shrink to a readable handful.
Where the points sit
The O tile is worth one point, so scores depend on the company it keeps. OOZY and OYEZ top the list at 16 points each, with ONYX and ORYX right behind at 14. A cluster of Z words fills the next rung, OOZE, ORZO, and OUZO each landing 13 points. These are the words to reach for when a premium square is open and you want an O play that actually moves the score. Even a plain word like OKAY still clears 11 points.
The counts behind the page
Every number on this page is recomputed from a single pinned dictionary on each build, the same file the search tool reads, so the count and the filtered results can never disagree. If a total looks smaller than a rival site, that is the honest YAWL figure, and the dictionary page explains the source list, its license, and its full tables. To rearrange a full rack instead of browsing, hand your letters to the four letter word finder.