5-Letter Words Ending in OT
There are 40 five-letter words ending in OT in our dictionary; 25 of them are common words.
Type your own letters to find only the 5-letter words you can make, or leave it empty to open this list in the word finder.
All 40 words
- shoot8 points
- bigot8 points
- pilot7 points
- robot7 points
- idiot6 points
- pivot10 points
- abbot9 points
- fagot9 points
- afoot8 points
- depot8 points
- scoot7 points
- allot5 points
- tarot5 points
- jabot14 points
- divot9 points
- begot8 points
- helot8 points
- ascot7 points
- besot7 points
- argot6 points
- ingot6 points
- snoot5 points
- picot9 points
- sabot7 points
- ergot6 points
- guyot9 points
- dicot8 points
- gemot8 points
- gigot7 points
- bhoot10 points
- gavot9 points
- magot8 points
- cloot7 points
- escot7 points
- pinot7 points
- repot7 points
- griot6 points
- ungot6 points
- lirot5 points
- torot5 points
Quick facts
- Total words: 40
- By usage: 12 very common, 13 common, 15 rare
Highest scoring (classic tiles)
- jabot 14
- bhoot 10
- pivot 10
- abbot 9
- divot 9
- fagot 9
- gavot 9
- guyot 9
- picot 9
- afoot 8
Most common
- shoot
- bigot
- pilot
- robot
- idiot
- pivot
- abbot
- fagot
- afoot
- depot
Definitions
- shoot (noun)
- A new branch.
- bigot (noun)
- A prejudiced person who is intolerant of any opinions differing from their own.
- pilot (noun)
- Someone who is licensed to operate an aircraft in flight.
- robot (noun)
- A mechanism that can move automatically.
The five-letter words that end in the letters OT number 40 in our dictionary. About 25 of them are common, which is the group most players will recognise on sight, and the remainder are rarer words that still count in the majority of games. The list is complete, computed from the full word list rather than typed by hand, so you can trust that nothing is missing. The best scorer is JABOT, at 14 points.
How to use this page
Use this list in two ways. Browse it to learn the words that end in the letters OT, common ones first, or search it by typing your own letters, with question marks for blanks, to see only the words you can make. Every word shows its classic tile score, and linked words open a page with all their sub-words.
Tips
The list puts common words first for a reason: they are the ones an opponent is least likely to challenge and the ones you will remember next time. When two plays score about the same, prefer the common word. Save the rare entries for situations where they are clearly better, such as a triple-word square that only an obscure word can reach. If you are learning vocabulary or solving a puzzle for a newspaper, stick to the very common words marked with a dot; they are the ones the setter almost certainly had in mind.
Questions
What is the highest-scoring word among the five-letter words ending in OT?
JABOT scores 14 points with classic tile values, ignoring board multipliers. The full top ten is in the quick facts above; switch the tile set on the search tool if you play with different letter values.
Why are some of these words unfamiliar?
15 of the 40 words on this page are tagged rare, meaning they fall outside the usual spell-check vocabulary. They are still real words, and many are legal plays, but you should expect a challenge if someone asks you to define them.