5-Letter Words Starting With OR
There are 23 five-letter words starting with OR in our dictionary; 7 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 23 words
- order6 points
- orbit7 points
- organ6 points
- orals5 points
- orate5 points
- oriel5 points
- orris5 points
- orcas7 points
- orlop7 points
- orang6 points
- oread6 points
- ornis5 points
- orzos14 points
- orach10 points
- orbed8 points
- orgic8 points
- ortho8 points
- orcin7 points
- oribi7 points
- ormer7 points
- orpin7 points
- ordos6 points
- orles5 points
Quick facts
- Total words: 23
- By usage: 4 very common, 3 common, 16 rare
Highest scoring (classic tiles)
- orzos 14
- orach 10
- orbed 8
- orgic 8
- ortho 8
- orbit 7
- orcas 7
- orcin 7
- oribi 7
- orlop 7
Most common
- order
- orbit
- organ
- orals
- orate
- oriel
- orris
- orcas
- orlop
- orang
Definitions
- order (noun)
- (often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed.
- orbit (noun)
- The (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another.
- organ (noun)
- A fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function.
- orate (verb)
- Talk pompously.
There are 23 five-letter words starting with OR, and 7 of them are words you would expect to see in everyday writing. The rest are technical terms, plurals, variant spellings and the odd loanword, all of which are legal in most tile games. The highest-scoring entry is ORZOS at 14 points. Scan the common words first, then dip into the rare ones when the board leaves you no other option.
How to use this page
To use this page, start with the search box. Type the letters on your rack, add a question mark for each blank, and press search. The tool keeps this page's constraint and returns only the words you can spell. Below the box, the full list is arranged with common words first, followed by the quick facts, definitions and related lists.
Tips
If you know some letters of a word and their positions, a pattern search finds it faster than scanning a list. Open the word finder, type the word with question marks for the unknown letters, and every match appears immediately. You can combine a pattern with the starts-with and ends-with filters to narrow the set further. This works for crosswords, for daily five-letter puzzles and for any tile game where a board word gives you two or three fixed letters.
Questions
Which five-letter words starting with OR are the most common?
ORDER, ORBIT and ORGAN are among the most familiar. The list is sorted with everyday words first, and the very common ones carry a small dot, so you can read the top of the page and skip the obscure entries at the bottom.
Can I search this list with my own letters?
Yes. Type your letters into the search box at the top of the page, using a question mark for a blank, and the tool will show only the five-letter words starting with OR you can actually spell from that rack, with scores.