5-Letter Words With S as the First Letter and O as the Third
There are 211 five-letter words with S as the first letter and O as the third, including 67 common puzzle answers. These are the words matching the pattern S_O__ (an underscore is any letter). A handy list for Wordle and other five-letter word games.
Popular 5-Letter Puzzle Words With S as the First Letter and O as the Third
Common puzzle answers are everyday words of the kind word puzzles choose as solutions, most common first. Plurals and rare words are valid guesses but rarely answers, so they're listed separately below.
- STORY An account that tells about an act, occurrence, or course of events
- SHORT Limited in duration or length; not long
- STORE A shop for the retail sale of goods or services
- STOCK Shares representing ownership in a company
- SHOWN Made visible or displayed to others
- SCORE The number of points earned by a player or team in a game
- STONE A lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
- SHOOT To fire a weapon or gun
- SPORT An active physical competition or diversion requiring exertion
- SMOKE A cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas
- STORM A violent weather condition with strong winds and precipitation
- SPOKE Past tense of speak; talked or said something aloud
More Common Puzzle Answers
- STOOD
- SHOCK
- SWORD
- SHORE
- SCOPE
- STOLE
- SHOUT
- SHOOK
- SCOUT
- SLOPE
- SWORN
- SPOON
- SPOIL
- STOKE
- STOVE
- SCOOP
- SHOVE
- SWORE
- STOOL
- SNOWY
- STOUT
- SNOOP
- SMOKY
- STONY
- STOMP
- SHONE
- SWOOP
- STOIC
- STOOP
- SCORN
Show all 67 common puzzle answers All 67 common puzzle answers
- SPOUT
- SLOTH
- SPOOF
- SNOUT
- SNORT
- SPORE
- SCOUR
- SHOAL
- STORK
- SWOON
- SPOOL
- SCOLD
- SLOOP
- SCOOT
- SHOWY
- SCOFF
- SNORE
- SCONE
- SMOCK
- SHORN
- SOOTY
- SCOWL
- SOOTH
- SMOTE
- SLOSH
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Useful Pattern Information
- Most common last letter: S (20%), E (15%), T (12%)
- Most common additional vowel: E, in 19% of these words
- Letters that most often appear alongside: T, P, L, N, H
- Most have 2 vowels (54%)
- 47% contain a repeated letter
- 67 of the 211 are common puzzle answers (32%)
Other Valid Words
144 additional dictionary words have S as the first letter and O as the third — valid guesses, though rarely answers. Most common first.
- SHOWS
- SHOES
- SHOTS
- STOPS
- SHOPS
- SPOTS
- SLOTS
- SCOTS
- SLOAN
- SLOWS
- SNOWS
- SPOOK
- SNOBS
- STOTT
- SNOOK
- SMOOT
- SWOLE
- SKOOL
- SHOJI
- SLOBS
- STOMA
- STOUR
- SLOOT
- SHOUD
- SPORK
- SPOOR
- SHOLA
- STOAT
- SPODE
- SNOKE
Show all 144 words All 144 words
- SHOGI
- SNOOT
- STONG
- SHOJO
- SLOPS
- SKOAL
- SNOOD
- SHOYU
- SLOMO
- STOWS
- SCORP
- SCOPA
- SHOPE
- SHOOL
- STOUP
- SMOUT
- SLOGS
- SMOKO
- SHOOS
- SWOLL
- SMOLT
- SHOED
- SKORT
- SCOPS
- STOPE
- STOSS
- STOPT
- SLOES
- SHOTT
- SLOKA
- SNOEK
- SMORE
- STOOK
- SHONK
- SHOON
- SCOWS
- SPOSA
- SNOTS
- SNOGS
- SWOTS
- STOEP
- SAOLA
- SLOYD
- SOOKY
- STONK
- SOOKS
- SHOAT
- SOOTS
- STOND
- STOTS
- SHOTE
- STOUN
- STOOR
- STOAS
- SCOTE
- STONN
- SOOLE
- SOOTE
- SLOVE
- STOWN
- SCOUG
- SHOGS
- STOBS
- STOIT
- SHOER
- SPOOT
- STOGS
- SOOLS
- SPODS
- SCOBE
- SHOWD
- SOOPS
- SMOOR
- SHORL
- SCODY
- SPOSH
- SOOMS
- STOGY
- SCOOG
- SWOUN
- SCOGS
- SPOOM
- SLOPY
- SWOPS
- SLOID
- SCOUP
- SMORG
- SLOOM
- SKOLS
- SMOGS
- SLORM
- SPOSO
- SWOBS
- SNODS
- STOAI
- SWOPT
- SKOBE
- SNOOL
- SOOEY
- SKOSH
- SKODY
- STOAE
- STOLN
- SKOGS
- SUONA
- SMOWT
- SKOFS
- SKOFF
- STOWP
- SNOWK
- SWOLN
- SCOWP
- SNOEP
- SLOJD
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Generated from the TurnWord word database, the dictionary behind the Word Solver and Word Bot. Common puzzle answers are our curated answer list, the everyday words word puzzles tend to use as answers — not the official answer list of any game; every other word is a valid guess. Counts and statistics are computed from this list. Word database updated September 19, 2026.