5-Letter Words Ending in O

All 436 five-letter words ending in O: page 1 of 2

A

• achoo10interj. The sound of a sneeze.
• actio7n. The use of voice and gestures in oratory; the style of delivery of a...
• adobo8n. A Philippine dish in which pork or chicken is slowly cooked in a sauce...
• aegyo9n. Cuteness, adorableness, charm.
• aggro7n. Aggravation; bother.
• agito6n. An asymmetric crescent that is a symbol of the Paralympic movement.
• agogo7n. An agogo bell, a bell used in Yoruba and Brazilian music and typically...
• alamo7n. A poplar tree of Southwestern U.S.; a cottonwood (Populus spp.).
• amaro7n. A type of Italian herbal liqueur.
• amero7n. A proposed unified currency of Canada, the United States, and Mexico.
• amido8n. The univalent radical -NH₂ when attached via a carboxyl group.
• amigo8n. A friend.
• amino7adj. Relating to an amine.
• amnio7n. Amniocentesis.
• ancho10n. A broad, flat, dried poblano pepper, often ground into a powder.
• andro6n. A Meitei traditional type of alcoholic beverage or drink, originated...
• anglo6n. An English person or person of English ancestry.
• appro9n. The situation where goods, especially jewellery, must be returned by...
• asado6n. Any of various dishes made from grilled or barbecued meat originating...
• aspro7n. Associate professor.
• audio6adj. Focused on audible sound, as opposed to sight.
• aviso8n. Advisory; information; advice; intelligence.
• azido15n. The univalent radical N₃- related to azide.

B

• bailo7n. Title of the Venetian envoy to particularly the Sublime Porte.
• bakso11n. Indonesian meatball.
• banco9adj. Being or relating to a type of court involving a bench of judges, often...
• bando8n. A Welsh team sport related to hockey, hurling, shinty, and bandy.
• banjo14n. A stringed musical instrument (chordophone), usually with a round body...
• bardo8n. The state of existence between death and subsequent reincarnation.
• basho10n. A sumo tournament of any kind.
• basso7n. A bass singer, especially in opera.
• basto7n. A card of the suit clubs in Spanish-suited playing cards.
• bazoo16n. A simple wind instrument, such as a kazoo or tin horn.
• beano7n. A beanfeast; any noisy celebration, a party.
• bello7n. A young man; sweetheart.
• bento7n. A Japanese takeaway lunch served in a box, often with the food arranged...
• benzo16adj. Of a ring compound, especially a heterocycle, which also has a fused...
• berko11adj. Mad; crazy, especially with rage.
• biffo13n. Violence, fighting; a fight.
• bilbo9n. A device for punishment. See bilboes.
• bingo8n. A game of chance for two or more players, who mark off numbers on a...
• birdo8n. A birder or birdwatcher.
• bitto7n. A cheese produced in the Valtelline valley in Lombardy.
• bloco9n. A type of Brazilian street carnival featuring traditional Brazilian...
• boffo13adj. Outstanding; very good or successful.
• boggo9adj. Bog-standard; ordinary; unexceptional.
• boldo8n. Peumus boldus, a monimiaceous tree.
• bongo8n. A striped bovine mammal found in Africa, Tragelaphus eurycerus.
• borgo8n. A small Italian village.
• bravo10n. A hired soldier; an assassin; a desperado.
• brodo8n. A broth or stock in Italian cookery.
• bromo9n. A dose of a proprietary sedative containing bromide (a bromo-seltzer).
• brujo14n. A male practitioner of brujería.
• bucko13n. A boastful or bullying man.
• buddo9n. Buddy, friend.
• buffo13n. A comic singer, particularly in comic opera.
• bumbo11n. A drink made from rum, water, sugar, and nutmeg.
• bunco9n. A swindle or confidence trick.
• bungo8n. A Japanese written language established mainly during the Heian period...
• burro7n. A small donkey, especially when used as a pack animal or one that is...
• busto7n. A bust.
• buteo7n. Any of the broad-winged soaring raptors of the genus Buteo.

C

• cacao9n. A tree, Theobroma cacao, whose seed is used to make chocolate.
• cameo9n. A piece of jewelry, etc., carved in relief.
• campo11n. A police officer assigned to a university campus.
• canso7n. A love song sung by a troubadour.
• canto7n. One of the chief divisions of a long poem; a book.
• cappo11n. Synonym of capote (“coat”).
• carbo9n. Carbohydrate.
• cardo8n. The basal joint of the maxilla in insects.
• cargo8n. Freight carried by a ship, aircraft, or motor vehicle.
• casco9n. A flat-bottomed, square-ended boat once used in the Philippines as a...
• catio7n. An outdoor enclosure for cats.
• catto7n. A cat.
• cello7n. A large unfretted stringed instrument of the violin family with four...
• cento7n. A hotchpotch, a mixture; especially a piece made up of quotations from...
• chapo12n. Chapati (food).
• chemo12v. To treat with chemotherapy.
• chiao10n. A Taoist ritual of cosmic renewal.
• chico12n. A Latin-American boy; a Latino.
• chimo12interj. Hello; goodbye.
• chino10n. A coarse cotton fabric commonly used to make trousers and uniforms.
• chiro10n. A chiropractor.
• choco12n. An army reservist.
• choko14n. A small handleless cup in which saké is served.
• chomo12n. A child molester.
• choro10n. A genre of Brazilian popular music.
• cisco9n. Any North American freshwater fish of certain species of the genus...
• claro7n. A cigar whose wrapper is very light tan or yellowish.
• combo11n. A small musical group.
• compo11n. Workers' compensation.
• congo8interj. Congratulations.
• conto7n. In Portugal and Brazil, a million reis.
• convo10n. A conversation.
• corno7n. French horn.
• corro7n. Written communications, especially in a business setting.
• cosmo9n. A cosmopolitan, a cocktail containing vodka, triple sec, lime juice...
• credo8n. A statement of a belief or a summary statement of a whole belief...
• crudo8n. A dish made of raw fish or seafood.
• cupro9n. Rayon made by the cuproammonium process.
• curio7n. A strange and interesting object; something that evokes curiosity.
• cyano10n. A univalent functional group, -CN, consisting of a carbon and a...
• cyclo12n. A tuk-tuk.

D

• dango7n. A Japanese dumpling made from mochiko (rice flour).
• danio6n. Any of various fish of the genera Danio or Devario.
• danso6n. A small notched, end-blown vertical flute made of bamboo or plastic...
• datto6n. A local headman in many parts of central Malaysia and the southern...
• deffo12adj. Definite.
• dekko14n. A look; a glance.
• dermo8n. Perkinsosis.
• desmo8adj. Desmodromic.
• despo8adj. Desperate.
• desto6n. A headsign; a destination sign: a moveable or electronic display...
• diazo15adj. Containing a pair of double bonded nitrogen atoms, typically directly...
• dildo7n. A device used for sexual penetration or another sexual activity.
• dingo7n. A wild dog native to Australia (Canis familiaris, Canis familiaris...
• disco8n. A genre of dance music that was popular in the 1970s, characterized by...
• dispo8n. A marijuana dispensary.
• disso6n. A dissertation.
• ditto6n. That which was stated before, the aforesaid, the above, the same...
• dobro8n. An acoustic guitar with a metal resonator.
• doggo8adv. Only used in lie doggo and play doggo.
• draco8n. A short-barreled Kalashnikov-pattern rifle.
• dunno6n. An utterance of the word dunno.
• dunzo15adj. Done, finished.
• duomo8n. A cathedral, or a cathedral-like building, especially one in Italy.

E

• ejido13n. A Mexican cooperative farm.
• errno5n. A value or variable that identifies the kind of error (or lack thereof)...
• extro12n. Synonym of outro (“a portion of music at the end of a song”).

F

• fallo8n. The dispositive portion of a court's ruling, coming at the end of the...
• fango9n. Mud from the thermal springs at Battaglia in Italy, used to treat...
• farro8n. Emmer wheat (Triticum turgidum).
• fibro10n. Fibro-cement; a building material consisting of asbestos fibres and...
• fideo9n. Noodles or vermicelli, or a dish or soup containing such.
• flexo15n. Flexography.
• folio8n. A leaf of a book or manuscript.
• fordo9v. To kill, destroy.
• forgo9v. To do without (something enjoyable); to relinquish.
• frevo11n. Any of a wide range of music and dance styles originating from Recife...
• fuero8n. A code; a charter; a grant of privileges.
• fungo9n. A fielding practice drill where a person hits fly balls intended to be...

G

• gambo10n. A low, flat cart, typically two-wheeled and with the sides consisting...
• garbo8n. A rubbish collector; a garbage man.
• gazoo15n. Synonym of kazoo (“musical instrument”).
• gecko12n. Any lizard in the infraorder Gekkota.
• geiko10n. Synonym of geisha.
• genco8n. A power generation company.
• genio6n. Somebody having a particular way of thinking.
• genro6n. A body of elder statesmen of Japan, formerly used as informal advisors...
• gesso6n. A mixture of plaster of Paris and glue used to prepare a surface for...
• gizmo17n. Something, generally a device or gadget, whose real name is unknown or...
• gobbo10n. A goblin.
• gonzo15adj. Using an unconventional, exaggerated, and highly subjective style...
• goodo7adj. Good (used after the noun).
• gorno6n. A film which uses gratuitous, intentionally over-the-top violence in...
• grano6n. A traditional Spanish unit of mass, equivalent to about 50 mg.
• grebo8n. A greaser or biker.
• grego7n. A type of rough jacket with a hood.
• grifo9n. Cannabis.
• grito6n. A Mexican outcry characterized by ululation, used as an expression...
• guano6n. Dung from a sea bird or from a bat.
• guido7n. A guidance officer.
• gumbo10n. Synonym of okra: the plant or its edible capsules.
• gusto6n. Enthusiasm; enjoyment, vigor.

H

• haibo10interj. An expression of surprise or shock: wow, no way.
• hallo8interj. A cry of surprise.
• hambo12n. A Swedish folk dance in three-four time.
• hanko12n. A traditional Japanese stamp bearing a personal seal, used (in place of...
• helio8n. A heliotrope (surveying instrument).
• hello8interj. A greeting (salutation) said when meeting someone or acknowledging...
• henlo8interj. DoggoLingo form of hello.
• hillo8v. To holler, shout loudly at someone.
• hippo12n. An armored personnel carrier used by the South African Defence Force.
• hollo8interj. Hey, hello.
• hoppo12n. The imperial Chinese board of revenue, especially its branch in...
• hosho11n. Either of a pair of gourds with seeds inside, used as musical...
• huevo11n. An egg.
• hundo9n. A hundred.
• hydro12n. Electrical power supply; specifically, electrical power provided by a...

I

• iaido6n. A Japanese martial art associated with the smooth, controlled movements...
• igloo6n. A dome-shaped Inuit shelter, constructed of blocks cut from snow.
• imago8n. The final developmental stage of an insect after undergoing...
• imino7n. The divalent radical =NH or =N-R.
• impro9n. Improv (improvisation).
• indio6n. A member of one of various indigenous peoples in the Americas, Pacific...
• intro5n. An introduction.
• iroko9n. Hardwood obtained from the species Milicia excelsa and, less...
• iunno5interj. I don't know.

J

• jacko18n. Laughing kookaburra.
• jadoo13n. Magic, sorcery.
• jaleo12n. A lively Andalusian dance.
• jello12n. A dessert made by boiling gelatine, sugar and some flavoring (often...
• jerko16n. A jerk; an obnoxious person.
• jingo13n. One who supports policy favouring war.
• jocko18n. A lawn jockey.
• julio12n. A former coin of Italy, struck by Pope Julius II (1503-13).
• jumbo16adj. Especially large or powerful.
• junco14n. Any bird of the genus Junco, which includes several species of North...
• junto12n. A group of men assembled for some common purpose; a club, or cabal.

K

• kaiso9n. A style of music popular in the Caribbean, a precursor to calypso music.
• kaito9n. A small motorized ferry or sampan that serves mostly remote islands.
• kaizo18n. A philosophy of game design distinguished by very high difficulty...
• kango10n. A Sino-Japanese word, a Japanese word of Chinese origin or a Japanese...
• kanzo18n. A voodoo initiation ceremony.
• karoo9n. Any vast prairie bordering a desert.
• kazoo18n. A simple musical instrument (a membranophone) consisting of a pipe with...
• kendo10n. A Japanese martial art using "swords" of split bamboo.
• kenpo11n. Any of various Japanese martial arts.
• kiddo11n. A close friend; especially used as a form of address.
• kikyo16n. A Japanese bellflower (Platycodon grandiflorus).
• kimbo13v. To position (the arms) akimbo.
• kocho14n. A bread-like fermented food made from chopped and grated ensete pulp, a...
• kyudo13n. A Japanese form of archery.

L

• labeo7n. Any carp of the genus Labeo.
• lardo6n. A type of salumi made by curing strips of fatback with rosemary and...
• largo6n. A very slow tempo.
• lasso5n. A long rope with a sliding loop on one end, generally used in ranching...
• lazzo23n. A stock comedic routine or physical action, traditionally associated...
• leggo7n. A form of calypso music; lavway.
• lento5adj. Slow (45–60 bpm).
• leuco7adj. Of or relating to leuco dyes and their related compounds.
• limbo9n. A speculative place or state, thought possibly to be on the edge of the...
• lingo6n. Language, especially language peculiar to a particular group, field, or...
• litho8v. To lithograph.
• llano5n. A plain or steppe in parts of Latin America.
• lotto5n. A game of chance similar to bingo.
• lungo6n. An espresso drink with more hot water passed through the grounds than...

M

• macco11n. Gambling game popular in the eighteenth century.
• macho12adj. Masculine in an overly assertive or aggressive way. Very masculine.
• macro9adj. Very large in scale or scope.
• maiko11n. An apprentice geisha.
• mambo11n. A voodoo priestess (in Haiti).
• mando8n. A mandatory, a sign or line that requires the path of the disc to be...
• mango8n. Any of species Mangifera indica of tropical Asian fruit trees.
• marco9n. A traditional Spanish and Portuguese unit of mass, usually equivalent...
• margo8n. Border, margin.
• matzo16n. Thin, unleavened bread in Jewish cuisine.
• medio8n. A traditional Spanish unit of dry measure, equivalent to about 2.3 L.
• mento7n. A folk music genre of Jamaica, featuring acoustic instruments and...
• mesto7adj. Sad, mournful.
• metho10n. Methylated spirits.
• metoo7v. To agree by, or as by, saying me too.
• metro7n. A rapid transit rail transport system, or a train in such systems...
• mezzo25n. Mezzo-soprano.
• micro9adj. Very small in scale or scope.
• milko11n. A milkman or milkwoman.
• mimeo9n. An unpublished academic paper.
• misso7n. Missus (“wife or girlfriend”).
• mondo8n. A dialogue between master and student designed to obtain an intuitive...
• mongo8n. Still-usable things salvaged (by sanmen) from garbage.
• monzo16n. In microtonal music, a vector that represents the prime factorization...
• morro7n. A round hill or point of land.
• morto7adj. Very embarrassed or embarrassing.
• motto7n. A personal slogan.
• mucho12adj. Much; a great deal of.
• mungo8n. A material of short fiber and inferior quality obtained by deviling...

N

• nacho10n. A single tortilla chip from a dish of nachos.
• nanto5n. A horse.
• narco7n. Narcotics.
• natto5n. A traditional Japanese food product made from fermented soybeans.
• neato5interj. Neat (in the sense of being excellent or desirable).
• negro6adj. Relating to a black ethnicity.
• newco10n. A new company, especially one spun-off from or replacing an existing...
• ngaio6n. An evergreen tree of species Myoporum laetum, native to New Zealand.
• nimbo9n. The neem tree.
• nitro5n. The univalent NO₂ functional group.
• nonno5n. A grandfather, especially one with Italian ancestry.
• nuevo8adj. New or novel, usually in reference to Latin American culture.
• nullo5n. A bid in which the bidder asserts that he or she will not take any...
• nutso5adj. Crazy, insane.
• nyayo11n. A person's precedent or example.

O

• oligo6n. An oligonucleotide.
• origo6n. The reference point on which a deictic relationship is based.
• ortho8n. An isomer of a benzene derivative having two substituents adjacent on...
• orujo12n. A brandy from northern Spain, made from grapes.
• osteo5n. Osteomyelitis.
• ostro5n. A southerly Mediterranean wind.
• outdo6v. To excel; go beyond in performance; surpass.
• outgo6v. To go out, to set forth, to set out.
• outro5n. A portion of music at the end of a song.
• overo8n. A pinto horse with white-over-dark body markings.
• ovolo8n. A classical convex moulding carved with an egg and dart ornament.

P

• paedo8n. A paedophile.
• palmo9n. A traditional Spanish unit of length, equivalent to about 20.8 cm.
• pando8n. A pandemic (chiefly in reference to the COVID-19 pandemic).
• panko11n. Coarse, dry breadcrumbs used in Japanese cuisine.
• paolo7n. An old Italian silver coin.
• pardo8n. A former money of account in Portuguese India, one twentieth of a rupia.
• pareo7n. A wraparound garment, worn by men or women, similar to a Malaysian...
• pargo8n. Common seabream, red porgy, Pagrus pagrus.
• parmo9n. A north-eastern English dish of deep-fried breaded chicken topped with...
• parvo10n. Parvovirus.
• paseo7n. A public path or avenue designed for walking, sometimes for dining or...
• patio7n. A paved outside area, adjoining a house, used for dining or recreation.
• peepo9interj. Synonym of peekaboo.
• perlo7n. A rustic, one-pot Southern dish featuring chicken, smoked sausage, and...
• pesto7n. A sauce, especially for pasta, originating from the Genoa region in...
• petro7n. A Venezuelan cryptocurrency launched in 2018, supposed to be backed by...
• petto7n. Only used in in petto.
• pharo10n. A pharos; a lighthouse.
• photo10n. A photograph.
• phyto13n. A phytosanitary certificate.
• piano7n. A percussive keyboard musical instrument, usually ranging over seven...
• piezo16adj. Of or relating to a kind of ignition, used in portable camping stoves...
• pingo8n. A conical mound of earth with an ice core caused by permafrost uplift...
• pinto7n. A horse with a patchy coloration that includes a white color.
• pisco9n. A liquor distilled from grapes (a brandy) made in wine-producing...
• pizzo25n. A glass pipe with a spherical bulb for freebasing drugs such as...
• plano7adj. Of lenses: flat; having no curvature; not serving to correct the vision.
• pleco9n. Any of several tropical American fish, of the family Loricariidae...
• pluto7v. To demote or devalue something.
• pocho12n. Spanglish.
• polio7n. A person who has poliomyelitis.
• pongo8n. A soldier.
• ponto7n. A traditional short Portuguese unit of length usually about equal to...
• porto7n. An apéritif made from port.
• posho10adj. Posh.
• potoo7n. Any species of the family Nyctibiidae within the order Nyctibiiformes...
• potto7n. A small primate of the genus Perodicticus, native to the tropical...
• premo9adj. Excellent, attractive.
• preso7n. A presentation.
• primo9n. The principal part of a duet.
• promo9n. An interview or monologue intended to promote a character or an...
• proso7n. Panicum miliaceum, a grass used as a crop.
• proto7n. A prototype of a design.
• pruno7n. An improvised alcoholic drink typically produced in correctional...
• pugio8n. A dagger or poignard, especially the kind used by the Ancient Romans.
• punto7n. A hit or point.
• putto7n. A representation, especially in Renaissance or Baroque art, of a small...

Q

• qipao16n. A traditional one-piece dress worn by Chinese women.

R

• radio6n. The technology that allows for the transmission of sound or other...
• rambo9n. A knife.
• rando6adj. Random; arbitrary.
• ratio5n. A number representing a comparison between two named things.
• ratto5n. An affectionate term for a pet rat.
• recco9n. Reconnaissance.
• recto7n. The front side of a flat object which is to be examined visually, as...
• regio6n. Any large area of a planet or moon that is strongly differentiated from...
• repro7n. The proof prepared in offset printing, with all elements positioned on...
• resto5n. A restaurant.
• retro5adj. Of, or relating to, the past, past times, or the way things were.
• rhino8n. A rhinoceros.
• rodeo6n. A gathering of cattle to be branded.
• rondo6n. A musical composition, commonly of a lively, cheerful character, in...
• rumbo9n. A type of punch made chiefly from rum; grog.

S

• salto5n. A somersault.
• salvo8n. An exception; a reservation; an excuse.
• sambo9n. A sandwich.
• sammo9n. A sandwich.
• sando6n. Sandwich.
• sango6n. A sandwich.
• sanjo12n. A genre of traditional Korean instrumental music.
• santo5n. A wooden or ivory statue of a saint, angel or other religious figure...
• sapio7n. A sapiosexual.
• scudo8n. A silver coin and unit of currency of various Italian states from the...
• secco9adj. Dry.
• segno6n. The sign 𝄋, indicating the start of a passage of music to be repeated.
• sello5n. Sellotape.
• servo8n. A servomechanism.
• shako12n. A stiff, cylindrical military dress hat with a metal plate in front, a...
• shero8n. A female hero.
• shido9n. A minor penalty in judo.
• shiko12n. One of the basic sumo exercises, in which the rikishi raises a leg high...
• shiro8n. A stew of Ethiopia and Eritrea origin whose primary ingredient is...
• shiso8n. Any of several varieties of the herb Perilla frutescens, related to...
• shmoo10n. A fictional animal created by cartoonist Al Capp, shaped like a smooth...
• shodo9n. Japanese calligraphy.
• shojo15n. A style of anime and manga intended for young women.
• shoto8n. In the Street Fighter series, either of the playable characters Ryu and...
• sicko11n. A physically ill person.
• sitio5n. A subdivision of a barangay, typically rural.
• skimo11n. Ski mountaineering, especially competitive ski mountaineering.
• smoko11n. A cigarette break from work or military duty; a brief cessation of work...
• socio7n. At an institute of education, a class where sociology is taught.
• socko11adj. Superb, excellent, stunning.
• soldo6n. An Italian coin, formerly one-twentieth of a lira.
• songo6n. A kind of contemporary Cuban music originating in Havana.
• spiro7n. A polycyclic compound or system that contains a single atom as the only...
• stego6adj. Steganographic; relating to or hidden using steganography.
• steno5n. A stenographer, someone whose job is to take dictation in shorthand.
• stylo8n. A stylographic pen.
• suero5n. A condiment based on fermented milk, from Colombia's Caribbean coastal...
• susto5n. An illness in Latin American cultures, a condition of fear and chronic...

T

• taboo7n. An inhibition or ban that results from social custom or emotional...
• taiko9n. A traditional drum, beaten by yobidashi to announce the beginning of a...
• tambo9n. A tambourine player in a black minstrel troupe.
• tampo9n. Ink designs or lettering printed using tampography, also known as pad...
• tango6n. A standard ballroom dance in 4/4 time; or a social dance, the Argentine...
• tanto5n. A traditional Japanese small sword or knife; often used as a secondary...
• tapao7v. To order (food) as takeaway; to pack food so it can be consumed...
• tardo6n. A sloth (animal).
• tasso5n. A Cajun-seasoned, cured pork.
• taupo7n. In Samoan culture, a ceremonial virgin, the daughter of a village chief.
• tekno9n. Synonym of freetekno (“music genre”).
• telco7n. A telephone company (historically); a telecommunications company, a...
• tempo9n. A frequency or rate.
• tenno5n. The emperor of Japan as head of state and the head of the Japanese...
• teppo9n. A wooden pillar that is slapped repeatedly by a rikishi as a sumo...
• testo5n. Testosterone, especially pharmaceutical testosterone.
• timbo9n. The pacara tree, Enterolobium contortisiliquum.

Questions about these words

How many five-letter words ending in O are there?

Word.ws lists 436 five-letter words ending in O, plus 220 rare ones.

What are common five-letter words ending in O?

video, radio, photo, hello, audio, ratio, piano and cargo.

Which of the five-letter words ending in O has the highest letter score?

pizzo scores 25 points with the standard letter tile values.

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