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5-Letter Words Starting with OR

There are 21 five-letter words that start with OR on Word.ws, from orach to orval. The most common are order, organ, orbit, ortho and oreal.

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All 21 five-letter words that start with OR

  • orach10n. Especially Atriplex hortensis.
  • oracy10n. The ability to speak, and to understand spoken language.
  • orale5n. A white silk veil with coloured stripes, sometimes worn by the pope.
  • orate5v. To speak formally; to give a speech.
  • orbed8adj. Having the form of an orb; round; spherical.
  • orbit7n. An elliptical movement of an object about a celestial object or...
  • order6n. Arrangement, disposition, or sequence.
  • oread6n. A mountain nymph; an anthropomorphic appearance of the spirit of a...
  • oreal5adj. Inhabiting high mountains.
  • organ6n. The larger part of an organism, composed of tissues that perform...
  • orgue6n. Any of a number of long, thick pieces of timber, pointed and shod with...
  • oribi7n. Ourebia ourebi, a species of antelope.
  • oriel5n. A large polygonal recess in a building, such as a bay window, forming a...
  • origo6n. The reference point on which a deictic relationship is based.
  • orlop7n. The platform over the hold of a ship that makes up the fourth or lowest...
  • ormer7n. An abalone or sea-ear, particularly Haliotis tuberculata, common in the...
  • oroya8n. A hanging basket attached to a cable, anciently used in South America...
  • orris5n. Any of several irises that have a fragrant root, especially Iris ×...
  • ortho8n. An isomer of a benzene derivative having two substituents adjacent on...
  • orujo12n. A brandy from northern Spain, made from grapes.
  • orval8n. A sage, of species Salvia viridis.
15 rare five-letter words that start with OR

Questions about these words

How many five-letter words that start with OR are there?
Word.ws lists 21 five-letter words that start with OR, plus 15 rare ones.
What are common five-letter words that start with OR?
order, organ, orbit, ortho, oreal, oriel, orval and orris.
Which of the five-letter words that start with OR has the highest letter score?
orujo scores 12 points with the standard letter tile values.

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Word lists and meanings adapted from the Wiktionary entry of each word. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out names, abbreviations, misspellings and offensive words, and ordered the most common words by how often they appear in English (wordfreq). Meanings from Wiktionary; this is not an official Scrabble, Words With Friends or Wordle word list. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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