5 Letter Words That Start With SO

All 133 five-letter words beginning with SO, scored for Scrabble and Words With Friends.

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All words · 133
soaks9
soaps7
soapy10
soare5
soars5
soave8
sobas7
sober7
socas7
soces7
socko11
socks11
socle7
sodas6
soddy10
sodic8
sodom8
sofar8
sofas8
softa8
softs8
softy11
soger6
soggy10
sohur8
soils5
soily8
sojas12
sojus12
sokah12
soken9
sokes9
sokol9
solah8
solan5
solar5
solas5
solde6
soldi6
soldo6
solds6
soled6
solei5
soler5
soles5
solid6
solon5
solos5
solum7
solus5
solve8
soman7
somas7
sonar5
sonce7
sonde6
sones5
songs6
sonic7
sonly8
sonne5
sonny8
sonse5
sonsy8
sooey8
sooks9
sooky12
soole5
sools5
sooms7
soops7
soote5

5 letter words beginning SO

There are 133 5 letter words beginning with SO in our dictionary — about 9% of the 1,562 5 letter words that start with S.

Not every game takes every word. Of these 133:90 are valid in Scrabble US, 129 are valid in Scrabble UK and 130 are valid in Words With Friends. Use the Dictionary filter under More filters to keep only the ones your game accepts.

Highest scoring

The best Scrabble play on this list is soyuz at 17 points. The top of the table:

  • soyuz · 17 pts
  • sozin · 14 pts
  • sowff · 14 pts
  • sophy · 13 pts
  • sojas · 12 pts
  • sorex · 12 pts

How the rest of the word behaves

47 of them end with S, 19 of them end with E and 15 of them end with Y.77of them repeat a letter, which matters when you are working out whether a yellow tile can appear twice.

Using this list

Type the letters you already know into the solver at the top of the page. Put confirmed letters in Right spot in the slot they occupy, letters you know are present but misplaced in Wrong spot, and dead letters in Not in the word. The list narrows as you go, and the answer is never revealed for you.