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27 verified matches
The opening tile is already settled, leaving 4 places to test. OCEAN keeps C, E, A, and N distinct after O, which makes it a useful comparison point rather than an automatic guess.
27 real matches in Wurdella
5-Letter Words Starting With O
27 playable 5-letter words begin with O, stretching alphabetically from OASIS to OWNER. The first tile is already settled here, so the useful differences all sit in the remaining 4 places.
Repeated letters
7 answers repeat a letter
OASIS, ODDLY, OFFER, and ORDER are among the repeated-letter choices. For a cleaner letter test, compare them with OCEAN, OCHRE, and OCTAL.
Reading order
The list runs from OASIS to OWNER
OASIS, OCEAN, OCHRE, OCTAL, and ODDLY open the list; OWNER is the final entry alphabetically.
All 27 matches from OASIS to OWNER
This set is small enough for a single careful pass: OASIS opens it, OMBRE marks the midpoint and OWNER closes it. Cross out conflicts as you go instead of rereading the whole list after every clue.
- OASIS
- OCEAN
- OCHRE
- OCTAL
- ODDLY
- OFFER
- OFLAG
- OFTEN
- OGHAM
- OLEIC
- OLEIN
- OLEUM
- OLIVE
- OMBRE
- OPERA
- OPINE
- ORBIT
- ORDER
- ORIEL
- ORLOP
- ORRIS
- OTHER
- OUPHE
- OUSEL
- OVERT
- OVOID
- OWNER
What separates these 27 candidates
E, R, and L appear across the open parts of the list more often than the other movable letters. OCEAN exposes 4 distinct letters outside the fixed clue: C, E, A, and N.
Leaders in open positions
- second: R in 5 words
- third: E in 6 words
- fourth: E in 7 words
- fifth: E in 5 words
Movable letters seen most often
- E appears outside the fixed clue in 18 candidates
- R appears outside the fixed clue in 12 candidates
- L appears outside the fixed clue in 10 candidates
- I appears outside the fixed clue in 9 candidates
- A appears outside the fixed clue in 6 candidates
Vowel count across the matches
14 of the 27 matches use 2 vowels. OCHRE is one concrete example of that shape.
1 vowel: 12 vowels: 143 vowels: 12
O owns the opening square
Why OCEAN is worth comparing
Keep O anchored at the front and compare the remaining tiles, not the whole word. OCEAN checks 4 different follow-up letters—C, E, A, and N—so any gray among them removes that word immediately and may clear several neighbors from the list too.
OCEAN belongs here because it starts with O; that alone does not make it legal on your current board. Submit it only when C, E, A, and N also agree with the feedback you have already earned.
Browse solving strategies →Meanings found in this 27-word result set
Every match on this page has a glossary note. The entries for OASIS, OCEAN, and OCHRE show the exact sense Wurdella uses, which is worth checking before an unfamiliar spelling costs a turn.
- OASIS
- A fertile place in a desert where water is available.
- OCEAN
- A very large body of salt water covering much of the Earth's surface.
- OCHRE
- A natural earthy pigment containing iron oxide, usually yellow, orange, or brown.
- OCTAL
- Relating to a base-eight number system.
- ODDLY
- In a strange or unusual way.
- OFFER
- To present something for another person to accept, consider, or refuse.
- OFLAG
- A German prisoner-of-war camp for captured military officers, especially during the First and Second World Wars.
- OFTEN
- Frequently or many times.
- OGHAM
- An early medieval alphabet used mainly to write primitive Irish, typically carved as strokes along the edges of stones.
- OLEIC
- Relating to or derived from oleic acid, a monounsaturated fatty acid common in olive oil and many fats.
- OLEIN
- The liquid portion of a fat, rich in glycerides of oleic acid.
- OLEUM
- Oil; in chemistry, especially fuming sulfuric acid containing dissolved sulfur trioxide.
- OLIVE
- A small oval fruit from the olive tree, used as food and to produce olive oil.
- OMBRE
- A gradual blending from one shade into another.
- OPERA
- A dramatic stage work performed mainly by singing.
- OPINE
- To express an opinion.
- ORBIT
- The curved path of an object around a planet, star, or other body.
- ORDER
- The arrangement of things in a particular sequence; also a request for goods or services.
Keep O in front and change one other condition
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Open list →Try OCEAN only with O already fixed first
Return to OCEAN only when the first square is confirmed as O. Keep every green where it is, move every yellow, and reject the word immediately if one of C, E, A, and N has already turned gray.