5-Letter Words Starting With OLI
- 2 words
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Popular 5-Letter Words Starting With OLI
The most familiar words on this list, with their Scrabble scores.
All 5-Letter Words Starting With OLI 2 words
How common is OLI at the start of five-letter words?
Our combined English word list has 2 five-letter words that start with OLI. They average 6.5 points and the best is OLIVE (8 points).
- Total words
- 2
- Average Scrabble score
- 6.5
- out of 8 max
- Everyday words
- 50%
- common in ordinary English
- Most common ending
- E
- 50% of words
Most common last letters
- e 50%
- s 50%
Top vowel pairs
- io50%
Share of words where these two vowels sit side by side.
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Highest-scoring five-letter word that starts with OLI
o 1l 1i 1v 4e 1
O 1 + L 1 + I 1 + V 4 + E 1 = 8 points
- Double word
- 16 pts
- Triple word
- 24 pts
Face value of the tiles, then the whole word on a double- or triple-word square (letter bonuses and bingos not included).
olive
- nounsmall ovoid fruit of the European olive tree; important food and source of oil
- nounevergreen tree cultivated in the Mediterranean region since antiquity and now elsewhere; has edible shiny black fruits
- nounhard yellow often variegated wood of an olive tree; used in cabinetwork
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How many five-letter words that start with OLI are there?
There are 2 five-letter words that start with OLI in our combined English word list. Other dictionaries give different totals, so switch dictionary at the top of the list to compare.
What is the highest-scoring five-letter word that starts with OLI?
OLIVE is worth 8 points in Scrabble before any bonus squares. Other strong options are OLIOS (5).