RO gives a player a consonant and a vowel, and the same vowel returns in the third position more often than any other letter does. That is what makes the 5 letter words starting with RO harder to narrow than the size of the field alone would allow.
O and U lead the third position between them. Round, Rooms, Route and Robot cover both, and ruling out the second O removes more of these words than any single vowel test would.
There are 130 five letter words starting with RO. Round, Royal, Route, Roads and Roman are the strongest Wordle guesses because none of them repeat a letter. ROO and ROU hold the deepest runs, so test O and U in the third slot first.
5 Letter Words Starting With RO
R and O confirm one vowel and leave three slots, and the third often takes the same vowel again. The wider set begins at five letter words in English.
| Roach | Roads | Roams | Roans |
| Roars | Roary | Roast | Roate |
| Robed | Robes | Robin | Roble |
| Robot | Rocks | Rocky | Roded |
| Rodeo | Rodes | Roger | Rogue |
| Roguy | Rohes | Roids | Roils |
| Roily | Roins | Roist | Rojak |
| Rojis | Roked | Roker | Rokes |
| Rolag | Roles | Rolfs | Rolls |
| Romal | Roman | Romeo | Romps |
| Ronde | Rondo | Roneo | Rones |
| Ronin | Ronne | Ronte | Ronts |
| Roods | Roofs | Roofy | Rooks |
| Rooky | Rooms | Roomy | Roons |
| Roops | Roopy | Roosa | Roose |
| Roost | Roots | Rooty | Roped |
| Roper | Ropes | Ropey | Roque |
| Roral | Rores | Roric | Rorid |
| Rorie | Rorts | Rorty | Rosed |
| Roses | Roset | Roshi | Rosin |
| Rosit | Rosti | Rosts | Rotal |
| Rotan | Rotas | Rotch | Roted |
| Rotes | Rotis | Rotls | Roton |
| Rotor | Rotos | Rotte | Rouen |
| Roues | Rouge | Rough | Roule |
| Rouls | Roums | Round | Roups |
| Roupy | Rouse | Roust | Route |
| Routh | Routs | Roved | Roven |
| Rover | Roves | Rowan | Rowdy |
| Rowed | Rowel | Rowen | Rower |
| Rowie | Rowme | Rownd | Rowth |
| Rowts | Royal | Royne | Royst |
| Rozet | Rozit |
5 Letter Words Starting With RO By Third Letter
O leads the third slot, with U, T and W following at a similar distance. Five letter words with O as the second letter leaves the first letter open.
5 Letter Words Starting With ROA
| Roads | Roast | Roach |
| Roams | Roars | Roans |
| Roary | Roate |
5 Letter Words Starting With RON
| Rondo | Ronin | Ronde |
| Roneo | Rones | Ronne |
| Ronte | Ronts |
5 Letter Words Starting With ROO
| Roofs | Rooms | Roots |
| Rooks | Roomy | Roost |
| Roosa | Roose | Rooty |
| Roods | Roofy | Rooky |
| Roons | Roops | Roopy |
5 Letter Words Starting With ROS
| Roses | Rosin | Roshi |
| Rosti | Rosed | Roset |
| Rosit | Rosts |
5 Letter Words Starting With ROT
| Rotor | Rotas | Rotch |
| Rotes | Rotis | Rotal |
| Rotan | Roted | Rotls |
| Roton | Rotos | Rotte |
5 Letter Words Starting With ROU
| Rouge | Rough | Round |
| Route | Rouen | Rouse |
| Roust | Routh | Routs |
| Roues | Roule | Rouls |
| Roums | Roups | Roupy |
5 Letter Words Starting With ROW
| Rowan | Rowdy | Rowed |
| Rower | Rowen | Rowel |
| Rowie | Rowme | Rownd |
| Rowth | Rowts |
5 Letter Words Starting With RO By Ending Letter
S closes 43 of these, a third of the set, with E and Y following. 5 letter words starting with RE works the same way.
5 Letter Words Starting With RO Ending In S
| Roads | Rocks | Roles |
| Rolls | Roofs | Rooms |
| Roots | Ropes | Roses |
| Roams | Roars | Robes |
| Rooks | Rodes | Roids |
| Romps | Rotas | Rotes |
| Rotis | Routs | Roans |
| Rohes | Roils | Roins |
| Rojis | Rokes | Rolfs |
| Rones | Ronts | Roods |
| Roons | Roops | Rores |
| Rorts | Rosts | Rotls |
| Rotos | Roues | Rouls |
| Roums | Roups | Roves |
| Rowts |
5 Letter Words Starting With RO Ending In E
| Rogue | Rouge | Route |
| Roque | Rouse | Roble |
| Ronde | Roose | Roate |
| Ronne | Ronte | Rorie |
| Rotte | Roule | Rowie |
| Rowme | Royne |
5 Letter Words Starting With RO Ending In Y
| Rocky | Roomy | Rowdy |
| Rooty | Ropey | Rorty |
| Roary | Roguy | Roily |
| Roofy | Rooky | Roopy |
| Roupy |
5 Letter Words Starting With RO Ending In D
| Round | Roped | Rowed |
| Robed | Roved | Roded |
| Roked | Rorid | Rosed |
| Roted | Rownd |
5 Letter Words Starting With RO Ending In T
| Roast | Robot | Roost |
| Roust | Roist | Roset |
| Rosit | Royst | Rozet |
| Rozit |
5 Letter Words Starting With RO Ending In N
| Robin | Roman | Ronin |
| Rosin | Rouen | Rowan |
| Rowen | Rotan | Roton |
| Roven |
5 Letter Words Starting With RO With E
E turns up in 52 RO words, more than any letter except the O already spent. 5 letter words starting with RI works the same way.
| Roger | Rogue | Roles |
| Romeo | Ropes | Roses |
| Rouge | Route | Rover |
| Robes | Rodeo | Roped |
| Roper | Roque | Rouen |
| Rouse | Rowed | Rower |
| Robed | Roble | Rodes |
| Roker | Ronde | Roose |
| Ropey | Rotes | Roved |
| Rowen | Roate | Roded |
| Rohes | Roked | Rokes |
| Roneo | Rones | Ronne |
| Ronte | Rores | Rorie |
| Rosed | Roset | Roted |
| Rotte | Roues | Roule |
| Roven | Roves | Rowel |
| Rowie | Rowme | Royne |
| Rozet |
5 Letter Words Starting With RO With T
T runs second here, appearing in 36 across the set. 5 letter words starting with BO works the same way.
| Roast | Robot | Roots |
| Route | Roost | Rotor |
| Rooty | Rorty | Rosti |
| Rotas | Rotch | Rotes |
| Rotis | Roust | Routh |
| Routs | Roate | Roist |
| Ronte | Ronts | Rorts |
| Roset | Rosit | Rosts |
| Rotal | Rotan | Roted |
| Rotls | Roton | Rotos |
| Rotte | Rowth | Rowts |
| Royst | Rozet | Rozit |
5 Letter Words Starting With RO For Wordle
Every word here uses five different letters, so no slot goes to a repeat. 5 letter words with EO answers a nearby question.
| Round | Royal | Route |
| Roads | Roman | Rough |
| Roles | Rocks | Robin |
| Rocky | Rogue | Roast |
| Ropes | Rouge | Roach |
| Robes | Rowan | Rowdy |
Rolls, Rooms and Rotor are the traps. Forty four RO words repeat a letter, and a doubled O accounts for most of them.
5 Letter Words Starting With RO For Scrabble
J and Z carry the top plays, and Rojak tops the set at 16 points.
| Word | Points |
|---|---|
| Rojak | 16 |
| Rozit | 14 |
| Rozet | 14 |
| Roque | 14 |
| Rocky | 14 |
| Rowdy | 12 |
| Rooky | 12 |
| Rojis | 12 |
| Rowth | 11 |
| Roofy | 11 |
| Rocks | 11 |
| Rowme | 10 |
| Roupy | 10 |
| Rotch | 10 |
| Ropey | 10 |
5 Letter Words Starting With RO And Their Meanings
Scots, Maori and older craft usage account for most of the harder entries here.
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Roate | To learn by heart, in archaic English |
| Roble | A Californian oak with pale timber |
| Rojak | A Malaysian fruit and vegetable salad |
| Rolag | A roll of carded wool ready for spinning |
| Romal | A braided leather quirt attached to reins |
| Ronde | A round dance, from French |
| Ronin | A samurai left without a master |
| Roosa | A grass grown in India for its aromatic oil |
| Roose | To flatter or praise, in Scots usage |
| Roque | An American form of croquet played on a hard court |
| Roric | Relating to dew |
| Roshi | A teacher of Zen Buddhism |
| Rosti | A Swiss dish of grated fried potato |
| Rotan | A rattan palm used for canework |
| Rotch | The little auk, a small Arctic seabird |
| Roule | A roll or scroll, in older English |
| Routh | Plenty or abundance, in Scots usage |
| Rowme | Room or space, in archaic English |
| Rowth | Another spelling of routh, abundance |
| Rozet | Rosin, in Scots usage |
FAQs
The strongest are Round, Royal, Route, Roads and Roman, since none of them repeat a letter. Rolls, Rooms and Rotor spend a slot on a repeat, so hold those back.
ROU gives you Round, Rough, Route, Rouse, Roust and Routs, along with Rouen, Roues, Rouge, Roule, Rouls, Roums, Roups, Roupy and Routh.
The T ending gives you Robot, Roast, Roost and Roust. Roist, Rosit, Royst and Roset close the group and are accepted in Scrabble.
The E words run to Route, Roles, Robed, Robes, Roger, Rogue, Roped and Ropes. Fifty two RO words carry an E after the opening pair.
The top score goes to Rojak at 16 points. Rozit, Rozet and Roque each reach 14, with Rocky and Roupy at 12.
The N ending gives you Robin, Roman, Ronin, Rowan and Rowen. Rotan, Roton, Rouen and Rosin close the group and are accepted in Scrabble.
ROO gives you Roods, Roofs, Rooks, Rooms, Roomy, Roost, Roots and Rooty, along with Roofy, Rooky, Roons, Roops, Roopy, Roosa and Roose.
Yes, Ronin is valid and scores 5 points. It names a samurai who has been left without a master.
