4-letter words containing O
Embark on an exploration of 4-letter words that contain the letter O. This segment uncovers the diverse range of words that incorporate O within this specific length, revealing the versatility and richness of language. Ideal for vocabulary enthusiasts and word-game aficionados.
Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
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your | 7 | - | - |
know | 11 | accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power and authority | The Crown Prince was acknowledged as the true heir to the throne |
come | 8 | come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example | he comes from humble origins |
good | 6 | that which is pleasing or valuable or useful | weigh the good against the bad |
from | 9 | Out of the neighborhood of; lessening or losing proximity to; leaving behind; by reason of; out of; by aid of; -- used whenever departure, setting out, commencement of action, being, state, occurrence, etc., or procedure, emanation, absence, separation, etc., are to be expressed. It is construed with, and indicates, the point of space or time at which the action, state, etc., are regarded as setting out or beginning; also, less frequently, the source, the cause, the occasion, out of which anything proceeds; the anitithesis and correlative of to; | it is one hundred miles from Boston to Springfield |
look | 8 | take charge of or deal with | - |
okay | 11 | in a satisfactory or adequate manner | she'll do okay on her own |
some | 6 | (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct | some forty people came |
more | 6 | (comparative of `much' used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree | more land |
down | 8 | English physician who first described Down's syndrome (1828-1896) | - |
love | 7 | sexual activities (often including sexual intercourse) between two people | his lovemaking disgusted her |
only | 7 | without any others being included or involved | a privilege granted only to him |
over | 7 | having come or been brought to a conclusion | the affair is over, ended, finished |
stop | 6 | put an end to a state or an activity | - |
work | 11 | make uniform | work the clay until it is soft |
home | 9 | (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score | he ruled that the runner failed to touch home |
into | 4 | To the inside of; within. It is used in a variety of applications. | - |
does | 5 | - | - |
told | 5 | - | - |
long | 5 | good at remembering | - |
done | 5 | having finished or arrived at completion | certain to make history before he's done |
show | 10 | provide evidence for | The blood test showed that he was the father |
move | 9 | give an incentive for action | This moved me to sacrifice my career |
also | 4 | in addition | - |
hold | 8 | be capable of holding or containing | The flask holds one gallon |
room | 6 | space for movement | room to pass |
most | 6 | (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but | the baby was almost asleep when the alarm sounded |
once | 6 | on one occasion | once I ran into her |
open | 6 | (of textures) full of small openings or gaps | an open texture |
took | 8 | - | - |
lost | 4 | deeply absorbed in thought | lost in thought |
door | 5 | the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close | he stuck his head in the doorway |
gone | 5 | drained of energy or effectiveness; extremely tired; completely exhausted | - |
soon | 4 | in the near future | the doctor will soon be here |
both | 9 | (used with count nouns) two considered together; the two | both girls are pretty |
hope | 9 | intend with some possibility of fulfilment | I hope to have finished this work by tomorrow evening |
four | 7 | being one more than three | - |
body | 10 | the property of holding together and retaining its shape | wool has more body than rayon |
goes | 5 | - | - |
cool | 6 | great coolness and composure under strain | keep your cool |
word | 8 | the divine word of God; the second person in the Trinity (incarnate in Jesus) | - |
food | 8 | any solid substance (as opposed to liquid) that is used as a source of nourishment | food and drink |
boss | 6 | raise in a relief | embossed stationery |
shot | 7 | an estimate based on little or no information | - |
town | 7 | an administrative division of a county | the town is responsible for snow removal |
lose | 4 | fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind | - |
book | 10 | physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together | he used a large book as a doorstop |
lord | 5 | a titled peer of the realm | - |
hour | 7 | clock time | the hour is getting late |
cold | 7 | the absence of heat | the coldness made our breath visible |
john | 14 | a room or building equipped with one or more toilets | - |
sort | 4 | an operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion | the bottleneck in mail delivery is the process of sorting |
poor | 6 | of insufficient quantity to meet a need | a poor salary |
whoa | 10 | - | - |
song | 5 | the act of singing | with a shout and a song they marched up to the gates |
road | 5 | an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation | - |
born | 6 | being talented through inherited qualities | a born musician |
drop | 7 | a shape that is spherical and small | he studied the shapes of low-viscosity drops |
none | 4 | a canonical hour that is the ninth hour of the day counting from sunrise | - |
rock | 10 | move back and forth or sideways | the ship was rocking |
fool | 7 | a person who lacks good judgment | - |
join | 11 | be or become joined or united or linked | Our paths joined |
boat | 6 | a dish (often boat-shaped) for serving gravy or sauce | - |
soul | 4 | the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life | - |
blow | 9 | make a mess of, destroy or ruin | - |
york | 11 | the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose | - |
holy | 10 | a sacred place of pilgrimage | - |
joke | 15 | a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement | - |
lots | 4 | to a very great degree or extent | - |
shop | 9 | small workplace where handcrafts or manufacturing are done | - |
slow | 7 | cause to proceed more slowly | The illness slowed him down |
gold | 6 | a soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element; occurs mainly as nuggets in rocks and alluvial deposits; does not react with most chemicals but is attacked by chlorine and aqua regia | - |
foot | 7 | lowest support of a structure | he stood at the foot of the tower |
grow | 8 | pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become | - |
moon | 6 | United States religious leader (born in Korea) who founded the Unification Church in 1954; was found guilty of conspiracy to evade taxes (born in 1920) | - |
dogs | 6 | - | - |
hole | 7 | informal terms for a difficult situation | - |
form | 9 | the visual appearance of something or someone | - |
upon | 6 | On; -- used in all the senses of that word, with which it is interchangeable. | - |
whom | 12 | The objective case of who. | - |
roll | 4 | a list of names | his name was struck off the rolls |
nose | 4 | catch the scent of; get wind of | The dog nosed out the drugs |
hero | 7 | a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States | - |
sold | 5 | disposed of to a purchaser | this merchandise is sold |
cook | 10 | tamper, with the purpose of deception | cook the books |
cost | 6 | be priced at | These shoes cost $100 |
spot | 6 | a job in an organization | - |
lock | 10 | a restraint incorporated into the ignition switch to prevent the use of a vehicle by persons who do not have the key | - |
bomb | 10 | throw bombs at or attack with bombs | The Americans bombed Dresden |
code | 7 | a set of rules or principles or laws (especially written ones) | - |
copy | 11 | a reproduction of a written record (e.g. of a legal or school record) | - |
tony | 7 | - | - |
rose | 4 | any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses | - |
note | 4 | a piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank) | he peeled off five one-thousand-zloty notes |
snow | 7 | English writer of novels about moral dilemmas in academe (1905-1980) | - |
ours | 4 | - | - |
loud | 5 | with relatively high volume | the band played loudly |
pool | 6 | something resembling a pool of liquid | he stood in a pool of light |
soft | 7 | not brilliant or glaring | the moon cast soft shadows |
post | 6 | a job in an organization | he occupied a post in the treasury |
goal | 5 | the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it | - |
mood | 7 | the prevailing psychological state | the national mood had changed radically since the last election |
roof | 7 | an upper limit on what is allowed | there was a roof on salaries |
soup | 6 | an unfortunate situation | we're in the soup now |
onto | 4 | On the top of; upon. | - |
tour | 4 | a period of time spent in military service | - |
role | 4 | the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group | play its role |
hong | 8 | - | - |
coat | 6 | put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface | coat the cake with chocolate |
vote | 7 | a legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US Constitution; guaranteed to women by the 19th amendment | American women got the vote in 1920 |
bone | 6 | remove the bones from | bone the turkey before roasting it |
wood | 8 | United States painter noted for works based on life in the Midwest (1892-1942) | - |
loss | 4 | the amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue | the company operated at a loss last year |
hook | 11 | anything that serves as an enticement | - |
woke | 11 | - | - |
zero | 13 | indicating the absence of any or all units under consideration | a zero score |
nope | 6 | - | - |
iron | 4 | home appliance consisting of a flat metal base that is heated and used to smooth cloth | - |
gosh | 8 | - | - |
load | 5 | a quantity that can be processed or transported at one time | the system broke down under excessive loads |
loan | 4 | a word borrowed from another language; e.g. `blitz' is a German word borrowed into modern English | - |
wolf | 10 | a cruelly rapacious person | - |
cock | 12 | faucet consisting of a rotating device for regulating flow of a liquid | - |
boom | 8 | a pole carrying an overhead microphone projected over a film or tv set | - |
horn | 7 | a brass musical instrument consisting of a conical tube that is coiled into a spiral and played by means of valves | - |
ouch | 9 | - | - |
monk | 10 | United States jazz pianist who was one of the founders of the bebop style (1917-1982) | - |
josh | 14 | be silly or tease one another | - |
zone | 13 | regulate housing in; of certain areas of towns | - |
rope | 6 | street names for flunitrazepan | - |
coke | 10 | street names for cocaine | - |
doll | 5 | informal terms for a (young) woman | - |
thou | 7 | the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100 | - |
bond | 7 | stick to firmly | - |
tone | 4 | a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color | - |
shoe | 7 | a restraint provided when the brake linings are moved hydraulically against the brake drum to retard the wheel's rotation | - |
porn | 6 | creative activity (writing or pictures or films etc.) of no literary or artistic value other than to stimulate sexual desire | - |
lion | 4 | large gregarious predatory feline of Africa and India having a tawny coat with a shaggy mane in the male | - |
bowl | 9 | a small round container that is open at the top for holding tobacco | - |
dong | 6 | go `ding dong', like a bell | - |
joey | 14 | - | - |
golf | 8 | a game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes; the object is use as few strokes as possible in playing all the holes | - |
chop | 11 | cut into pieces | chop meat |
flow | 10 | something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously | the museum had planned carefully for the flow of visitors |
pour | 6 | pour out | - |
noon | 4 | the middle of the day | - |
hood | 8 | a protective covering that is part of a plant | - |
wore | 7 | - | - |
soap | 6 | street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate | - |
poem | 8 | a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines | - |
pole | 6 | a contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves | - |
port | 6 | (computer science) computer circuit consisting of the hardware and associated circuitry that links one device with another (especially a computer and a hard disk drive or other peripherals) | - |
pork | 10 | meat from a domestic hog or pig | - |
obey | 9 | be obedient to | - |
poet | 6 | a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry) | - |
core | 6 | (computer science) a tiny ferrite toroid formerly used in a random access memory to store one bit of data; now superseded by semiconductor memories | each core has three wires passing through it, providing the means to select and detect the contents of each bit |
host | 7 | a person who acts as host at formal occasions (makes an introductory speech and introduces other speakers) | - |
corn | 6 | a hard thickening of the skin (especially on the top or sides of the toes) caused by the pressure of ill-fitting shoes | - |
tons | 4 | a large number or amount | - |
goat | 5 | a victim of ridicule or pranks | - |
cows | 9 | domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age | wait till the cows come home |
oops | 6 | - | - |
pope | 8 | English poet and satirist (1688-1744) | - |
foul | 7 | become or cause to become obstructed | - |
troy | 7 | an ancient city in Asia Minor that was the site of the Trojan War | - |
soda | 5 | a sodium salt of carbonic acid; used in making soap powders and glass and paper | - |
fond | 8 | extravagantly or foolishly loving and indulgent | hopelessly spoiled by a fond mother |
odds | 6 | the ratio by which one better's wager is greater than that of another | he offered odds of two to one |
folk | 11 | people in general (often used in the plural) | they're just country folk |
coma | 8 | a state of deep and often prolonged unconsciousness; usually the result of disease or injury | - |
coin | 6 | form by stamping, punching, or printing | strike coins |
dope | 7 | slang terms for inside information | is that the straight dope? |
bout | 6 | an occasion for excessive eating or drinking | - |
worn | 7 | showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering | looking careworn as she bent over her mending |
soil | 4 | material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use) | good agricultural soil |
cole | 6 | a hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head | - |
plot | 6 | make a plat of | - |
torn | 4 | having edges that are jagged from injury | - |
solo | 4 | without anybody else or anything else | he flew solo |
root | 4 | a simple form inferred as the common basis from which related words in several languages can be derived by linguistic processes | - |
pops | 8 | - | - |
fold | 8 | a folded part (as in skin or muscle) | - |
ford | 8 | 38th President of the United States; appointed vice president and succeeded Nixon when Nixon resigned (1913-2006) | - |
frog | 8 | a person of French descent | - |
prom | 8 | a formal ball held for a school class toward the end of the academic year | - |
tool | 4 | ride in a car with no particular goal and just for the pleasure of it | We tooled down the street |
boot | 6 | the act of delivering a blow with the foot | - |
worm | 9 | to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling) | - |
tomb | 8 | a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone) | - |
sofa | 7 | an upholstered seat for more than one person | - |
mona | 6 | an island to the northwest of Wales | - |
mole | 6 | a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away | - |
bore | 6 | make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool | - |
toss | 4 | the act of flipping a coin | - |
toby | 9 | a drinking mug in the shape of a stout man wearing a three-cornered hat | - |
sore | 4 | roused to anger | sore over a remark |
fort | 7 | a fortified defensive structure | - |
wont | 7 | an established custom | - |
noah | 7 | the Hebrew patriarch who saved himself and his family and the animals by building an ark in which they survived 40 days and 40 nights of rain; the story of Noah and the flood is told in the Book of Genesis | - |
oven | 7 | kitchen appliance used for baking or roasting | - |
oath | 7 | profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger | - |
pond | 7 | a small lake | the pond was too small for sailing |
info | 7 | a message received and understood | - |
coal | 6 | burn to charcoal | - |
auto | 4 | a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine | - |
tore | 4 | commonly the lowest molding at the base of a column | - |
echo | 9 | ring or echo with sound | - |
ciao | 6 | an acknowledgment that can be used to say hello or goodbye (aloha is Hawaiian and ciao is Italian) | - |
bong | 7 | a dull resonant sound as of a bell | - |
riot | 4 | a joke that seems extremely funny | - |
sole | 4 | not divided or shared with others | sole rights of publication |
cope | 8 | brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall | - |
bold | 7 | a typeface with thick heavy lines | - |
pong | 7 | an unpleasant smell | - |
pose | 6 | introduce | This poses an interesting question |
chow | 12 | informal terms for a meal | - |
yoga | 8 | a system of physical, breathing and meditation exercises practiced to promote control of the body and mind | - |
fork | 11 | the region of the angle formed by the junction of two branches | they took the south fork |
milo | 6 | small drought-resistant sorghums having large yellow or whitish grains | - |
otto | 4 | - | - |
tong | 5 | - | - |
rode | 5 | - | - |
sour | 4 | inaccurate in pitch | a false (or sour) note |
idol | 5 | an ideal instance; a perfect embodiment of a concept | - |
knot | 8 | soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design | - |
crow | 9 | dwell on with satisfaction | - |
tops | 6 | of the highest quality | she is absolutely tops |
womb | 11 | a hollow muscular organ in the pelvic cavity of females; contains the developing fetus | - |
euro | 4 | the basic monetary unit of most members of the European Union (introduced in 1999); in 2002 twelve European nations (Germany, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Ireland, Greece, Austria, Finland) adopted the euro as their basic unit of money and abandoned their traditional currencies | - |
glow | 8 | light from nonthermal sources | - |
jong | 12 | United States writer (born in 1942) | - |
cord | 7 | a cut pile fabric with vertical ribs; usually made of cotton | - |
dose | 5 | street name for lysergic acid diethylamide | - |
robe | 6 | outerwear consisting of a long flowing garment used for official or ceremonial occasions | - |
cola | 6 | carbonated drink flavored with extract from kola nuts (`dope' is a southernism in the United States) | - |
coco | 8 | tall palm tree bearing coconuts as fruits; widely planted throughout the tropics | - |
dock | 11 | a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats | - |
bolt | 6 | a discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder | - |
boil | 6 | a painful sore with a hard core filled with pus | - |
poop | 8 | obscene terms for feces | - |
limo | 6 | large luxurious car; usually driven by a chauffeur | - |
unto | 4 | - | - |
sock | 10 | hit hard | - |
poke | 10 | hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument | - |
pony | 9 | a literal translation used in studying a foreign language (often used illicitly) | - |
shoo | 7 | drive away by crying `shoo!' | - |
homo | 9 | someone who is sexually attracted to persons of the same sex | - |
doom | 7 | pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law | - |
demo | 7 | give an exhibition of to an interested audience | We will demo the new software in Washington |
hose | 7 | a flexible pipe for conveying a liquid or gas | - |
mock | 12 | treat with contempt | The new constitution mocks all democratic principles |
dorm | 7 | a college or university building containing living quarters for students | - |
void | 8 | lacking any legal or binding force | null and void |
roar | 4 | utter words loudly and forcefully | `Get out of here,' he roared |
coup | 8 | a sudden and decisive change of government illegally or by force | - |
sook | 8 | - | - |
gown | 8 | outerwear consisting of a long flowing garment used for official or ceremonial occasions | - |
loop | 6 | wind around something in coils or loops | - |
mode | 7 | any of various fixed orders of the various diatonic notes within an octave | - |
comb | 10 | search thoroughly | They combed the area for the missing child |
crop | 8 | cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of | - |
dork | 9 | a dull stupid fatuous person | - |
ammo | 8 | projectiles to be fired from a gun | - |
lone | 4 | lacking companions or companionship | he was alone when we met him |
mong | 7 | - | - |
gong | 6 | a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer; used as an orchestral instrument | - |
zoom | 15 | rise rapidly | - |
dove | 8 | flesh of a pigeon suitable for roasting or braising; flesh of a dove (young squab) may be broiled | - |
toad | 5 | any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species | - |
bobo | 8 | - | - |
oral | 4 | using speech rather than writing | an oral tradition |
cozy | 18 | having or fostering a warm or friendly and informal atmosphere | had a cozy chat |
undo | 5 | deprive of certain characteristics | - |
moan | 6 | indicate pain, discomfort, or displeasure | - |
toll | 4 | value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something | - |
kilo | 8 | one thousand grams; the basic unit of mass adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites | a kilogram is approximately 2.2 pounds |
foam | 9 | a mass of small bubbles formed in or on a liquid | the beer had a thick head of foam |
moss | 6 | tiny leafy-stemmed flowerless plants | - |
tofu | 7 | cheeselike food made of curdled soybean milk | - |
rory | 7 | - | - |
cone | 6 | a shape whose base is a circle and whose sides taper up to a point | - |
boon | 6 | a desirable state | a spanking breeze is a boon to sailors |
jock | 17 | a person trained to compete in sports | - |
coca | 8 | a South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the Andes; a source of cocaine | - |
dome | 7 | informal terms for a human head | - |
atom | 6 | (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything | - |
wool | 7 | a fabric made from the hair of sheep | - |
roam | 6 | move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment | The gypsies roamed the woods |
pooh | 9 | - | - |
loot | 4 | goods or money obtained illegally | - |
memo | 8 | a written proposal or reminder | - |
boar | 6 | Old World wild swine having a narrow body and prominent tusks from which most domestic swine come; introduced in United States | - |
slot | 4 | a slot machine that is used for gambling | they spend hours and hours just playing the slots |
pros | 6 | - | - |
taco | 6 | (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Mexican descent | - |
ogre | 5 | a cruel wicked and inhuman person | - |
nova | 7 | a star that ejects some of its material in the form of a cloud and becomes more luminous in the process | - |
polo | 6 | Venetian traveler who explored Asia in the 13th century and served Kublai Khan (1254-1324) | - |
posh | 9 | elegant and fashionable | a posh restaurant |
howl | 10 | emit long loud cries | howl with sorrow |
goon | 5 | an awkward stupid person | - |
loft | 7 | a raised shelter in which pigeons are kept | - |
mold | 7 | a distinctive nature, character, or type | a leader in the mold of her predecessors |
woof | 10 | the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving | - |
nosy | 7 | offensively curious or inquisitive | he flipped through my letters in his nosy way |
coop | 8 | an enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals can be kept | - |
dory | 8 | pike-like freshwater perches | - |
flop | 9 | exactly | he fell flop on his face |
gore | 5 | the shedding of blood resulting in murder | - |
prop | 8 | a propeller that rotates to push against air | - |
reno | 4 | a city in western Nevada at the foot of the Sierra Nevada Mountains; known for gambling casinos and easy divorce and remarriage | - |
colt | 6 | a kind of revolver | - |
cork | 10 | the plug in the mouth of a bottle (especially a wine bottle) | - |
noel | 4 | period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6 | - |
omen | 6 | a sign of something about to happen | he looked for an omen before going into battle |
loaf | 7 | be lazy or idle | - |
logo | 5 | a company emblem or device | - |
mort | 6 | - | - |
noir | 4 | - | - |
norm | 6 | a statistic describing the location of a distribution | it set the norm for American homes |
meow | 9 | the sound made by a cat (or any sound resembling this) | - |
soak | 8 | make drunk (with alcoholic drinks) | - |
honk | 11 | cry like a goose | The geese were honking |
hoax | 14 | something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage | - |
icon | 6 | a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface | - |
moth | 9 | typically crepuscular or nocturnal insect having a stout body and feathery or hairlike antennae | - |
scot | 6 | a native or inhabitant of Scotland | - |
boob | 8 | commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake | - |
rosy | 7 | having the pinkish flush of health | - |
sumo | 6 | a Japanese form of wrestling; you lose if you are forced out of a small ring or if any part of your body (other than your feet) touches the ground | - |
blog | 7 | a shared on-line journal where people can post diary entries about their personal experiences and hobbies | postings on a blog are usually in chronological order |
veto | 7 | command against | Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store |
roma | 6 | capital and largest city of Italy; on the Tiber; seat of the Roman Catholic Church; formerly the capital of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire | - |
snot | 4 | a person regarded as arrogant and annoying | - |
poof | 9 | offensive term for a homosexual man | - |
knob | 10 | an ornament in the shape of a ball on the hilt of a sword or dagger | - |
hoop | 9 | horizontal circular metal hoop supporting a net through which players try to throw the basketball | - |
dona | 5 | a Spanish courtesy title or form of address for a woman | - |
snob | 6 | a person regarded as arrogant and annoying | - |
orgy | 8 | any act of immoderate indulgence | an orgy of shopping |
fore | 7 | near or toward the bow of a ship or cockpit of a plane | the captain went fore (or forward) to check the instruments |
lobe | 6 | (anatomy) a somewhat rounded subdivision of a bodily organ or part | ear lobe |
mojo | 13 | a magic power or magic spell | - |
cons | 6 | - | - |
tori | 4 | - | - |
mayo | 9 | egg yolks and oil and vinegar | - |
judo | 12 | a sport adapted from jujitsu (using principles of not resisting) and similar to wrestling; developed in Japan | - |
ludo | 5 | a simple board game in which players move counters according to the throw of dice | - |
cosy | 9 | a padded cloth covering to keep a teapot warm | - |
cove | 9 | a small inlet | - |
odor | 5 | any property detected by the olfactory system | - |
afro | 7 | a rounded thickly curled hairdo | - |
foxy | 17 | marked by skill in deception | a foxy scheme |
taro | 4 | herb of the Pacific islands grown throughout the tropics for its edible root and in temperate areas as an ornamental for its large glossy leaves | - |
ploy | 9 | a maneuver in a game or conversation | - |
brow | 9 | the arch of hair above each eye | - |
goof | 8 | commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake | - |
tory | 7 | a member of political party in Great Britain that has been known as the Conservative Party since 1832; was the opposition party to the Whigs | - |
doth | 8 | - | - |
bora | 6 | - | - |
trio | 4 | a set of three similar things considered as a unit | - |
trot | 4 | run at a moderately swift pace | - |
hoot | 7 | something of little value | - |
halo | 7 | an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint | - |
yous | 7 | - | - |
moor | 6 | secure in or as if in a berth or dock | - |
lino | 4 | a floor covering | - |
neon | 4 | a colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube; one of the six inert gasses; occurs in the air in small amounts | - |
miro | 6 | New Zealand conifer used for lumber; the dark wood is used for interior carpentry | - |
dojo | 12 | - | - |
slob | 6 | a coarse obnoxious person | - |
holt | 7 | - | - |
foil | 7 | a device consisting of a flat or curved piece (as a metal plate) so that its surface reacts to the water it is passing through | the fins of a fish act as hydrofoils |
clot | 6 | a lump of material formed from the content of a liquid | - |
hoof | 10 | walk | let's hoof it to the disco |
loco | 6 | informal or slang terms for mentally irregular | - |
dole | 5 | money received from the state | - |
tosh | 7 | pretentious or silly talk or writing | - |
toil | 4 | productive work (especially physical work done for wages) | - |
oily | 7 | unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech | an oily sycophantic press agent |
omer | 6 | - | - |
coil | 6 | a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops | a coil of rope |
croc | 8 | - | - |
buoy | 9 | keep afloat | The life vest buoyed him up |
redo | 5 | make new | - |
soar | 4 | rise rapidly | the dollar soared against the yen |
lobo | 6 | - | - |
loch | 9 | a long narrow inlet of the sea in Scotland (especially when it is nearly landlocked) | - |
chou | 9 | the imperial dynasty of China from 1122 to 221 BC; notable for the rise of Confucianism and Taoism | - |
toke | 8 | a puff of a marijuana or hashish cigarette | the boys took a few tokes on a joint |
hock | 13 | any of several white wines from the Rhine River valley in Germany (`hock' is British usage) | - |
awol | 7 | absent without permission | - |
bozo | 15 | a man who is a stupid incompetent fool | - |
mora | 6 | - | - |
tout | 4 | one who sells advice about gambling or speculation (especially at the racetrack) | - |
toot | 4 | make a loud noise | - |
plow | 9 | to break and turn over earth especially with a plow | Farmer Jones plowed his east field last week |
miso | 6 | a thick paste made from fermented soybeans and barley or rice malt; used in Japanese cooking to make soups or sauces | - |
bros | 6 | - | - |
soho | 7 | a district in southwestern Manhattan noted for its shops and restaurants and galleries and artist's lofts | - |
oxen | 11 | domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age | a team of oxen |
nong | 5 | - | - |
poll | 6 | convert into a pollard | pollard trees |
poon | 6 | any of several East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum having shiny leathery leaves and lightweight hard wood | - |
conn | 6 | conduct or direct the steering of a ship or plane | - |
comm | 10 | - | - |
rook | 8 | common gregarious Old World bird about the size and color of the American crow | - |
sone | 4 | a unit of perceived loudness equal to the loudness of a 1000-hertz tone at 40 dB above threshold | - |
comp | 10 | an intensive examination testing a student's proficiency in some special field of knowledge | she took her comps in English literature |
ahoy | 10 | - | - |
bony | 9 | having bones especially many or prominent bones | a bony shad fillet |
lilo | 4 | a type of inflatable air mattress | - |
nook | 8 | an interior angle formed by two meeting walls | - |
hobo | 9 | a worker who moves around and works temporarily in different places | - |
fido | 8 | - | - |
expo | 13 | a collection of things (goods or works of art etc.) for public display | - |
goth | 8 | a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement | - |
oval | 7 | rounded like an egg | - |
jolt | 11 | a sudden jarring impact | the door closed with a jolt |
yogi | 8 | United States baseball player (born 1925) | - |
rolf | 7 | Norse chieftain who became the first duke of Normandy (860-931) | - |
coon | 6 | North American raccoon | - |
cobb | 10 | - | - |
doze | 14 | sleep lightly or for a short period of time | - |
toro | 4 | - | - |
slop | 6 | writing or music that is excessively sweet and sentimental | - |
peso | 6 | the basic unit of money in Cuba; equal to 100 centavos | - |
oaks | 8 | - | - |
moly | 9 | - | - |
moat | 6 | ditch dug as a fortification and usually filled with water | - |
dost | 5 | - | - |
kohl | 11 | a cosmetic preparation used by women in Egypt and Arabia to darken the edges of their eyelids | - |
fado | 8 | a sad Portuguese folksong | - |
atop | 6 | - | - |
alto | 4 | the highest adult male singing voice | - |
stow | 7 | fill by packing tightly | stow the cart |
oink | 8 | the short low gruff noise of the kind made by hogs | - |
bona | 6 | - | - |
hogg | 9 | Scottish writer of rustic verse (1770-1835) | - |
morn | 6 | the time period between dawn and noon | I spent the morning running errands |
soma | 6 | alternative names for the body of a human being | - |
font | 7 | a specific size and style of type within a type family | - |
egos | 5 | - | - |
loon | 4 | a person with confused ideas; incapable of serious thought | - |
dodo | 6 | someone whose style is out of fashion | - |
blob | 8 | make a spot or mark onto | - |
tome | 6 | a (usually) large and scholarly book | - |
karo | 8 | - | - |
sown | 7 | sprinkled with seed | - |
hors | 7 | - | - |
hops | 9 | twining perennials having cordate leaves and flowers arranged in conelike spikes; the dried flowers of this plant are used in brewing to add the characteristic bitter taste to beer | - |
lowe | 7 | - | - |
clog | 7 | become or cause to become obstructed | The leaves clog our drains in the Fall |
coho | 9 | small salmon of northern Pacific coasts and the Great Lakes | - |
prod | 7 | a pointed instrument that is used to prod into a state of motion | - |
prof | 9 | someone who is a member of the faculty at a college or university | - |
flor | 7 | - | - |
eros | 4 | a desire for sexual intimacy | - |
mono | 6 | designating sound transmission or recording or reproduction over a single channel | - |
oars | 4 | - | - |
mako | 10 | powerful mackerel shark of the Atlantic and Pacific | - |
howe | 10 | United States editor (1920-1993) | - |
kook | 12 | someone regarded as eccentric or crazy and standing out from a group | - |
ergo | 5 | - | - |
coos | 6 | - | - |
soot | 4 | a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink | - |
chon | 9 | 100 chon equal 1 won in North Korea | - |
soya | 7 | erect bushy hairy annual herb having trifoliate leaves and purple to pink flowers; extensively cultivated for food and forage and soil improvement but especially for its nutritious oil-rich seeds; native to Asia | - |
silo | 4 | a cylindrical tower used for storing silage | - |
noun | 4 | a content word that can be used to refer to a person, place, thing, quality, or action | - |
hone | 7 | make perfect or complete | - |
foss | 7 | - | - |
gook | 9 | any thick, viscous matter | - |
yolk | 11 | nutritive material of an ovum stored for the nutrition of an embryo (especially the yellow mass of a bird or reptile egg) | - |
joss | 11 | a Chinese god worshipped in the form of an idol | - |
lore | 4 | knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote | early peoples passed on plant and animal lore through legend |
mope | 8 | be apathetic, gloomy, or dazed | - |
moot | 6 | think about carefully; weigh | - |
amok | 10 | wildly; without self-control | - |
vino | 7 | fermented juice (of grapes especially) | - |
sora | 4 | - | - |
pomp | 10 | ceremonial elegance and splendor | - |
pout | 6 | a disdainful grimace | - |
leno | 4 | - | - |
flog | 8 | beat severely with a whip or rod | The teacher often flogged the students |
coax | 13 | influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering | - |
yoke | 11 | link with or as with a yoke | yoke the oxen together |
opus | 6 | a musical work that has been created | - |
poly | 9 | - | - |
lido | 5 | a recreational facility including a swimming pool for water sports | - |
prob | 8 | - | - |
fowl | 10 | a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl | - |
jour | 11 | - | - |
lout | 4 | an awkward stupid person | - |
lode | 5 | a deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks | - |
bock | 12 | a very strong lager traditionally brewed in the fall and aged through the winter for consumption in the spring | - |
tora | 4 | - | - |
pont | 6 | - | - |
poxy | 16 | - | - |
fora | 7 | - | - |