5 letter words ending with o
Get ready for a word adventure! Dive into the world of five-letter words that end with an "O." Whether you're a Scrabble enthusiast, a crossword lover, or just curious, these words are sure to add some pizzazz to your vocabulary. Explore, discover, and have fun with every letter!
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| hello | 8 | an expression of greeting | every morning they exchanged polite hellos |
| radio | 6 | an electronic receiver that detects and demodulates and amplifies transmitted signals | - |
| photo | 10 | a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide or in digital format | - |
| video | 9 | broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects | she is a star of screen and video |
| piano | 7 | (music) low loudness | - |
| bravo | 10 | a murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed | - |
| dunno | 6 | - | - |
| pedro | 8 | - | - |
| bingo | 8 | a game in which numbered balls are drawn at random and players cover the corresponding numbers on their cards | - |
| romeo | 7 | an ardent male lover | - |
| disco | 8 | popular dance music (especially in the late 1970s); melodic with a regular bass beat; intended mainly for dancing at discotheques | - |
| kiddo | 11 | - | - |
| cargo | 8 | goods carried by a large vehicle | - |
| porno | 7 | creative activity (writing or pictures or films etc.) of no literary or artistic value other than to stimulate sexual desire | - |
| tango | 6 | a ballroom dance of Latin-American origin | - |
| negro | 6 | a person with African ancestry, | - |
| fatso | 8 | a rotund individual | - |
| paolo | 7 | - | - |
| audio | 6 | an audible acoustic wave frequency | - |
| metro | 7 | an electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city) | in Paris the subway system is called the `metro' and in London it is called the `tube' or the `underground' |
| motto | 7 | a favorite saying of a sect or political group | - |
| hallo | 8 | - | - |
| macho | 12 | used of men; markedly masculine in appearance or manner | - |
| chico | 12 | United States comedian; one of four brothers who made motion pictures together (1891-1961) | - |
| pluto | 7 | (Roman mythology) god of the underworld; counterpart of Greek Hades | - |
| tempo | 9 | (music) the speed at which a composition is to be played | - |
| mango | 8 | large evergreen tropical tree cultivated for its large oval fruit | - |
| micro | 9 | extremely small in scale or scope or capability | - |
| condo | 8 | one of the dwelling units in a condominium | - |
| nacho | 10 | a tortilla chip topped with cheese and chili-pepper and broiled | - |
| jumbo | 16 | of great mass; huge and bulky | a jumbo jet |
| rhino | 8 | massive powerful herbivorous odd-toed ungulate of southeast Asia and Africa having very thick skin and one or two horns on the snout | - |
| ratio | 5 | the relation between things (or parts of things) with respect to their comparative quantity, magnitude, or degree | - |
| mambo | 11 | a Latin American dance similar in rhythm to the rumba | - |
| yahoo | 11 | a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture | - |
| combo | 11 | a small band of jazz musicians | - |
| amigo | 8 | a friend or comrade | - |
| rodeo | 6 | an enclosure for cattle that have been rounded up | - |
| cello | 7 | a large stringed instrument; seated player holds it upright while playing | - |
| wacko | 14 | a person who is regarded as eccentric or mad | - |
| chino | 10 | a coarse twilled cotton fabric frequently used for uniforms | - |
| intro | 5 | formally making a person known to another or to the public | - |
| dildo | 7 | a vibrating device that substitutes for an erect penis to provide vaginal stimulation | - |
| banjo | 14 | a stringed instrument of the guitar family that has long neck and circular body | - |
| patio | 7 | usually paved outdoor area adjoining a residence | - |
| bimbo | 11 | a young woman indulged by rich and powerful older men | - |
| taboo | 7 | a prejudice (especially in Polynesia and other South Pacific islands) that prohibits the use or mention of something because of its sacred nature | - |
| torso | 5 | the body excluding the head and neck and limbs | - |
| hippo | 12 | an ancient Numidian town in northwestern Africa adjoining present-day Annaba in northeastern Algeria | - |
| choco | 12 | - | - |
| cholo | 10 | - | - |
| lotto | 5 | a game in which numbered balls are drawn at random and players cover the corresponding numbers on their cards | - |
| dumbo | 10 | - | - |
| congo | 8 | a republic in west-central Africa; achieved independence from France in 1960 | - |
| largo | 6 | (music) a composition or passage that is to be performed in a slow and dignified manner | - |
| turbo | 7 | - | - |
| anglo | 6 | - | - |
| retro | 5 | affecting things past | retroactive tax increase |
| limbo | 9 | the state of being disregarded or forgotten | - |
| lingo | 6 | a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves) | they don't speak our lingo |
| bilbo | 9 | - | - |
| cisco | 9 | cold-water fish caught in Lake Superior and northward | - |
| kendo | 10 | - | - |
| mondo | 8 | - | - |
| alamo | 7 | a siege and massacre at a mission in San Antonio in 1836; Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico | - |
| pinto | 7 | a spotted or calico horse or pony | - |
| mongo | 8 | 100 mongo equal 1 tugrik in Mongolia | - |
| ditto | 6 | a mark used to indicate the word above it should be repeated | - |
| polio | 7 | an acute viral disease marked by inflammation of nerve cells of the brain stem and spinal cord | - |
| gizmo | 17 | something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known | there may be some great new gizmo around the corner that you will want to use |
| primo | 9 | the best of its kind | - |
| nitro | 5 | - | - |
| gonzo | 15 | conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual | - |
| salvo | 8 | rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms | - |
| yobbo | 12 | a cruel and brutal fellow | - |
| draco | 8 | a faint constellation twisting around the north celestial pole and lying between Ursa Major and Cepheus | - |
| dingo | 7 | wolflike yellowish-brown wild dog of Australia | - |
| gumbo | 10 | any of various fine-grained silty soils that become waxy and very sticky mud when saturated with water | - |
| lasso | 5 | Belgian composer (1532-1594) | - |
| macro | 9 | a single computer instruction that results in a series of instructions in machine language | - |
| bongo | 8 | large forest antelope of central Africa having a reddish-brown coat with white stripes and spiral horns | - |
| cameo | 9 | engraving or carving in low relief on a stone (as in a brooch or ring) | - |
| gecko | 12 | any of various small chiefly tropical and usually nocturnal insectivorous terrestrial lizards typically with immovable eyelids; completely harmless | - |
| matzo | 16 | brittle flat bread eaten at Passover | - |
| credo | 8 | any system of principles or beliefs | - |
| hydro | 12 | - | - |
| claro | 7 | a cigar made with light-colored tobacco | - |
| pesto | 7 | a sauce typically served with pasta; contains crushed basil leaves and garlic and pine nuts and Parmesan cheese in olive oil | - |
| sambo | 9 | - | - |
| wilco | 10 | - | - |
| gusto | 6 | vigorous and enthusiastic enjoyment | - |
| outdo | 6 | be or do something to a greater degree | She outdoes all other athletes |
| tanto | 5 | - | - |
| igloo | 6 | an Eskimo hut; usually built of blocks (of sod or snow) in the shape of a dome | - |
| amino | 7 | the radical -NH2 | - |
| promo | 9 | a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution | - |
| garbo | 8 | United States film actress (born in Sweden) known for her reclusiveness (1905-1990) | - |
| jello | 12 | fruit-flavored dessert (trade mark Jell-O) made from a commercially prepared gelatin powder | - |
| zippo | 18 | a quantity of no importance | - |
| campo | 11 | - | - |
| proto | 7 | indicating the first or earliest or original | `proto' is a combining form in a word like `protolanguage' that refers to the hypothetical ancestor of another language or group of languages |
| kondo | 10 | - | - |
| wahoo | 11 | upright deciduous plant with crimson pods and seeds; the eastern United States from New York to Florida and Texas | - |
| burro | 7 | small donkey used as a pack animal | - |
| mungo | 8 | - | - |
| molto | 7 | much | allegro molto |
| kazoo | 18 | a toy wind instrument that has a membrane that makes a sound when you hum into the mouthpiece | - |
| ortho | 8 | - | - |
| forgo | 9 | do without or cease to hold or adhere to | - |
| hullo | 8 | an expression of greeting | - |
| jocko | 18 | - | - |
| curio | 7 | something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting | - |
| junco | 14 | small North American finch seen chiefly in winter | - |
| pinko | 11 | a person with mildly leftist political views | - |
| bucko | 13 | - | - |
| aggro | 7 | (informal British usage) aggravation or aggression | I skipped it because it was too much aggro |
| ginzo | 15 | (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Italian descent | - |
| jambo | 16 | - | - |
| morro | 7 | - | - |
| quino | 14 | - | - |
| servo | 8 | control system that converts a small mechanical motion into one requiring much greater power; may include a negative feedback system | - |
| canto | 7 | a major division of a long poem | - |
| panto | 7 | an abbreviation of pantomime | - |
| appro | 9 | an informal British abbreviation of approval | he accepted it on appro |
| pisco | 9 | - | - |
| guano | 6 | the excrement of sea birds; used as fertilizer | - |
| chaco | 12 | - | - |
| salto | 5 | - | - |
| jingo | 13 | an extreme bellicose nationalist | - |
| bunco | 9 | a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property | - |
| cacao | 9 | tropical American tree producing cacao beans | - |
| basho | 10 | - | - |
| paseo | 7 | a path set aside for walking | - |
| hollo | 8 | utter a sudden loud cry | - |
| mezzo | 25 | a soprano with a voice between soprano and contralto | - |
| chiao | 10 | - | - |
| amnio | 7 | (pregnancy) extraction by centesis of amniotic fluid from a pregnant woman (after the 15th week of pregnancy) to aid in the diagnosis of fetal abnormalities | - |
| rondo | 6 | a musical form that is often the last movement of a sonata | - |
| steno | 5 | - | - |
| hillo | 8 | - | - |
| imago | 8 | an adult insect produced after metamorphosis | - |
| lento | 5 | in music | Play this lento, please |
| milko | 11 | - | - |
| duomo | 8 | the principal Christian church building of a bishop's diocese | - |
| beano | 7 | a game in which numbered balls are drawn at random and players cover the corresponding numbers on their cards | - |
| adobo | 8 | a dish of marinated vegetables and meat or fish; served with rice | - |
| repro | 7 | - | - |
| karoo | 9 | - | - |
| mimeo | 9 | print copies from (a prepared stencil) using a mimeograph | She mimeographed the syllabus |
| dobro | 8 | - | - |
| pingo | 8 | - | - |
| litho | 8 | - | - |
| llano | 5 | an extensive grassy and nearly treeless plain (especially in Latin America) | - |
| bunko | 11 | a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property | - |
| commo | 11 | - | - |
| compo | 11 | - | - |
| basso | 7 | the lowest adult male singing voice | - |
| pongo | 8 | type genus of the family Pongidae: orangutans | - |
| phono | 10 | - | - |
| schmo | 12 | (Yiddish) a jerk | - |
| verso | 8 | the side of a coin or medal that does not bear the principal design | - |
| helio | 8 | - | - |
| manto | 7 | - | - |
| boffo | 13 | resoundingly successful and popular | for years he was a boffo box office certainty |
| potto | 7 | a kind of lemur | - |
| shako | 12 | tall hat; worn by some British soldiers on ceremonial occasions | - |
| tardo | 6 | - | - |
| trigo | 6 | - | - |
| parvo | 10 | any of a group of viruses containing DNA in an icosahedral protein shell and causing disease in dogs and cattle; not known to be associated with any human disease | - |
| zendo | 15 | - | - |
| tasso | 5 | Italian poet who wrote an epic poem about the capture of Jerusalem during the First Crusade (1544-1595) | - |
| estro | 5 | - | - |
| erugo | 6 | - | - |
| fillo | 8 | - | - |
| flexo | 15 | - | - |
| fango | 9 | - | - |
| fibro | 10 | - | - |
| gadjo | 14 | - | - |
| gadso | 7 | - | - |
| galvo | 9 | - | - |
| gambo | 10 | - | - |
| gazoo | 15 | - | - |
| folio | 8 | the system of numbering pages | - |
| fordo | 9 | - | - |
| fuero | 8 | - | - |
| fugio | 9 | - | - |
| fungo | 9 | - | - |
| gombo | 10 | - | - |
| godso | 7 | - | - |
| gobbo | 10 | - | - |
| grego | 7 | - | - |
| gippo | 10 | - | - |
| genro | 6 | - | - |
| gesso | 6 | gypsum or plaster of Paris spread on a surface to make it suitable for painting or gilding (or a surface so prepared) | - |
| gismo | 8 | something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known | - |
| guaco | 8 | - | - |
| guiro | 6 | - | - |
| gyppo | 13 | - | - |
| howso | 11 | - | - |
| igapo | 8 | - | - |
| himbo | 12 | - | - |
| junto | 12 | a clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue | - |
| imido | 8 | - | - |
| imino | 7 | - | - |
| iroko | 9 | - | - |
| kusso | 9 | - | - |
| keeno | 9 | - | - |
| kembo | 13 | - | - |
| kimbo | 13 | - | - |
| leuco | 7 | - | - |
| lesbo | 7 | - | - |
| laevo | 8 | - | - |
| lazzo | 23 | - | - |
| maiko | 11 | - | - |
| misdo | 8 | do wrongly or improperly | misdo one's job |
| misgo | 8 | - | - |
| matlo | 7 | - | - |
| mesto | 7 | - | - |
| metho | 10 | - | - |
| mento | 7 | - | - |
| napoo | 7 | - | - |
| narco | 7 | - | - |
| mosso | 7 | - | - |
| mucho | 12 | - | - |
| mucro | 9 | - | - |
| derro | 6 | - | - |
| dekko | 14 | British slang for a look | - |
| dipso | 8 | - | - |
| diazo | 15 | relating to or containing diazonium | - |
| danio | 6 | - | - |
| cyano | 10 | - | - |
| cyclo | 12 | - | - |
| decko | 12 | - | - |
| deffo | 12 | - | - |
| datto | 6 | - | - |
| dubbo | 10 | - | - |
| dsobo | 8 | - | - |
| dsomo | 8 | - | - |
| donko | 10 | - | - |
| doggo | 8 | quietly in concealment | he lay doggo |
| dohyo | 12 | - | - |
| bromo | 9 | - | - |
| borgo | 8 | - | - |
| bombo | 11 | - | - |
| canso | 7 | - | - |
| carbo | 9 | - | - |
| cento | 7 | - | - |
| casco | 9 | - | - |
| bumbo | 11 | - | - |
| buffo | 13 | - | - |
| buroo | 7 | - | - |
| buteo | 7 | broad-winged soaring hawks | - |
| cocco | 11 | - | - |
| chemo | 12 | - | - |
| chimo | 12 | - | - |
| chado | 11 | - | - |
| chiro | 10 | - | - |
| choko | 14 | - | - |
| cutto | 7 | - | - |
| cusso | 7 | - | - |
| cuffo | 13 | - | - |
| conto | 7 | 1 conto equals 1,000 escudos in Portugal | - |
| convo | 10 | - | - |
| corso | 7 | - | - |
| corno | 7 | - | - |
| aweto | 8 | - | - |
| azido | 15 | relating to or containing the azido group N3 | - |
| awato | 8 | - | - |
| aviso | 8 | - | - |
| banco | 9 | - | - |
| baloo | 7 | - | - |
| baboo | 9 | used as a Hindi courtesy title; equivalent to English `Mr' | - |
| bacco | 11 | - | - |
| aspro | 7 | - | - |
| biffo | 13 | - | - |
| berko | 11 | - | - |
| bizzo | 25 | - | - |
| basto | 7 | - | - |
| bardo | 8 | - | - |
| barro | 7 | - | - |
| bento | 7 | - | - |
| bazoo | 16 | - | - |
| achoo | 10 | - | - |
| addio | 7 | - | - |
| abmho | 12 | - | - |
| amido | 8 | - | - |
| altho | 8 | - | - |
| andro | 6 | - | - |
| ancho | 10 | - | - |
| agloo | 6 | - | - |
| petto | 7 | - | - |
| piezo | 16 | - | - |
| pilao | 7 | - | - |
| punto | 7 | - | - |
| putto | 7 | - | - |
| pulao | 7 | - | - |
| pulmo | 9 | - | - |
| quipo | 16 | - | - |
| potoo | 7 | - | - |
| posho | 10 | - | - |
| proso | 7 | - | - |
| reffo | 11 | - | - |
| reggo | 7 | - | - |
| recco | 9 | reconnaissance (by shortening) | - |
| recto | 7 | right-hand page | - |
| resto | 5 | - | - |
| raupo | 7 | - | - |
| realo | 5 | - | - |
| razoo | 14 | - | - |
| ratoo | 5 | - | - |
| rumbo | 9 | - | - |
| saddo | 7 | - | - |
| rumpo | 9 | - | - |
| roneo | 5 | a rotary duplicator that uses a stencil through which ink is pressed (trade mark Roneo) | - |
| secco | 9 | - | - |
| scudo | 8 | - | - |
| segno | 6 | (music) a notation written at the beginning or end of a passage that is to be repeated | - |
| santo | 5 | - | - |
| sanko | 9 | - | - |
| sango | 6 | a trade language widely used in Chad | - |
| sargo | 6 | - | - |
| sixmo | 14 | - | - |
| skimo | 11 | - | - |
| sexto | 12 | - | - |
| sicko | 11 | - | - |
| shiso | 8 | - | - |
| soldo | 6 | - | - |
| socko | 11 | - | - |
| spado | 8 | - | - |
| sorbo | 7 | - | - |
| sordo | 6 | - | - |
| sorgo | 6 | any of several sorghums cultivated as a source of syrup | - |
| smoko | 11 | - | - |
| stylo | 8 | - | - |
| sulfo | 8 | - | - |
| tacho | 10 | - | - |
| timbo | 9 | - | - |
| tondo | 6 | - | - |
| telco | 7 | a public utility that provides telephone service | - |
| tenno | 5 | the emperor of Japan; when regarded as a religious leader the emperor is called tenno | - |
| thoro | 8 | - | - |
| typto | 10 | - | - |
| trugo | 6 | - | - |
| vireo | 8 | any of various small insectivorous American birds chiefly olive-grey in color | - |
| visto | 8 | - | - |
| uredo | 6 | - | - |
| nutso | 5 | - | - |
| ngaio | 6 | - | - |
| pareo | 7 | - | - |
| pargo | 8 | - | - |
| pengo | 8 | a Dravidian language spoken in south central India | - |
| outgo | 6 | money paid out; an amount spent | - |
| outro | 5 | - | - |
| ovolo | 8 | a convex molding having a cross section in the form of a quarter of a circle or of an ellipse | - |
| whoso | 11 | - | - |
| whamo | 13 | - | - |
| waldo | 9 | - | - |
| vulgo | 9 | - | - |
| wazoo | 17 | - | - |
| zinco | 16 | - | - |
| zhomo | 19 | - | - |
| zocco | 18 | - | - |
| yucko | 14 | - | - |
| yummo | 12 | - | - |
| zambo | 18 | - | - |
| yarto | 8 | - | - |
| yarco | 10 | - | - |
| zoppo | 18 | - | - |
| zorro | 14 | - | - |
| paedo | 8 | - | - |
| leggo | 7 | - | - |
| rello | 5 | - | - |
| shojo | 15 | - | - |
| slomo | 7 | - | - |
| shero | 8 | - | - |
| pervo | 10 | - | - |
| pubco | 11 | - | - |
| panko | 11 | - | - |
| ejido | 13 | - | - |
| farro | 8 | - | - |
| daiko | 10 | - | - |
| crudo | 8 | - | - |
| dimbo | 10 | - | - |
| inspo | 7 | - | - |
| impro | 9 | - | - |
| grebo | 8 | - | - |
| vitro | 8 | - | - |
| taiko | 9 | - | - |
| tsubo | 7 | - | - |
Dive into the lively world of five-letter words ending with "O," where each term carries a unique flair that can tickle the tongue and intrigue the mind. These words often stand out due to their distinct endings, influencing how we articulate and perceive them. Whether they invoke images of distant lands or simple joys, these words enrich our language with their melodious endings. Let's unravel the quirky tales and captivating sounds embedded in these words.
About 5-Letter Words Ending with O
In the English language, words ending with "O" are like linguistic gems, adding a musical twist to our daily conversations. This particular ending often denotes words borrowed from other languages, especially Italian and Spanish, which lend a rhythmic cadence that makes pronunciation a delight. For instance, words like "piano" and "mango" don’t just roll off the tongue—they dance!
The placement of such endings influences how we perceive these words. The letter "O" can transform an otherwise ordinary word into something exotic, inviting, or even playful. Take "rhino" for example; it not only describes a hefty creature but also adds a certain energy to wildlife conversation. The charismatic "O" at the end allows these words to leave a lasting impression, making them both memorable and enjoyable to use.
Popular Word Examples
Word enthusiasts, gather around! Here are ten popular five-letter words ending with "O" that you might encounter in your daily life or perhaps on an exciting adventure.
Bravo
- Definition: A shout of approval or applause.
- Example in a Sentence: "The audience shouted 'bravo' after the stunning performance."
- Fun Fact: "Bravo" comes from Italian, where it originally meant "brave" or "bold."
Photo
- Definition: A picture taken by a camera.
- Example in a Sentence: "She took a photo of the beautiful sunset."
- Fun Fact: The word "photo" is short for "photograph," derived from Greek words meaning "light" and "drawing."
Banjo
- Definition: A stringed musical instrument with a circular body.
- Example in a Sentence: "He strummed his banjo under the moonlit sky."
- Fun Fact: The banjo has its roots in West African musical traditions and was later adapted in the United States.
Cargo
- Definition: Goods carried on a ship, aircraft, or motor vehicle.
- Example in a Sentence: "The cargo ship arrived at the port early this morning."
- Fun Fact: The word "cargo" originates from the Spanish word "cargar," meaning "to load."
Mango
- Definition: A tropical fruit with sweet flesh and a large seed.
- Example in a Sentence: "I enjoyed a ripe mango for dessert."
- Fun Fact: Mangoes are native to South Asia and are considered the national fruit of India, Pakistan, and the Philippines.
Rhino
- Definition: Short for rhinoceros, a large, thick-skinned herbivore.
- Example in a Sentence: "The rhino grazed peacefully in the savannah."
- Fun Fact: The word "rhino" comes from the Greek "rhinokeros," meaning "nose horn."
Patio
- Definition: An outdoor paved area adjoining a house.
- Example in a Sentence: "We had dinner on the patio to enjoy the warm evening."
- Fun Fact: "Patio" is borrowed from Spanish, where it means "courtyard."
Audio
- Definition: Sound, especially when recorded or transmitted.
- Example in a Sentence: "Make sure the audio is clear during the presentation."
- Fun Fact: The term "audio" stems from the Latin word "audire," meaning "to hear."
Video
- Definition: The recording, reproducing, or broadcasting of moving visual images.
- Example in a Sentence: "She uploaded a new video to her channel."
- Fun Fact: "Video" comes from the Latin "videre," which means "to see."
Disco
- Definition: A style of dance music popular in the late 1970s.
- Example in a Sentence: "The disco lights flashed as the music played."
- Fun Fact: The term "disco" is short for "discotheque," a French word for a library of phonograph records.
High-Scoring Scrabble Examples
For Scrabble enthusiasts eager to boost their scores, here are some high-scoring five-letter words ending with "O" that could turn the tide in your favor:
| Word | Scrabble Points | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| Jumbo | 14 | A very large person or thing. |
| Zebra | 15 | An African wild horse with black-and-white stripes. |
| Kakao | 13 | Another spelling for cacao, the dried seeds used to make chocolate. |
| Quito | 14 | The capital city of Ecuador. |
| Zygo | 16 | Relating to a pair or union, particularly in biology. |
Popular 5-Letter Words for Wordle
Wordle fans looking for a challenge will love these five-letter words ending with "O". Perfect for those tough guesses:
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Intro | The opening section of a piece of music or writing. |
| Tempo | The speed at which a passage of music is played. |
| Metro | An underground railway system in a city. |
| Hero | A person admired for courage or noble qualities. |
| Turbo | A type of engine that increases power output. |
Unusual and Rare Word Examples
Venture into the realm of the unusual and discover some rare five-letter words ending with "O" that might surprise you:
Limbo
- Definition: An uncertain period of awaiting a decision or resolution.
- Interesting Fact: Limbo also refers to a dance, originating from Trinidad, where dancers move under a bar.
- Example in a Sentence: "The project was in limbo until the manager returned."
Macho
- Definition: Exhibiting pride in attributes viewed as masculine.
- Interesting Fact: "Macho" is a Spanish word often used in English to describe exaggerated masculinity.
- Example in a Sentence: "His macho attitude was both amusing and infuriating."
Vireo
- Definition: A small American songbird.
- Interesting Fact: The name "vireo" comes from the Latin "vireo," meaning "green," referring to the bird’s plumage.
- Example in a Sentence: "We spotted a vireo while birdwatching in the park."
Gazoo
- Definition: Informal slang for a car.
- Interesting Fact: "Gazoo" gained popularity as a term due to its fun sound and is sometimes used in pop culture.
- Example in a Sentence: "Hop in the gazoo, and let's hit the road!"
Bongo
- Definition: A small drum typically played in pairs.
- Interesting Fact: Bongo drums have Afro-Cuban origins and are integral to many Latin music styles.
- Example in a Sentence: "The lively beat of the bongo filled the room."
Final Words
Exploring five-letter words ending with "O" opens up a vibrant lexicon full of lively sounds and fascinating meanings. These terms not only add a musical touch to our language but also connect us to cultures and histories worldwide. Whether you're playing a game, writing a story, or simply indulging in some linguistic fun, these words are sure to bring a smile to your face and a sparkle to your vocabulary.
