5 Letter Words With I and O

235 words Words by letter Checked 9 Oct 2026

Here are all 235 5 letter words with I and O, from a standard word-game dictionary, with everyday words first. 55 of them are common words; the rest are rarer but still valid in most word games. Use the Wordle helper to add the letters you know.

Most of these words start with O, P, C. Good picks with five different letters include doing, point, video, movie.

Words found: 235
Most used: going
Most common first letter: O

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Common 5 letter words with I and O

#	Word	Meaning
1	going	the act of departing
2	doing	engage in
3	point	a geometric element that has position but no extension
4	video	the visible part of a television transmission
5	movie	a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of...
6	union	an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer
7	voice	the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
8	radio	medium for communication
9	avoid	stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something
10	prior	earlier in time
11	louis	United States prizefighter who was world heavyweight champion for 12 years (1914-1981)
12	solid	characterized by good substantial quality
13	joint	united or combined
14	minor	of lesser importance or stature or rank
15	noise	sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound)
16	pilot	someone who is licensed to operate an aircraft in flight
17	topic	the subject matter of a conversation or discussion
18	audio	the audible part of a transmitted signal
19	comic	arousing or provoking laughter
20	idiot	a person of subnormal intelligence
21	ratio	the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient)
22	logic	the branch of philosophy that analyzes inference
23	robin	small Old World songbird with a reddish breast
24	piano	a keyboard instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and...
25	coins	make up
26	toxic	of or relating to or caused by a toxin or poison
27	lions	large gregarious predatory feline of Africa and India having a tawny coat with a shaggy mane in the male
28	olive	of a yellow-green color similar to that of an unripe olive
29	micro	extremely small in scale or scope or capability
30	widow	a woman whose husband is dead especially one who has not remarried
31	joins	become part of; become a member of a group or organization
32	orbit	the (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another
33	sonic	(of speed) having or caused by speed approximately equal to that of sound in air at sea level
34	onion	the bulb of an onion plant
35	choir	a chorus that sings as part of a religious ceremony
36	riots	a public act of violence by an unruly mob
37	irony	witty language used to convey insults or scorn; ; ; --Jonathan Swift
38	ivory	a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses
39	intro	formally making a person known to another or to the public
40	spoil	make a mess of, destroy or ruin

5 letter words with i and o, by first letter

A (12)

avoid
audio
amino
axiom
amigo
anion
adios
aioli
agios
avion
axion
amido

B (14)

bingo
boils
bison
bigot
bilbo
boing
biome
bijou
biota
bogie
broil
boric
bipod
boite

C (18)

comic
coins
colin
choir
cisco
coils
chico
chino
corgi
colic
curio
conic
chiao
comix
chiro
cocci
cobia
coati

D (16)

doing
disco
ditto
diode
dingo
droit
dobie
divot
doily
dowie
dhoti
diazo
dhobi
doxie
dolci
diols

E (4)

eidos
eosin
eikon
enoki

F (5)

folio
foils
foist
fiord
folia

G (7)

going
groin
gizmo
goyim
giron
geoid
griot

H (4)

hippo
hoist
helio
hyoid

I (15)

idiot
irony
ivory
intro
icons
idols
irons
ionic
idiom
igloo
infos
ingot
imago
ichor
iroko

J (4)

joint
joins
joist
jingo

K (4)

kilos
kiddo
kiosk
koine

L (11)

louis
logic
lions
louie
limbo
lingo
loins
limos
loris
litho
logia

M (11)

movie
minor
micro
moist
motif
moira
milos
moxie
moire
miaow
monie

N (7)

noise
noisy
nitro
nicol
noirs
ninon
noria

O (27)

olive
orbit
onion
owing
oxide
optic
oasis
oiled
omits
oldie
oriel
ovoid
oiler
opine
ostia
oleic
obits
odium
ohmic
okapi
orris
oculi
ovine
oxime
ogive
opsin
osier

P (23)

point
prior
pilot
piano
pivot
patio
pious
polio
pinto
pinot
poise
primo
posit
polis
prion
picot
pisco
pinko
piton
pinon
pions
pingo
poori

Q (2)

quoin
quoit

R (9)

radio
ratio
robin
riots
rhino
rigor
rosin
rioja
rotis

S (10)

solid
sonic
spoil
soils
stoic
scion
silos
sicko
shoji
soldi

T (14)

topic
toxic
tonic
toxin
trois
trios
torii
towie
toils
thiol
toric
toile
trigo
tiros

U (1)

union

V (10)

video
voice
viola
vigor
visor
voila
voids
voile
vireo
viols

W (3)

widow
wilco
winos

Y (2)

yogic
yogis

Z (2)

zowie
zombi

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Questions people ask

How many 5 letter words with I and O are there?

This list has 235, taken from a standard word-game dictionary and limited to words seen in real English text.

What are common 5 letter words with I and O?

going, doing, point, video, movie, union, voice, radio.

Which 5 letter words with I and O are good Wordle guesses?

doing, point, video, movie, voice, radio use five different letters, so each guess tests more of the alphabet.

Source: the ENABLE word list (a public-domain dictionary used for word games), ranked by how often each word appears in English text (the open wordfreq project), with short meanings from Princeton WordNet. Offensive words are left out.

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