Words That Start With OL
Here are 53 words that start with ol, from everyday words to rare ones that are still valid in word games. Common words come first with a short meaning, then the words are grouped by length, which helps with Wordle and crossword clues.
- Words starting with ol
- 53
- Most used
- old
- Shortest
- old
- 5 letter words
- 7
Common words that start with ol
| # | Word | Meaning | Letters |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | old | (used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age | 3 |
| 2 | older | advanced in years; (`aged' is pronounced as two syllables) | 5 |
| 3 | oldest | (used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age | 6 |
| 4 | olive | of a yellow-green color similar to that of an unripe olive | 5 |
| 5 | olds | past times (especially in the phrase `in days of old') | 4 |
| 6 | olives | small ovoid fruit of the European olive tree; important food and source of oil | 6 |
| 7 | oldies | a song that was formerly popular | 6 |
| 8 | olfactory | of or relating to olfaction | 9 |
| 9 | oligarchs | one of the rulers in an oligarchy | 9 |
| 10 | oligarchy | a political system governed by a few people | 9 |
| 11 | olden | long past | 5 |
| 12 | oligarch | one of the rulers in an oligarchy | 8 |
| 13 | oldie | a song that was formerly popular | 5 |
| 14 | olympiad | one of the four-year intervals between Olympic Games | 8 |
| 15 | olivine | a mineral consisting of magnesium iron silicate; a source of magnesium | 7 |
| 16 | oligopoly | (economics) a market in which control over the supply of a commodity is in the hands of a small number of... | 9 |
| 17 | oleander | an ornamental but poisonous flowering shrub having narrow evergreen leaves and clusters of fragrant white to... | 8 |
| 18 | oligarchic | of or relating to or supporting or characteristic of an oligarchy | 10 |
| 19 | olefin | any unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon | 6 |
| 20 | olla | leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper | 4 |
| 21 | ology | an informal word (abstracted from words with this ending) for some unidentified branch of knowledge | 5 |
| 22 | oligosaccharides | any of the carbohydrates that yield only a few monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis | 16 |
| 23 | oleo | a spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter | 4 |
| 24 | olfaction | the faculty that enables us to distinguish scents | 9 |
| 25 | oligosaccharide | any of the carbohydrates that yield only a few monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis | 15 |
| 26 | olefins | any unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon | 7 |
| 27 | olea | evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits | 4 |
| 28 | oligodendrocytes | a cell of the oligodendroglia | 16 |
| 29 | oligarchical | of or relating to or supporting or characteristic of an oligarchy | 12 |
| 30 | oligopolies | (economics) a market in which control over the supply of a commodity is in the hands of a small number of... | 11 |
| 31 | oligarchies | a political system governed by a few people | 11 |
| 32 | oleaginous | unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech | 10 |
| 33 | olympiads | one of the four-year intervals between Olympic Games | 9 |
| 34 | oleoresin | a naturally occurring mixture of a resin and an essential oil; obtained from certain plants | 9 |
| 35 | oldsters | an elderly person | 8 |
| 36 | olecranon | process of the ulna that forms the outer bump of the elbow and fits into the fossa of the humerus when the... | 9 |
| 37 | oldish | somewhat elderly | 6 |
| 38 | oligodendrocyte | a cell of the oligodendroglia | 15 |
3 letter words that start with ol
- old
- ole
4 letter words that start with ol
- olds
- olla
- olio
- oleo
- olea
- oles
5 letter words that start with ol
- older
- olive
- olden
- oldie
- oleic
- ology
- oleum
6 letter words that start with ol
- oldest
- olives
- oldies
- olefin
- oldish
7 letter words that start with ol
- olivine
- olefins
- oloroso
8 letter words that start with ol
- oligarch
- olympiad
- oleander
- oligomer
- oldsters
9 letter words that start with ol
- olfactory
- oligarchs
- oligarchy
- oligopoly
- oligomers
- olfaction
- olympiads
- oleoresin
- olecranon
10 letter words that start with ol
- oligarchic
- oleaginous
- oligomeric
- olivaceous
11 letter words that start with ol
- oligopolies
- oligarchies
12 letter words that start with ol
- oligarchical
- oligotrophic
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How many words start with ol?
This list has 53 words starting with ol, all from a standard word-game dictionary and all seen in real English text.
What are common words that start with ol?
old, older, oldest, olive, olds, ole, olives, oldies.
What 5 letter words start with ol?
older, olive, olden, oldie, oleic, ology, oleum.
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.