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Words containing OA

Words that have the letters OA in a row, in that order: handy when a board square or a clue gives you a chunk to build around. All playable on Wordtide's board. There are 1,676 playable words containing OA in Wordtide's English dictionary. The most common length is 8 letters, and the longest word is APPROACHABILITY. The highest-scoring is PSYCHOANALYZING, worth 34 points.

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Popular words containing OA

APPROACHING20
BLACKBOARD20
APPROACHED19
APPROACHES18
BROADCASTING18
KEYBOARDS17
OVERLOADING17
APPROACH16
CUPBOARD16
KEYBOARD16
OVERLOADED16
BROADCASTS15
CARDBOARD15
WORKLOAD15
BROADCAST14
OVERLOADS14
CROSSROADS13
OVERLOAD13

Highest-scoring words containing OA

Points are Wordtide tile values before bonus squares. Rare letters pay most: J, Q and Z are worth 9, X is 7.

PSYCHOANALYZING34
PSYCHOANALYZED33
PSYCHOANALYZES32
PSYCHOANALYZE31
COADJUTRIX28
ISOALLOXAZINES28
CHEMOAUTOTROPHY28
PSYCHOACOUSTICS28
SCYPHOZOANS27
BENZOAPYRENES27
ISOALLOXAZINE27
PSYCHOACOUSTIC27

3-letter words containing OA (9)

BOA5
GOA4
KOA6
MOA5
OAF6
OAK6
OAR3
OAT3
ZOA11

4-letter words containing OA (43)

ANOA4
BOAR6
BOAS6
BOAT6
COAL6
COAT6
COAX12
DOAT5
FOAL7
FOAM9
GOAD6
GOAL5
GOAS5
GOAT5
HOAR6
HOAX12
KOAN7
KOAS7
LOAD5
LOAF7
LOAM6
LOAN4
MOAN6
MOAS6
MOAT6
OAFS7
OAKS7
OARS4
OAST4
OATH6
OATS4
PROA6
ROAD5
ROAM6
ROAN4
ROAR4
SOAK7
SOAP6
SOAR4
STOA4
TOAD5
WHOA9
WOAD8

5-letter words containing OA (87)

BLOAT7
BOARD8
BOARS7
BOAST7
BOATS7
BROAD8
CLOAK10
COACH11
COACT9
COALS7
COALY9
COAPT9
COAST7
COATS7
COCOA9
CROAK10
FLOAT8
FOALS8
FOAMS10
FOAMY12
GLOAT6
GOADS7
GOALS6
GOATS6
GROAN6
HOAGY10
HOARD8
HOARY9
KOALA8
LOACH9
LOADS6
LOAFS8
LOAMY9
LOANS5
LOATH7
MOANS7
MOATS7
OAKEN8
OAKUM11
OARED6
OASES5
OASIS5
OATEN5
OATHS7
POACH11
ROACH9
ROADS6
ROAMS7
ROANS5
ROARS5
ROAST5
SHOAL7
SOAKS8
SOAPS7
SOAPY9
SOARS5
STOAT5
TOADS6
TOADY8
TOAST5

The 60 most common shown, 27 rarer words not listed. All 5-letter words

6-letter words containing OA (124)

ABOARD9
ABROAD9
AFLOAT9
BEMOAN10
BLOATS8
BOARDS9
BOASTS8
BOATED9
BOATER8
BROACH12
BROADS9
CLOAKS11
COALED9
COARSE8
COASTS8
COATED9
COAXED15
COAXES14
COCOAS10
CROAKS11
DOABLE9
FLOATS9
FOALED10
FOAMED12
GLOATS7
GOADED9
GOALIE7
GOATEE7
GROANS7
HOAGIE9
HOARDS9
HOARSE8
HOAXED15
HOAXER14
HOAXES14
KOALAS9
LOADED8
LOADER7
LOAFED10
LOAFER9
LOANED7
LOATHE8
LOAVES10
MOANED9
OAFISH11
OARING7
RELOAD7
ROAMED9
ROAMER8
ROARED7
ROASTS6
SHOALS8
SOAKED10
SOAPED9
SOARED7
THROAT8
TOASTS6
UNLOAD8
UPLOAD10
UPROAR9

The 60 most common shown, 64 rarer words not listed. All 6-letter words

7-letter words containing OA (219)

BEMOANS11
BOARDED11
BOARDER10
BOASTED10
BOATING10
BROADEN10
BROADER10
BROADLY12
CLOAKED13
COACHED14
COACHES13
COALING10
COARSEN9
COARSER9
COASTAL9
COASTED10
COASTER9
COATING10
COAXING16
CROAKED13
FLOATED11
FOALING11
FOAMIER12
FOAMING13
GLOATED9
GOADING10
GOALIES8
GOATEES8
GROANED9
HOARDED11
HOARDER10
HOARSER9
HOAXING16
LOADING9
LOAFERS10
LOAFING11
LOANING8
LOATHED10
LOATHES9
MOANING10
OATMEAL9
OFFLOAD14
PAYLOAD12
POACHED14
POACHER13
POACHES13
RELOADS8
ROACHES11
ROAMING10
ROARING8
ROASTED8
ROWBOAT12
SHOALED10
SOAKING11
SOAPIER9
SOAPING10
SOARING8
THROATS9
UNLOADS9
UPROARS10

The 60 most common shown, 159 rarer words not listed. All 7-letter words

8-letter words containing OA (292)

APPROACH16
BEMOANED13
BOARDERS11
BOARDING12
BOASTFUL14
BOASTING11
BROACHED15
BROACHES14
BROADENS11
BROADEST11
CHARCOAL14
CLOAKING14
COACHING15
COACHMAN16
COACHMEN16
COALESCE12
COARSELY12
COARSENS10
COARSEST10
COASTERS10
COASTING11
COAUTHOR13
CROAKING14
CUPBOARD16
DOWNLOAD13
ENCROACH14
FLOATING12
FOAMIEST13
GLOATING10
GROANING10
HOARDERS11
HOARDING12
HOARSEST10
KEYBOARD16
LIFEBOAT13
LOATHING11
OFFLOADS15
OVERCOAT14
OVERLOAD13
POACHERS14
POACHING15
PROTOZOA18
RAILROAD9
RAINCOAT10
RELOADED10
REPROACH14
ROADSHOW14
ROADSIDE10
ROADWAYS14
ROADWORK15
ROASTING9
ROWBOATS13
SAILBOAT10
SHOALING11
SHOWBOAT15
SOAPIEST10
TOASTERS8
TOASTING9
UNLOADED11
WORKLOAD15

The 60 most common shown, 232 rarer words not listed. All 8-letter words

9-letter words containing OA (280)

BACKBOARD19
BEMOANING14
BILLBOARD14
BOARDWALK18
BROACHING16
BROADBAND15
BROADCAST14
BROADENED13
BROADSIDE13
BUCKBOARD20
CARDBOARD15
CHARCOALS15
CLAPBOARD16
CLIPBOARD16
CLOAKROOM16
COAGULATE13
COALESCED14
COALESCES13
COALITION11
COARSENED12
COASTLINE11
COCKROACH20
CROSSROAD12
CUPBOARDS17
CUTTHROAT14
DASHBOARD15
FERRYBOAT16
HEADBOARD15
HOUSEBOAT14
KEYBOARDS17
LIFEBOATS14
LOATHINGS12
LOATHSOME13
OFFLOADED17
OVERBOARD16
OVERCOATS15
OVERLOADS14
PETTICOAT13
POWERBOAT16
PROACTIVE17
PROTOZOAN19
RAILROADS10
RAINCOATS11
RELOADING11
ROADBLOCK17
ROADSIDES11
SAILBOATS11
SCAPEGOAT14
SHIPBOARD16
SHOWBOATS16
SNOWBOARD15
SOAPBOXES19
SPEEDBOAT14
STARBOARD12
SURFBOARD16
TOADSTOOL10
TRUCKLOAD16
UNLOADING12
WASHBOARD17
WORKLOADS16

The 60 most common shown, 220 rarer words not listed.

10-letter words containing OA (225)

ABOVEBOARD19
APPROACHED19
APPROACHES18
BACKBOARDS20
BILLBOARDS15
BLACKBOARD20
BOARDWALKS19
BOASTFULLY18
BROADCASTS15
BROADCLOTH17
BROADENING14
BROADSIDED15
BROADSIDES14
BROADSWORD17
BUCKBOARDS21
CHALKBOARD20
CHESSBOARD17
CLAPBOARDS17
CLIPBOARDS17
CLOAKROOMS17
COAGULATED15
COAGULATES14
COALESCING15
COALITIONS12
COARSENESS12
COARSENING13
COASTLINES12
CROSSROADS13
CUTTHROATS15
DASHBOARDS16
ENCROACHED17
ENCROACHES16
FERRYBOATS17
FIBERBOARD18
FIBREBOARD18
GOALKEEPER16
HOARSENESS12
HOUSEBOATS15
KEYBOARDED19
KEYBOARDER18
OFFLOADING18
OVERLOADED16
PETTICOATS14
POWERBOATS17
PROTOZOANS20
RAILROADED12
REPROACHED17
REPROACHES16
ROADBLOCKS18
ROADWORTHY18
SCAPEGOATS15
SHIPBOARDS17
SHOWBOATED18
SKATEBOARD16
SPEEDBOATS15
STAGECOACH17
SURFBOARDS17
TOADSTOOLS11
TRUCKLOADS17
WASHBOARDS18

The 60 most common shown, 165 rarer words not listed.

11-letter words containing OA (154)

APPROACHING20
BEAVERBOARD20
BIOACTIVITY21
BLACKBOARDS21
BROADCASTER16
BROADSIDING16
BROADSWORDS18
CHALKBOARDS21
CHESSBOARDS18
CLAPBOARDED19
COAGULATING16
COAGULATION15
COALESCENCE17
COAUTHORING17
COCKROACHES22
DOWNLOADING17
ENCROACHING18
FINGERBOARD18
FLOORBOARDS17
FOAMFLOWERS22
FREELOADERS15
FREELOADING16
GOALKEEPERS17
GOALTENDERS13
HETEROAUXIN20
KEYBOARDERS19
KEYBOARDING20
MATCHBOARDS20
MILQUETOAST22
MORTARBOARD16
MOTHERBOARD18
MYCETOZOANS25
OVERCOACHED22
OVERCOACHES21
OVERLOADING17
PATCHBOARDS20
PHYTOALEXIN23
PICKETBOATS20
PUNCHBOARDS21
RADIOACTIVE18
RAILROADING13
REBROADCAST16
REPROACHFUL21
REPROACHING18
RETROACTIVE17
ROADBLOCKED20
ROADRUNNERS13
SCAPEGOATED17
SCOREBOARDS16
SCYPHOZOANS27
SHOWBOATING19
SKATEBOARDS17
SPERMATOZOA23
SPRINGBOARD17
SUGARCOATED16
SURFBOARDED19
SWITCHBOARD21
THROATINESS13
TOASTMASTER13
ZOANTHARIAN21

The 60 most common shown, 94 rarer words not listed.

12-letter words containing OA (102)

ANTIPOACHING19
APPROACHABLE22
BEAVERBOARDS21
BENZOAPYRENE26
BIOACOUSTICS19
BIOAVAILABLE20
BOASTFULNESS18
BOATBUILDING19
BREADBOARDED19
BREECHLOADER19
BROADCASTERS17
BROADCASTING18
CHECKERBOARD24
CLAPBOARDING20
COACERVATION20
COADJUTRICES26
COAUTHORSHIP21
DOWNLOADABLE19
ENCROACHMENT20
FINGERBOARDS19
FLUTTERBOARD19
HETEROAUXINS21
IMMUNOASSAYS19
INCHOATIVELY22
KEYBOARDISTS20
MICROAMPERES20
MICROANATOMY20
MILQUETOASTS23
MORTARBOARDS17
MOTHERBOARDS19
OVERCOACHING23
OXALOACETATE20
PADDLEBOARDS19
PHYTOALEXINS24
PLASTERBOARD17
PSYCHOACTIVE26
REBROADCASTS17
REKEYBOARDED21
REPROACHABLE20
ROADBLOCKING21
SCAPEGOATING18
SCAPEGOATISM19
SCRATCHBOARD21
SHUFFLEBOARD24
SKATEBOARDER18
SNOWBOARDING19
SPERMATOZOAL24
SPERMATOZOAN24
SPLASHBOARDS19
SPRINGBOARDS18
STAGECOACHES19
SUGARCOATING17
SURFBOARDING20
SWITCHBOARDS22
TOASTMASTERS14
UNDERCOATING17
UPROARIOUSLY18
VASOACTIVITY24
WEATHERBOARD20
ZOANTHARIANS22

The 60 most common shown, 42 rarer words not listed.

How common are they?

1,676 of the 167,814 words on Wordtide's English board (1.00%) are containing OA. Most of them, 292, have 8 letters. 49 start with OA, 29 end with it and 1,598 have it only in the middle.

Words containing similar letters

Every word comes from the ENABLE public-domain word list that Wordtide's English board uses, with offensive words removed. Numbers next to a word are its points from our own letter values.

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Questions

How many words are there containing OA?

Wordtide's English dictionary (the public-domain ENABLE list without offensive words) has 1,676 words containing OA, from 3 to 15 letters long.

What is the highest-scoring word containing OA?

PSYCHOANALYZING, worth 34 points with Wordtide letter values before bonus squares. Close behind: PSYCHOANALYZED (33), PSYCHOANALYZES (32) and PSYCHOANALYZE (31).

What are the most common words containing OA?

APPROACHING, BLACKBOARD, APPROACHED, APPROACHES, BROADCASTING and KEYBOARDS. These are the everyday ones, ranked by how familiar they are in ordinary English.

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