Words Starting With ON
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The open ENABLE word list has 115 words that start with ON, about 0.067% of the 172,434 words this site shows. The longest is ONOMATOPOETICALLY; the shortest is ON. Using commonly used tile values, ONOMATOPOETICALLY (26 points) scores the most. Words with no repeated letter: 23. Different games use different dictionaries, so check your game's rules before relying on a word.
At a glance
| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Words in this list | 115 |
| Share of the ENABLE list shown on this site | 0.067% |
| Longest | ONOMATOPOETICALLY (17 letters) |
| Shortest | ON (2 letters) |
| Highest base score (common values) | ONOMATOPOETICALLY, 26 |
| No repeated letters | 23 |
Most common next letter after ON
| Letter | Words |
|---|---|
| C | 22 |
| E | 18 |
| O | 15 |
| T | 15 |
| S | 9 |
What stands out
- None of these words is a palindrome (the same backward and forward).
- 27 still form a word when the leading
ONis removed, for exampleONAGER,ONAGERS,ONBOARD,ONCOMINGandONCOMINGS→AGER,AGERS,BOARD,COMINGandCOMINGS. - The most common endings here are
-ES(18),-IC(9),-LY(9). - The most common number of vowels (A, E, I, O, U) is 3, found in 33 of these words.
- The average length is 9.0 letters.
- After ON, the letter
Ccomes next most often (22 words).
All ON- words
2 letters 1
on
3 letters 2
one ons
4 letters 6
once ones only onto onus onyx
5 letters 5
onery onion onium onset ontic
6 letters 10
onager onagri onions oniony onrush onsets onside onuses onward onyxes
7 letters 15
onagers onanism onanist onboard onefold oneiric oneness onerier onerous oneself onetime ongoing onshore onstage onwards
8 letters 13
onanisms onanists oncidium oncogene oncology oncoming ondogram oneriest onlooker onrushes onstream ontogeny ontology
9 letters 16
onanistic oncidiums oncogenes oncogenic oncologic oncomings ondograms onenesses onerously onionskin onlookers onlooking onomastic onrushing onslaught ontically
10 letters 8
oncologies oncologist onionskins onomastics onslaughts ontogenies ontologies ontologist
11 letters 14
oncogeneses oncogenesis oncological oncologists oneirically oneiromancy onerousness ongoingness onomatology ontogeneses ontogenesis ontogenetic ontological ontologists
12 letters 6
oncogenicity oncornavirus onomastician onomatopoeia onomatopoeic onychophoran
13 letters 11
oneiromancies onerousnesses ongoingnesses onomastically onomasticians onomatologies onomatologist onomatopoeias onomatopoetic ontologically onychophorans
14 letters 5
onchocerciases onchocerciasis oncogenicities oncornaviruses onomatologists
15 letters 1
ontogenetically
16 letters 1
onomatopoeically
17 letters 1
onomatopoetically
Using these words
To find words that start with ON using only your letters, open the Word Unscrambler, enter your letters and type ON in Starts with. For a known pattern, the Crossword Solver accepts ON???-style patterns. Words come from the open ENABLE word list. Different games use different dictionaries, so always check the rules of your game.