Nine-letter words ending in O
70 nine-letter words end with the letter O. Here is the full list, grouped by first letter — handy when a crossword gives you the last square and nothing else.
Most common nine-letter words ending in O
Ranked by how often they appear in written English.
- portfolio
- manifesto
- majordomo
- superhero
- telephoto
- caballero
- incognito
- armadillo
- crescendo
- boliviano
- pistachio
- desperado
- politburo
- capriccio
- pizzicato
- thereunto
- imbroglio
- antipasto
- carpaccio
- contralto
- magnifico
- altiplano
- radicchio
- campesino
Highest-scoring nine-letter words ending in O
Standard Scrabble tile values, before any board multipliers.
- paparazzo 31
- pizzicato 31
- quebracho 25
- zucchetto 25
- cheechako 23
- sforzando 22
- majordomo 21
- zapateado 21
- lazaretto 18
- libecchio 18
- sixteenmo 18
- capriccio 17
- carpaccio 17
- magnifico 17
- radicchio 17
- wirephoto 17
- antimacho 16
- hacendado 16
- mustachio 16
- pistachio 16
- sgraffito 16
- campesino 15
- carbamino 15
- duodecimo 15
All 70 nine-letter words ending in O
A 5
- altiplano
- andantino
- antimacho
- antipasto
- armadillo
B 4
- barricado
- bastinado
- boliviano
- burladero
C 12
- caballero
- campesino
- capriccio
- carbamino
- carbonado
- carpaccio
- centesimo
- cheechako
- cigarillo
- contralto
- coyotillo
- crescendo
D 2
- desperado
- duodecimo
G 2
- glissando
- grandioso
H 1
- hacendado
I 2
- imbroglio
- incognito
L 3
- larghetto
- lazaretto
- libecchio
M 4
- magnifico
- majordomo
- manifesto
- mustachio
N 1
- nonghetto
O 1
- obbligato
P 7
- paparazzo
- pasticcio
- pistachio
- pizzicato
- politburo
- portfolio
- punctilio
Q 1
- quebracho
R 1
- radicchio
S 12
- sanbenito
- semimicro
- sforzando
- sgraffito
- simpatico
- sixteenmo
- solfeggio
- sopranino
- sostenuto
- spiritoso
- strappado
- superhero
T 6
- tamarillo
- telephoto
- thereinto
- thereunto
- thitherto
- tomatillo
V 1
- vaporetto
W 3
- whereinto
- whereunto
- wirephoto
Z 2
- zapateado
- zucchetto
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Common questions
How many nine-letter words end in O?
There are 70 nine-letter words ending in O, all listed on this page in alphabetical order.
What are the most common nine-letter words ending in O?
Ranked by how often they appear in written English, the most common are: portfolio, manifesto, majordomo, superhero, telephoto, caballero, incognito, armadillo. The full "most common" list is near the top of this page.
What is the highest-scoring nine-letter word ending in O in Scrabble?
paparazzo scores 31 points on plain tiles, before any double- or triple-word squares. Premium squares and the 50-point bingo bonus can change the ranking completely.
Are proper nouns and abbreviations included?
No. The list only contains words from the ENABLE lexicon, which excludes proper nouns, abbreviations and hyphenated forms — the same rule tournament Scrabble and most word games follow. Read more on the methodology page.
Counted from a 172,749-word public-domain lexicon, last reviewed 2026-08-01. How this list was built.