8-Letter Words Starting With OM

There are 16 8-letter words that start with OM. 5 are common words, such as OMELETTE and OMICRONS. A rarer one is OMOPHAGY. In this set, I is the most frequent open letter (12 words). 5 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 16

omeletteomicronsomissionomittingomnivoreomentumsomphaloiomphalosomikronsomissiveomittersomniarchomniformomnimodeomnivoraomophagy

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Words
16 (5 common words)
Common example
omelette
Rare example
omophagy
Doubled letters
5
Ending in S
5
Most frequent letter
I (12)

Questions

How many 8-letter words starting with om are there?

16. 5 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

OMELETTE is among the common words in this set.