3 letter words with O and L

Our dictionary holds 25 3 letter words with o and l, all exactly 3 letters long. The highest-scoring of them is ZOL, worth 12 points in Scrabble.

More of these words begin with L than any other letter — 12 of them, about 48% of the list.

15 appear in the 20,000 most common English words (60%), including old, low, log, lot, oil; the remaining 10 are rarer finds that still count as valid plays.