5-letter words with O as the 2nd letter and D as the 4th letter

An O in position two and D in position four produce 82 playable five-letter entries across the tournament dictionaries. The set leans toward plural nouns ending in S, but familiar choices such as moody, woody, and rowdy finish in Y. Only 22 entries rank among the top 25,000 English words by frequency, so the full set also includes plenty of specialist vocabulary.

How many 5-letter words have O second and D fourth?

• 82 entries match O in the second position and D in the fourth.
• S is the most common ending, with 38 words; Y follows with 21.
• F leads as the first letter with 10 entries, just ahead of S with 9.
• HOWDY and ZONDA top the score list at 15 points apiece.

Which endings and starting letters stand out?

The ending pattern is lopsided: 38 words finish in S and 21 in Y, while E and O each close 8. Plurals such as goods, holds, roads, woods, foods, bonds, loads, and ponds form a large family; moody, woody, rowdy, and howdy show the Y group.

F leads the set with 10 entries, just ahead of S with 9; H contributes 7. C, G, M, R, and T each start 6. When you know the first tile, F is the most productive starting point, though the two fixed positions still do most of the filtering.

D is a tight fourth-letter filter for words with O second: the O-E pattern has 436 matches and O-A has 175, compared with 82 for O-D. Changing the second letter while keeping D fourth also gives 91 matches with A, more than this O pattern.

Which pattern words score highest?

For tile-score hunting, HOWDY and ZONDA lead at 15 points each, ahead of DOWDY at 13. WOODY, ROWDY, WORDY, HOODY, FOODY, and PODDY each score 12; MOODY scores 11. Board premiums can raise a play beyond its base word score.

The average score is 8.7, but only 22 of the 82 entries are common by frequency, so many candidates are unlikely to come to mind quickly. The pattern also matches 11 Wordle answers that appear in a tournament dictionary. Dictionary coverage differs: 80 entries are in Collins, 63 in NWL2023, and 57 in ENABLE, so verify acceptance in your game.