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

An O in slot two and N at the end narrow the search to 87 words, but the pattern is split unevenly by first letter. C leads with 13, while R contributes 10 and L contributes nine; familiar entries such as WOMEN, WOMAN, DOZEN, and TOKEN sit beside less common forms.

At a glance: O second, N fifth

• 87 entries match the O-second, N-fifth pattern across tournament dictionaries.
• Collins includes 86; NWL2023 lists 64, while ENABLE lists 57.
• Only 18 are classed as common, so many matches are specialist vocabulary or names.
• COZEN tops the score chart at 16; DOZEN and YOJAN each score 15.
• Thirteen matches are Wordle answers, and all 87 are allowed guesses.

Which of these words fit Wordle clues?

Thirteen of these words appear in the Wordle answer set, while the full 87-word pattern is allowed for guesses. WOMEN, WOMAN, DOZEN, ROBIN, and TOKEN are recognizable examples of the pattern; the answer candidates still depend on your other revealed letters.

The pattern alone does not tell you which of those 13 survives other clues. Treat the final N as fixed, then use the second-slot O to reject any candidate that conflicts with your yellow and green tiles.

The N ending is a tight slice: the neighboring O-second pattern ending in S has 707 words, more than eight times this set. If N is confirmed, discard S-ending candidates rather than searching that much larger group.

Which O-and-N words score highest?

COZEN is the top Scrabble scorer at 16, ahead of DOZEN and YOJAN on 15; WOKEN scores 12. The leaders concentrate around Z, so a Z in your rack can matter more than another common vowel.

Not every high scorer is familiar: YOJAN, WOXEN, and SOZIN appear among the leaders, while WOMEN, ROMAN, and TOKEN are easier examples to recognize. Check your game's word list once, because Collins has 86 matches but ENABLE has 57.

For 5-letter words with O as the 2nd letter and N as the 5th letter, C is the busiest opening: its 13 entries exceed R's 10 and L's nine. Try C-first possibilities before checking the smaller opening groups. The average score is 8.5, well below COZEN's peak.