5-letter words with O as the 4th letter and G as the 5th letter

The fixed ending is OG, but the entries are far from common: none meets our frequency cutoff. BEFOG and COHOG lead the score list, while SPROG is the most frequent starting-letter pattern. Dictionary coverage varies across this small set, with Collins including more entries than either NWL2023 or ENABLE.

The O-G pattern at a glance

• All 13 matches place O fourth and G fifth, fixing the final pair as OG.
• Collins includes all 13; NWL2023 includes 7, and ENABLE includes 6.
• The common-word count is 0, so expect an obscure set rather than everyday vocabulary.
• S leads the first-letter group with 3 words; C, D, and E each start 2.
• BEFOG and COHOG tie for the highest score at 11 points.

How many 5-letter words fit this pattern?

Only 13 tournament-dictionary entries put O fourth and G fifth. That makes this a narrow clue: the fixed OG ending does most of the filtering, and the first letters left are S, C, D, E, B, I, L, and P.

The opening letters are unevenly spread. SPROG, SCOOG, and SCROG account for S's 3 entries; C, D, and E contribute 2 apiece. The other five starting letters appear once each, so a remembered first letter can quickly narrow the search.

The neighboring pattern with N in the fourth position has 89 matches, a much larger pool than this O-and-G combination. Changing only the final letter from G to S also opens the O-fourth pattern to 199 matches.

Which O-G words score the most?

BEFOG and COHOG share the top score at 11 points. DEFOG and EMBOG follow at 10, while SPROG, INCOG, PIROG, COLOG, SCOOG, and SCROG each score 8.

A useful board-game distinction: the two top scorers are not the same kind of word. BEFOG and DEFOG look like familiar constructions, while COHOG is a less obvious entry; don't assume a word's familiarity predicts its score.

The 13-word count is Collins-wide, but only 7 entries appear in NWL2023 and 6 in ENABLE. For tournament play, verify the specific dictionary your game uses; a Collins-valid answer is not automatically accepted in every word list.