6-letter words with A as the 1st letter and O as the 4th letter

The pattern is A??O??: A stays in slot one, O in slot four, and four positions remain open. The tournament-dictionary set includes 114 Collins entries, 87 NWL2023 entries, and 79 ENABLE entries; those totals overlap. Only 19 matches qualify as common by our frequency cutoff, so expect specialist vocabulary alongside familiar words such as ALMOST and ACROSS.

6-letter words with A as the 1st letter and O as the 4th letter

• The fixed A??O?? Pattern matches 116 words.
• ALKOXY leads the score list at 20 points.
• Forty words end in S, the largest final-letter group.
• Only 19 entries meet the common-word frequency cutoff.
• A definition record is available for 83 words.

Which endings narrow this pattern fastest?

Final letters give you a quick second filter: 40 words end in S, 19 in E, and 11 in T. ACROSS fits the largest group, while ANYONE lands in the E group and ALMOST in the T group. When crossing tiles force an ending, test S before the smaller clusters.

The fourth-position O pattern has 116 matches, fewer than the 179 with A first and I fourth or the 140 with A first and E fourth. That makes O a narrower choice among these neighboring patterns. The contrast is useful when a clue fixes the first A but leaves the fourth letter uncertain.

Which matching words score most?

Among 6-letter words with A as the 1st letter and O as the 4th letter, ALKOXY is the scoring standout at 20 points. AXIOMS, AZIONE, and AZLONS each score 15, while ADJOIN and APHONY reach 14. Those less familiar options can matter when the board rewards a high-value tile.

ALMOST, ACROSS, and ANYONE are easier examples to recognize, but only 19 entries fall within the common-word frequency group. The set combines words accepted by at least one of Collins, NWL2023, or ENABLE, not words guaranteed in every game. Check your game's word list before playing an unfamiliar entry.