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

6-letter words with A as the 2nd letter and O as the 5th letter number 311, from CANNOT and NATION to less familiar entries.

311 wordsTop pick CANNOTHighest score JAWBOX 25

50 of 311 are everyday words (16%). A mix of familiar words and game-only finds.

2nd letter
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

5th letter
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

With A in 2nd place, E is the most common 5th letter (1,299 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

Length
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15

Common words 50 · most-used first

CANNOT₈
NATION₆
FACTOR₁₁
RANDOM₉
CARBON₁₀
NARROW₉
LAPTOP₁₀
HARBOR₁₁
PATROL₈
TATTOO₆
PASTOR₈
BALLOT₈
CANNON₈
SALMON₈
CANYON₁₁
PARDON₉
SAILOR₆
GALLON₇
FALCON₁₁
PATRON₈
SANTOS₆
RANSOM₈
SAVIOR₉
BAMBOO₁₂
RATIOS₆
CARROT₈
MASCOT₁₀
BARTON₈
TAILOR₆
CANTON₈
DALTON₇
MARROW₁₁
FANDOM₁₂
PARROT₈
LAGOON₇
SALOON₆
TALBOT₈
RADIOS₇
BARROW₁₁
BARLOW₁₁
MAROON₈
PARLOR₈
FATHOM₁₄
JARGON₁₄
CARTON₈
CASTOR₈
RATION₆
RAPTOR₈

Showing the top 48 of 50 common words. See every valid word

All valid words 311

A to Z. Includes rare and Collins-only words. Linked tiles open the word's meaning, score and rhymes.

BABOOL₁₀
BABOON₁₀
BABOOS₁₀
BACCOS₁₂
BAILOR₈
BALBOA₁₀
BALLON₈
BALLOT₈
BALLOW₁₁
BALOOS₈
BAMBOO₁₂
BAMPOT₁₂
BANCOS₁₀
BANDOG₁₀
BANJOS₁₅
BARBOT₁₀
BARDOS₉
BARHOP₁₃
BARLOW₁₁
BARROW₁₁
BARTON₈
BARYON₁₁
BASION₈
BASSOS₈
BASTOS₈
BATBOY₁₃
BATHOS₁₁
BATOON₈
BAYWOP₁₆
BAZOOM₁₉
BAZOOS₁₇
CACAOS₁₀
CACHOU₁₃
CACOON₁₀
CAHOOT₁₁
CALLOP₁₀
CALLOW₁₁
CAMEOS₁₀
CAMION₁₀
CAMPOS₁₂
CANDOR₉
CANNON₈
CANNOT₈
CANSOS₈
CANTON₈
CANTOR₈
CANTOS₈
CANYON₁₁
CAPCOM₁₄
CAPTOR₁₀
CARBON₁₀
CARBOS₁₀
CARBOY₁₃
CARDON₉
CARFOX₁₈
CARGOS₉
CARHOP₁₃
CARLOT₈
CARROM₁₀
CARRON₈
CARROT₈
CARTON₈
CARTOP₁₀
CASCOS₁₀
CASHOO₁₁
CASTOR₈
CATION₈
DACRON₉
DAEMON₉
DAHOON₁₀
DAIKON₁₁
DAIMON₉
DALLOP₉
DALTON₇
DAMSON₉
DANIOS₇
DANTON₇
DATTOS₇
DAYBOY₁₅
EARBOB₁₀
EARCON₈
FACTOR₁₁
FAGGOT₁₁
FAITOR₉
FALCON₁₁
FALLOW₁₂
FANBOY₁₄
FANDOM₁₂
FANGOS₁₀
FANION₉
FANTOD₁₀
FANTOM₁₁
FARROS₉
FARROW₁₂
FATHOM₁₄
FATSOS₉
FAUTOR₉
GABION₉
GABOON₉
GADSOS₈
GALIOT₇
GALLON₇
GALLOP₉
GALLOW₁₀
GALOOT₇
GALVOS₁₀
GAMBOL₁₁
GAMBOS₁₁
GAMMON₁₁
GARBOS₉
GARCON₉
GARRON₇
GARROT₇
GASCON₉
GATVOL₁₀
GAZOON₁₆
GAZOOS₁₆
HABOOB₁₃
HADRON₁₀
HAGDON₁₁
HALLOA₉
HALLOO₉
HALLOS₉
HALLOT₉
HALLOW₁₂
HANSOM₁₁
HARBOR₁₁
HARLOT₉
HARROW₁₂
HATBOX₁₈
HAVIOR₁₂
HAYBOX₂₁
HAYMOW₁₇
JAILOR₁₃
JAMBOK₂₁
JAMBOS₁₇
JAMPOT₁₇
JARGON₁₄
JAROOL₁₃
JAWBOX₂₅
KABOOM₁₄
KAGOOL₁₁
KAROOS₁₀
KARROO₁₀
KARYON₁₃
KATION₁₀
KAZOOS₁₉
LADRON₇
LAGOON₇
LAPDOG₁₀
LAPTOP₁₀
LARDON₇
LARGOS₇
LASSOS₆
LATRON₆
MACHOS₁₃
MACRON₁₀
MACROS₁₀
MADTOM₁₁
MAGGOT₁₀
MAGNON₉
MAGNOX₁₆
MAHZOR₂₀
MAIKOS₁₂
MAINOR₈
MALLOW₁₁
MALTOL₈
MAMBOS₁₂
MAMMON₁₂
MANDOM₁₁
MANGOS₉
MANIOC₁₀
MANTOS₈
MARMOT₁₀
MAROON₈
MARRON₈
MARROW₁₁
MASCON₁₀
MASCOT₁₀
MATLOS₈
MATLOW₁₁
MATRON₈
MATZOH₂₀
MATZOS₁₇
MATZOT₁₇
MAYPOP₁₅
NACHOS₁₁
NANDOO₇
NANOOK₁₀
NAPOOS₈
NAPRON₈
NARCOS₈
NARDOO₇
NARROW₉
NASION₆
NATION₆
NATRON₆
NATTOS₆
PADKOS₁₃
PALEOS₈
PALLOR₈
PANTON₈
PANTOS₈
PARDON₉
PAREOS₈
PARGOS₉
PARLOR₈
PARROT₈
PARSON₈
PARTON₈
PARVOS₁₁
PASEOS₈
PASTOR₈
PATHOS₁₁
PATIOS₈
PATOOT₈
PATROL₈
PATRON₈
PAVIOR₁₁
PAWNOR₁₁
RACOON₈
RADIOS₇
RAGTOP₉
RAMROD₉
RAMSON₈
RANCOR₈
RANDOM₉
RANDON₇
RANDOS₇
RANSOM₈
RAPTOR₈
RATION₆
RATIOS₆
RATOON₆
RATOOS₆
RATTON₆
RAZOOS₁₅
SACCOI₁₀
SACCOS₁₀
SADDOS₈
SAFROL₉
SAILOR₆
SAKKOI₁₄
SAKKOS₁₄
SALLOW₉
SALMON₈
SALOON₆
SALOOP₈
SALTOS₆
SALVOR₉
SALVOS₉
SAMBOS₁₀
SAMFOO₁₁
SAMLOR₈
SANGOS₇
SANKOS₁₀
SANNOP₈
SANTOL₆
SANTON₆
SANTOS₆
SARGOS₇
SARTOR₆
SATCOM₁₀
SAVIOR₉
SAWLOG₁₀
TABOOS₈
TACHOS₁₁
TAIHOA₉
TAIKOS₁₀
TAILOR₆
TALBOT₈
TALION₆
TALLOL₆
TALLOT₆
TALLOW₉
TAMPON₁₀
TANGOS₇
TANNOY₉
TANTOS₆
TARBOY₁₁
TARPON₈
TARROW₉
TASSOS₆
TATSOI₆
TATTOO₆
TATTOW₉
TAUHOU₉
TAUTOG₇
VAGROM₁₂
VAROOM₁₁
VARROA₉
VAUDOO₁₀
WABOOM₁₃
WACKOS₁₅
WADMOL₁₂
WAGGON₁₁
WAHOOS₁₂
WALDOS₁₀
WALLOP₁₁
WALLOW₁₂
WANDOO₁₀
WANION₉
WANTON₉
WARDOG₁₁
WAZOOS₁₈
YAHOOS₁₂
YARCOS₁₁
YARROW₁₂
YARTOS₉
YAUPON₁₁
ZAMBOS₁₉

Letters by positionIn 27% of these words the 6th letter is S.

1st letter

C12%
B10%
M10%

3rd letter

R21%
N14%
L13%

4th letter

T13%
O12%
L11%

6th letter

S27%
N24%
R8%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 8 in Scrabble; JAWBOX tops the list with 25. Scores before board bonuses.

66 points: 26 words
7 points: 22 words
88 points: 61 words
9 points: 48 words
1010 points: 50 words
11 points: 40 words
1212 points: 19 words
13 points: 12 words
1414 points: 7 words
15 points: 5 words
1616 points: 4 words
17 points: 6 words
1818 points: 3 words
19 points: 3 words
2020 points: 2 words
21 points: 2 words
2222 points: 0 words
23 points: 0 words
2424 points: 0 words
25 points: 1 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
JAWBOX	25	28	Collins only
HAYBOX	21	20	Collins only
JAMBOK	21	25	Collins only
MATZOH	20	20	All three
MAHZOR	20	20	All three
KAZOOS	19	19	All three
BAZOOM	19	21	NWL only
ZAMBOS	19	21	Collins only
HATBOX	18	18	All three
CARFOX	18	19	Collins only
WAZOOS	18	18	Collins · NWL
JAMBOS	17	21	Collins only

The pattern is _A__O_: A is fixed in slot two and O in slot five, leaving four positions open. CANNOT, NATION, FACTOR, RANDOM, and CARBON show how different the remaining letters can look. Only 50 are common by our frequency measure, while 255 have definitions; the full set reaches well beyond everyday vocabulary.

At a glance: the _A__O_ pattern

C is the most frequent first letter, with 36 matches; B and M tie at 31 each.
S and N dominate the final position, with 84 and 76 words respectively.
Only 50 of the 311 matches are common English words; 255 carry definitions.
The average score is 10; JAWBOX leads the scoring examples at 25.

How does this pattern compare with nearby letter clues?

The fifth-letter O clue is much narrower than fifth-letter E: 311 matches versus 1,299, while keeping O fifth and changing A in slot two to O gives 205.

That contrast makes the second slot a strong filter. With A fixed second, CANNOT, CARBON, and CANYON are familiar options; shifting that slot to O changes the pool sharply. For a different first-letter clue within the same pattern, C leads with 36 matches, ahead of B and M at 31 apiece.

The endings also narrow a solve quickly. S appears last in 84 words and N in 76, while R, the next most common ending, appears in 26. Try those endings first when your known letters fit.

Which 6-letter words with A 2nd and O 5th score best?

JAWBOX is the top scorer at 25 points, followed by HAYBOX and JAMBOK at 21 each. MATZOH and MAHZOR each score 20. Those standouts rely on high-value letters, unlike common choices such as NATION or FACTOR.

Use the fixed A and O as anchors, then test the likely final letters against your board. A high base score does not guarantee the best play: a premium square can change the result, and a cramped rack may make a shorter placement stronger. Some entries are uncommon, so confirm them against your game's word list before playing.

Questions people ask

How many six-letter words have A second and O fifth?

There are 311 six-letter words with A in the second position and O in the fifth. CANNOT, NATION, and FACTOR are familiar examples. The pattern leaves four other slots open, so the matching words vary widely in their first letters and endings.

Which final letters are most common in this word pattern?

S and N are the leading final letters, appearing in 84 and 76 matches respectively. R follows with 26, then T with 22. If your puzzle gives you the last letter, S or N points to the broadest group within this pattern.

What is the highest-scoring word with A second and O fifth?

JAWBOX scores 25 points, the highest score among these matching words. HAYBOX and JAMBOK follow at 21 points each, while MATZOH and MAHZOR score 20. The unusual high scorers get their value from letters such as J, X, and Z.

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