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6-letter words with B as the 2nd letter and O as the 3rd letter

The pattern yields 18 6-letter words with B as the 2nd letter and O as the 3rd letter, including ABOARD, ABOUND, and EBOOKS.

18 wordsTop pick ABOARDHighest score ABOHMS 13

3 of 18 are everyday words (17%). A mix of familiar words and game-only finds.

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With B in 2nd place, A is the most common 3rd letter (18 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Best words to play first 18 · most-used first

  • ABOARD9
  • EBOOKS12
  • ABOUND9
  • ABOUTS8
  • ABORTS8
  • ABODES9
  • OBOIST8
  • ABORAL8
  • OBOLUS8
  • ABOVES11
  • ABODED10
  • ABOHMS13
  • ABOLLA8
  • ABOMAS10
  • ABORDS9
  • ABORNE8
  • OBOLES8
  • YBOUND12
All valid words 18

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

  • ABOARD9
  • ABODED10
  • ABODES9
  • ABOHMS13
  • ABOLLA8
  • ABOMAS10
  • ABORAL8
  • ABORDS9
  • ABORNE8
  • ABORTS8
  • ABOUND9
  • ABOUTS8
  • ABOVES11
  • EBOOKS12
  • OBOIST8
  • OBOLES8
  • OBOLUS8
  • YBOUND12
Letters by positionIn 72% of these words the 1st letter is A.
1st letter
  1. A72%
  2. O17%
  3. E6%
4th letter
  1. R22%
  2. L17%
  3. U17%
5th letter
  1. E22%
  2. N17%
  3. A11%
6th letter
  1. S56%
  2. D22%
  3. A6%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
ABOHMS1314All three
EBOOKS1213Collins · NWL
YBOUND1214Collins only
ABOVES1113All three
ABODED1011All three
ABOMAS1012All three
ABOARD910All three
ABOUND912All three
ABODES910All three
ABORDS910Collins only
ABOUTS810Collins only
ABORTS89All three

The fixed pattern is _BO___, with B locked into position two and O into position three. All 18 matches are six letters long, but dictionary coverage differs: Collins lists 18, NWL2023 lists 14, and ENABLE lists 13. ABOARD and ABOUND are recognizable examples; just 3 entries rank among the top 25,000 English words by frequency.

6-letter words with B as the 2nd letter and O as the 3rd letter

  • The pattern has 18 tournament-dictionary matches.
  • A begins 13 words; O begins 3, while E and Y each begin one.
  • S is the most common final letter, ending 10 matches.
  • Only 3 entries fall within the top 25,000 English words by frequency.

Which letter patterns narrow the _BO___ list?

The starting letters are heavily skewed toward A: 13 of the 18 matches begin that way. O starts 3, while E and Y contribute one apiece. An A-start is the natural first branch when solving the pattern, but the other five entries show that B and O do not determine the first letter.

Final S stands out just as strongly. Ten words end in S, compared with four ending in D. A, E, L, and T each close one word, and a confirmed S still leaves ten possibilities, so the ending alone does not settle the clue.

Recognizable examples include ABOARD, ABOUND, ABOUTS, and ABORTS. EBOOKS shows the lone E-start, while OBOIST is one of the three O-starts. These examples make the spread easier to scan: most matches share an A-opening, yet the first letter can still vary.

The frequency split is a useful reality check. Only 3 entries make the top-25,000 English-word cutoff, despite the familiar look of words such as ABOARD. Expect many less familiar forms among the 18 matches rather than assuming every dictionary entry is everyday vocabulary.

How should you check a candidate?

Note

For 6-letter words with B as the 2nd letter and O as the 3rd letter, Collins has 18 matches, compared with 14 in NWL2023 and 13 in ENABLE. Check the dictionary before you rely on an entry.

Questions people ask

Are all 18 words valid in NWL2023?
No. NWL2023 includes 14 of the 18 matches, while Collins covers all 18 and ENABLE includes 13. Four entries are outside the North American list, so confirm your game's lexicon before submitting a less familiar candidate.
Are most of these six-letter words common?
Only 3 of the 18 matches fall within the top 25,000 English words by wordfreq frequency. The other 15 sit outside that common-word cutoff, so familiar examples such as ABOARD appear alongside forms that are less likely to come to mind.
Which ending is most common in this pattern?
S is the leading final letter: 10 matches end in S, compared with 4 ending in D. A, E, L, and T each occur once at the end, so a confirmed S narrows the pattern without identifying a single answer.

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