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

The fixed pattern is _E__O_: E sits in slot two, O in slot five, and four positions remain open. Familiar matches include PERSON, SEASON, REASON, PERIOD, and REGION. The 193-word total combines entries found in at least one of Collins, NWL2023, or ENABLE, so your game’s dictionary can affect which answers count.

How many 6-letter words have E second and O fifth?

• There are 193 matches across the tournament dictionaries counted here.
• R begins 38 words, nearly twice the 20 that begin with S.
• N is the last letter in 48 matches; S follows closely with 44.
• Only 36 matches rank among the top 25,000 English words by frequency.

Which familiar words fit the pattern?

PERSON, SEASON, REASON, PERIOD, and REGION make the letter pattern easy to spot in ordinary vocabulary. METHOD, FELLOW, YELLOW, and SECTOR add other recognizable choices. The range is broader than the common words suggest, but most matches are not everyday terms.

Starting letters give you a practical narrowing clue: R leads with 38 matches, while B and P each start 17. Endings cluster around N and S, with 48 and 44 words respectively. If you have the final letter too, test those common endings before searching less frequent options.

Where these E-second and O-fifth words stand apart

For a high tile score, MEZZOS leads at 26 points, followed by PEGBOX at 18 and BENZOL at 17. Those stand apart from familiar low-drama choices such as SEASON or PERSON; an unusual word can be valuable when your rack supports it.

The pattern has 193 matches, compared with 991 when the fifth letter is E instead of O. It also has fewer matches than the 311 words with A second and O fifth. Treat the full set as a clue list, not a promise that every word will be accepted: Collins, NWL2023, and ENABLE do not contain identical entries.