6-letter words with O as the 2nd letter and F as the 4th letter

The pattern is _O_F__, with O fixed in position two and F in position four. Familiar hits such as coffee and coffin sit alongside joyful, golfer, and confer. Only 5 of these words rank among the 25,000 most frequent English words, so expect plenty of less familiar choices among the tournament-dictionary entries.

What stands out in this O-and-F pattern?

• Exactly 71 tournament-dictionary words fit the six-letter pattern _O_F__.
• Coffee, coffin, joyful, golfer, confer, and toffee are recognizable examples among the matches.
• Just 5 entries are among the 25,000 most frequent English words, so many matches are uncommon.
• C leads as the first letter with 12 words; G follows with 8, and B with 7.

How many 6-letter words have O second and F fourth?

The answer is 71 words across the tournament dictionaries. Coverage varies by lexicon: Collins includes 70, NWL2023 has 54, and ENABLE has 50. A word accepted in one list may not be accepted in another, so check your game's word list before playing.

For Scrabble scoring, joyful and forfex tie at 19 points, while boxful, dogfox, confix, and howffs each score 18. Joyful is the more familiar play; the other top scorers are less everyday choices. These are base word scores, before any bonus squares.

Narrowing 6-letter words with O second and F fourth

Look at the final letter to sort the candidates: 18 matches end in D and 14 end in R. That makes endings such as -ed and -er especially productive here. Roofed, goofed, wolfed, and golfed illustrate the D group; golfer and roofer show the R ending.

The count changes sharply when you move one fixed letter: keeping O second but using I fourth gives 427 words, compared with 71 for F. Keeping both positions and changing the length gives 40 five-letter matches and 122 seven-letter matches. Treat the fixed letters as a filter, not a sign that every result will be familiar.