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

The pattern is _ O _ R _ _, with the O and R fixed and the other four letters open. COURSE and SOURCE are familiar options; the complete set also includes less common forms such as ZORROS and ZOARIA. Only 19 entries fall among the most common English words, so expect plenty of unusual choices beyond the everyday examples.

At a glance, the O-and-R pattern

• The pattern matches 131 words across the tournament dictionaries.
• COURSE, SOURCE, and FOURTH are recognizable examples with different first letters.
• C leads the first-letter group with 18 matches; B, H, and S each have 13.
• S is the most frequent ending, appearing on 40 words; E and D follow with 23 and 18.
• ZORROS and ZOARIA top the score list at 15 points apiece.

Which words fit the pattern?

Start by placing O in slot two and R in slot four: _ O _ R _ _. COURSE, SOURCE, and FOURTH make the pattern easy to recognize, while BORROW and SORROW show how the same fixed letters can sit inside very different words.

The ending counts reveal a strong tilt toward S: 40 matches end in S, compared with 23 ending in E and 18 ending in D. That makes plural-looking forms such as COURTS and BOARDS a productive place to scan when your final tile is S. The first letter varies more evenly, though C is the largest group at 18.

Where do the highest scores come from?

ZORROS and ZOARIA each score 15 points in Scrabble, followed by KOKRAS at 14. Familiar words can score well too: FOURTH, HOURLY, HOORAY, and HOORAH are each worth 12 points. The top of the ranking therefore mixes uncommon spellings with words many players will recognize.

Dictionary coverage is uneven: Collins includes 129 matches, compared with 74 in NWL2023 and 69 in ENABLE. A word appearing in Collins is not automatically playable in a North American game, so check your game's word list before relying on a less familiar entry. NWL2023 leaves out 57 of the 131 matches and ENABLE leaves out 62.

For a quick narrowing rule, lock the second and fourth positions first, then use the last letter to cut the options. The 40 S-ending words make that branch especially broad; E-ending words are the next-largest group at 23.