6-letter words with O as the 2nd letter and Z as the 4th letter
6-letter words with O as the 2nd letter and Z as the 4th letter number 42; NOZZLE, BOOZED, and BOOZER show the pattern clearly.
1 of 42 are everyday words (2%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.
With O in 2nd place, I is the most common 4th letter (427 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.
Best words to play first
- NOZZLE24
- BOOZER17
- MOZZIE26
- BOOZED18
- BORZOI17
- DOOZIE16
- HOWZAT21
- HOWZIT21
- BONZER17
- DOOZER16
- PODZOL18
- BOOZES17
- ZOOZOO24
- BONZES17
- POTZER17
- ROZZER24
- DONZEL16
- MOMZER19
- COOZES17
- FOOZLE18
- COUZIN17
- SOZZLE24
- BOOZEY20
- COBZAS19
- COLZAS17
- COZZES26
- GOZZAN25
- MOTZAS17
- MOZZES26
- MOZZLE26
- NOZZER24
- PONZUS17
- RONZER15
- SOZZLY27
- TOAZED16
- TOAZES15
- TOLZEY18
- TOUZED16
- TOUZES15
- TOUZLE15
- TOWZED19
- TOWZES18
All valid words 42
- BONZER17
- BONZES17
- BOOZED18
- BOOZER17
- BOOZES17
- BOOZEY20
- BORZOI17
- COBZAS19
- COLZAS17
- COOZES17
- COUZIN17
- COZZES26
- DONZEL16
- DOOZER16
- DOOZIE16
- FOOZLE18
- GOZZAN25
- HOWZAT21
- HOWZIT21
- MOMZER19
- MOTZAS17
- MOZZES26
- MOZZIE26
- MOZZLE26
- NOZZER24
- NOZZLE24
- PODZOL18
- PONZUS17
- POTZER17
- RONZER15
- ROZZER24
- SOZZLE24
- SOZZLY27
- TOAZED16
- TOAZES15
- TOLZEY18
- TOUZED16
- TOUZES15
- TOUZLE15
- TOWZED19
- TOWZES18
- ZOOZOO24
Highest-scoring words
| Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Dictionaries |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOZZLY | 27 | 27 | Collins only |
| MOZZIE | 26 | 27 | Collins only |
| COZZES | 26 | 27 | All three |
| MOZZES | 26 | 27 | Collins only |
| MOZZLE | 26 | 28 | Collins only |
| GOZZAN | 25 | 27 | Collins only |
| NOZZLE | 24 | 26 | All three |
| ZOOZOO | 24 | 24 | Collins only |
| ROZZER | 24 | 24 | All three |
| SOZZLE | 24 | 25 | Collins only |
| NOZZER | 24 | 25 | Collins only |
| HOWZAT | 21 | 20 | Collins only |
The fixed frame is _O_Z__, but the opening and ending letters vary widely. T begins 8 matches, just ahead of B at 7, while S is the most frequent final letter with 12. Only 1 word meets the common-word cutoff, so this pattern fits a constrained board better than everyday vocabulary.
At a glance: the O-Z pattern
- 42 tournament-dictionary words fit _O_Z__.
- Collins includes 42 matches; NWL2023 includes 19 and ENABLE includes 18.
- Only 1 match is common by our frequency measure.
- S ends 12 entries, ahead of R with 8 and E with 7.
Which six-letter words fit the O-Z frame?
NOZZLE, BOOZER, BOOZED, and BOOZES all put O second and Z fourth, but their final letters differ: E, R, D, and S. BORZOI and DOOZIE show the frame with different letter combinations, while HOWZAT and HOWZIT start with H.
Some words place Z in both the third and fourth positions: NOZZLE and SOZZLY are examples. BOOZED takes another route, with repeated O before its Z. That distinction can help when your clue fixes only the second and fourth tiles.
For a first-letter clue, T leads with 8 matches, followed by B at 7. For an ending clue, try S (12), R (8), or E (7). Those counts apply to this O-Z pattern, not to all six-letter words beginning or ending with those letters.
6-letter words with O as the 2nd letter and Z as the 4th letter
SOZZLY leads the scoring list at 27, followed by MOZZIE, COZZES, MOZZES, and MOZZLE at 26 apiece. NOZZLE and ZOOZOO score 24 each. SOZZLY's repeated Z tiles make it the standout scorer in this pattern.
The set's dictionary coverage is uneven: Collins has 42 matches, compared with 19 in NWL2023 and 18 in ENABLE. A high score does not guarantee that a word is legal in every game, so check your active word list before building around MOZZIE or SOZZLY. With just 1 common match, many entries are specialist vocabulary.
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