6-letter words with O as the 4th letter and D as the 5th letter

The pattern is ???OD?: O occupies position four and D position five. Collins accepts 39 matches, while ENABLE and NWL2023 each accept 33. Just six rank among the 25,000 most frequent English words in the wordfreq list, so familiar choices such as NOBODY and MELODY sit beside specialist entries.

At a glance for the matching pattern

• Collins lists 39 matches; ENABLE and NWL2023 each include 33.
• Only six matches fall within the 25,000 most frequent English words.
• S leads as the starting letter with seven words; B follows with five.
• The most common final letters are S with 14, E with 12, and Y with 11.
• NOBODY, BLOODY, and MELODY are familiar examples; DECODE and ENCODE are verbs.

Which 6-letter words have O as the 4th letter and D as the 5th?

The 39 matches include NOBODY, BLOODY, MELODY, FLOODS, and PARODY. Their endings show how much the final letter varies even when the middle pair stays fixed: 14 end in S, 12 in E, and 11 in Y. PAGODA ends in A, while COMODO ends in O.

Starting letters are less concentrated: seven words begin with S and five with B, while D, C, E, P, and R each start three. For another fixed pair, changing the fourth letter from O to A gives 85 matches; changing it to I gives 79.

Which matches score well in Scrabble?

EMBODY and IMBODY lead the Scrabble scores at 14 points each; DIPODY scores 13. NOBODY, BLOODY, MELODY, and PARODY each score 12. The familiar words are not the top scorers, so check the letter values before choosing a play.

The 6-letter words with O as the 4th letter and D as the 5th are not all equally familiar or accepted across dictionaries: Collins has 39, compared with 33 in each of ENABLE and NWL2023. Check your game's word list before playing a less familiar entry.