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6-letter words with S as the 3rd letter and O as the 6th letter

6-letter words with S as the 3rd letter and O as the 6th letter: 11 tournament-dictionary matches, including CASINO and BISTRO.

11 wordsTop pick CASINOHighest score FASCIO 11

1 of 11 are everyday words (9%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.

With S in 3rd place, S is the most common 6th letter (318 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Best words to play first 11 · most-used first

  • CASINO8
  • BISTRO8
  • NOSTRO6
  • VOSTRO9
  • FASCIO11
  • BASUCO10
  • ARSENO6
  • ARSINO6
  • AUSUBO8
  • CASHOO11
  • SISSOO6
All valid words 11

A to Z. Includes rare and Collins-only words. Linked tiles open the word's meaning, score and rhymes.

  • ARSENO6
  • ARSINO6
  • AUSUBO8
  • BASUCO10
  • BISTRO8
  • CASHOO11
  • CASINO8
  • FASCIO11
  • NOSTRO6
  • SISSOO6
  • VOSTRO9

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
FASCIO1112Collins only
CASHOO1111All three
BASUCO1013Collins only
VOSTRO910Collins only
CASINO810All three
BISTRO89All three
AUSUBO811All three
NOSTRO67Collins only
ARSENO67All three
ARSINO67All three
SISSOO66Collins only

The pattern is _ _ S _ _ O: the third slot is fixed at S, and every match ends in O. CASINO and BISTRO are the clearest familiar examples, but the full set quickly turns into specialist vocabulary. Only one entry meets the common-word cutoff, so use those names as anchors rather than expecting every result to feel everyday; the exact positions make this a compact vocabulary pool.

The pattern at a glance

  • Exactly 11 tournament-list words fit the _ _ S _ _ O pattern.
  • CASINO and BISTRO are the clearest familiar matches.
  • Only one entry falls inside the common-word cutoff.
  • Collins has 11 matches; ENABLE and NWL2023 have 6 each.
  • FASCIO and CASHOO tie for the top score at 11 points.

Which matches are easiest to recognize?

CASINO and BISTRO stand out as familiar anchors in a set where just one word clears the common-word cutoff. That contrast matters when you are solving from a pattern: keep those examples in mind, but do not assume the remaining matches share their familiarity.

Three entries begin with A, while B and C contribute two each; F, N, S, and V contribute one apiece. A is the strongest first-letter clue, but only one answer begins with S. CASINO starts with C and BISTRO with B, so testing S as the first letter would miss both recognizable examples.

6-letter words with S as the 3rd letter and O as the 6th letter

Tip

Keep the final O fixed while testing the third slot. Only one match starts with S, so look beyond S-starting words; CASINO starts with C and BISTRO starts with B.

Questions people ask

Are all 11 matches common English words?
No. Only one of the 11 matches falls inside the common-word cutoff. CASINO and BISTRO are the easiest recognizable examples, while the set also includes specialist terms such as FASCIO and CASHOO. Treat familiarity as a solving clue, not as proof that every game accepts a word.
Which of these six-letter words scores the most?
FASCIO and CASHOO tie for the highest score at 11 points each. BASUCO follows at 10, while CASINO and BISTRO score 8 apiece. The top-scoring pair is less familiar than the two recognizable examples, so the score order differs from the recognition order.
Do all word games accept CASINO, FASCIO, and CASHOO?
No, dictionary coverage differs. Collins includes all 11 matches, but ENABLE and NWL2023 each include 6. CASINO is familiar, yet the less common forms especially deserve a rules check. Confirm the word list your game uses before playing a disputed entry.

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