7-letter words with A as the 2nd letter and O as the 3rd letter

Exactly 11 tournament-dictionary words place A second and O third, and the match is much narrower than a nearby pattern: the sibling with O in both positions has 502 entries. Collins includes all 11 here, compared with five in ENABLE and six in NWL2023. None ranks among the top 25,000 English words, so expect a specialist-heavy set rather than familiar daily vocabulary.

7-letter words with A as the 2nd letter and O as the 3rd letter

• Eleven tournament-dictionary words fit the A-second, O-third pattern.
• Collins includes all 11; ENABLE has five and NWL2023 has six.
• Six of the 11 end in S, the most common final letter.
• BAOBABS leads the score list at 13 points; the average is 9.4.

Which word families appear in this pattern?

Only two words begin with G and two with K; B, L, M, R, S, and T each begin one entry. The opening letters are spread across eight starts, rather than clustered around one beginning.

GAOLERS and GAOLING share their first four letters, while KAOLINE and KAOLINS share five. Scan those GAOL- and KAOL- families before testing isolated endings. The narrow O slot stands out against the much larger A-second pattern with a different third letter.

How do the endings and scores narrow your choices?

Six entries finish in S; A, E, G, I, and R each appear once at the end. If your clue fixes the final tile, S gives you the biggest single group, but still leaves just six candidates.

BAOBABS scores 13, while KAOLINE, KAOLINS, and MAORMOR each score 11. Every entry has seven letters, so playing all seven tiles in Scrabble earns the 50-point bingo bonus under standard rules; the listed word score is not the whole-turn total.

One limitation: none of these entries ranks among the top 25,000 English words by frequency, so the set leans toward specialist vocabulary. Check your game's word list: Collins has all 11 entries, while ENABLE includes five.