7-letter words with A as the 2nd letter and O as the 5th letter

7-letter words with A as the 2nd letter and O as the 5th letter include 578 matches, from FACTORY and CARTOON to BALLOON.

578 wordsTop pick VARIOUSHighest score WAZZOCK 34

43 of 578 are everyday words (7%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.

2nd letter
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

5th letter
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

With A in 2nd place, I is the most common 5th letter (1,363 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Common words 43 · most-used first

VARIOUS₁₀
NATIONS₇
FACTORS₁₂
FACTORY₁₅
HARMONY₁₅
CARTOON₉
HARBOUR₁₂
BALLOON₉
TATTOOS₇
BALCONY₁₄
PAYROLL₁₂
SAILORS₇
PATRONS₉
FALLOUT₁₀
BALLOTS₉
GALLONS₈
CARROTS₉
PARSONS₉
FALCONS₁₂
LAPTOPS₁₁
PATROLS₉
RAPTORS₉
CANNONS₉
KARAOKE₁₅
MAMMOTH₁₆
PANDORA₁₀
PAYLOAD₁₃
TAKEOFF₁₇
PASTORS₉
SAVIOUR₁₀
RACCOON₁₁
TABLOID₁₀
RATIONS₇
RAPPORT₁₁
BAILOUT₉
MANHOOD₁₃
HAMMOCK₂₀
PARLOUR₉
LACTOSE₉
NARROWS₁₀
HANGOUT₁₁
PADDOCK₁₇
WARLORD₁₁

All valid words 578

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

BABOOLS₁₁
BABOONS₁₁
BABOOSH₁₄
BACCOES₁₃
BACKOUT₁₅
BADIOUS₁₀
BAGWORM₁₅
BAILORS₉
BAILOUT₉
BALBOAS₁₁
BALCONY₁₄
BALLONS₉
BALLOON₉
BALLOTS₉
BALLOWS₁₂
BAMBOOS₁₃
BAMPOTS₁₃
BANDOGS₁₁
BANDOOK₁₄
BANDORA₁₀
BANDORE₁₀
BANJOES₁₆
BANNOCK₁₅
BARBOLA₁₁
BARBOTS₁₁
BARCODE₁₂
BARGOON₁₀
BARHOPS₁₄
BARLOWS₁₂
BARROOM₁₁
BARROWS₁₂
BARTONS₉
BARWOOD₁₃
BARYONS₁₂
BASIONS₉
BASSOON₉
BATBOYS₁₄
BATFOWL₁₅
BATOONS₉
BAUSOND₁₀
BAWCOCK₂₀
BAYWOOD₁₆
BAYWOPS₁₇
BAZOOKA₂₂
BAZOOMS₂₀
CABOOSE₁₁
CACHOUS₁₄
CACOONS₁₁
CACTOID₁₂
CAHOOTS₁₂
CALLOPS₁₁
CALLOSE₉
CALLOUS₉
CALLOUT₉
CALLOWS₁₂
CALZONE₁₈
CALZONI₁₈
CAMBOGE₁₄
CAMCORD₁₄
CAMEOED₁₂
CAMIONS₁₁
CAMOODI₁₂
CAMPONG₁₄
CAMPOUT₁₃
CAMWOOD₁₅
CANDOCK₁₆
CANDORS₁₀
CANDOUR₁₀
CANNOLI₉
CANNONS₉
CANTONS₉
CANTORS₉
CANYONS₁₂
CANZONA₁₈
CANZONE₁₈
CANZONI₁₈
CAPCOMS₁₅
CAPROCK₁₇
CAPROIC₁₃
CAPTORS₁₁
CARBONS₁₁
CARBORA₁₁
CARBOYS₁₄
CARDONS₁₀
CARDOON₁₀
CARGOED₁₁
CARGOES₁₀
CARHOPS₁₄
CARIOCA₁₁
CARIOLE₉
CARIOSE₉
CARIOUS₉
CARLOAD₁₀
CARLOCK₁₅
CARLOTS₉
CARNOSE₉
CARPOOL₁₁
CARPORT₁₁
CARROCH₁₄
CARROMS₁₁
CARROTS₉
CARROTY₁₂
CARTONS₉
CARTOON₉
CASEOSE₉
CASEOUS₉
CASHOOS₁₂
CASSOCK₁₅
CASSONE₉
CASTOCK₁₅
CASTOFF₁₅
CASTORS₉
CASTORY₁₂
CATBOAT₁₁
CATHODE₁₃
CATHOLE₁₂
CATHOOD₁₃
CATIONS₉
CATWORM₁₄
CAULOME₁₁
CAVEOLA₁₂
DACRONS₁₀
DADDOCK₁₆
DAEMONS₁₀
DAGLOCK₁₅
DAGWOOD₁₃
DAHOONS₁₁
DAIKONS₁₂
DAIMOKU₁₄
DAIMONS₁₀
DALLOPS₁₀
DALTONS₈
DAMFOOL₁₃
DAMSONS₁₀
DANTONS₈
DAPSONE₁₀
DARIOLE₈
DAWCOCK₁₉
DAYBOOK₁₇
DAYBOYS₁₆
DAYLONG₁₂
DAYROOM₁₃
DAYWORK₁₈
EARBOBS₁₁
EARCONS₉
EARHOLE₁₀
EARLOBE₉
EARLOCK₁₃
EARWORM₁₂
FACEOFF₁₈
FACTOID₁₃
FACTORS₁₂
FACTORY₁₅
FADEOUT₁₁
FAGGOTS₁₂
FAGGOTY₁₅
FAHLORE₁₃
FAITORS₁₀
FAITOUR₁₀
FALCONS₁₂
FALLOFF₁₆
FALLOUT₁₀
FALLOWS₁₃
FANBOYS₁₅
FANDOMS₁₃
FANFOLD₁₄
FANIONS₁₀
FANTODS₁₁
FANTOMS₁₂
FANWORT₁₃
FARMOST₁₂
FARROWS₁₃
FATHOMS₁₅
FATSOES₁₀
FATUOUS₁₀
FATWOOD₁₄
FAUTORS₁₀
GABIONS₁₀
GABOONS₁₀
GADROON₉
GALIOTS₈
GALLOCK₁₄
GALLONS₈
GALLOON₈
GALLOOT₈
GALLOPS₁₀
GALLOUS₈
GALLOWS₁₁
GALOOTS₈
GAMBOGE₁₃
GAMBOLS₁₂
GAMMOCK₁₈
GAMMONS₁₂
GARBOIL₁₀
GARCONS₁₀
GARRONS₈
GARROTE₈
GARROTS₈
GARVOCK₁₇
GASCONS₁₀
GASEOUS₈
GAWMOGE₁₄
GAYSOME₁₃
GAZOOKA₂₁
GAZOONS₁₇
HABOOBS₁₄
HADDOCK₁₈
HADROME₁₃
HADRONS₁₁
HAEMOID₁₃
HAEMONY₁₅
HAGBOLT₁₃
HAGBORN₁₃
HAGDONS₁₂
HAGDOWN₁₅
HAGRODE₁₂
HALLOAS₁₀
HALLOED₁₁
HALLOES₁₀
HALLOOS₁₀
HALLOTH₁₃
HALLOWS₁₃
HAMBONE₁₄
HAMMOCK₂₀
HANDOFF₁₇
HANDOUT₁₁
HANGOUT₁₁
HANSOMS₁₂
HAPLOID₁₃
HAPLONT₁₂
HARBORS₁₂
HARBOUR₁₂
HARDOKE₁₅
HARLOTS₁₀
HARMONY₁₅
HARMOST₁₂
HARPOON₁₂
HARROWS₁₃
HASSOCK₁₆
HATTOCK₁₆
HAUBOIS₁₂
HAULOUT₁₀
HAVEOUR₁₃
HAVIORS₁₃
HAVIOUR₁₃
HAYCOCK₂₁
HAYFORK₂₀
HAYLOFT₁₆
HAYMOWS₁₈
JAILORS₁₄
JAMBOKS₂₂
JAMBONE₁₈
JAMBOOL₁₈
JAMPOTS₁₈
JANNOCK₂₀
JARGONS₁₅
JARGONY₁₈
JARGOON₁₅
JAROOLS₁₄
JAWBONE₁₉
JAWHOLE₂₀
KABOOMS₁₅
KAGOOLS₁₂
KAMPONG₁₆
KARAOKE₁₅
KARROOS₁₁
KARYONS₁₄
KATHODE₁₅
KATIONS₁₁
LABROID₁₀
LABROSE₉
LACTONE₉
LACTOSE₉
LADHOOD₁₂
LADRONE₈
LADRONS₈
LAGOONS₈
LAMBOYS₁₄
LAMPOON₁₁
LAPDOGS₁₁
LAPTOPS₁₁
LAPWORK₁₆
LARDONS₈
LARDOON₈
LASSOCK₁₃
LASSOED₈
LASSOER₇
LASSOES₇
LATRONS₇
LAVROCK₁₆
LAWBOOK₁₆
LAYLOCK₁₆
MACRONS₁₁
MADDOCK₁₇
MADRONA₁₀
MADRONE₁₀
MADRONO₁₀
MADTOMS₁₂
MADWORT₁₃
MADZOON₁₉
MAFIOSI₁₂
MAFIOSO₁₂
MAGGOTS₁₁
MAGGOTY₁₄
MAGNONS₁₀
MAHJONG₂₀
MAHZORS₂₁
MAINORS₉
MAINOUR₉
MALLOWS₁₂
MALTOLS₉
MALTOSE₉
MAMBOED₁₄
MAMBOES₁₃
MAMMOCK₁₉
MAMMONS₁₃
MAMMOTH₁₆
MAMPOER₁₃
MANDOLA₁₀
MANDOMS₁₂
MANDORA₁₀
MANGOES₁₀
MANGOLD₁₁
MANHOLE₁₂
MANHOOD₁₃
MANIOCA₁₁
MANIOCS₁₁
MANNOSE₉
MANROPE₁₁
MANTOES₉
MARCONI₁₁
MARGOSA₁₀
MARMOSE₁₁
MARMOTS₁₁
MAROONS₉
MARRONS₉
MARROWS₁₂
MARROWY₁₅
MASCONS₁₁
MASCOTS₁₁
MASTOID₁₀
MATLOWS₁₂
MATOOKE₁₃
MATRONS₉
MATROSS₉
MATTOCK₁₅
MATTOID₁₀
MATZOHS₂₁
MATZOON₁₈
MATZOTH₂₁
MAYPOLE₁₄
MAYPOPS₁₆
NACROUS₉
NAEBODY₁₃
NAEVOID₁₁
NANDOOS₈
NANOOKS₁₁
NAPOOED₁₀
NAPRONS₉
NARCOMA₁₁
NARCOSE₉
NARDOOS₈
NARROWS₁₀
NASIONS₇
NATIONS₇
NATRONS₇
NAYWORD₁₄
OAKMOSS₁₃
OARLOCK₁₃
PADDOCK₁₇
PADLOCK₁₆
PADRONA₁₀
PADRONE₁₀
PADRONI₁₀
PAKFONG₁₇
PAKTONG₁₄
PALLONE₉
PALLORS₉
PALOOKA₁₃
PAMPOEN₁₃
PANDOOR₁₀
PANDORA₁₀
PANDORE₁₀
PANDOUR₁₀
PANNOSE₉
PANTONS₉
PANTOUM₁₁
PAPOOSE₁₁
PAPPOSE₁₃
PAPPOUS₁₃
PARBOIL₁₁
PARDONS₁₀
PARKOUR₁₃
PARLORS₉
PARLOUR₉
PARLOUS₉
PARROCK₁₅
PARROTS₉
PARROTY₁₂
PARSONS₉
PARTONS₉
PARTOOK₁₃
PASSOUT₉
PASTORS₉
PATOOTS₉
PATROLS₉
PATRONS₉
PATROON₉
PAVIORS₁₂
PAVIOUR₁₂
PAVLOVA₁₅
PAWNORS₁₂
PAYDOWN₁₆
PAYFONE₁₅
PAYLOAD₁₃
PAYROLL₁₂
RABBONI₁₁
RACCOON₁₁
RACLOIR₉
RACOONS₉
RADIOED₉
RADIOES₈
RAGBOLT₁₀
RAGDOLL₉
RAGTOPS₁₀
RAGWORK₁₅
RAGWORM₁₃
RAGWORT₁₁
RAINOUT₇
RAKEOFF₁₇
RAMEOUS₉
RAMPOLE₁₁
RAMRODS₁₀
RAMSONS₉
RANCORS₉
RANCOUR₉
RANDOMS₁₀
RANDONS₈
RANGOLI₈
RANSOMS₉
RAPLOCH₁₄
RAPPORT₁₁
RAPTORS₉
RASBORA₉
RATHOLE₁₀
RATIONS₇
RATOONS₇
RATTONS₇
RATTOON₇
RAUCOUS₉
RAVIOLI₁₀
RAWBONE₁₂
SADDOES₉
SAFROLE₁₀
SAFROLS₁₀
SAILORS₇
SALLOWS₁₀
SALLOWY₁₃
SALMONS₉
SALMONY₁₂
SALOONS₇
SALOOPS₉
SALTOED₈
SALVOED₁₁
SALVOES₁₀
SALVORS₁₀
SAMBOES₁₁
SAMFOOS₁₂
SAMLORS₉
SANGOMA₁₀
SANIOUS₇
SANNOPS₉
SANTOKU₁₁
SANTOLS₇
SANTONS₇
SANTOOR₇
SANTOUR₇
SAPROBE₁₁
SAPWOOD₁₃
SARCODE₁₀
SARCOID₁₀
SARCOMA₁₁
SARCOUS₉
SARTORS₇
SATCOMS₁₁
SAUROID₈
SAUTOIR₇
SAVIORS₁₀
SAVIOUR₁₀
SAWLOGS₁₁
SAXHORN₁₇
TABLOID₁₀
TABOOED₁₀
TACNODE₁₀
TADPOLE₁₀
TAILORS₇
TAKEOFF₁₇
TAKEOUT₁₁
TALBOTS₉
TALCOSE₉
TALCOUS₉
TALIONS₇
TALLOLS₇
TALLOTS₇
TALLOWS₁₀
TALLOWY₁₃
TALOOKA₁₁
TAMBOUR₁₁
TAMPONS₁₁
TANDOOR₈
TANGOED₉
TANGOES₈
TANNOYS₁₀
TANTONY₁₀
TAPHOLE₁₂
TAPIOCA₁₁
TAPROOM₁₁
TAPROOT₉
TARBOYS₁₂
TARPONS₉
TARROCK₁₃
TARROWS₁₀
TATSOIS₇
TATTOOS₇
TATTOWS₁₀
TAUTOGS₈
VACUOLE₁₂
VACUOUS₁₂
VAIVODE₁₄
VALGOID₁₂
VALGOUS₁₁
VAMOOSE₁₂
VANLOAD₁₁
VANPOOL₁₂
VARIOLA₁₀
VARIOLE₁₀
VARIOUS₁₀
VAROOMS₁₂
VARROAS₁₀
VAUDOOS₁₁
VAUDOUX₁₈
WABOOMS₁₄
WACKOES₁₆
WADMOLL₁₃
WADMOLS₁₃
WAESOME₁₂
WAGGONS₁₂
WAGSOME₁₃
WAIVODE₁₄
WAIWODE₁₄
WALDOES₁₁
WALKOUT₁₄
WALLOPS₁₂
WALLOWS₁₃
WANDOOS₁₁
WANHOPE₁₅
WANIONS₁₀
WANTONS₁₀
WARDOGS₁₂
WARLOCK₁₆
WARLORD₁₁
WARWOLF₁₆
WARWORK₁₇
WARWORN₁₃
WARZONE₁₉
WASHOUT₁₃
WAVEOFF₁₉
WAXWORK₂₄
WAXWORM₂₂
WAYGONE₁₄
WAYPOST₁₅
WAYWODE₁₇
WAYWORN₁₆
WAZZOCK₃₄
YARROWS₁₃
YAUPONS₁₂
ZAMPONE₂₀
ZAMPONI₂₀

Letters by positionIn 43% of these words the 7th letter is S.

1st letter

C13%
M10%
P8%

3rd letter

R20%
N13%
L11%

4th letter

L13%
R11%
T10%

6th letter

N20%
R10%
O9%

7th letter

S43%
E13%
K7%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 9 in Scrabble; WAZZOCK tops the list with 34. Scores before board bonuses.

77 points: 26 words
8 points: 29 words
99 points: 88 words
10 points: 88 words
1111 points: 76 words
12 points: 66 words
1313 points: 60 words
14 points: 36 words
1515 points: 32 words
16 points: 22 words
1717 points: 14 words
18 points: 16 words
1919 points: 6 words
20 points: 9 words
2121 points: 5 words
22 points: 3 words
2323 points: 0 words
24 points: 1 words
2525 points: 0 words
26 points: 0 words
2727 points: 0 words
28 points: 0 words
2929 points: 0 words
30 points: 0 words
3131 points: 0 words
32 points: 0 words
3333 points: 0 words
34 points: 1 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
WAZZOCK	34	35	Collins only
WAXWORK	24	24	All three
BAZOOKA	22	23	All three
JAMBOKS	22	26	Collins only
WAXWORM	22	23	All three
HAYCOCK	21	21	All three
MATZOTH	21	21	All three
GAZOOKA	21	22	Collins only
MATZOHS	21	21	All three
MAHZORS	21	21	All three
HAMMOCK	20	22	All three
MAHJONG	20	24	All three

The fixed pattern is _A__O__, with A in slot two and O in slot five. Familiar matches include FACTORY, HARMONY and CARTOON, but the pool also reaches BALLOON, PAYROLL and KARAOKE. Only 43 entries are common by frequency, so the pattern is broad in tournament lists but less familiar in everyday play.

The _AO pattern at a glance

578 qualifying words appear in at least one tournament dictionary.
Collins accepts 554; NWL2023 accepts 435; ENABLE accepts 389.
FACTORY, HARMONY, CARTOON and BALLOON are recognizable matches.
Only 43 entries count as common by English-word frequency.

Which letters appear most often around this pattern?

C is the most common opening letter, with 76 matches; M follows with 60. P, B and H contribute 47, 45 and 44, so a blank first tile has a clear shortlist before you inspect the rest of your rack.

The ending is more lopsided: 249 words finish in S, compared with 76 in E and 43 in K. NATIONS, FACTORS and SAILORS show why S-heavy results often include familiar plurals, though not every S-ending entry is one.

For a quick pattern check, keep the middle fixed and sort the loose slots by likely word shapes. CARTOON and BALLOON place repeated letters around the O, while FACTORY and HARMONY take different routes to the same two anchors.

What scoring and dictionary limits matter?

The average tile score is 11.9, but the top end is sharper: WAZZOCK scores 34, WAXWORK 24, and BAZOOKA, JAMBOKS and WAXWORM 22 each. Those are better rack targets than treating every match as equally playable; high-value letters matter more than the average.

For board play, do not confuse rack value with a guaranteed result: WAZZOCK and WAXWORK need the right tiles, and a premium square changes a move’s value. Their scores still make them notable without any board bonus.

Dictionary coverage differs: 554 entries appear in Collins, 435 in NWL2023 and 389 in ENABLE, with overlap between those sets.

Just 489 have definitions, and only 43 are common, so check your game's word list before relying on a rare entry. 7-letter words with A as the 2nd letter and O as the 5th letter work best as a pattern filter, not a promise that every match is familiar.

Questions people ask

How many 7-letter words have A second and O fifth?

There are 578 qualifying words with A in the second position and O in the fifth. The pattern includes familiar choices such as FACTORY, HARMONY and CARTOON, alongside less familiar tournament entries. Counts include words found in at least one tournament dictionary.

Which word matching _A__O__ has the highest tile score?

WAZZOCK is the highest scorer among these matches, with a tile score of 34. WAXWORK follows at 24, then BAZOOKA, JAMBOKS and WAXWORM at 22. Those are base word scores, so the final value of a play depends on the board squares and any applicable game bonuses.

Do all 578 words appear in every word-game dictionary?

No. The counts differ by dictionary: Collins has 554 matches, NWL2023 has 435, and ENABLE has 389. The lists overlap, but they are not identical. Check the word list used by your game before playing an unfamiliar match.

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