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

7-letter words with E second and O fifth number 382 across tournament dictionaries, including familiar choices like serious, network, and welcome.

382 wordsTop pick SERIOUSHighest score ZELKOVA 23

43 of 382 are everyday words (11%). A mix of familiar words and game-only finds.

2nd letter
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E
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I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
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W
X
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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 E in 2nd place, I is the most common 5th letter (1,099 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

Length
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Common words 43 · most-used first

SERIOUS₇
NETWORK₁₄
WELCOME₁₄
REASONS₇
WEAPONS₁₂
METHODS₁₃
PERFORM₁₄
REGIONS₈
RESPOND₁₀
SEASONS₇
BEDROOM₁₂
PERSONS₉
NERVOUS₁₀
LESSONS₇
PERIODS₁₀
JEALOUS₁₄
RESTORE₇
SECTORS₉
SENSORS₇
SENIORS₇
FELLOWS₁₃
NEWBORN₁₂
VENDORS₁₁
GEOLOGY₁₂
NEURONS₇
PERSONA₉
SENSORY₁₀
SEAFOOD₁₁
MEADOWS₁₃
TEDIOUS₈
KEYNOTE₁₄
VECTORS₁₂
PEACOCK₁₇
LESIONS₇
SERMONS₉
KEYWORD₁₈
MENTORS₉
BEDROCK₁₆
LEGIONS₈
HEINOUS₁₀
REDWOOD₁₂
BESPOKE₁₅
BEACONS₁₁

All valid words 382

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

AENEOUS₇
BEACONS₁₁
BEBLOOD₁₂
BECKONS₁₅
BECLOAK₁₅
BECLOGS₁₂
BECLOUD₁₂
BECLOWN₁₄
BECROWD₁₅
BEDGOWN₁₄
BEDPOST₁₂
BEDROCK₁₆
BEDROLL₁₀
BEDROOM₁₂
BEDROPS₁₂
BEDROPT₁₂
BEDSOCK₁₆
BEDSORE₁₀
BEESOME₁₁
BEFOOLS₁₂
BEGLOOM₁₂
BEGROAN₁₀
BEHOOFS₁₅
BEHOOVE₁₅
BEKNOTS₁₃
BEKNOWN₁₆
BELLOCK₁₅
BELLOWS₁₂
BENZOIC₂₀
BENZOIN₁₈
BENZOLE₁₈
BENZOLS₁₈
BENZOYL₂₁
BEPROSE₁₁
BESCOUR₁₁
BESHONE₁₂
BESHOUT₁₂
BESMOKE₁₅
BESNOWS₁₂
BESPOKE₁₅
BESPORT₁₁
BESPOTS₁₁
BESPOUT₁₁
BESTORM₁₁
BESTOWS₁₂
BETHORN₁₂
BETROTH₁₂
BETTONG₁₀
BETTORS₉
BEWHORE₁₅
CELLOSE₉
CENSORS₉
CEREOUS₉
CEROONS₉
CESIOUS₉
CESTODE₁₀
CESTOID₁₀
DEACONS₁₀
DEASOIL₈
DEBTORS₁₀
DECKOED₁₅
DECROWN₁₃
DEFROCK₁₇
DEFROST₁₁
DEFROZE₂₀
DEIFORM₁₃
DEKKOED₁₇
DELTOID₉
DENTOID₉
DEPLORE₁₀
DEPLOYS₁₃
DERMOID₁₁
DESMOID₁₁
DESNOOD₉
DESPOIL₁₀
DESPOND₁₁
DESPOTS₁₀
DESTOCK₁₄
DEUTONS₈
DEVIOUS₁₁
DEWOOLS₁₁
EELPOUT₉
EELWORM₁₂
FEATOUS₁₀
FEIJOAS₁₇
FELLOES₁₀
FELLOWS₁₃
FELWORT₁₃
FERROUS₁₀
FERVORS₁₃
FERVOUR₁₃
FESTOON₁₀
FETLOCK₁₆
GEALOUS₈
GECKOES₁₄
GELCOAT₁₀
GENLOCK₁₄
GENTOOS₈
GEOGONY₁₂
GEOLOGY₁₂
GESSOED₉
GESSOES₈
HECTORS₁₂
HEINOUS₁₀
HELCOID₁₃
HELLOED₁₁
HELLOES₁₀
HELLOVA₁₃
HEMIOLA₁₂
HEMIONE₁₂
HEMLOCK₁₈
HENCOOP₁₄
HEPTOSE₁₂
HERBOSE₁₂
HERBOUS₁₂
HERIOTS₁₀
HEROONS₁₀
JEALOUS₁₄
JERBOAS₁₆
JETFOIL₁₇
JETPORT₁₆
JETSOMS₁₆
JETSONS₁₄
JETTONS₁₄
KEBBOCK₂₁
KELSONS₁₁
KEMBOED₁₆
KERMODE₁₄
KEYHOLE₁₇
KEYNOTE₁₄
KEYWORD₁₈
LEADOFF₁₄
LEASOWE₁₀
LEASOWS₁₀
LECTORS₉
LEGHOLD₁₂
LEGHORN₁₁
LEGIONS₈
LEGROOM₁₀
LEGWORK₁₅
LEIPOAS₉
LENTOID₈
LENTORS₇
LENTOUS₇
LENVOYS₁₃
LEPROSE₉
LEPROSY₁₂
LEPROUS₉
LEPTOME₁₁
LEPTONS₉
LESIONS₇
LESSONS₇
LESSORS₇
LETDOWN₁₁
LEUCOMA₁₁
LEUCONS₉
LEUKOMA₁₃
LEUKONS₁₁
MEACOCK₁₇
MEADOWS₁₃
MEADOWY₁₆
MECHOUI₁₄
MELLOWS₁₂
MELLOWY₁₅
MELTONS₉
MENFOLK₁₆
MENTORS₉
MERFOLK₁₆
MERLONS₉
MERLOTS₉
MESTOME₁₁
MESTOMS₁₁
METEORS₉
METHODS₁₃
METHOXY₂₂
MEVROUS₁₂
NECROSE₉
NEGROES₈
NEGROID₉
NEGRONI₈
NEKTONS₁₁
NELSONS₇
NEOCONS₉
NEOLOGY₁₁
NERVOUS₁₀
NESTORS₇
NETBOOK₁₃
NETWORK₁₄
NEUROID₈
NEUROMA₉
NEURONE₇
NEURONS₇
NEWBORN₁₂
NEWCOME₁₄
NEWMOWN₁₅
NEWTONS₁₀
PEACOAT₁₁
PEACOCK₁₇
PEACODS₁₂
PEAFOWL₁₅
PEAPODS₁₂
PECTOSE₁₁
PEGTOPS₁₂
PELLOCK₁₅
PENFOLD₁₃
PENNONS₉
PENTODE₁₀
PENTOSE₉
PEPTONE₁₁
PERCOCT₁₃
PERCOID₁₂
PEREONS₉
PERFORM₁₄
PERGOLA₁₀
PERIODS₁₀
PERIOST₉
PERLOUS₉
PERNODS₁₀
PERRONS₉
PERSONA₉
PERSONS₉
PERTOOK₁₃
PETCOCK₁₇
PETIOLE₉
PETROLS₉
PETROUS₉
READOPT₁₀
READORN₈
READOUT₈
REAROSE₇
REASONS₇
REAVOWS₁₃
REAWOKE₁₄
REBLOOM₁₁
REBOOKS₁₃
REBOOTS₉
RECHOSE₁₂
RECKONS₁₃
RECLOSE₉
RECOOKS₁₃
RECROSS₉
RECROWN₁₂
RECTORS₉
RECTORY₁₂
REDBONE₁₀
REDCOAT₁₀
REDFOOT₁₁
REDPOLL₁₀
REDROOT₈
REDROVE₁₁
REDTOPS₁₀
REDWOOD₁₂
REEBOKS₁₃
REEVOKE₁₄
REFLOAT₁₀
REFLOOD₁₁
REFLOWN₁₃
REFLOWS₁₃
REFOOTS₁₀
REFRONT₁₀
REFROZE₁₉
REGIONS₈
REGLOSS₈
REGLOWS₁₁
REGROOM₁₀
REGROUP₁₀
REGROWN₁₁
REGROWS₁₁
REKNOTS₁₁
RELOOKS₁₁
RENVOIS₁₀
RENVOYS₁₃
REPLOTS₉
REPLOWS₁₂
REPROBE₁₁
REPROOF₁₂
REPROVE₁₂
REQUOTE₁₆
REROOFS₁₀
RESCORE₉
RESHOED₁₁
RESHOES₁₀
RESHONE₁₀
RESHOOT₁₀
RESHOWN₁₃
RESHOWS₁₃
RESPOKE₁₃
RESPOND₁₀
RESPOOL₉
RESPOTS₉
RESTOCK₁₃
RESTOKE₁₁
RESTORE₇
RETCONS₉
RETOOLS₇
REWROTE₁₀
SEABOOT₉
SEACOCK₁₅
SEADOGS₉
SEAFOAM₁₂
SEAFOLK₁₄
SEAFOOD₁₁
SEAFOWL₁₃
SEAHOGS₁₁
SEAPORT₉
SEASONS₇
SEAWORM₁₂
SECTORS₉
SEGHOLS₁₁
SEISORS₇
SEIZORS₁₆
SELLOFF₁₃
SELLOUT₇
SENDOFF₁₄
SENHORA₁₀
SENHORS₁₀
SENIORS₇
SENSORS₇
SENSORY₁₀
SEPIOST₉
SEQUOIA₁₆
SERIOUS₇
SERMONS₉
SEROONS₇
SESTONS₇
SEXFOIL₁₇
SEXPOTS₁₆
SEXTONS₁₄
TEABOWL₁₂
TEAPOTS₉
TEAPOYS₁₂
TEAROOM₉
TEDIOUS₈
TEFLONS₁₀
TELEOST₇
TELFORD₁₁
TELSONS₇
TEMPORE₁₁
TENDONS₈
TENFOLD₁₁
TENIOID₈
TENSONS₇
TENSORS₇
TENUOUS₇
TENZONS₁₆
TERAOHM₁₂
TERMORS₉
TERROIR₇
TERRORS₇
TESTONS₇
TESTOON₇
TETRODE₈
TETROSE₇
VECTORS₁₂
VEINOUS₁₀
VELLONS₁₀
VENDORS₁₁
VENTOSE₁₀
VERBOSE₁₂
VESPOID₁₃
VETKOEK₁₈
WEAKONS₁₄
WEAPONS₁₂
WEASONS₁₀
WEBFOOT₁₅
WEBLOGS₁₃
WEBWORK₁₉
WEBWORM₁₇
WEDLOCK₁₇
WELCOME₁₄
WELDORS₁₁
WERWOLF₁₆
YELLOCH₁₅
YELLOWS₁₃
YELLOWY₁₆
ZEALOTS₁₆
ZEALOUS₁₆
ZEBROID₁₉
ZEEDONK₂₁
ZELKOVA₂₃
ZEPPOLE₂₀
ZEPPOLI₂₀

Letters by positionIn 42% of these words the 7th letter is S.

1st letter

R18%
B13%
S8%

3rd letter

S12%
A12%
R10%

4th letter

R13%
L13%
T13%

6th letter

N15%
R14%
W8%

7th letter

S42%
E14%
D9%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 9 in Scrabble; ZELKOVA tops the list with 23. Scores before board bonuses.

77 points: 32 words
8 points: 19 words
99 points: 55 words
10 points: 54 words
1111 points: 48 words
12 points: 49 words
1313 points: 35 words
14 points: 23 words
1515 points: 18 words
16 points: 20 words
1717 points: 11 words
18 points: 6 words
1919 points: 3 words
20 points: 4 words
2121 points: 3 words
22 points: 1 words
2323 points: 1 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
ZELKOVA	23	25	All three
METHOXY	22	21	All three
BENZOYL	21	23	All three
KEBBOCK	21	24	All three
ZEEDONK	21	22	NWL only
BENZOIC	20	23	All three
ZEPPOLE	20	23	Collins · NWL
ZEPPOLI	20	23	Collins · NWL
DEFROZE	20	20	Collins only
WEBWORK	19	20	All three
REFROZE	19	19	All three
ZEBROID	19	20	All three

The pattern is _E__O__, with four open slots around the fixed E and O. The dictionary totals overlap: ENABLE includes 269 matches, Collins 370, and NWL2023 299. Only 43 entries rank among the commonest English words, so the full set reaches well beyond everyday vocabulary. Serious and network are easier to spot than many specialist entries.

At a glance: the strongest clues

R leads as the first letter: 70 matches begin with R, compared with 49 beginning with B.
S is the most frequent ending, appearing on 160 words; E is next with 55.
serious, network, welcome, reasons, and weapons are familiar examples.
zelkova scores 23 points, the highest score; methoxy follows at 22.
Definitions are available for 331 matches, but only 43 are classed as common.

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

There are 382 matches for 7-letter words with E second and O fifth. The fifth letter makes a striking difference: keep E in position two, but switch position five to I, and the count rises to 1,099. Fifth-position E has 597 matches, while A has 465.

Changing the second letter also reshapes the list. With O in the fifth slot, A in position two produces 578 matches, compared with 361 for O and 325 for I. That makes E a substantial set, though not the largest second-letter choice.

How can you use this pattern in a word game?

For a seven-tile rack, look for endings before testing every middle letter: 160 matches finish with S. Serious, reasons, and weapons show how that ending can turn the pattern into recognizable words. Still, most matches are not common vocabulary, so check your game's word list before committing to an unfamiliar entry.

For Scrabble, zelkova leads at 23 points, but a bingo can change the value of an ordinary-looking play. The standard bonus for using all seven rack tiles is 50 points. Treat the 23-point figure as a base word score, not a guarantee of the best board play; premium squares and available hooks matter.

Questions people ask

What are some common words with E second and O fifth?

Serious, network, welcome, reasons, and weapons are recognizable matches. The broader set has 382 entries, but just 43 qualify as common English words. That gap is a useful reminder that a pattern match can include many specialist or uncommon terms.

Which word with this pattern scores the most in Scrabble?

zelkova is the highest scorer in the listed matches at 23 points. Methoxy follows at 22, while benzoyl, kebbock, and zeedonk each score 21. Board premiums and placement can change a play's total, so tile score alone does not determine the strongest move.

Are these words valid Wordle answers?

No. This pattern is seven letters long, and the matching set has no Wordle answers or allowed guesses. For a seven-letter word game, the list can still narrow a pattern clue; for Wordle, use a five-letter pattern instead.

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