7-letter words with F as the 1st letter and O as the 5th letter

The fixed pattern is F _ _ _ O _ _, with the fifth tile locked to O and five open positions to solve. Its 115 matches span Collins, NWL2023, and ENABLE, but only 9 meet the common-word cutoff. That makes recognition harder than the raw total suggests: familiar options such as FOLLOWS and FACTORS sit beside specialized forms like FUSCOUS.

At a glance: the F–O pattern

• 115 tournament-dictionary words match F _ _ _ O _ _.
• Collins includes 112, NWL2023 includes 91, and ENABLE includes 87; the lists overlap.
• Only 9 matches qualify as common by the frequency measure.
• Fifty-seven words end in S; E is next with 14, followed by T with 10.
• The average tile score is 12.8 before board premiums.

Which matches score the most?

FOXHOLE leads the score examples at 20 points, followed by FLYBOOK at 19. FACEOFF and FLYBOYS each score 18; FLEXORS, FRIJOLE, FEIJOAS, and FUTHORK each reach 17. The examples show why fixed-letter clues do not guarantee familiar vocabulary: some matches are much less common than FOLLOWS or FACTORS.

Those are tile scores before board premiums, not promised turn totals. In Scrabble, using all seven rack tiles adds the 50-point bingo bonus; the word's face value still matters, but a premium square or a crossword can change the final score.

How to narrow 7-letter words with F first and O fifth

Start by scanning the final letter: 57 matches end in S, compared with 14 ending in E and 10 in T. That cuts the choices quickly when crossing letters are incomplete. D-first words with the same O position number 131, while E-first entries total 100, placing F's 115 between those neighboring patterns.

With only 9 common entries, use crossing letters to separate familiar candidates from specialist vocabulary rather than guessing from the initial F. FOLLOWS and FACTORS give familiar anchors; FUSCOUS and FURLONG show how quickly the remaining set broadens.

7-letter words with F as the 1st letter and O as the 5th letter count as matches if they appear in at least one of Collins, NWL2023, or ENABLE; that does not promise acceptance in every game. Many candidates will be unfamiliar, so check your game's dictionary before committing.