7-letter words with I as the 2nd letter and O as the 4th letter

The pattern looks like _ I _ O _ _ _, leaving the first, third, fifth, sixth, and final letters open. Familiar matches include divorce, pivotal, widowed, and risotto. Only 6 entries rank among the most common English words, so plenty of matches are specialist plays.

The pattern at a glance

• The pattern contains 134 seven-letter matches across tournament dictionaries.
• Only 6 matches are among the most common English words.
• The final letter S leads, appearing in 50 matches.
• P and B lead as starting letters, with 19 and 18 words respectively.
• ZIMOCCA scores the most, 22 points.

Which starting and ending letters dominate?

P begins the most matches, with 19; B follows closely at 18. D starts 14, while M and R each start 10. Try those openings first when the pattern is fixed but the first tile is unknown.

The ending is even less balanced: S closes 50 words, far ahead of E at 14 and D at 13. Words such as mimosas and kimonos show that plural endings account for some familiar-looking matches, while divorce and pivotal end differently.

The dictionary totals overlap: ENABLE contains 100 matches, Collins 130, and NWL2023 110. Those are separate list counts, not three groups to add together. Test unfamiliar entries against your game's own list first.

7-letter words with I second and O fourth

The strongest scoring examples are not necessarily the easiest to remember. ZIMOCCA scores 22, while VIZORED and PIROJKI each score 20. DIGOXIN is a more recognizable high-value option at 16, and also appears among the page's examples.

For a practical solve, lock in the two known vowels, then test likely endings before cycling through the alphabet. Since S appears in 50 matches, checking an S ending early is a sound move; it still leaves plenty of options, so use any confirmed opening letter to narrow the search.

One caution: the common-word count is just 6, despite 112 entries having definitions. This pattern is a poor shortcut to an everyday answer; prioritize the letters you know instead of guessing from word familiarity.