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

The fixed pattern is _N__O__, with N in position two and O in position five. U leads the openings by a wide margin, with 53 matches, and S is the most frequent final letter at 40 words. Only 13 entries rank among common English words, so expect plenty of less familiar plays.

The pattern in four quick facts

• There are 119 matches across the listed tournament dictionaries.
• UNFROZE and ENFROZE lead the scoring examples at 19 points each.
• U starts 53 words; A, I, and E start 20, 20, and 19 each.
• S ends 40 matches, ahead of E with 24.

Which endings appear most often?

S is the clear ending to check first: 40 of the 119 words finish with it. E comes next with 24, while D and Y account for 12 and 11. The remaining endings are much thinner, including just two words ending in A.

That pattern makes plural forms stand out. ANYMORE, ANYBODY, and ANDROID show different starts, while ANCHORS and INFLOWS illustrate the strong S ending. The 13 common entries are a small slice of the full set, so an unfamiliar candidate is not automatically invalid in a tournament word game.

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

Treat the two fixed letters as anchors, then test the first and final positions. U is the best opening-letter group to scan, with 53 matches; among endings, S and E offer the broadest checks. UNIFORM, UNICORN, and ONSHORE show how varied the remaining letters can be, and Collins accepts 117 of the 119, against 83 in NWL2023 and 79 in ENABLE.

• For a scoring play, UNFROZE and ENFROZE each reach 19 points.
• ANCHOVY scores 18, while ANYBODY and UNQUOTE score 16.
• Use the word-game dictionary you play with: the source counts overlap, and not every tournament list accepts the same words.