7-letter words with N as the 3rd letter and O as the 4th letter

The pattern is _ _ N O _ _ _, so the fixed pair sits in the center while the opening and ending letters vary. M begins 16 entries, more than any other initial, but the ending is even more lopsided: S closes 37. IGNORED, HONORED, and ANNOYED show how often familiar verb forms fit.

How many 7-letter words have N third and O fourth?

• Exactly 111 seven-letter entries place N third and O fourth; the total counts words appearing in at least one tournament dictionary.
• Collins accepts 110, NWL2023 accepts 93, and ENABLE accepts 83, so the dictionary totals overlap rather than add to 111.
• Only 9 entries are common; IGNORED, HONORED, and ANNOYED are recognizable examples from that small familiar core.
• SONOVOX leads the Scrabble score table at 17, followed by XENOPUS at 16 and SYNONYM at 15.
• Thirty-seven entries end in S, compared with 12 ending in E and 10 in D.

Which endings and word forms stand out?

The strongest everyday footholds are often inflected forms: IGNORED, IGNORES, ANNOYED, DENOTES, and DENOTED all keep the N-O pair in place. HONORED and HONOURS offer another familiar stem, with spelling differences worth checking against your game’s dictionary.

The ending pattern is unusually concentrated: 37 entries finish in S, while E accounts for 12 and D for 10. That makes the final square a quick filter, but not a shortcut to meaning: IGNORES is a verb, HONOURS a noun or verb, and BONOBOS a plural noun.

How do scores and dictionary coverage compare?

For 7-letter words with N as the 3rd letter and O as the 4th letter, scoring offers a different route through the pattern. SONOVOX scores 17, ahead of XENOPUS at 16 and SYNONYM at 15; PANOPLY and MONONYM each reach 14. A familiar 14-point PANOPLY may suit your rack better than a speculative top scorer, though the board square determines the actual result.

Dictionary coverage is broad but not identical: 110 words appear in Collins, 93 in NWL2023, and 83 in ENABLE, against 111 overall. Just 9 are common, while 89 have definitions, so many entries suit a word checker more than a memory-based guess. Check your game’s word list before relying on a rare form.