7-letter words with O as the 1st letter and D as the 4th letter

The fixed pattern is O??D???: O stays in the first slot, while D lands fourth. The set has 19 entries in Collins, but just 17 in each of ENABLE and NWL2023. OUTDOOR is the lone common word by our frequency cutoff, so checking the pattern beats guessing from everyday vocabulary.

O in front, D in slot four at a glance

• All 19 matches begin with O and put D fourth; OUTDOOR and OUTDONE are among the most recognizable examples.
• Collins lists 19 matches, while ENABLE and NWL2023 each list 17.
• OXIDIZE leads the scoring list at 24 points; OXIDASE, OXIDANT, OXIDISE, and OXIDATE each score 15.
• Eight words end in E, making E the most common final letter; T appears three times.

How many 7-letter words have O first and D fourth?

There are 19 7-letter words with O as the 1st letter and D as the 4th letter. The pattern catches several OUTD- words, including OUTDOOR, OUTDOES, OUTDREW, and OUTDRAW, alongside the oxid- group: OXIDIZE, OXIDISE, OXIDASE, OXIDANT, and OXIDATE.

The dictionary split is small but worth noticing: Collins has two more matches than either ENABLE or NWL2023. O is also a selective start for this exact pattern: the S-starting version has 205 matches. Keeping the fixed letters in view narrows the search far more than browsing all seven-letter words.

Which O-D word scores highest?

OXIDIZE scores 24 points, well ahead of the 15-point OXIDASE, OXIDANT, OXIDISE, and OXIDATE. If you have the full rack, that makes OXIDIZE the clear scoring target among these matches; the other oxid- forms are useful alternatives when the board or your tiles block it.

There is a limit to this pool: only one entry meets Word Puzzle Answers’s common group, so many matches will not come to mind during a quick solve. Swap the fourth letter D for R and the O-first pattern has 128 matches, compared with 19 here. Check your game’s word list before relying on an unfamiliar form such as OULDEST.