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

271 7-letter words with O as the 2nd letter and A as the 4th letter fit the pattern _O_A___, from TOWARDS to ROMANCE.

271 wordsTop pick TOWARDSHighest score KOLACKY 20

24 of 271 are everyday words (9%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.

2nd letter
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

4th letter
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

With O in 2nd place, T is the most common 4th letter (451 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

Length
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Common words 24 · most-used first

TOWARDS₁₁
LOCATED₁₀
TOTALLY₁₀
ROMANCE₁₁
TOBACCO₁₃
LOYALTY₁₃
LOCALLY₁₂
NOTABLE₉
DONATED₉
NOTABLY₁₂
COCAINE₁₁
ROYALTY₁₃
DOMAINS₁₀
MONARCH₁₄
MORALLY₁₂
TOTALED₈
COWARDS₁₃
MORALES₉
ROTATED₈
VOYAGER₁₄
VOYAGES₁₄
LOVABLE₁₂
MOVABLE₁₄
NOMADIC₁₂

All valid words 271

A to Z. Includes rare and Collins-only words. Linked tiles open the word's meaning, score and rhymes.

BOCAGES₁₂
BODACHS₁₅
BOGARTS₁₀
BOLASES₉
BONACIS₁₁
BONAMIA₁₁
BONANZA₁₈
BONASUS₉
BORACES₁₁
BORACIC₁₃
BORAGES₁₀
BORANES₉
BORATED₁₀
BORATES₉
BORAXES₁₆
BORAZON₁₈
BOTANIC₁₁
BOTARGO₁₀
BOVATES₁₂
BOYARDS₁₃
COBAEAS₁₁
COBALTS₁₁
COCAINE₁₁
COCAINS₁₁
CODABLE₁₂
COHABIT₁₄
COMAKER₁₅
COMAKES₁₅
COMARBS₁₃
COMARTS₁₁
COMATES₁₁
COMATIC₁₃
COMATIK₁₅
CONACRE₁₁
CONARIA₉
CONATUS₉
COPAIBA₁₃
COPAIVA₁₄
COPALMS₁₃
CORACLE₁₁
CORALLA₉
CORANTO₉
COWAGES₁₃
COWARDS₁₃
COXALGY₂₀
DOGATES₉
DOMAINE₁₀
DOMAINS₁₀
DOMATIA₁₀
DONAIRS₈
DONATED₉
DONATES₈
DONATOR₈
DOPANTS₁₀
DOPATTA₁₀
DORADOS₉
DOSAGES₉
DOTAGES₉
DOTANTS₈
DOTARDS₉
DOUANES₈
DOWABLE₁₃
DOWAGER₁₂
FOCALLY₁₅
FOLACIN₁₂
FOLATES₁₀
FORAGED₁₂
FORAGER₁₁
FORAGES₁₁
FORAMEN₁₂
FORAYED₁₄
FORAYER₁₃
GOBANGS₁₁
GONADAL₉
GONADIC₁₁
GOUACHE₁₃
GOWANED₁₂
HODADDY₁₆
HOLARDS₁₁
HOMAGED₁₄
HOMAGER₁₃
HOMAGES₁₃
HOSANNA₁₀
IODATED₉
IODATES₈
JOWARIS₁₇
JOYANCE₁₉
KOBANGS₁₄
KOKAKOS₁₉
KOKANEE₁₅
KOLACKY₂₀
KOMATIK₁₇
LOBATED₁₀
LOCALES₉
LOCALLY₁₂
LOCATED₁₀
LOCATER₉
LOCATES₉
LOCATOR₉
LOGANIA₈
LOIASES₇
LOIASIS₇
LOSABLE₉
LOVABLE₁₂
LOVABLY₁₅
LOVAGES₁₁
LOYALER₁₀
LOYALLY₁₃
LOYALTY₁₃
MODALLY₁₃
MOHAIRS₁₂
MOHALIM₁₄
MOHAWKS₁₉
MOJARRA₁₆
MOLASSE₉
MONACID₁₂
MONADAL₁₀
MONADES₁₀
MONADIC₁₂
MONARCH₁₄
MONARDA₁₀
MONASES₉
MONAULS₉
MONAXON₁₆
MOPANES₁₁
MOPANIS₁₁
MORAINE₉
MORALES₉
MORALLS₉
MORALLY₁₂
MORASSY₁₂
MOSAICS₁₁
MOVABLE₁₄
MOVABLY₁₇
MOVANTS₁₂
NOCAKES₁₃
NODALLY₁₁
NODATED₉
NOMADES₁₀
NOMADIC₁₂
NOMARCH₁₄
NONACID₁₀
NONAGED₉
NONAGES₈
NONAGON₈
NONANES₇
NONARTS₇
NOPALES₉
NOTABLE₉
NOTABLY₁₂
NOTAEUM₉
NOTANDA₈
NOTATED₈
NOTATES₇
NOTATOR₇
NOVALIA₁₀
NOVATED₁₁
NOVATES₁₀
NOYADES₁₁
NOYANCE₁₂
OOLAKAN₁₁
OORALIS₇
PODAGRA₁₁
PODALIC₁₂
POKABLE₁₅
POLACCA₁₃
POLACRE₁₁
POLARON₉
POMACES₁₃
POMADED₁₃
POMADES₁₂
POMATUM₁₃
POPADUM₁₄
PORANGI₁₀
POSABLE₁₁
POSADAS₁₀
POSAUNE₉
POTABLE₁₁
POTAGER₁₀
POTAGES₁₀
POTAMIC₁₃
POTASSA₉
ROBALOS₉
ROBANDS₁₀
ROBATAS₉
ROGALLO₈
ROMAGES₁₀
ROMAIKA₁₃
ROMAINE₉
ROMAJIS₁₆
ROMANCE₁₁
ROMANOS₉
ROMANZA₁₈
ROMAUNT₉
ROPABLE₁₁
ROSACEA₉
ROSACES₉
ROSAKER₁₁
ROSALIA₇
ROSARIA₇
ROTATED₈
ROTATES₇
ROTATOR₇
ROWABLE₁₂
ROYALET₁₀
ROYALLY₁₃
ROYALTY₁₃
SOCAGER₁₀
SOCAGES₁₀
SODAINE₈
SOFABED₁₃
SOKAIYA₁₄
SOLACED₁₀
SOLACER₉
SOLACES₉
SOLANDS₈
SOLANIN₇
SOLANOS₇
SOLANUM₉
SOLARIA₇
SOLATED₈
SOLATES₇
SOLATIA₇
SOMATIC₁₁
SONANCE₉
SONANCY₁₂
SONANTS₇
SONATAS₇
SORAGES₈
SOSATIE₇
SOUARIS₇
SOWABLE₁₂
SOWARRY₁₃
TOBACCO₁₃
TOGATED₉
TOKAMAK₁₇
TOLANES₇
TOLARJI₁₄
TONALLY₁₀
TOOARTS₇
TOPARCH₁₄
TOPAZES₁₈
TORANAS₇
TOTABLE₉
TOTALED₈
TOTALLY₁₀
TOTANUS₇
TOTARAS₇
TOWABLE₁₂
TOWAGES₁₁
TOWARDS₁₁
TOWAWAY₁₆
VOCABLE₁₄
VOCABLY₁₇
VOCALIC₁₄
VOCALLY₁₅
VOLABLE₁₂
VOLANTE₁₀
VOLATIC₁₂
VOTABLE₁₂
VOYAGED₁₅
VOYAGER₁₄
VOYAGES₁₄
WOMANED₁₃
WOMANLY₁₅
WOOABLE₁₂
YOJANAS₁₇
ZOCALOS₁₈
ZONALLY₁₉
ZONATED₁₇
ZOUAVES₁₉

Letters by positionIn 38% of these words the 7th letter is S.

1st letter

S10%
M10%
C9%

3rd letter

N13%
M12%
R10%

5th letter

T15%
N14%
L12%

6th letter

E33%
L14%
I13%

7th letter

S38%
E13%
D9%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 9 in Scrabble; KOLACKY tops the list with 20. Scores before board bonuses.

77 points: 25 words
8 points: 18 words
99 points: 48 words
10 points: 34 words
1111 points: 35 words
12 points: 29 words
1313 points: 29 words
14 points: 17 words
1515 points: 11 words
16 points: 6 words
1717 points: 7 words
18 points: 5 words
1919 points: 5 words
20 points: 2 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
KOLACKY	20	21	All three
COXALGY	20	22	All three
MOHAWKS	19	19	Collins · NWL
ZOUAVES	19	21	All three
ZONALLY	19	21	All three
KOKAKOS	19	19	Collins only
JOYANCE	19	22	All three
BONANZA	18	21	All three
ROMANZA	18	20	Collins only
TOPAZES	18	19	All three
BORAZON	18	20	Collins · NWL
ZOCALOS	18	20	Collins · NWL

The two fixed letters leave four open slots, so this pattern admits sharply different word shapes: TOWARDS, LOCATED and ROMANCE all fit. Only 24 of the 271 matches rank among the most common English words, making familiar-looking answers a minority. Counts combine tournament-dictionary entries; Collins has 263 matches, while NWL2023 has 205.

At a glance: what stands out in this pattern?

271 entries match _O_A___ across the tournament dictionaries.
Only 24 matches are common by frequency, so many entries are less familiar.
S is the most common final letter, with 103 matches.
E ends 36 matches; A, D and Y each end 25.
M and S tie as the most common first letters, with 26 matches apiece.

Examples matching _O_A___

TOWARDS, LOCATED, TOTALLY, ROMANCE and TOBACCO are recognizable matches for the fixed O-A pattern. TOWARDS and TOTALLY end in the frequent S and Y groups, while LOCATED shows the -ED ending; ROMANCE and TOBACCO finish differently. The variety shows how four open slots can outweigh the constraint of two fixed letters.

Other examples include LOYALTY, NOTABLE, DONATED, MONARCH and VOYAGER. Compare their endings: LOYALTY and VOYAGER finish in Y, NOTABLE ends in E, and DONATED ends in D. Sorting by the final letter is a quick way to narrow candidates after confirming O and A, rather than rejecting a match because its first or last letter looks unexpected.

Which matches score well, and what should you verify?

KOLACKY and COXALGY score 20 points each, ahead of MOHAWKS, ZOUAVES and ZONALLY at 19. BONANZA, ROMANZA and TOPAZES each score 18, so the strongest options include less obvious spellings as well as familiar-looking forms.

Dictionary coverage differs: Collins has 263 matches, compared with 205 in NWL2023 and 182 in ENABLE. Check your game's word list before committing to an unfamiliar entry; a match in one dictionary is not guaranteed in another.

The main limitation is familiarity: just 24 of 271 matches rank among common English words. For a practical search, start with examples such as TOWARDS or LOCATED, then use the fixed letters to test less familiar candidates instead of assuming every pattern match is a likely everyday word.

Questions people ask

Are all 7-letter words with O in the 2nd spot and A in the 4th valid everywhere?

No. The total is 271 across tournament dictionaries, but the source counts differ: Collins has 263 matches, NWL2023 has 205, and ENABLE has 182. A word accepted in one list may be missing from another, so check your game's chosen dictionary before playing an unfamiliar match.

Which words in this pattern score the most in Scrabble?

KOLACKY and COXALGY lead the scoring examples at 20 points each. MOHAWKS, ZOUAVES and ZONALLY score 19, while BONANZA, ROMANZA and TOPAZES score 18. Those examples show why checking unfamiliar spellings can reveal stronger plays than relying only on familiar words.

How many of these 7-letter words are common?

Only 24 of the 271 matches count as common by frequency. Familiar examples include TOWARDS, LOCATED and ROMANCE, while many other matches are less widely used. Treat the pattern as a way to narrow a word search, not as a guarantee that every match will feel familiar.

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