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

Locking O into position two and D into position five leaves a list with familiar choices and much rarer plays. HOLIDAY, FOUNDED, and BOULDER are easy to recognize; the top scorer, JOCKDOM, is far less everyday. The pattern also varies at both ends, so checking the first and last letters can narrow a puzzle quickly.

At a glance: the pattern and its standouts

• The pattern produces 111 tournament-dictionary matches.
• HOLIDAY and FOUNDED are recognizable examples among the matches.
• JOCKDOM leads the scoring list at 23 points.
• The list has 19 words in the top 25,000 English words by frequency.
• B and P tie as the most common first letters, with 14 words each.

What kinds of words fit this pattern?

The examples include several related word families: FOUNDED, FOUNDER, and FOUNDRY share a stem, while ROUNDED and ROUNDER do the same. HOLIDAY, SOMEDAY, and WORKDAY show how naturally the pattern can appear in compound-like everyday words. BOULDER, BOARDED and BOUNDED all open with B, one of the two most common first letters.

Endings vary too. Twenty-two matches end in R, compared with 21 ending in D and 16 ending in S, so a known final letter narrows the search. Only 19 entries fall among the most frequent English words.

7-letter words with O second and D fifth: scoring and limits

JOCKDOM scores 23 points, well ahead of WORKDAY at 18. HOLYDAY, FOGYDOM, and ZOOIDAL each score 17, while COWEDLY reaches 16. These are base word scores; a premium square can change the total during play.

The dictionary counts are not interchangeable: 107 matches appear in Collins, 84 in NWL2023, and 78 in ENABLE. A word accepted in one list may not work in another, so check your game’s dictionary before committing an unfamiliar entry. For an easier opening move, try the common examples before studying rare high scorers.