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

The fixed pattern is _O_F___: O occupies position two, F position four, and four slots remain open. The familiar cluster includes COMFORT, CONFIRM, CONFESS, and CONFUSE, all beginning CON-F. Yet only 11 matches rank among the 25,000 most frequent English words, so this search turns up specialist vocabulary alongside everyday entries.

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

• 122 entries meet the O-second, F-fourth pattern across the tournament dictionaries.
• COMFORT, CONFIRM, CONFESS, and CONFUSE show a familiar cluster beginning CON-F.
• Initial C accounts for 32 matches; P follows at 11, while B and W each start 10.
• S is the most common final letter, with 36 words; G comes next at 18.
• Only 11 matches rank among the 25,000 most frequent English words, so expect uncommon entries too.

Which starting and ending letters appear most?

C supplies 32 of the matches, far ahead of P at 11; B and W each contribute 10. That concentration makes C a strong starting point when scanning the pattern, especially for CONFIRM, CONFESS, and CONFUSE. The examples also show the pattern is not tied to one word family: BONFIRE, ROOFTOP, GOLFERS, and ROOFING begin differently.

The final letter narrows the pool another way. Thirty-six entries finish in S, twice the 18 ending in G; examples include COFFEES, COFFERS, and GOLFING. Lock the O and F first, then test C and the common S ending instead of guessing an opening at random.

Which matches score highest, and what should you check?

FOXFISH leads the scoring group at 23, followed by BOXFISH at 22 and ZOEFORM at 21. FOXFIRE and HOWFFED each score 20, while CONFLUX and BOXFULS score 19. These are strong Scrabble plays, but board premiums still matter: a high letter value pays off most when its tile reaches a bonus square.

Collins includes 120 matches, compared with 91 in NWL2023 and 88 in ENABLE; the dictionaries overlap, so their counts do not add up to 122. For 7-letter words with O as the 2nd letter and F as the 4th letter, treat rarer forms as clue candidates, not a promise that every game accepts them. Check your game's lexicon.