7-letter words with O as the 2nd letter and I as the 6th letter

246 7-letter words with O as the 2nd letter and I as the 6th letter match this pattern, including COUNCIL, DOLPHIN, and FORFEIT.

246 wordsTop pick COUNCILHighest score JONQUIL 23

11 of 246 are everyday words (4%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.

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

6th 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, E is the most common 6th letter (1,319 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

Length
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Best words to play first 246 · most-used first

COUNCIL₁₁
CONTAIN₉
WORSHIP₁₅
DOLPHIN₁₃
COCKPIT₁₇
ROBOTIC₁₁
BOLIVIA₁₂
COMEDIC₁₄
FORFEIT₁₃
CONDUIT₁₀
NOMADIC₁₂
JOHNNIE₁₇
TOOLKIT₁₁
BOHEMIA₁₄
SOLICIT₉
BOTANIC₁₁
SOMATIC₁₁
COLITIS₉
CORSAIR₉
CONCEIT₁₁
MORONIC₁₁
POLITIC₁₁
NOSTRIL₇
BOUDOIR₁₀
POLEMIC₁₃
MOONLIT₉
TOENAIL₇
TOPSOIL₉
TOOTSIE₇
HOMERIC₁₄
COTERIE₉
CONSEIL₉
COLONIC₁₁
MORPHIN₁₄
HOMINID₁₃
POUSSIN₉
VOLTAIC₁₂
COLLOID₁₀
ROSALIA₇
TOPSAIL₉
TOTEMIC₁₁
CONIDIA₁₀
FOOTSIE₁₀
HOOCHIE₁₅
LOBELIA₉
HOMININ₁₂
ROOTKIT₁₁
ROSEHIP₁₂

Showing the top 48 of 246 words. See every valid word

All valid words 246

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

BOBOTIE₁₁
BOBTAIL₁₁
BODIKIN₁₄
BOHEMIA₁₄
BOLIVIA₁₂
BOLSHIE₁₂
BONACIS₁₁
BONAMIA₁₁
BONSAIS₉
BONSOIR₉
BOOHAIS₁₂
BOOKSIE₁₃
BOOMKIN₁₅
BOOSHIT₁₂
BORACIC₁₃
BORONIA₉
BORONIC₁₁
BORZOIS₁₈
BOSONIC₁₁
BOTANIC₁₁
BOTHRIA₁₂
BOTULIN₉
BOUDOIR₁₀
BOURGIE₁₀
BOURSIN₉
BOYCHIK₂₁
COADMIT₁₂
COALBIN₁₁
COALPIT₁₁
COCCOID₁₄
COCHAIR₁₄
COCKPIT₁₇
CODICIL₁₂
COHABIT₁₄
COHESIN₁₂
COHIBIT₁₄
COLETIT₉
COLICIN₁₁
COLITIC₁₁
COLITIS₉
COLLOID₁₀
COLOBID₁₂
COLONIC₁₁
COMATIC₁₃
COMATIK₁₅
COMEDIC₁₄
COMETIC₁₃
COMITIA₁₁
COMPLIN₁₃
CONARIA₉
CONCEIT₁₁
CONCHIE₁₄
CONDUIT₁₀
CONIDIA₁₀
CONJOIN₁₆
CONSEIL₉
CONTAIN₉
COONTIE₉
CORBEIL₁₁
COREMIA₁₁
CORIXID₁₇
CORMOID₁₂
CORONIS₉
CORSAIR₉
COSMOID₁₂
COTERIE₉
COTTOID₁₀
COULOIR₉
COUNCIL₁₁
COUTHIE₁₂
COWSKIN₁₆
COWSLIP₁₄
COXITIS₁₆
DOCETIC₁₂
DOCHMII₁₅
DOESKIN₁₂
DOGSHIP₁₄
DOGSKIN₁₃
DOGTAIL₉
DOITKIN₁₂
DOLPHIN₁₃
DOMATIA₁₀
DOMICIL₁₂
DOMINIE₁₀
DONSHIP₁₃
DOULEIA₈
DOVEKIE₁₅
EOSINIC₉
FOLACIN₁₂
FOOTSIE₁₀
FOREDID₁₂
FORELIE₁₀
FORFAIR₁₃
FORFEIT₁₃
FORSAID₁₁
FOUDRIE₁₁
FOXSHIP₂₂
FOXSKIN₂₁
FOXTAIL₁₇
GOBIOID₁₁
GODETIA₉
GODSHIP₁₄
GOMERIL₁₀
GOMUTIS₁₀
GONADIC₁₁
GONIDIA₉
GONIDIC₁₁
HOATZIN₁₉
HOBNAIL₁₂
HOLONIC₁₂
HOMERIC₁₄
HOMINID₁₃
HOMININ₁₂
HOOCHIE₁₅
HORDEIN₁₁
HOWBEIT₁₅
JOHNNIE₁₇
JONQUIL₂₃
JOWARIS₁₇
KOMATIK₁₇
KOWHAIS₁₇
LOBEFIN₁₂
LOBELIA₉
LOBTAIL₉
LOESSIC₉
LOGANIA₈
LOIASIS₇
LORDKIN₁₂
MOHALIM₁₄
MOHELIM₁₄
MONACID₁₂
MONADIC₁₂
MONDAIN₁₀
MONILIA₉
MONODIC₁₂
MONOFIL₁₂
MONOSIS₉
MOOLVIE₁₂
MOOLVIS₁₂
MOONLIT₉
MOPANIS₁₁
MORONIC₁₁
MORPHIA₁₄
MORPHIC₁₆
MORPHIN₁₄
MOTIFIC₁₄
MOTIVIC₁₄
MOTORIC₁₁
NOCTUID₁₀
NOMADIC₁₂
NOMBRIL₁₁
NONACID₁₀
NONDRIP₁₀
NONPAID₁₀
NONSKID₁₂
NONSLIP₉
NONSUIT₇
NORITIC₉
NOSTRIL₇
NOTITIA₇
NOVALIA₁₀
OOGONIA₈
OOLITIC₉
OOLOGIC₁₀
OORALIS₇
POCHOIR₁₄
POCKPIT₁₇
POCOSIN₁₁
PODALIC₁₂
PODITIC₁₂
POGONIA₁₀
POGONIP₁₂
POHIRIS₁₂
POLEMIC₁₃
POLITIC₁₁
POLONIE₉
POLYNIA₁₂
POPERIN₁₁
PORKPIE₁₅
POROSIS₉
POSITIF₁₂
POSTFIX₁₉
POTAMIC₁₃
POTBOIL₁₁
POUSSIE₉
POUSSIN₉
ROBINIA₉
ROBOTIC₁₁
ROMAJIS₁₆
ROOTKIT₁₁
ROSALIA₇
ROSARIA₇
ROSEHIP₁₂
ROSOLIO₇
ROTCHIE₁₂
ROTINIS₇
ROUGHIE₁₁
ROUTHIE₁₀
SOLANIN₇
SOLARIA₇
SOLATIA₇
SOLICIT₉
SOMATIC₁₁
SOMITIC₁₁
SOMONIS₉
SONERIS₇
SONSHIP₁₂
SOREDIA₈
SORITIC₉
SOROSIS₇
SOSATIE₇
SOUARIS₇
SOUPFIN₁₂
SOUSLIK₁₁
TOASTIE₇
TOECLIP₁₁
TOENAIL₇
TOITOIS₇
TOLIDIN₈
TONEMIC₁₁
TONETIC₉
TOOLKIT₁₁
TOOSHIE₁₀
TOOTSIE₇
TOPSAIL₉
TOPSOIL₉
TOPSPIN₁₁
TORTRIX₁₄
TORULIN₇
TOTEMIC₁₁
TOUGHIE₁₁
TOUSTIE₇
TOXEMIA₁₆
TOXEMIC₁₈
VOCALIC₁₄
VOLATIC₁₂
VOLTAIC₁₂
VOLUBIL₁₂
VOLUTIN₁₀
WOLFKIN₁₇
WOODBIN₁₃
WOODSIA₁₁
WORSHIP₁₅
YOGINIS₁₁
ZOMBOID₂₁
ZOOECIA₁₈

Letters by positionIn 19% of these words the 1st letter is C.

1st letter

C19%
B11%
P9%

3rd letter

N14%
R13%
L11%

4th letter

I15%
A15%
S13%

5th letter

T13%
N10%
H9%

7th letter

C17%
N14%
A13%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 11 in Scrabble; JONQUIL tops the list with 23. Scores before board bonuses.

77 points: 22 words
8 points: 5 words
99 points: 39 words
10 points: 23 words
1111 points: 45 words
12 points: 44 words
1313 points: 14 words
14 points: 21 words
1515 points: 8 words
16 points: 6 words
1717 points: 9 words
18 points: 3 words
1919 points: 2 words
20 points: 0 words
2121 points: 3 words
22 points: 1 words
2323 points: 1 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
JONQUIL	23	28	All three
FOXSHIP	22	22	Collins only
BOYCHIK	21	21	All three
ZOMBOID	21	23	NWL only
FOXSKIN	21	22	All three
POSTFIX	19	20	All three
HOATZIN	19	19	All three
BORZOIS	18	19	All three
ZOOECIA	18	19	All three
TOXEMIC	18	20	All three
COCKPIT	17	20	All three
JOHNNIE	17	20	Collins · NWL

The pattern is _O___I_: O is fixed in slot two, I in slot six, while the other five positions vary. COUNCIL, CONTAIN, WORSHIP, DOLPHIN, and COCKPIT show how differently the remaining letters can fall. The 246-word pool spans game dictionaries, but just 11 entries rank among common English vocabulary, so expect plenty of specialist terms.

Quick facts about this letter pattern

246 entries match the fixed O-second, I-sixth pattern.
Only 11 fall within the common-word frequency group.
C leads as the first letter, appearing in 47 matches.
C is also the most frequent ending, with 43 words.
CONDUIT, COUNCIL, and COCKPIT show familiar ways into the pattern.

Which familiar words fit the O-second, I-sixth pattern?

COUNCIL and CONDUIT both begin CO, while DOLPHIN, COCKPIT, and WORSHIP put sharply different consonants around the fixed vowels. CONTAIN and FORFEIT offer another contrast: the pattern does not force a single ending or word family.

The first-letter spread is led by C at 47, followed by B at 26 and P at 21. Endings cluster differently: C leads at 43, N follows at 35, and A at 31. Try opening slots first, then test C or N at the end if your rack supports them.

Changing the sixth letter to E produces 1,319 matches for words with O second, far more than this I pattern. Keeping O second but switching the sixth letter to G yields 125 matches, a narrower alternative.

7-letter words with O as the 2nd letter and I as the 6th letter

For Scrabble, JONQUIL leads this pattern at 23 points; FOXSHIP follows at 22, while BOYCHIK, ZOMBOID, and FOXSKIN each score 21. POSTFIX and HOATZIN are 19-point options. The high totals come from valuable tiles such as J, X, and Z.

COUNCIL and DOLPHIN are easy to recognize, but many matching entries are uncommon; only 11 meet the common-frequency cutoff. JONQUIL is a flower name, so a high score does not guarantee an everyday word. Dictionary coverage varies too: 235 words appear in Collins, compared with 182 in NWL2023.

Check your game's list before playing an unfamiliar entry.

For pattern solving, fill the fixed O and I before testing endings. C and N are the most frequent final letters here, but the leading first letter is also C, so a CO start is a strong first check.

Questions people ask

How many seven-letter words have O second and I sixth?

There are 246 tournament-dictionary words with O in the second position and I in the sixth. The pattern leaves five letters open, and examples include COUNCIL, CONTAIN, DOLPHIN, and FORFEIT. Only 11 of the matches fall within the common-word frequency group.

What are some common words with O second and I sixth?

COUNCIL, CONTAIN, DOLPHIN, and COCKPIT are recognizable examples. WORSHIP and CONDUIT fit too, though only 11 words in the full matching set meet the common-frequency cutoff. The remaining entries include many less familiar terms, so use the fixed letters to narrow your search.

Which matching word has the highest Scrabble score?

JONQUIL scores 23 points, the highest value among these matches. FOXSHIP scores 22, and BOYCHIK, ZOMBOID, and FOXSKIN each score 21. Check your game's dictionary before playing an unfamiliar high scorer, since dictionary coverage differs between Collins and NWL2023.

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7-letter words with O as the 2nd letter and I as the 6th letter

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7-letter words with O as the 2nd letter and I as the 6th letter

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