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

Every entry has O in position two and ends in I, leaving five letters to distinguish one answer from another. The set is unusual: none ranks among the top 25,000 English words by frequency, and many entries are specialist vocabulary or borrowed terms. PORCINI is one of the more recognizable examples, while the score leaders offer a different kind of clue.

The pattern at a glance

• There are 33 tournament-dictionary words with O second and I seventh.
• All 33 end in I; the first letter varies across the set.
• PORCINI, COLOSSI, and GOURAMI are among the recognizable examples.
• FORZATI leads the score list at 19 points, ahead of KOKOWAI at 18.
• Collins includes 33 matches, compared with 16 in NWL2023 and 13 in ENABLE.

How many 7-letter words have O second and I seventh?

There are 33 matches, but dictionary coverage changes which ones you can play. Collins contains all 33; NWL2023 recognizes 16, while ENABLE recognizes 13. Those source counts overlap, so they do not add up to a larger total.

PORCINI, the plural of porcino, is a familiar food word; COLOSSI and GOURAMI are other examples. The uncommon end of the set includes KOROWAI and MODIELLI. Only 24 entries have definitions in the available word records, so a match to the letter pattern does not guarantee that a word will be familiar or accepted in your game.

Which words score highest, and how should you search?

FORZATI tops the recorded scores at 19, with KOKOWAI next at 18. DOCHMII, POLYNYI, and POWHIRI each score 15. The high scorers are not the easiest words to recall, so treat them as candidates to check rather than everyday vocabulary.

Keep the final I fixed, then test the second-position O while filling the remaining letters. C, K, M, P, and T each begin four matches, making those five starting letters equally productive places to search. The O-second, I-seventh pattern narrows the field sharply, but the zero common-word count is a warning that many answers are obscure.