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

281 7-letter words with O as the 2nd letter and N as the 4th letter fit this pattern, from COUNTRY and MORNING to CONNECT.

281 wordsTop pick COUNTRYHighest score ZOONOMY 21

32 of 281 are everyday words (11%). A mix of familiar words and game-only finds.

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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5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15

Common words 32 · most-used first

COUNTRY₁₂
MORNING₁₀
COUNCIL₁₁
JOHNSON₁₇
YOUNGER₁₁
COUNTER₉
FOUNDED₁₂
JOINING₁₅
FOUNDER₁₁
POINTED₁₀
CONNECT₁₁
WOUNDED₁₂
MOUNTED₁₀
COUNSEL₉
SOUNDED₉
CORNERS₉
COUNTED₁₀
ROUNDED₉
TORNADO₈
JOINTLY₁₇
POINTER₉
BOUNDED₁₁
BOUNCED₁₂
DOWNING₁₂
MOANING₁₀
FOUNDRY₁₄
ROUNDER₈
ROUNDUP₁₀
HORNETS₁₀
POUNDED₁₁
BOUNCES₁₁
BOUNCER₁₁

All valid words 281

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

BOINGED₁₁
BOINKED₁₄
BONNETS₉
BONNIER₉
BONNIES₉
BONNILY₁₂
BONNOCK₁₅
BOONERS₉
BOONEST₉
BOONGAS₁₀
BOONIES₉
BORNEOL₉
BORNITE₉
BORNYLS₁₂
BOTNETS₉
BOUNCED₁₂
BOUNCER₁₁
BOUNCES₁₁
BOUNDED₁₁
BOUNDEN₁₀
BOUNDER₁₀
BOUNING₁₀
BOWNING₁₃
COANNEX₁₆
COBNUTS₁₁
COENACT₁₁
COENURE₉
COENURI₉
COGNACS₁₂
COGNATE₁₀
COGNISE₁₀
COGNIZE₁₉
COINAGE₁₀
COINERS₉
COINFER₁₂
COINING₁₀
COINTER₉
CONNATE₉
CONNECT₁₁
CONNERS₉
CONNING₁₀
CONNIVE₁₂
CONNORS₉
CONNOTE₉
COONCAN₁₁
COONDOG₁₁
COONTIE₉
CORNAGE₁₀
CORNCOB₁₃
CORNEAE₉
CORNEAL₉
CORNEAS₉
CORNELS₉
CORNERS₉
CORNETS₉
CORNETT₉
CORNFED₁₃
CORNFLY₁₅
CORNICE₁₁
CORNIER₉
CORNIFY₁₅
CORNILY₁₂
CORNING₁₀
CORNIST₉
CORNROW₁₂
CORNUAL₉
CORNUTE₉
CORNUTO₉
COUNCIL₁₁
COUNSEL₉
COUNTED₁₀
COUNTER₉
COUNTRY₁₂
COYNESS₁₂
DOGNAPS₁₁
DONNARD₉
DONNART₈
DONNATS₈
DONNEES₈
DONNERD₉
DONNERT₈
DONNIES₈
DONNING₉
DONNISH₁₁
DONNISM₁₀
DONNOTS₈
DORNECK₁₄
DORNICK₁₄
DORNOCK₁₄
DOWNBOW₁₆
DOWNERS₁₁
DOWNIER₁₁
DOWNILY₁₄
DOWNING₁₂
FOINING₁₁
FONNING₁₁
FORNENT₁₀
FOUNDED₁₂
FOUNDER₁₁
FOUNDRY₁₄
FOYNING₁₄
GOANNAS₈
GOONDAS₉
GOONERY₁₁
GOONEYS₁₁
GOONIER₈
GOONIES₈
GOWNBOY₁₆
GOWNING₁₂
GOWNMAN₁₃
GOWNMEN₁₃
HOBNAIL₁₂
HOBNOBS₁₄
HOGNOSE₁₁
HOGNUTS₁₁
HORNBAG₁₃
HORNBUG₁₃
HORNDOG₁₂
HORNERS₁₀
HORNETS₁₀
HORNFUL₁₃
HORNIER₁₀
HORNILY₁₃
HORNING₁₁
HORNISH₁₃
HORNIST₁₀
HORNITO₁₀
HORNLET₁₀
HOTNESS₁₀
HOUNDED₁₂
HOUNDER₁₁
HOUNGAN₁₁
JOANNAS₁₄
JOANNES₁₄
JOBNAME₁₈
JOHNNIE₁₇
JOHNSON₁₇
JOINDER₁₅
JOINERS₁₄
JOINERY₁₇
JOINING₁₅
JOINTED₁₅
JOINTER₁₄
JOINTLY₁₇
JONNOCK₂₀
JOUNCED₁₇
JOUNCES₁₆
KONNING₁₂
LOANEES₇
LOANERS₇
LOANING₈
LOONEYS₁₀
LOONIER₇
LOONIES₇
LOONILY₁₀
LOONING₈
LORNEST₇
LOUNDED₉
LOUNDER₈
LOUNGED₉
LOUNGER₈
LOUNGES₈
LOUNGEY₁₁
LOUNING₈
LOWNDED₁₂
LOWNESS₁₀
LOWNING₁₁
MOANERS₉
MOANFUL₁₂
MOANING₁₀
MOINEAU₉
MOONBOW₁₄
MOONDOG₁₁
MOONERS₉
MOONEYE₁₂
MOONIER₉
MOONIES₉
MOONILY₁₂
MOONING₁₀
MOONISH₁₂
MOONLET₉
MOONLIT₉
MOONSET₉
MORNAYS₁₂
MORNING₁₀
MOUNDED₁₁
MOUNTED₁₀
MOUNTER₉
NOINTED₈
NOINTER₇
NONNEWS₁₀
NONNIES₇
NOONDAY₁₁
NOONERS₇
NOONING₈
NOUNIER₇
NOWNESS₁₀
POINADO₁₀
POINDED₁₁
POINDER₁₀
POINTED₁₀
POINTEL₉
POINTER₉
POINTES₉
POONACS₁₁
POONCED₁₂
POONCES₁₁
PORNIER₉
POSNETS₉
POUNCED₁₂
POUNCER₁₁
POUNCES₁₁
POUNCET₁₁
POUNDAL₁₀
POUNDED₁₁
POUNDER₁₀
POWNDED₁₄
POWNEYS₁₅
POWNIES₁₂
POYNANT₁₂
POYNTED₁₃
RODNEYS₁₁
ROGNONS₈
ROINING₈
ROINISH₁₀
ROMNEYA₁₂
RONNELS₇
RONNIES₇
RONNING₈
ROUNCES₉
ROUNDED₉
ROUNDEL₈
ROUNDER₈
ROUNDLE₈
ROUNDLY₁₁
ROUNDUP₁₀
ROWNDED₁₂
ROYNING₁₁
ROYNISH₁₃
SOMNIAL₉
SONNETS₇
SONNIES₇
SOONERS₇
SOONEST₇
SOONISH₁₀
SORNERS₇
SORNING₈
SOUNDED₉
SOUNDER₈
SOUNDLY₁₁
SOWNDED₁₂
TOENAIL₇
TONNAGE₈
TONNAGS₈
TONNEAU₇
TONNELL₇
TONNERS₇
TONNISH₁₀
TOONIES₇
TORNADE₈
TORNADO₈
TOWNEES₁₀
TOWNIER₁₀
TOWNIES₁₀
TOWNISH₁₃
TOWNLET₁₀
WOENESS₁₀
WONNERS₁₀
WONNING₁₁
WOONERF₁₃
WOONING₁₁
WOUNDED₁₂
WOUNDER₁₁
YONNIES₁₀
YOUNGER₁₁
YOUNGLY₁₄
YOUNGTH₁₄
YOUNKER₁₄
ZOONING₁₇
ZOONITE₁₆
ZOONOMY₂₁

Letters by positionIn 34% of these words the 6th letter is E.

1st letter

C18%
P9%
B8%

3rd letter

U19%
R17%
O16%

5th letter

I28%
E20%
D13%

6th letter

E34%
N11%
R10%

7th letter

S27%
G12%
R11%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 9 in Scrabble; ZOONOMY tops the list with 21. Scores before board bonuses.

77 points: 21 words
8 points: 29 words
99 points: 56 words
10 points: 46 words
1111 points: 45 words
12 points: 31 words
1313 points: 14 words
14 points: 17 words
1515 points: 7 words
16 points: 5 words
1717 points: 6 words
18 points: 1 words
1919 points: 1 words
20 points: 1 words
2121 points: 1 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
ZOONOMY	21	22	Collins only
JONNOCK	20	25	Collins only
COGNIZE	19	22	All three
JOBNAME	18	23	All three
JOHNSON	17	20	Collins · NWL
JOINTLY	17	20	All three
JOHNNIE	17	20	Collins · NWL
JOINERY	17	19	All three
JOUNCED	17	22	All three
ZOONING	17	20	Collins · NWL
JOUNCES	16	21	All three
COANNEX	16	19	All three

Locking in O and N narrows a seven-letter rack to 281 matches. Familiar choices include COUNTRY, MORNING, COUNCIL, and COUNTER, but only 32 matches rank among the most common English words. That gap matters in a game: the pattern has recognizable answers, yet many entries are specialist vocabulary or less familiar forms.

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

The fixed pattern is _ O _ N _ _ _; 281 tournament-dictionary entries match it.
COUNTRY, MORNING, COUNCIL, and COUNTER are familiar examples in the group.
Only 32 matches count as common English words, so expect many unfamiliar options.
C is the leading first letter, with 51 matches; P follows with 24 and B with 23.
S is the most frequent final letter, ending 75 matches; G ends 34 and R ends 32.

Which words fit the O-and-N pattern?

Several everyday words share the pattern: COUNTRY, MORNING, COUNCIL, COUNTER, FOUNDED, and CONNECT. The C-heavy cluster is especially easy to scan: COUNTRY, COUNCIL, COUNTER, COUNSEL, COUNTED, and CONNECT all begin with C and place N in the fourth slot.

Other starts give you different routes through the rack. POINTED, POINTER, and JOINTLY begin with P or J, while YOUNGER and WOUNDED show how a Y or W start can still lead to the same fixed letters. Use those examples to check that known letters fall in the right positions.

A changed fourth letter produces a much larger clue set: 366 seven-letter words have O second and L fourth, while 451 have O second and T fourth. If N is certain, keep it fixed rather than widening the search to those neighboring patterns.

The dictionary coverage overlaps: 269 matches appear in Collins, 202 in NWL2023, and 171 in ENABLE. Those figures are not separate piles of words. Less familiar entries may not be accepted in every game, so check the word list your game uses.

How can you score with these seven-letter matches?

For 7-letter words with O as the 2nd letter and N as the 4th letter, ZOONOMY leads the Scrabble scores at 21.
JONNOCK scores 20 and COGNIZE scores 19, giving you strong alternatives when the rack supports them.
The group averages 10.7 points; a high-value letter can matter more than choosing a familiar word.
Try C-starts early when testing options: their 51 matches make C the strongest opening-letter branch.

Questions people ask

How many seven-letter words have O second and N fourth?

There are 281 tournament-dictionary matches with O in position two and N in position four. The count includes entries found in at least one of Collins, NWL2023, or ENABLE, and the groups overlap rather than dividing the total into exclusive dictionary sets.

Which starting letter is most common in this pattern?

C starts the most matches, with 51 words. P is next with 24, followed closely by B with 23. When your first letter is unknown, checking C-starting options first is a practical way to narrow this particular pattern.

What is the highest-scoring word with O second and N fourth?

ZOONOMY is the top scorer at 21 Scrabble points. JONNOCK follows at 20, while COGNIZE scores 19. These are less familiar plays than COUNTRY or MORNING, so confirm that your game accepts the word before relying on it.

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