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

The fixed letters leave five positions open, but the endings and starting letters are far from evenly spread. SOURCES, CORRECT, JOURNAL, and JOURNEY are recognizable examples; the list also holds less familiar options. Check the final-letter counts first when a puzzle gives you another clue, because S accounts for the largest ending group.

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

• The pattern fixes O in slot two and R in slot four; the other five positions vary.
• The full tournament-dictionary union contains 194 words, while Collins lists 191 of them.
• NWL2023 includes 136 matches, and ENABLE includes 129.
• C is the leading first letter with 38 words; B follows with 22.
• S is the most common final letter: 61 matches end that way.

How do the remaining letters narrow the search?

Finishing letter S forms the largest terminal group: 61 of the 194 matches end in S. The next endings are E with 19 and R with 16, so a known final letter sharply divides the search. Compare that with the first-letter spread: C leads at 38, then B at 22 and S at 19.

Start with the clue you already have rather than testing letters at random. If the word begins with C, you are working within the biggest starting group; if it ends in S, you have a larger group still. CORRECT, COURSES, and SOURCES show how different beginnings can share the same fixed O and R positions.

Which matches score highest?

JOYRIDE, BOXROOM, ZOARIUM, and JOYRODE each score 18 in Scrabble. JOURNEY follows at 17, while HORRIFY and ZOARIAL score 16. JOURNAL and DOORWAY are familiar choices with more modest 14-point scores.

Only 28 matches are common, although 141 have dictionary definitions, so many entries are specialist vocabulary rather than everyday guesses. 7-letter words with O as the 2nd letter and R as the 4th letter also differ by dictionary: Collins has 191, compared with 136 in NWL2023 and 129 in ENABLE. Check your game's word list before playing an unfamiliar word.