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

The 7-letter words with O as the 2nd letter and S as the 6th letter number 248, from CONTEST to SOLOIST.

248 wordsTop pick CONTESTHighest score JOCKISH 23

23 of 248 are everyday words (9%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.

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

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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7
8
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15

Common words 23 · most-used first

CONTEST₉
TOURISM₉
LONGEST₈
TOURIST₇
PODCAST₁₂
POSSESS₉
GODDESS₁₀
CONSIST₉
HOTTEST₁₀
FOOLISH₁₃
CONFESS₁₂
COMPASS₁₃
CONFUSE₁₂
COOLEST₉
COMPOSE₁₃
CONCISE₁₁
POOREST₉
HOSTESS₁₀
COLDEST₁₀
COMPOST₁₃
LOUDEST₈
JOBLESS₁₆

Showing the top 22 of 23 common words. See every valid word

All valid words 248

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

BOARISH₁₂
BOBBISH₁₆
BOGGISH₁₄
BOGYISM₁₅
BOLDEST₁₀
BOMBAST₁₃
BONIEST₉
BOOBISH₁₄
BOOKISH₁₆
BOONEST₉
BOORISH₁₂
BOPPISH₁₆
BOSSEST₉
BOSSISM₁₁
BOWLESS₁₂
BOXFISH₂₂
BOXIEST₁₆
COALISE₉
COCKISH₁₈
CODFISH₁₆
COEXIST₁₆
COGNISE₁₀
COKIEST₁₃
COLDEST₁₀
COLDISH₁₃
COLOSSI₉
COLTISH₁₂
COMBUST₁₃
COMMISH₁₆
COMPASS₁₃
COMPAST₁₃
COMPOSE₁₃
COMPOST₁₃
CONCISE₁₁
CONCUSS₁₁
CONFESS₁₂
CONFEST₁₂
CONFUSE₁₂
CONGEST₁₀
CONSIST₉
CONTEST₉
CONTUSE₉
COOLEST₉
COOLISH₁₂
COPYISM₁₆
COPYIST₁₄
CORCASS₁₁
CORNIST₉
COSIEST₉
COSMISM₁₃
COSMIST₁₁
COTTISE₉
COULDST₁₀
COWFISH₁₈
COWIEST₁₂
COXIEST₁₆
COXLESS₁₆
COYNESS₁₂
COZIEST₁₈
DOBHASH₁₆
DOCKISE₁₄
DODOISM₁₁
DOGFISH₁₅
DOGGESS₁₀
DOGGISH₁₃
DOLLISH₁₁
DOLOSSE₈
DOLTISH₁₁
DOMIEST₁₀
DONNISH₁₁
DONNISM₁₀
DOPIEST₁₀
DOTIEST₈
DOUCEST₁₀
DOUREST₈
DOVEISH₁₄
DOVIEST₁₁
DOWIEST₁₁
DOZIEST₁₇
FOGLESS₁₁
FOGYISH₁₇
FOGYISM₁₆
FOILIST₁₀
FOLIOSE₁₀
FOLKISH₁₇
FONDEST₁₁
FOODISM₁₃
FOOLISH₁₃
FOPPISH₁₇
FORLESE₁₀
FOULEST₁₀
FOXFISH₂₃
FOXIEST₁₇
FOZIEST₁₉
GOATISH₁₁
GODDESS₁₀
GODLESS₉
GOLDEST₉
GOLDISH₁₂
GOODISH₁₂
GOOIEST₈
GORIEST₈
GOULASH₁₁
GOWDEST₁₂
HOBBISH₁₇
HOBOISM₁₄
HOGFISH₁₇
HOGGISH₁₅
HOGNOSE₁₁
HOGWASH₁₇
HOKIEST₁₄
HOLIEST₁₀
HOMIEST₁₂
HORNISH₁₃
HORNIST₁₀
HOSTESS₁₀
HOTNESS₁₀
HOTTEST₁₀
HOTTISH₁₃
JOBLESS₁₆
JOCKISH₂₃
JOKIEST₁₈
JOYLESS₁₇
KOLBASI₁₃
KOUMISS₁₃
KOUMYSS₁₆
LOCOISM₁₁
LOGGISH₁₂
LOGIEST₈
LOMPISH₁₄
LONGEST₈
LONGISH₁₁
LOOKISM₁₃
LOOKIST₁₁
LOOSEST₇
LORNEST₇
LOTHEST₁₀
LOUDEST₈
LOUDISH₁₁
LOUTISH₁₀
LOVIEST₁₀
LOWBUSH₁₅
LOWNESS₁₀
LOWPASS₁₂
LOWSEST₁₀
MOBBISH₁₆
MOBBISM₁₅
MODDEST₁₁
MOLASSE₉
MOLLUSC₁₁
MOLLUSK₁₃
MOLOSSI₉
MONKISH₁₆
MOONISH₁₂
MOORISH₁₂
MOOTEST₉
MOPIEST₁₁
MORASSY₁₂
MOREISH₁₂
MORTISE₉
MOSTEST₉
MOTIEST₉
NOBLEST₉
NOIRISH₁₀
NONCASH₁₂
NONPAST₉
NOSIEST₇
NOURISH₁₀
NOWNESS₁₀
OOFIEST₁₀
OOFTISH₁₃
OORIEST₇
OOSIEST₇
OOZIEST₁₆
PODCAST₁₂
POETESS₉
POETISE₉
POKIEST₁₃
POLLIST₉
POLOIST₉
POOREST₉
POORISH₁₂
POPPISH₁₆
PORIEST₉
PORPESS₁₁
PORTESS₉
POSEUSE₉
POSHEST₁₂
POSIEST₉
POSSESS₉
POTASSA₉
POXIEST₁₆
RODLESS₈
ROGUISH₁₁
ROINISH₁₀
ROKIEST₁₁
ROMPISH₁₄
ROOKISH₁₄
ROPIEST₉
RORIEST₇
ROSIEST₇
ROYNISH₁₃
SOFTEST₁₀
SOFTISH₁₃
SOLOIST₇
SONLESS₇
SOONEST₇
SOONISH₁₀
SOPHISM₁₄
SOPHIST₁₂
SORBOSE₉
SOTTISH₁₀
SOUBISE₉
SOUREST₇
SOURISH₁₀
TOADISH₁₁
TOEIEST₇
TOELESS₇
TOFFISH₁₆
TONIEST₇
TONNISH₁₀
TOOMEST₉
TOPLESS₉
TOPMAST₁₁
TOPMOST₁₁
TOURISM₉
TOURIST₇
TOWIEST₁₀
TOWNISH₁₃
TOYLESS₁₀
VODCAST₁₃
VOGIEST₁₁
VOGUISH₁₄
VOTRESS₁₀
VOWLESS₁₃
WOENESS₁₀
WOGGISH₁₅
WOLFISH₁₆
WOLVISH₁₆
WONKISH₁₇
WORDISH₁₄
WORMISH₁₅
WOTTEST₁₀
WOULDST₁₁
WOWFEST₁₆
YOBBISH₁₇
YOBBISM₁₆
ZOOIEST₁₆

Letters by positionIn 44% of these words the 5th letter is I.

1st letter

C17%
D8%
L8%

3rd letter

4th letter

I18%
L11%
T8%

5th letter

I44%
E42%
A6%

7th letter

T40%
H31%
S13%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 10 in Scrabble; JOCKISH tops the list with 23. Scores before board bonuses.

77 points: 15 words
8 points: 9 words
99 points: 39 words
10 points: 40 words
1111 points: 31 words
12 points: 25 words
1313 points: 25 words
14 points: 13 words
1515 points: 7 words
16 points: 25 words
1717 points: 11 words
18 points: 4 words
1919 points: 1 words
20 points: 0 words
2121 points: 0 words
22 points: 1 words
2323 points: 2 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
JOCKISH	23	25	NWL only
FOXFISH	23	22	All three
BOXFISH	22	22	All three
FOZIEST	19	19	All three
COZIEST	18	19	All three
COWFISH	18	18	All three
COCKISH	18	19	All three
JOKIEST	18	20	All three
HOGWASH	17	16	All three
JOYLESS	17	19	All three
FOPPISH	17	18	All three
FOLKISH	17	17	All three

This clue fixes two interior tiles, not the first or last letter: O sits in slot two, while S sits in slot six. CONTEST, TOURISM, and PODCAST show how varied the surrounding letters can be. Familiar entries are a minority, with just 23 matches in the common-word group.

At a glance: fixed tiles and flexible endings

248 tournament-listed words match the O-at-two, S-at-six pattern across the combined dictionary lists.
CONTEST, TOURISM, LONGEST, and TOURIST are familiar examples; only 23 matches count as common words.
Final T leads with 100 matches, followed by final H with 76.
Only 32 matches end in S, even though each has an S immediately before its final tile.
JOCKISH and FOXFISH tie at 23 points; BOXFISH scores 22.

Which endings are most common?

Final T and H dominate: 100 matches finish in T and 76 finish in H. The sixth-position S is not the last tile, so keep the final letter as a separate clue. If the board shows a final T, CONTEST, HOTTEST, and COMPOST demonstrate how different the remaining letters can be.

A near-pair makes the distinction clear: TOURIST and TOURISM share their first six letters but end differently. The common-word subset is small, with 23 common entries among 248 matches. CONTEST, TOURISM, PODCAST, and COMPASS are recognizable; JOCKISH and FOXFISH are less familiar but lead the score list at 23 points each.

Do all game dictionaries accept these words?

No; coverage differs by dictionary. ENABLE includes 164 matches, NWL2023 includes 190, and Collins includes 235. Those counts overlap, so they are not separate groups to add together.

Check your game's word list before playing an unfamiliar option.

The 248 7-letter words with O as the 2nd letter and S as the 6th letter include both everyday choices and specialized entries. Use the fixed positions to narrow the pattern, then test the final tile against the board; TOURIST and TOURISM show why that last letter still matters.

Questions people ask

How many 7-letter words have O second and S sixth?

There are 248 tournament-listed matches with O in the second position and S in the sixth. The final letter varies: T is most common at 100 matches, while H appears at 76. The count combines overlapping dictionary lists rather than adding their totals.

Which words with this pattern score the most?

JOCKISH and FOXFISH tie for the highest score at 23 points apiece. BOXFISH follows at 22 points. These are less familiar choices than examples such as CONTEST or TOURISM, so confirm that your game's dictionary accepts them before playing.

Are all 248 words accepted in Collins and NWL2023?

No. Collins includes 235 matches, while NWL2023 includes 190; ENABLE includes 164. The lists overlap, and their coverage differs. A word can qualify for the combined count without appearing in every dictionary, so check the specific word list used in your game.

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