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

With O fixed in position two and Y in position four, the pattern leaves 56 tournament-dictionary entries. Only 2 fall into the common-word group, so familiar anchors such as COPYING, COPYCAT, and POLYGON stand out. The initials are unusually concentrated: P and C lead, while the endings spread across S, G, and N.

The pattern at a glance

• The list has 56 words accepted by at least one of ENABLE, Collins, or NWL2023.
• Collins includes 50 matches, compared with 40 in NWL2023 and 31 in ENABLE.
• COPYING, POLYMER, and POLYGON show how often the pattern comes from CO- and poly- forms.
• P begins 18 entries and C begins 16, so those initials account for 34 of the 56.
• S is the most common final letter, appearing on 14 entries; G and N each finish 8.

How many 7-letter words have O second and Y fourth?

There are 56 matches across the tournament dictionaries. Only 2 belong to the common-word group, which makes recognizable examples such as COPYING, COPYCAT, and POLYGON especially easy to spot among less familiar entries.

Dictionary coverage differs: Collins has 50 matches, NWL2023 has 40, and ENABLE has 31. A word accepted in one list may not appear in another, so check your game's word list before relying on an unfamiliar entry.

Which words score highest, and how can you scan the pattern?

COZYING leads the score list at 22 points. POLYZOA and CORYZAL each score 21, making the leader a one-point step ahead of both. COPYBOY also stands out at 19 points, while BODYCAM and HOLYDAY each score 17.

A practical rack check is to test the visible anchors first, then scan for familiar clusters: COPYING, COPYCAT, and COPYIST share COPY, while POLYMER and POLYGON share POLY. That narrows the search without treating every entry as everyday vocabulary.

The limitation is frequency: only 2 of these 56 words are common. For 7-letter words with O as the 2nd letter and Y as the 4th letter, pattern fit alone is not a clue that a candidate will feel familiar.