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

7-letter words with O as the 2nd letter and Y as the 7th letter number 257, from company and holiday to rare high scorers.

257 wordsTop pick COMPANYHighest score KOLKOZY 27

37 of 257 are everyday words (14%). 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

7th 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, S is the most common 7th letter (1,672 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

Length
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15

Common words 37 · most-used first

COMPANY₁₆
COUNTRY₁₂
SOCIETY₁₂
TOTALLY₁₀
HOLIDAY₁₄
JOURNEY₁₇
MONTHLY₁₅
POVERTY₁₅
ROUGHLY₁₄
LOYALTY₁₃
LOCALLY₁₂
SOMEDAY₁₃
NOTABLY₁₂
LOTTERY₁₀
HONESTY₁₃
ROBBERY₁₄
ROYALTY₁₃
JOINTLY₁₇
POTTERY₁₂
NOVELTY₁₃
MORALLY₁₂
PORTRAY₁₂
LOOSELY₁₀
POULTRY₁₂
DOORWAY₁₄
COSPLAY₁₄
ROADWAY₁₄
WORLDLY₁₄
FOUNDRY₁₄
MOCKERY₁₈
POTENCY₁₄
MODESTY₁₃
FORGERY₁₄
ZOOLOGY₂₀
SOLIDLY₁₁
SORCERY₁₂
COOKERY₁₆

All valid words 257

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

BOBBERY₁₆
BOBSTAY₁₄
BOCKEDY₁₉
BOFFINY₁₈
BOGUSLY₁₃
BOILERY₁₂
BOLONEY₁₂
BONNILY₁₂
BOOTERY₁₂
BOOZILY₂₁
BOSSBOY₁₄
BOSSILY₁₂
BOTTONY₁₂
COALIFY₁₅
COCKILY₁₈
COCKNEY₁₈
COCKSHY₂₁
COGENCY₁₅
COLICKY₁₈
COLOURY₁₂
COMFILY₁₇
COMFREY₁₇
COMPANY₁₆
COMPONY₁₆
CONCUPY₁₆
CONJURY₁₉
COOKERY₁₆
COOPERY₁₄
COPPERY₁₆
COPYBOY₁₉
CORNFLY₁₅
CORNIFY₁₅
CORNILY₁₂
CORRODY₁₃
COSHERY₁₅
COSPLAY₁₄
COTTONY₁₂
COUNTRY₁₂
COURTLY₁₂
COWEDLY₁₆
COXALGY₂₀
DODDERY₁₃
DODGERY₁₃
DOGGERY₁₃
DOOMILY₁₃
DOORWAY₁₄
DOTTILY₁₁
DOUCELY₁₃
DOUGHTY₁₅
DOVEKEY₁₈
DOWDILY₁₅
DOWLNEY₁₄
DOWNILY₁₄
FOAMILY₁₅
FOCALLY₁₅
FOGGILY₁₅
FOLKWAY₂₀
FOODERY₁₄
FOOLERY₁₃
FOOTBOY₁₅
FOOTWAY₁₆
FOPPERY₁₇
FOREBAY₁₅
FORELAY₁₃
FORESAY₁₃
FORGERY₁₄
FORTIFY₁₆
FOUGHTY₁₇
FOUNDRY₁₄
GODLILY₁₂
GOOFILY₁₄
GOOMBAY₁₅
GOONERY₁₁
GOOSERY₁₁
GOSSIPY₁₃
GOUTFLY₁₄
GOUTILY₁₁
GOWNBOY₁₆
HOARILY₁₃
HODADDY₁₆
HOGGERY₁₅
HOLIDAY₁₄
HOLYDAY₁₇
HOMEBOY₁₇
HONESTY₁₃
HORNILY₁₃
HORRIFY₁₆
HORSILY₁₃
HOSIERY₁₃
JOBBERY₂₁
JOCKNEY₂₃
JOINERY₁₇
JOINTLY₁₇
JOLLIFY₂₀
JOLLILY₁₇
JOLLITY₁₇
JOLTILY₁₇
JOOKERY₂₁
JOUKERY₂₁
JOURNEY₁₇
KOLACKY₂₀
KOLHOZY₂₆
KOLKOZY₂₇
KOOKILY₁₈
KOPIYKY₂₃
KOUPREY₁₆
LOATHLY₁₃
LOCALLY₁₂
LOFTILY₁₃
LOLLOPY₁₂
LOOBILY₁₂
LOONILY₁₀
LOOPILY₁₂
LOOSELY₁₀
LOTTERY₁₀
LOUNGEY₁₁
LOUSILY₁₀
LOVABLY₁₅
LOVERLY₁₃
LOWLILY₁₃
LOYALLY₁₃
LOYALTY₁₃
LOZENGY₂₀
MOCKERY₁₈
MOCKNEY₁₈
MODALLY₁₃
MODESTY₁₃
MOISTLY₁₂
MOLLIFY₁₅
MONGERY₁₃
MONKERY₁₆
MONOECY₁₄
MONTHLY₁₅
MOODILY₁₃
MOONILY₁₂
MORALLY₁₂
MORASSY₁₂
MORTARY₁₂
MORTIFY₁₅
MOTHERY₁₅
MOUSERY₁₂
MOUSILY₁₂
MOVABLY₁₇
NOBBILY₁₄
NODALLY₁₁
NOISILY₁₀
NONBODY₁₃
NONJURY₁₇
NONOILY₁₀
NONPLAY₁₂
NOOLOGY₁₁
NOONDAY₁₁
NOSEGAY₁₁
NOSHERY₁₃
NOTABLY₁₂
NOTEDLY₁₁
NOVELLY₁₃
NOVELTY₁₃
POCKILY₁₈
PODGILY₁₄
POLLICY₁₄
POMEROY₁₄
PONTIFY₁₅
POOVERY₁₅
PORTRAY₁₂
POSTBOY₁₄
POTENCY₁₄
POTHERY₁₅
POTTERY₁₂
POULTRY₁₂
POVERTY₁₅
POWDERY₁₆
ROADWAY₁₄
ROBBERY₁₄
ROBOTRY₁₂
ROCKABY₁₈
ROCKERY₁₆
ROCKILY₁₆
ROCKLAY₁₆
RODEWAY₁₄
ROGUERY₁₁
ROKELAY₁₄
ROLLWAY₁₃
ROOKERY₁₄
ROOMILY₁₂
ROPEWAY₁₅
ROSEBAY₁₂
ROSETTY₁₀
ROUGHLY₁₄
ROUNDLY₁₁
ROUPILY₁₂
ROWDILY₁₄
ROYALLY₁₃
ROYALTY₁₃
SOAPILY₁₂
SOBERLY₁₂
SOCIETY₁₂
SOGGILY₁₂
SOLIDLY₁₁
SOLUBLY₁₂
SOMEDAY₁₃
SOMEWAY₁₅
SOMEWHY₁₈
SONANCY₁₂
SOOTHLY₁₃
SOOTILY₁₀
SOPPILY₁₄
SORCERY₁₂
SORRILY₁₀
SOUNDLY₁₁
SOUPILY₁₂
SOWARRY₁₃
TOCKLEY₁₆
TOGGERY₁₂
TOLLWAY₁₃
TONALLY₁₀
TOPIARY₁₂
TORPEFY₁₅
TORQUEY₁₉
TORREFY₁₃
TORRIFY₁₃
TOSSILY₁₀
TOTALLY₁₀
TOTTERY₁₀
TOUGHLY₁₄
TOURNEY₁₀
TOWAWAY₁₆
VOCABLY₁₇
VOCALLY₁₅
VOLUBLY₁₅
VOUVRAY₁₆
VOWELLY₁₆
WOFULLY₁₆
WOMANLY₁₅
WONKERY₁₇
WONKILY₁₇
WOOLSEY₁₃
WOOZILY₂₂
WORDILY₁₄
WORKDAY₁₈
WORKSHY₂₀
WORLDLY₁₄
WORMERY₁₅
WORMFLY₁₈
YOBBERY₁₇
YOUNGLY₁₄
YOUTHLY₁₆
ZOMBIFY₂₆
ZONALLY₁₉
ZOOGAMY₂₂
ZOOGENY₂₀
ZOOGONY₂₀
ZOOLOGY₂₀
ZOONOMY₂₁
ZOOPERY₂₁
ZOOTAXY₂₆
ZOOTOMY₂₁

Letters by positionIn 37% of these words the 6th letter is L.

1st letter

C11%
R9%
M8%

3rd letter

O15%
R11%
U10%

4th letter

E11%
T10%
K10%

5th letter

I25%
E20%
L9%

6th letter

L37%
R21%
A11%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 12 in Scrabble; KOLKOZY tops the list with 27. Scores before board bonuses.

1010 points: 14 words
11 points: 14 words
1212 points: 42 words
13 points: 40 words
1414 points: 32 words
15 points: 30 words
1616 points: 24 words
17 points: 18 words
1818 points: 13 words
19 points: 5 words
2020 points: 9 words
21 points: 8 words
2222 points: 2 words
23 points: 2 words
2424 points: 0 words
25 points: 0 words
2626 points: 3 words
27 points: 1 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
KOLKOZY	27	27	All three
ZOMBIFY	26	27	All three
KOLHOZY	26	25	All three
ZOOTAXY	26	25	Collins only
JOCKNEY	23	26	Collins only
KOPIYKY	23	22	NWL only
WOOZILY	22	22	All three
ZOOGAMY	22	23	Collins only
JOBBERY	21	24	All three
COCKSHY	21	21	All three
BOOZILY	21	22	All three
ZOOTOMY	21	21	All three

The fixed O-in-position-two, Y-at-the-end frame still leaves room for familiar nouns, adverbs, and specialist vocabulary. Company, country, and society are instantly recognizable; kolkozy and zootaxy are far less likely to appear in everyday play. Only 37 entries rank among the top 25,000 English words by frequency, so the pattern is broad but not uniformly familiar.

At a glance: the O-and-Y pattern

257 tournament-dictionary entries fit the exact seven-letter frame.
Company, country, society, holiday, and journey are familiar anchors.
37 entries fall within the top 25,000 English words by frequency.
Collins accepts 244 matches; NWL2023 accepts 205, so counts differ by game.
Only 161 entries have definitions in our word records.

Which familiar words fit the O-and-Y pattern?

Start with words whose shapes are easy to verify: company, country, society, holiday, and journey all place O second and Y last. Totally, monthly, and roughly show another common route: an adverb ending in -ly, with O fixed near the front. That ending is a strong memory cue, not a guarantee for every entry.

Openings spread across the alphabet, but C leads with 28 matches, followed by R at 22 and M at 20. Company and country make C an easy first search; robbery and royalty show the R group is not limited to one word family. Poverty, honesty, and loyalty also keep the final Y while changing the middle consonants.

What scores well, and what should you check?

Kolkozy tops the scoring examples at 27 points. Zombify, kolhozy, and zootaxy each reach 26, while familiar words such as holiday and society contrast with those unusual high scorers. The average score is 14.7, so these leaders stand well above the typical result; a premium square can change a board score further.

Treat the top scorers as rack-and-board opportunities, not opening plays to memorize. Kolkozy uses K, Z, and Y; zombify stacks Z and Y with B and F, so their letter values explain the edge before any bonus square. For 7-letter words with O as the 2nd letter and Y as the 7th letter, check Collins or NWL2023 before playing: the combined list includes entries that do not belong to every game's dictionary.

Questions people ask

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

There are 257 tournament-dictionary words with O in position two and Y in position seven. Familiar examples include company, country, society, and holiday. The count combines entries accepted by at least one of the covered tournament dictionaries, so the total accepted in your game can be smaller.

What are some common words with O second and Y last?

Company, country, society, holiday, and journey are recognizable examples. Totally, monthly, and roughly offer a different pattern: familiar adverbs ending in -ly. Only 37 words in the full group rank among the top 25,000 English words by frequency, so many matches are less familiar.

Which word in this pattern scores the most?

Kolkozy leads the scoring examples at 27 points, ahead of zombify, kolhozy, and zootaxy at 26. These totals come from letter values before board bonuses. Because some high scorers are specialist words, confirm your game's dictionary accepts the word before committing a turn.

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