7-letter words with O as the 3rd letter and G as the 7th letter

Every answer in this pattern has O in the middle position and ends in G, but the first two letters vary widely. The list includes 35 words among the 25,000 most frequent English words, so familiar forms sit beside less common tournament entries. Use the fixed ending to narrow a rack or solve a crossing clue, then check your game's accepted-word list.

Quick facts about this O-and-G pattern

• The pattern has 154 seven-letter matches in at least one tournament dictionary.
• LOOKING, GROWING, SHOWING, and COOKING are familiar examples.
• S is the most common first letter, with 29 matches; P follows with 18.
• ZOOMING and BOOZING tie for the top score at 19 points.
• A total of 137 entries have definitions.

How many 7-letter words have O third and G last?

There are 154 matches, all ending in G, while their opening letters vary. S leads with 29 words, followed by P with 18, C with 14, and B with 13. When the clue leaves the opening uncertain, test S or P first.

Many recognizable entries share an -ing ending: LOOKING, GROWING, SHOWING, KNOWING, SMOKING, and CLOSING. That makes the pattern feel more everyday than its tournament count alone suggests. Still, only 35 entries fall within the most frequent English words, so several valid plays will be unfamiliar.

Which words score highest, and what should you watch for?

ZOOMING and BOOZING each score 19 points, ahead of GLOZING and GROZING at 18. QUOTING and CHOKING score 17 apiece. Those high values can make the rarer entries tempting, but a word’s score matters only if your game’s dictionary accepts it and the board gives you a place to play it.

The counts differ by word list: 150 matches appear in Collins, 118 in NWL2023, and 110 in ENABLE, with overlap between those sets. For a clue that fixes the final letter as S instead, the same O-in-third-position pattern has 631 matches, far more than this G-ending set.