7-letter words with O as the 3rd letter and S as the 5th letter

The pattern is _ _ O _ S _ _, so both fixed letters leave five spaces to solve. Familiar options include crossed, sponsor, browser, and blossom, while the full set also contains less everyday entries. Dictionary coverage varies: Collins includes 102 matches, compared with 77 in NWL2023 and 72 in ENABLE. Those totals overlap, so they are not separate groups to add together.

How many 7-letter words have O as the 3rd letter and S as the 5th?

• The fixed pattern has 104 tournament-dictionary matches.
• Crossed, sponsor, browser, and chooses are recognizable examples.
• The most common final letter is S: 43 matches end that way.
• Seventeen matches begin with S; 15 begin with B.
• Frowsty, chowsed, and quoists lead the score list at 16 points.

Which words fit the O-and-S pattern?

Read the pattern from left to right: the third tile must be O, and the fifth must be S. Crossed and crosses show how one letter can change the ending; sponsor and browser offer very different openings while keeping both fixed positions.

A strong narrowing move is to check the final tile. Forty-three of the 104 matches end in S, including crosses, chooses, spouses, and glosses. If your last letter is D instead, 18 options remain; R leaves 14.

The final letter can cut the search much faster than guessing another vowel.

Which matching words score the most?

Frowsty, chowsed, and quoists each score 16 points before board bonuses. Choosey and chowses are next at 15, while myopses scores 14. These are letter-tile totals, so a premium square can change the final play score without changing the word’s ranking here.

Familiarity is the main limitation: only 11 matches count as common, although 80 have definitions. Some high scorers, including frowsty and quoists, are far less familiar than crossed or browser. Check the word list used in your game before building a play around an obscure option.