7-letter words with R as the 1st letter and O as the 4th letter

The pattern fixes R in the opening slot and O in the middle, leaving five positions to sort through; Familiar options include records, reports, removed, and recover; Only 18 of the 146 matches fall among the most common English words, so the full set also contains plenty of less familiar game entries; Counts vary by dictionary: Collins has 146, NWL2023 has 130, and ENABLE has 123.

At a glance: the R–O pattern

• 146 tournament-dictionary words begin with R and place O in position four.
• Only 18 matches rank among the top 25,000 English words by frequency.
• Records, reports, and recover are recognizable examples of the pattern.
• REBOZOS scores 18 points, the highest listed tile score for these words.
• Words ending in S account for 77 matches; only four end in O.

Which endings are most common?

S is the clear leader: 77 of the 146 words end in that letter. D comes next with 20, while E appears at the end of 13 words. The pattern is not just a collection of one kind of word; records, reports, and resorts sit alongside forms such as removes and revolves.

Only four matches finish with O, so an O-ending is an uncommon route through this pattern. Check the final tile before ruling a candidate out: 10 words end in R, seven in T, and the remaining entries include L and N endings. The suffix can narrow your search faster than scanning every middle letter.

Which R-and-O words score highest?

REBOZOS leads at 18 points, with REZONED and RAZORED close behind at 17 each. REJOICE and REZONES score 16. These totals reward the Z, worth 10 points in standard Scrabble, but the board can change the result: a premium letter or word square matters more than the printed score.

Check your game's word list before relying on a less familiar entry.