7-letter words with R as the 2nd letter and O as the 6th letter

This letter pattern is unusually selective: it has 77 matches, compared with 250 when A replaces R in the second position and O stays sixth; FREEDOM and CREATOR are familiar examples, but only 10 matches are classed as common; Counts combine words found in at least one tournament dictionary, not the contents of any single dictionary.

At a glance: the R-and-O pattern

• The pattern _R___O_ has 77 seven-letter matches.
• P is the most common first letter, appearing in 15 words; C follows with 11.
• N ends 26 matches, while S ends 19.
• FREEDOM and CREATOR are recognizable examples of the pattern.
• PRINCOX tops the scoring list at 18 Scrabble points.

Which starting and ending letters are most common?

N leads as a final letter: 26 words end in N, and another 19 end in S. R is the next most frequent ending, with 9 matches; M follows with 5. That makes the last tile a strong extra clue once you have _R___O_.

P leads the first-letter counts with 15 matches, ahead of C at 11 and T at 10. G starts 8, while B starts 7. FREEDOM begins with F, and CREATOR with C, showing that recognizable examples come from different parts of the alphabet.

How to use this seven-letter pattern in a game

For Scrabble scoring, PRINCOX is the standout at 18 points; GRYSBOK follows at 17. KRYPTON and GRYPHON each score 16, while the more familiar FREEDOM gives you a word you are more likely to recognize. The top scorers are not necessarily the easiest plays to spot.

Treat 7-letter words with R as the 2nd letter and O as the 6th letter as a pattern filter, not a guarantee that every match is accepted in your game. The 77-word pool includes 55 ENABLE entries, 74 Collins entries, and 59 NWL2023 entries; those dictionary counts overlap. Check your game's word list before playing an unfamiliar word.