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Fifty nine words hold O second and A third, and the pair makes the same sound every time.
BOARD, COAST, ROADS, TOAST and LOANS all carry the same long O. Unlike most vowel pairs this one barely varies, so if you can hear the sound you can usually trust the spelling.
BOARD, LOANS, COAST, GOALS and COACH are the most common. BOATS, ROADS, LOADS, TOAST and ROAST all come up constantly.
S closes twenty seven of the fifty nine, forty six percent, far ahead of T and Y on eight each. Most of those are plurals of short everyday nouns.
R takes the fourth box in nine of the fifty nine, T in eight and L in seven. BOARD, COAST and GOALS show the three shapes.
C opens ten of the fifty nine and L opens eight, but sixteen letters appear there in all. The front of an OA word is genuinely open.
COAST tests the S ending that twenty seven of these take. BOARD tests the R and D, which helps if you suspect the OARD shape.
Zero of the fifty nine do. Across the whole group not one box repeats, which is unusual at this size.
LOATH is the adjective meaning reluctant and loathe is the verb meaning to detest. Only LOATH has five letters, so only LOATH fits here.
A raccoon relative from Central and South America with a long flexible snout. It is the best known of the animal names here.
A cough, in Scots and northern dialect. It sits beside TOAST and ROAST and means nothing like either.