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One hundred twenty six words hold O second and L third, and the L is usually followed by another consonant.
HOLDS, FOLDS, BOLTS, COLTS and FOLKS all put a hard consonant straight after the L. T takes the fourth box in twelve of the one hundred twenty six and D takes ten.
E takes the fourth box in twenty five of the one hundred twenty six, more than any other letter, giving HOLES, ROLES and POLES. A takes thirteen with SOLAR, POLAR and MOLAR.
Those halves barely overlap. A consonant after the L gives short blunt words and a vowel gives longer smoother ones, so working out the branch matters more than any single letter.
COLOR, SOLID, SOLAR, HOLDS and SOLVE are the most common, with DOLLS, POLLS, FOLKS and ROLES close behind.
S closes fifty four of the one hundred twenty six, forty three percent, far ahead of Y on nineteen. Ruling out a plural is the biggest single cut here.
The Y ending is worth a second look. COLLY, DOLLY, FOLLY, GOLLY, HOLLY and JOLLY all double the L first, so the two travel together.
SOLID tests the I and D without repeating. COLOR uses the O twice, spending part of the guess.
Both are common adjectives and they split at the opening letter alone, so the pattern gives you no help.
The cologarithm, the logarithm of a reciprocal. It is an obsolete mathematical term.
Sweetly, a direction in music borrowed from Italian. DOLCI, its plural, also appears here.
Eleven of them do, most doubling the L first. That is how English builds adjectives on short stems.