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One hundred eighty seven words carry O second and R third, and the pair does not always make the same sound.
WORLD, WORKS, WORDS and WORTH all say er rather than or. FORCE, FORMS, NORTH and HORSE keep the sound the spelling suggests.
That split matters if you are working backwards from sound. The letters give no clue which group you are in, and the W branch holds several of the commonest words here.
A takes it in twenty nine of the one hundred eighty seven and E takes twenty nine, an almost exact tie. T follows on twenty two.
WORLD, FORUM, NORTH, WORKS and FORCE are the most common, with WORDS, FORMS, HORSE and SORRY close behind.
S takes fifty four of the one hundred eighty seven, ahead of Y on twenty five and E on twenty four. Ruling out those three is the single biggest cut available.
C and F each open twenty one of the one hundred eighty seven, but twenty letters appear in that box. With a group this size the front of the word is rarely worth guessing at.
They share only the O and R. FORCE tests the C and E while WORLD tests the L and D, so whichever you try the other stays live.
A W in front of OR pulls the vowel towards er. The same happens in WORM, WORK and WORTH, one of the more reliable oddities in English spelling.
Low quality diamond fragments used as an abrasive. It is also spelled bort and boart.
A corse is an archaic word for a corpse and a corso is a public promenade in an Italian town.