5-letter words with L as the 2nd letter and M as the 4th letter

The second slot is L, the fourth is M, and the first, third, and fifth remain open. These matches range from familiar plays such as BLAME, CLIMB, and FLAME to less common forms such as BLUME and ULAMA. That mix makes the fixed letters more useful than the word list alone.

The pattern at a glance

• Exactly 50 tournament-dictionary words match _L_M_.
• Only 11 matches rank among the commonest English words by frequency.
• BLAME, CLIMB, and FLAME are recognizable examples.
• S is the most frequent final letter, appearing in 16 matches.
• Fourteen matches are Wordle answers; 49 are allowed guesses.

Which letters start and end these words?

C and F lead as starting letters, with nine matches each. G and S each start seven, while P starts six. That gives you a practical shortlist: test C- and F-starting candidates before less frequent openings.

At the other end, S appears 16 times, E 11, and P nine. Try a likely final letter early: CLAMS, SLAMS, and SLUMS show the S cluster, while BLAME and FLAME fit the E group.

Only 11 matches are common by frequency, so many valid candidates are niche. Familiar entries such as CLIMB, BLAME, and SLIME are stronger first checks than obscure forms.

Definitions are available for 42 matches, giving you a way to check the meanings of unfamiliar candidates as you work through the open slots.

5-letter words with L second and M fourth

Dictionary coverage differs: Collins accepts 48 matches, NWL2023 43, and ENABLE 39. Those sets overlap, so subtracting counts will not tell you which individual words an edition excludes. Check your game's word list before committing an unfamiliar form.

Fourteen matches appear in the Wordle answer list, while 49 are allowed guesses. A legal probe is not necessarily a possible solution. The average score is 9.3, and FLAMY scores 13, so this pattern is no shortcut to a huge score.

Changing only the fourth letter to N gives a related pattern with 71 matches; changing it to E gives 79. Those broader sets offer more candidates when a clue rules out M.

Use the fixed pair to narrow candidate families, then verify the open slots. The 50 matches include less familiar words, so blind guessing can waste a turn even when the pattern looks right.