5-letter words with M as the 1st letter and I as the 4th letter

The pattern is M _ _ I _, with familiar matches such as MUSIC, MEDIA, MOVIE, and MAGIC. Fourteen entries are common words, while the full set reaches 64 tournament-dictionary words. Endings cluster around S and C, and MUJIK leads the scoring examples.

The M _ _ I _ pattern at a glance

• The pattern matches 64 five-letter words in tournament dictionaries.
• Fourteen matches are among the top 25,000 English words by frequency.
• Thirteen matches appear in the Wordle answer list and in a tournament dictionary.
• Collins includes 61 matches, NWL2023 includes 45, and ENABLE includes 39; these counts overlap.
• MUJIK scores 18 points, ahead of MAXIM at 16.

Which letters finish these M-and-I words?

S is the most frequent final letter, with 15 matches; C follows with 12. D and E each finish 7 words, while A finishes 6. That makes MUSIC and MAGIC examples of the C ending, while MEDIA and MANIA show how the pattern also reaches A.

Use the last letter to narrow a board or puzzle search: an S ending leaves more options than a K ending, which appears in only 3 matches. The pattern does not mean every result is a familiar word; the 14 common entries are a small slice of the full set.

Wordle matches and high-scoring plays

The 13 Wordle answer-list matches are also accepted in at least one tournament dictionary, and all 64 pattern matches are listed as allowed guesses. For a Wordle grid showing M in the first spot and I in the fourth, keep the other three positions open rather than assuming the answer is a common word.

For Scrabble scoring, MUJIK leads at 18 points; MAXIM scores 16, while MOXIE and MAXIS score 14 each. Those totals make the unusual high-value options stand out, but they are not necessarily the words you want to memorize first. Check your game's word list before playing an unfamiliar entry.