5-letter words with M as the 3rd letter and P as the 4th letter
5-letter words with M as the 3rd letter and P as the 4th letter number 74, and 37 of them finish with a plural S.
13 of 74 are everyday words (18%). A mix of familiar words and game-only finds.
With M in 3rd place, E is the most common 4th letter (126 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.
Common words
- CAMPS11
- JUMPS16
- PUMPS11
- TEMPO9
- LAMPS9
- BUMPS11
- DUMPS10
- TEMPS9
- RAMPS9
- TEMPT9
- LYMPH15
- LUMPS9
- BUMPY14
All valid words 74
- BUMPH14
- BUMPS11
- BUMPY14
- CAMPI11
- CAMPO11
- CAMPS11
- CAMPY14
- COMPO11
- COMPS11
- COMPT11
- DAMPS10
- DAMPY13
- DEMPT10
- DIMPS10
- DUMPS10
- DUMPY13
- GAMPS10
- GIMPS10
- GIMPY13
- GOMPA10
- GUMPS10
- GYMPS13
- HEMPS12
- HEMPY15
- HUMPH15
- HUMPS12
- HUMPY15
- JIMPY19
- JUMPS16
- JUMPY19
- KEMPS13
- KEMPT13
- KEMPY16
- LAMPS9
- LIMPA9
- LIMPS9
- LUMPS9
- LUMPY12
- LYMPH15
- MUMPS11
- NEMPT9
- NIMPS9
- NYMPH15
- OOMPH12
- PAMPA11
- PIMPS11
- POMPS11
- PUMPS11
- RAMPS9
- ROMPS9
- RUMPO9
- RUMPS9
- RUMPY12
- SAMPI9
- SAMPS9
- SIMPS9
- SUMPH12
- SUMPS9
- TAMPS9
- TEMPI9
- TEMPO9
- TEMPS9
- TEMPT9
- TIMPS9
- TUMPS9
- TUMPY12
- TYMPS12
- VAMPS12
- VAMPY15
- WIMPS12
- WIMPY15
- YAMPY15
- YOMPS12
- YUMPS12
Highest-scoring words
| Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Dictionaries |
|---|---|---|---|
| JUMPY | 19 | 23 | All three |
| JIMPY | 19 | 22 | All three |
| JUMPS | 16 | 21 | All three |
| KEMPY | 16 | 17 | Collins · NWL |
| LYMPH | 15 | 16 | All three |
| NYMPH | 15 | 16 | All three |
| WIMPY | 15 | 16 | All three |
| HUMPH | 15 | 16 | All three |
| VAMPY | 15 | 17 | Collins · NWL |
| HUMPY | 15 | 16 | All three |
| HEMPY | 15 | 15 | All three |
| YAMPY | 15 | 15 | Collins only |
The M-P pair in the middle builds the -MP- blend, so CAMPS, LAMPS, JUMPS, PUMPS and DUMPS all carry it. A vowel fills slot two in 70 of the 74 matches, which means the frame reads ??mp? almost every time. The ending leans to S and Y, and eight matches are Wordle answers.
??MP? at a glance
- Seventy-four matches place M third and P fourth.
- A vowel fills the second slot in 70 of them.
- Thirty-seven end in S and 16 in Y.
- JUMPY and JIMPY tie at 19 points.
- Eight matches are Wordle answers.
The -MP- blend and the vowel before it
Nearly every match puts a vowel straight before the M. U leads with 23 words through JUMPY, LUMPS and BUMPS, A brings 16 around CAMPS and RAMPS, and I adds 12 in WIMPY and LIMPS. Fixing a vowel in slot two is close to automatic here, so spend your letters on the other end of the word.
The fourth slot stays P by definition, and the real split is the last letter. S ends 37 matches as a plural, and Y ends 16 as an adjective, which is why BUMPY, LUMPY, JUMPY and WIMPY all read as descriptions.
Wordle answers and the top scores
Eight matches are Wordle answers: DUMPY, HUMPH, JUMPY, LUMPY, LYMPH, NYMPH, TEMPO and WIMPY. Six of the eight end in Y or H, so the answer list crowds into the adjective and interjection shapes. JUMPY and JIMPY share the top score at 19, both driven by the J, and JUMPS follows on 16.
The Collins-only matches
Collins lists all 74 matches, NWL2023 carries 57 and ENABLE 54. Seventeen words appear in Collins alone, DAMPY, RUMPO and YAMPY among them, so confirm your own list before committing a turn to one.
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