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

The pattern is _O_M_, with three open slots to solve. Forms, rooms, poems, and worms are recognizable choices, while entries such as homme and holme are less familiar; just 13 matches rank among the commonest English words. Endings sharply narrow the set: S leads, followed by Y and A.

The O-M pattern at a glance

• 56 tournament-listed words match the _O_M_ pattern.
• Forms and rooms are familiar examples, and both end in S.
• 25 entries end in S, compared with 13 ending in Y.
• C starts 9 matches, just ahead of D with 8.
• Zooms and qorma lead the scoring list at 16 points apiece.

How many 5-letter words have O second and M fourth?

There are 56 matches, but only 13 rank among the commonest English words. Forms, rooms, poems, and norms are recognizable; homme and holme are less everyday choices. The corresponding O-second, E-fourth pattern has 436 matches, making M a much tighter constraint.

Endings are a strong filter: 25 entries end in S, 13 in Y, and 10 in A; just two end in O and one in B. C begins 9 matches, D begins 8, and R begins 5. The R-second/M-fourth sibling pattern has 57 matches, one more than this set.

Which matches score well, and which are accepted?

Zooms and qorma score 16 points each before board bonuses; mommy scores 14, while foamy and wormy score 13. The average is 9.9. Zooms is a familiar high scorer, but qorma shows why checking an unfamiliar play against your game's word list matters.

Coverage differs by dictionary: Collins includes 54 matches, NWL2023 includes 41, and ENABLE includes 34. The 56 total means a match is not guaranteed across game lists. Of these pattern matches, 5 are Wordle answers and 55 are allowed guesses, so an accepted guess does not automatically identify a possible solution.