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

R stays in the second slot and M in the fourth, leaving three positions to separate familiar words from specialist vocabulary. CRIME, PRIME, DRAMA, and FRAME are easy to spot; the overall set spans 57 tournament-dictionary entries, while just 12 rank among the top 25,000 English words by frequency. That gap matters more than the tidy pattern suggests: a matching shape does not make every entry equally familiar.

5-letter words with R 2nd and M 4th: quick facts

• The pattern has 57 words in the combined tournament-dictionary list.
• Collins includes 56 matches, NWL2023 includes 43, and ENABLE includes 41.
• Only 12 matches rank among the top 25,000 English words by frequency.
• C and P tie as the most common first letters, with 12 words each.
• FRUMP, PRIMY, and PREMY each score 12 points; the average score is 9.1.

Which first and final letters show up most?

Starting letters are unusually concentrated: C and P lead with 12 words apiece, followed by G with 9 and T with 8. When the first tile is unknown, C or P covers more candidates in this pattern than any other opening letter.

At the other end, E and S tie at 15 endings each, while P closes 10 words and A closes 7. The final slot can narrow your choices, but it does not point to just one answer.

CRIME, PRIME, and FRAME end in E; DRUMS and GRAMS end in S; CRAMP and TRAMP end in P. Sorting examples by their final letter keeps known tiles in place without treating every match as equally familiar.

The Wordle answer subset contains 15 matches, compared with 57 allowed guesses for this pattern. The 12 common words offer familiar candidates, but a confirmed R and M still leave less familiar options. Use a revealed first or fifth letter before settling on a guess.

For rack play, FRUMP leads at 12 points. The 11-point group includes CRAMP, CRUMB, GRIMY, CRUMP, CRIMP, PRIMP, and FREMD, so a less familiar word can outscore an obvious choice.

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