6-letter words with A as the 2nd letter and M as the 5th letter

Locking A into the second slot and M into the fifth gives you a narrow pattern: _A__M_. Only two matches rank among the top 25,000 English words by frequency, so familiar options are scarce. The remaining positions still offer a striking mix, from the everyday shape of MADAME to the less obvious GAZUMP and WAKAME.

How many 6-letter words have A second and M fifth?

• The pattern _A__M_ has 42 tournament-dictionary matches.
• Only two matches are among the top 25,000 English words by frequency.
• S is the final letter in 18 matches, making it the clear leader.
• H, M and P are the most common opening letters, with H ahead at seven.
• MADAME, SALAMI, PAJAMA and GAZUMP show how varied the pattern can look.

Which endings and opening letters appear most?

S dominates the final slot: 18 words end in S, more than twice the eight ending in A. E follows with seven, while I appears in four. If your puzzle has a confirmed final S, start with forms such as MAXIMS, MADAMS or CAROMS rather than testing endings at random.

H leads the first-letter count with seven matches. M and P each start six, and C starts five; together, those four letters account for more than half of the set. The arrangement is much tighter than the related pattern with E second and M fifth, which has 59 matches.

Which pattern matches score well in Scrabble?

GAZUMP tops the scoring list at 20 points, while MAZUMA reaches 19. MAXIMA, PAJAMA and MAXIMS each score 17, so a strong opening letter can matter more than the familiar-looking word. Keep GAZUMP in mind when your rack and board offer room for its high-value letters.

The score leader is not the safest guess for an ordinary word puzzle: just two entries are common by the frequency measure used here. This set combines entries from tournament dictionaries, and the accepted words can differ between games. Check your game's word list before banking on an obscure match.