6-letter words with E as the 3rd letter and M as the 6th letter
6-letter words with E as the 3rd letter and M as the 6th letter: 15 matches, and every one ends in M.
With E in 3rd place, S is the most common 6th letter (459 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.
Best words to play first
- PLENUM10
- PHENOM13
- THEISM11
- PRELIM10
- AGEISM9
- CAECUM12
- COELOM10
- FRENUM11
- ITERUM8
- ACETUM10
- APEDOM11
- GNETUM9
- OBEISM10
- PREARM10
- SKELUM12
All valid words 15
- ACETUM10
- AGEISM9
- APEDOM11
- CAECUM12
- COELOM10
- FRENUM11
- GNETUM9
- ITERUM8
- OBEISM10
- PHENOM13
- PLENUM10
- PREARM10
- PRELIM10
- SKELUM12
- THEISM11
Highest-scoring words
| Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Dictionaries |
|---|---|---|---|
| PHENOM | 13 | 15 | All three |
| CAECUM | 12 | 16 | All three |
| SKELUM | 12 | 15 | Collins only |
| THEISM | 11 | 11 | All three |
| FRENUM | 11 | 14 | All three |
| APEDOM | 11 | 13 | Collins only |
| PLENUM | 10 | 15 | All three |
| PRELIM | 10 | 13 | All three |
| COELOM | 10 | 13 | All three |
| ACETUM | 10 | 13 | All three |
| PREARM | 10 | 12 | All three |
| OBEISM | 10 | 12 | Collins only |
This pattern has a tight answer set: the third slot is E, the final slot is M, and only 15 tournament-dictionary words fit. The opening letters narrow the choices further: P begins four entries, A begins three, and C begins two. PHENOM is the top scorer, while the frequency check marks none of the matches as common.
6-letter words with E as the 3rd letter and M as the 6th letter
- There are 15 matching words, and all 15 finish with M.
- P is the most frequent first letter, starting four entries; A starts three.
- PHENOM leads the score list at 13 points; CAECUM and SKELUM each score 12.
- Collins includes 14 matches, NWL2023 includes 12, and ENABLE includes 11.
Which starting letters appear most often?
P leads with four words: PLENUM, PHENOM, PRELIM and PREARM. A follows with AGEISM, ACETUM and APEDOM, while CAECUM and COELOM give C two entries. The other five first letters—F, G, I, O and S—each occur once.
That distribution makes the first slot a useful filter after you lock E into position three and M into position six. A guess beginning with P covers more candidates than one beginning with any of the five single-entry letters, but the four P words still differ in their middle letters.
Which matches score well, and where are the limits?
PHENOM tops the scoring order at 13 points. CAECUM and SKELUM share second place at 12, followed by THEISM, FRENUM and APEDOM at 11 each. The average score across the matches is 10.4, so the leading word stands above an already solid set of tile values.
For 6-letter words with E as the 3rd letter and M as the 6th letter, dictionary coverage is not universal: Collins lists 14, NWL2023 lists 12, and ENABLE lists 11. The frequency check classifies zero as common, so expect unfamiliar entries such as FRENUM, CAECUM and SKELUM. Check your game's word list before relying on a match.
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