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6-letter words ending in M

The 347 6-letter words ending in M run from everyday SYSTEM and MUSEUM to the 24-point JIMJAM, with S the commonest first letter.

347 wordsTop pick SYSTEMHighest score JIMJAM 24

44 of 347 are everyday words (13%). A mix of familiar words and game-only finds.

S ends the most 6-letter words (6,527); Q ends the fewest (1). M ranks #12 of 26. The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

Common words 44 · most-used first

Showing the top 43 of 44 common words. See every valid word

All valid words 347

A to Z. Includes rare and Collins-only words. Linked tiles open the word's meaning, score and rhymes.

  • ABLOOM10
  • ACETUM10
  • ADDEEM10
  • ADDOOM10
  • ADYTUM12
  • AECIUM10
  • AFFIRM14
  • AGEISM9
  • AGLEAM9
  • ALARUM8
  • ALLIUM8
  • AMOMUM12
  • AMYLUM13
  • ANADEM9
  • ANONYM11
  • ANTHEM11
  • ANTRUM8
  • APEDOM11
  • APOZEM19
  • ASARUM8
  • ASHRAM11
  • ASWARM11
  • ASYLUM11
  • ATRIUM8
  • AUDISM9
  • AUTISM8
  • BAALIM10
  • BALSAM10
  • BANTAM10
  • BARIUM10
  • BAZOOM19
  • BECALM12
  • BEDLAM11
  • BEFLUM13
  • BEFOAM13
  • BEGRIM11
  • BELDAM11
  • BESEEM10
  • BETEEM10
  • BETRIM10
  • BEWORM13
  • BIFORM13
  • BIVIUM13
  • BONHAM13
  • BONISM10
  • BOOJUM17
  • BOTTOM10
  • BUNKUM14
  • BYROOM13
  • CAECUM12
  • CAPCOM14
  • CARROM10
  • CENTUM10
  • CERIUM10
  • CESIUM10
  • CHIASM13
  • CHRISM13
  • CILIUM10
  • CIVISM13
  • COELOM10
  • CONDOM11
  • CONIUM10
  • COPALM12
  • CORIUM10
  • CRINUM10
  • CUBISM12
  • CUNDUM11
  • CUPRUM12
  • CURIUM10
  • CUSTOM10
  • DADGUM11
  • DEFOAM12
  • DEFORM12
  • DEGERM10
  • DEPERM11
  • DERHAM12
  • DEWORM12
  • DIADEM10
  • DIATOM9
  • DICTUM11
  • DINKUM13
  • DIRDAM10
  • DIRDUM10
  • DIRHAM12
  • DIRHEM12
  • DISARM9
  • DODGEM11
  • DOGDOM11
  • DOLIUM9
  • DORSUM9
  • DOTCOM11
  • DRACHM14
  • DUDISM10
  • DUMDUM12
  • DURDUM10
  • ECHIUM13
  • EGOISM9
  • EMBALM12
  • EMBLEM12
  • ENCALM10
  • ENFORM11
  • ENGRAM9
  • ENSEAM8
  • EONISM8
  • EPONYM13
  • ERBIUM10
  • ERUVIM11
  • ESTEEM8
  • ESTRUM8
  • EXACUM17
  • EXONYM18
  • FACTUM13
  • FANDOM12
  • FANTOM11
  • FATHOM14
  • FAVISM14
  • FERBAM13
  • FERRUM11
  • FIGJAM19
  • FOGRAM12
  • FOLIUM11
  • FRENUM11
  • FULHAM14
  • FULLAM11
  • GNETUM9
  • GODDAM11
  • GONIUM9
  • GRAHAM12
  • GRANUM9
  • GYPSUM14
  • HAKEEM15
  • HAMMAM15
  • HANSOM11
  • HAREEM11
  • HELIUM11
  • HOLISM11
  • HUMHUM16
  • HUMMUM15
  • HYLISM14
  • HYPNUM16
  • IBIDEM11
  • IDOLUM9
  • IMBALM12
  • INDIUM9
  • INFIRM11
  • INFORM11
  • INGRAM9
  • INGRUM9
  • INSEAM8
  • INSEEM8
  • IODISM9
  • IONIUM8
  • ITERUM8
  • JETSAM15
  • JETSOM15
  • JIMJAM24
  • JISSOM15
  • KABOOM14
  • KALIUM12
  • KHANUM15
  • KHILIM15
  • KOOKUM16
  • KRATOM12
  • KUMKUM18
  • LABIUM10
  • LABRUM10
  • LACTAM10
  • LAXISM15
  • LEHAIM11
  • LIGNUM9
  • LINGAM9
  • LISSOM8
  • LOGJAM16
  • LOLIUM8
  • LUTEUM8
  • LYCEUM13
  • LYRISM11
  • MADTOM11
  • MAGISM11
  • MAGNUM11
  • MAIHEM13
  • MALISM10
  • MALLAM10
  • MANDOM11
  • MARRAM10
  • MARRUM10
  • MAYHEM16
  • MEDIUM11
  • MEGOHM14
  • MEGRIM11
  • MENTUM10
  • MERISM10
  • MESTOM10
  • MILIUM10
  • MINIUM10
  • MISAIM10
  • MOMISM12
  • MONISM10
  • MONTEM10
  • MULTUM10
  • MURRAM10
  • MUSEUM10
  • MUTISM10
  • MUTUUM10
  • NANISM8
  • NAPALM10
  • NICKUM14
  • NINCOM10
  • NINCUM10
  • NOMISM10
  • NONCOM10
  • NUDISM9
  • OBEISM10
  • OBIISM10
  • OGRISM9
  • OIDIUM9
  • OMASUM10
  • OMNIUM10
  • ORGASM9
  • OSMIUM10
  • OSTIUM8
  • OUTSUM8
  • PABLUM12
  • PACTUM12
  • PAINIM10
  • PAPISM12
  • PARTIM10
  • PASHIM13
  • PASSIM10
  • PAYNIM13
  • PELHAM13
  • PELLUM10
  • PENSUM10
  • PEPLUM12
  • PHENOM13
  • PHLEGM14
  • PHLOEM13
  • PHYLUM16
  • PILEUM10
  • PLENUM10
  • PODIUM11
  • POGROM11
  • POMPOM14
  • PORISM10
  • POSSUM10
  • PREARM10
  • PRELIM10
  • PURISM10
  • QUIDAM18
  • QUORUM17
  • QUOTUM17
  • RACISM10
  • RADIUM9
  • RANDEM9
  • RANDOM9
  • RANSOM8
  • RECTUM10
  • REDEEM9
  • REFILM11
  • REFORM11
  • REGNUM9
  • REPLUM10
  • RESTEM8
  • RETEAM8
  • RETRIM8
  • REWARM11
  • RHYTHM17
  • ROMCOM12
  • RUMDUM11
  • SACHEM13
  • SACRUM10
  • SADISM9
  • SALAAM8
  • SANTIM8
  • SATCOM10
  • SCHELM13
  • SCHISM13
  • SCHTUM13
  • SCRAWM13
  • SCREAM10
  • SCUTUM10
  • SELDOM9
  • SEMSEM10
  • SENSUM8
  • SEPIUM10
  • SEPTUM10
  • SEXISM15
  • SHALOM11
  • SHAZAM20
  • SHOLOM11
  • SHROOM11
  • SHTOOM11
  • SHTUMM13
  • SIGLUM9
  • SIMOOM10
  • SITCOM10
  • SIZISM17
  • SKELUM12
  • SLALOM8
  • SODIUM9
  • SPIREM10
  • SPUTUM10
  • SQUIRM17
  • STATIM8
  • STREAM8
  • STROAM8
  • SUBGUM11
  • SYNCOM13
  • SYSTEM11
  • TALCUM10
  • TANDEM9
  • TECTUM10
  • TEDIUM9
  • TELESM8
  • TELIUM8
  • TERGUM9
  • THAIRM11
  • THEISM11
  • THIRAM11
  • TOMIUM10
  • TRUISM8
  • UNFIRM11
  • UNFORM11
  • UNHELM11
  • UNICOM10
  • UNICUM10
  • UNSEAM8
  • UNTEAM8
  • UNTRIM8
  • VACUUM13
  • VAGROM12
  • VALLUM11
  • VAROOM11
  • VELLUM11
  • VERISM11
  • VICTIM13
  • VISCUM13
  • WABOOM13
  • WAMPUM15
  • WEBCAM15
  • WHILOM14
  • WIGWAM15
  • WISDOM12
  • XENIUM15
  • YESSUM11
  • YOGISM12
  • ZYTHUM23
Letters by positionIn 36% of these words the 5th letter is U.
1st letter
  1. S12%
  2. M8%
  3. A7%
2nd letter
  1. A18%
  2. E18%
  3. O11%
3rd letter
  1. R10%
  2. N10%
  3. L9%
4th letter
  1. I24%
  2. T10%
  3. R8%
5th letter
  1. U36%
  2. O14%
  3. A13%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
Score spreadMost of these words score 10 in Scrabble; JIMJAM tops the list with 24. Scores before board bonuses.
  1. 88 points: 37 words
  2. 9 points: 36 words
  3. 1010 points: 94 words
  4. 11 points: 63 words
  5. 1212 points: 32 words
  6. 13 points: 34 words
  7. 1414 points: 15 words
  8. 15 points: 14 words
  9. 1616 points: 6 words
  10. 17 points: 7 words
  11. 1818 points: 3 words
  12. 19 points: 3 words
  13. 2020 points: 1 words
  14. 21 points: 0 words
  15. 2222 points: 0 words
  16. 23 points: 1 words
  17. 2424 points: 1 words
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
JIMJAM2430Collins only
ZYTHUM2323Collins only
SHAZAM2020Collins · NWL
BAZOOM1921NWL only
FIGJAM1923Collins only
APOZEM1921Collins only
KUMKUM1822NWL only
QUIDAM1820Collins only
EXONYM1819Collins · NWL
RHYTHM1715All three
QUORUM1720All three
SQUIRM1719All three

A final M is a clean clue for crosswords and a useful anchor for Scrabble racks, because it narrows six letters to a manageable 347. Most of the words you already know fall into four or five endings, and the rest are rarities worth a quick scan before a big board play. The list below sorts them by what a player can actually use: the common endings first, then the scorers, then the dictionary limits.

Six-letter M-enders at a glance

  • 347 words end in M, and 44 of them are common by everyday frequency.
  • S opens the most (40), ahead of M (27), A and P (26 each) and D (25).
  • JIMJAM scores 24, then ZYTHUM at 23 and SHAZAM at 20.
  • 263 of the 347 have a definition in the lexicon; the average score is 11.2.
  • The 7-letter version of this list holds 476 words; the 5-letter one holds 180.

Which letter pairs lead into the final M?

Four patterns carry the familiar words. Six end in -UM, such as MUSEUM, MEDIUM, VACUUM, asylum, sodium and podium. Six more end in -OM: BOTTOM, RANDOM, WISDOM, custom, seldom and ransom.

Add -EM for system and anthem, -ORM for reform and inform, and -ISM for racism and autism. If you hold an I and an S plus the M, the -ISM family is the first thing to try.

What is the highest-scoring 6-letter word ending in M?

JIMJAM scores 24 points in Scrabble before board bonuses. It uses two Js worth 8 each, which is why it beats ZYTHUM (23), a Collins word for an ancient Egyptian beer, by a single point.

SHAZAM takes third at 20, and BAZOOM and FIGJAM tie at 19. Each of these leans on a J or Z, so a rack without a heavy tile will not reach them. Without one, an ordinary word like MUSEUM or STREAM is the realistic play, since the average word on this list scores only 11.2 points anyway.

Are all 347 playable in your game?

No. Collins accepts 332 of them, NWL2023 accepts 255 and ENABLE accepts 226, so the same rack can score in one app and fail in another.

Stick to the familiar words when a challenge is possible, and check your game's word list before you play a rarity such as ZYTHUM or APOZEM.

A fast way to use the M

Tip

Put the M last and test the vowel before it. U gives MUSEUM and PODIUM, O gives BOTTOM and RANDOM, and E gives SYSTEM.

Questions people ask

How many 6-letter words end in M?
There are 347 six-letter words ending in M across the three tournament dictionaries. Collins accepts 332 of them, NWL2023 accepts 255 and ENABLE accepts 226, so the exact count depends on your game's word list.
Which first letter starts the most 6-letter words ending in M?
S starts the most, with 40 words, followed by M with 27 and A and P with 26 each. Examples are SYSTEM, SODIUM and staples such as SCREAM, so a leading S is the best opening guess.
How many 6-letter M-ending words are common English words?
Only 44 of the 347 sit in the top 25,000 English words by frequency, and 263 have a definition. SYSTEM, BOTTOM, MUSEUM, STREAM and MEDIUM are the ones you will meet most often.
What is the best Scrabble play for a 6-letter word ending in M?
JIMJAM scores 24 points, the highest on the list, and ZYTHUM is next at 23. For a word every player accepts, RHYTHM scores 17 and needs no vowel at all.

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