6-letter words with I as the 1st letter and M as the 2nd letter

The fixed opening IM narrows the search to a compact group: just 60 words qualify. Seven are common, so familiar choices such as IMPACT, IMAGES, and IMMUNE sit alongside less everyday entries. If you have the first two letters from a puzzle, the endings and dictionary coverage can help narrow your options.

The IM pattern at a glance

• There are 60 six-letter matches beginning with IM.
• IMPACT, IMAGES, IMMUNE, IMPORT, and IMPOSE are among the recognizable examples.
• The most frequent ending is S, with 17 words; E follows with 14.
• Seven of the 60 words are common by the word-frequency measure.
• IMBIZO leads the listed high scorers at 19 points.
• Five matches end in T, and four each end in D and K.

How many IM words appear in each dictionary?

Collins contains 59 of these words, compared with 45 in NWL2023 and 43 in ENABLE. That makes the Collins list nearly complete for this pattern, while the other two lists leave out more entries.

The lists overlap, so those counts are not separate piles to add together. For a tournament move, check the word against your game's dictionary; a word accepted in Collins is not automatically accepted in NWL2023 or ENABLE.

Which IM words score highest, and what should you watch?

IMBIZO scores 19 points, ahead of IMBREX and IMPLEX at 17 each. Those unusual words can offer strong Scrabble scores, but they are much less familiar than IMPACT or IMPORT. Confirm the word is valid in your game's list before committing to it.

The ending pattern also helps: 17 matches finish in S and 14 finish in E, while only five end in T. Compared with the 192 six-letter words beginning IN, the IM opening is far narrower. The 60 six-letter words with I first and M second include both everyday words and specialist plays, so use the familiar examples first when solving a clue.