6-letter words with I as the 3rd letter and M as the 4th letter

The pattern is __IM__: I takes the third spot and M the fourth, leaving two letters to begin and two to finish each word. Collins lists all 71 matches, while ENABLE has 61 and NWL2023 has 60. Only 9 qualify as common by frequency, so expect plenty of specialist vocabulary alongside recognizable words such as PRIMER and FLIMSY.

The __IM__ pattern at a glance

• The pattern has 71 tournament-dictionary matches; Collins has 71, ENABLE has 61, and NWL2023 has 60.
• ANIMAL, CLIMAX, PRIMER, and FLIMSY are familiar examples.
• WHIMMY tops the listed Scrabble scores at 19; CLIMAX, SKIMPY, and WHIMSY each score 17.
• The most frequent ending is S, with 28 words; Y comes next with 13.

Which starting letters appear most often?

C begins 17 matches, ahead of S with 13 and P with 9. A and G each start 7, while D starts 4. Examples show how varied those openings can be: CLIMBS, SWIMMY, PRIMED, ANIMUS, and GRIMLY all preserve the same middle pair.

The ending pattern is lopsided too: 28 words finish in S, more than twice the 13 ending in Y. That makes plural and verb forms such as CRIMES, CLIMBS, and PRIMES prominent, while WHIMSY and FLIMSY show the contrasting Y ending.

For a related clue, the I-third, N-fourth pattern has 250 matches, compared with 71 for I followed by M. Changing just that fourth letter opens up a much larger set; the M pattern is the narrower filter when both positions are fixed.

Collins includes 71 matches, but ENABLE and NWL2023 contain fewer. Check your game's word list before playing an entry that is unfamiliar, especially when a tournament dictionary matters.

6-letter words with I as the 3rd letter and M as the 4th letter