6-letter words with M as the 1st letter and P as the 3rd letter

The pattern fixes M in slot one and P in slot three, leaving four positions to distinguish the entries. Familiar-looking matches include mapped, mopped, moping, and maples, but just one qualifies as common. Collins includes 16 of the 17 words, while ENABLE includes 13 and NWL2023 includes 14; the three tournament dictionaries therefore have different totals for this pattern.

At a glance: counts, endings, and scores

• Seventeen entries fit both fixed positions, with M at the start and P in slot three.
• Mopoke leads the Scrabble scores at 14; mapped, mopped, mopery, mopish, and mopily each score 13.
• Collins lists 16 matches, NWL2023 lists 14, and ENABLE lists 13, so acceptance depends on the game.
• R and S tie as final letters, with three words apiece; D, E, T, and Y each appear twice.
• Only one match is common, while examples such as mopane and mopani are far less familiar.

Which 6-letter words have M first and P third?

The 17 matches include mapped, muppet, maples, mopped, moping, mapper, and mopeds. Those recognizable entries sit beside forms such as moppet, mopper, mopane, and mopani, giving the pattern a mix of familiar-looking words and specialist vocabulary. Several are inflected forms: mapped and mopped take -ed, while maples and mopeds end in -s.

Check the final letter before guessing a whole word: R and S lead with three matches each, while D, E, T, and Y each have two. The remaining endings are G and H, one apiece, so this group spans eight different final letters.

The seven-letter version with the same M-and-P positions has 19 matches, only two more than this six-letter set. That small increase despite an extra slot is a reminder that adding a letter does not always create a much broader candidate pool.

Which matches score highest in Scrabble?

Mopoke tops the score list at 14 points. Mapped, mopped, mopery, mopish, and mopily each score 13, while muppet, mapper, moppet, and mopper score 12; those are the highest scorers named among the 17 matches.

Among 6-letter words with M as the 1st letter and P as the 3rd letter, mopoke leads at 14, but dictionary coverage remains the practical check. The three lists differ by as many as three entries, so confirm an unfamiliar word against the rules your game uses before playing.