6-letter words with M as the 2nd letter and L as the 6th letter

The fixed pattern is _M___L: M must sit second, and L must close the word. AMORAL and AMYTAL are two recognizable examples among the 13 tournament-dictionary entries. Their starting letters vary, but none of the entries falls among the 25,000 most common English words tracked by word frequency.

How many 6-letter words have M second and L last?

• Exactly 13 tournament-dictionary words match _M___L.
• All 13 entries appear in Collins.
• Four entries appear in ENABLE, and four appear in NWL2023.
• A, E, U, I, and O start the matching words; A and E lead with four each.
• Seven of the 13 entries have definitions.

Which matching words score the most?

AMYTAL leads the scoring group at 11 Scrabble points. UMBRAL, UMBREL, EMBAIL, EMBALL, EMBOIL, UMBRIL, EMPARL, and IMPARL each score 10, so AMYTAL has a one-point edge over that cluster.

AMORAL and AMIDOL sit lower in the scoring examples, at 8 and 9 points respectively. The average score across the pattern is 9.5. The unusual spelling AMYTAL is worth checking against your rack: its Y supplies more points than the common letters in AMORAL.

What should you know before using these words?

Only four entries appear in ENABLE and four in NWL2023, compared with all 13 in Collins. That split matters in tournament play: a Collins-valid answer can still fail in a North American game. Check the word list used at your table rather than assuming every entry travels across dictionaries.

The opening letters narrow the search: four words start with A, four with E, and three with U; only one each starts with I or O. With M and L already fixed, try those three leading-letter groups before testing rarer starts.

For 6-letter words with M as the 2nd letter and L as the 6th letter, the main limitation is familiarity: none ranks among the top 25,000 common words. Use the pattern to solve a specific clue, not as a source of everyday vocabulary.