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

The pattern is _M___T: M stays in slot two, and the final T never changes. The openings do: I supplies five words and A supplies four, while E, S, U and O account for the rest. Only four entries are common by frequency, so familiar solves such as AMOUNT and IMPACT stand out from a mostly specialist pool.

At a glance: the M-to-T pattern

• All 16 matches put M in slot two and T in slot six.
• I starts five words and A starts four, together accounting for nine matches.
• AMOUNT, IMPACT and two other entries rank among the four common words.
• IMPACT and SMIGHT tie for the highest Scrabble score at 12 points.

How many words fit this six-letter pattern?

Six-letter words with M as the 2nd letter and T as the 6th letter number 16 in the tournament-dictionary set. Every candidate ends in T; the variable clue is the first letter, where I leads with five matches and A follows with four.

Start with AMOUNT or IMPACT when you need familiar candidates, then try IMPORT, AMIDST or IMPART. Those recognizable choices stand out in a pool where only four entries rank among the top 25,000 English words by frequency.

The opening letter narrows the search faster than the fixed ending. Once I and A are ruled out, the remaining starts are E, S, U and O; O contributes just one word, while E, S and U each contribute two.

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

IMPACT and SMIGHT tie at 12 points, making them the top Scrabble scorers in this group. UMWELT follows at 11, while IMPORT, IMPART and IMPOST each score 10. When a board offers a premium square, compare the letter placement before choosing the more familiar word.

The dictionary split is worth checking: Collins lists all 16 matches, while ENABLE and NWL2023 each list 10. A word accepted in one game may not carry over to another, so check your game's word list before relying on the less familiar entries.

For a quick solve, test AMOUNT and IMPACT first, then use the opening-letter counts to guide less obvious guesses. The shape is strict, but the small number of common words means a familiar-looking answer is not guaranteed.