6-letter words with M as the 4th letter and N as the 6th letter

The fixed pattern is _ _ _ M _ N: M sits in the fourth spot, and every match ends in N. Familiar choices such as COMMON, GERMAN, SALMON, and SERMON make the pattern easier to scan, but only 16 entries count as common. The larger set also includes less familiar forms and names, so check the word list used by your game.

How many 6-letter words have M fourth and N sixth?

• There are 176 six-letter matches for M in position four and N in position six.
• All 176 words end in N, while the first letter varies across the list.
• COMMON, GERMAN, BATMAN, SALMON, and SERMON are recognizable examples.
• Collins includes 173 matches, NWL2023 has 133, and ENABLE has 122; these counts overlap.
• B is the most frequent first letter with 19 matches; C and S have 16 each.

Which words fit the _ _ _ M _ N pattern?

COMMON shows how the pattern can land on an everyday word: its fourth letter is M and its final letter is N. GERMAN, SALMON, and SERMON fit the same slots, while BATMAN and NORMAN offer other familiar examples.

Several entries form recognizable groups rather than unrelated strings. BOWMAN, GUNMAN, HITMAN, and MADMAN share the -MAN ending; AIRMAN, AIRMEN, SEAMAN, and SEAMEN show related singular and plural forms. The middle letters still need checking: the pattern fixes only the fourth and sixth positions.

For a first-letter clue, start with B: 19 matches begin there, more than any other initial in the reported leading letters. C and S tie at 16 apiece, followed by A and G at 15 each.

Which pattern matches score well in Scrabble?

JASMIN, TAXMAN, EXAMEN, AXEMAN, and AXEMEN each score 15 points in Scrabble before board bonuses. Those options stand out because J, X, and the pair of A-and-X words push up the tile total; a premium square can change the final score further.

The average score across the matches is 10.4, so the top scorers sit well above the group’s typical value. A high face-value score does not make a word playable in every edition: the dictionaries differ, with Collins covering more entries here than NWL2023 or ENABLE.

Definitions exist for 144 of the 176 matches; the remaining entries are valid in at least one tournament dictionary but carry no definition.