6-letter words with O as the 2nd letter and M as the 3rd letter

With O fixed in slot two and M in slot three, the pattern has familiar choices but an uneven spread. C starts 45 of the 156 matches, while T starts 16. COMING, MOMENT, COMMON, and COMEDY are recognizable options; BOMBYX shows how an unusual entry can still matter when you are playing for tile points.

What stands out in this letter pattern?

• The pattern has 156 six-letter matches found in at least one tournament dictionary.
• C is the leading first letter with 45 words; T follows with 16.
• S is the most common ending at 39 words, ahead of E at 21 and T at 16.
• Only 19 entries rank among the 25,000 most frequent English words; COMING, MOMENT, and COMMON are familiar examples.

How many 6-letter words have O second and M third?

The answer depends on which tournament dictionary your game accepts: 153 matches appear in Collins, 120 in NWL2023, and 105 in ENABLE. The total of 156 counts words found in at least one of those dictionaries, so a word accepted in one list is not automatically accepted in another.

The common examples show several ways the pattern works: COMING and COMMIT start with C, while DOMAIN starts with D and ZOMBIE starts with Z. The 19 frequent entries are a small slice of the total, so less familiar candidates deserve a dictionary check before you play.

Which endings and scores are worth noticing?

For 6-letter words with O second and M third, a final S is the strongest ending clue: 39 words end in S, compared with 21 ending in E. That makes S a useful filter when solving, but it does not identify a single word; COMMON and COMICS both fit the frame and finish with S.

BOMBYX leads the score examples at 22 points. ZOMBIE, BOMBAX, ZOMBIS, MOMZER, and COMMIX each score 19, while COMPLY scores 15. The counterintuitive lesson is that the most familiar candidates are not necessarily the strongest tile plays; check the accepted word list before relying on a rarer scorer.