6-letter words with U as the 2nd letter and M as the 4th letter

The fixed U and M leave four slots open, yet only 9 of the 58 matches rank among the most common English words. SUMMER, SUMMIT, and SUBMIT are easy to recognize; QUEMED and LUMMOX are less familiar but score higher. The gap between the narrow pattern and its varied vocabulary makes the first and last letters especially useful clues.

The U-second, M-fourth pattern in brief

• There are 58 matches across the tournament dictionaries.
• Only 9 matches rank among the top 25,000 English words by frequency.
• S leads the first-letter count with 11 words; G follows with 8.
• N is the most common final letter, appearing on 15 matches.
• Collins has 57 matches, compared with 37 in NWL2023 and 35 in ENABLE.

Which letters start and end the words?

S begins 11 matches, including SUMMER, SUMMIT, SUBMIT, and SUMMON. G starts 8, with GUNMAN and GUNMEN among the examples. The contrast is striking beside patterns with A or O second: those have 146 and 119 matches, respectively, compared with 58 for U.

N closes 15 words, while R closes 10 and S closes 9. SUMMON and GUNMAN illustrate the N ending; SUMMER, BUMMER, and HUMMER show the R group. When the final tile is known, checking these three endings first narrows the search without changing either fixed position.

Which 6-letter words with U second and M fourth score most?

QUEMED reaches 18 points, the highest score among these matches. LUMMOX and QUEMES each score 17; more familiar choices include HUMMED at 14 and BUMMED or HUMMUS at 13. The top of the scoring range is therefore less everyday than the recognizable SUMMER and SUBMIT.

Dictionary coverage is not identical: Collins accepts 57 matches, NWL2023 has 37, and ENABLE has 35. That difference matters most for obscure entries such as QUEMED. Check your game's word list before playing one; recognition alone does not guarantee acceptance across all three dictionaries.