7-letter words with C as the 2nd letter and M as the 5th letter

The fixed pattern is _C__M__, leaving only 21 tournament-dictionary entries. Seventeen begin with S, and just one is common by word frequency. That makes this a narrow crossword-style filter, not a pool of everyday vocabulary. Examples cluster around SCHEM- and SCR- spellings, so checking the other letters matters more than guessing from a broad word family.

At a glance: the C-and-M pattern

• There are 21 seven-letter matches with C second and M fifth.
• S starts 17 entries; A and E start two each.
• Seven words end in S, while D is the next most common final letter with four.
• Only one entry is common by word frequency, so many matches are specialist vocabulary.

How many 7-letter words with C 2nd and M 5th are common?

Only one of the 21 matches is common by word frequency. SCHEMES, SCAMMED, SCAMMER, and SCHEMAS are recognizable examples, but the pattern also admits less familiar forms such as SCRUMMY and SCRUMPY.

The heavy S lead is a useful solving clue: test S first when the opening tile is unknown. For comparison, changing the second letter to E gives 132 matches, and A gives 124. The C version is unusually tight, so a familiar-looking fragment can narrow the remaining choices quickly.

Which matching word scores highest?

ECZEMAS leads the Scrabble scoring entries at 20 points, ahead of SCRUMMY, SCRUMPY, and SCRIMPY at 16 each. SCHEMED and ACCOMPT score 15 apiece. The top scorer is not the most familiar choice, so keep the board position and your confidence in the word in view.

For 7-letter words with C 2nd and M 5th, dictionary coverage is another constraint: Collins contains all 21 matches, while NWL2023 has 14 and ENABLE has 11. A word accepted in one game may not carry over to another; check the word list your game uses before committing an obscure entry.