7-letter words with D as the 1st letter and M as the 6th letter

The pattern is D _ _ _ _ M _: D opens the word, and M sits in the sixth position. The matches range from familiar choices such as DIPLOMA and DILEMMA to less common entries like DINKUMS. Their endings are notably uneven: 23 of the 36 finish with S, while just 3 meet the common-word frequency cutoff.

The pattern at a glance

• Thirty-six seven-letter entries match D _ _ _ _ M _ across the tournament dictionaries.
• Collins contains 35 matches and NWL2023 contains 26; those counts overlap, so they are not additive.
• Twenty-three end in S; the other endings are E (6), A (5), B (1), and N (1).
• Only 3 meet the common-word cutoff; DRACHMA and DRACHMS tie for the top score at 15.

Which 7-letter words with D first and M sixth are familiar?

DIPLOMA, DILEMMA, and DIORAMA finish with A; DAYTIME ends in E, while DIATOMS closes in S. Each fits the fixed letter positions, but the final two letters vary, so knowing the D and M alone does not settle the last tile.

The S ending stands out in the results: 23 matches end that way, compared with 6 ending in E and 5 in A. Examples such as DIATOMS, DIRHAMS, DISARMS, and DEFORMS show the range of words in that larger group.

Only 3 of the 36 matches are common under the frequency cutoff. That makes familiar examples worth checking first, but it also means a pattern match is not a promise that an entry will be accepted in your game.

Compare neighboring patterns and scoring

Changing the first letter while keeping M sixth makes a bigger list: 59 seven-letter words start with S and have M sixth, compared with 36 here. M-first words with M sixth number 41. Those comparisons show how tightly the opening letter narrows this pattern.

For scoring, DRACHMA and DRACHMS lead at 15 points each. DINKUMS follows at 14, while DAYTIME, DIRHAMS, and DEFORMS score 13 apiece. The top scorer is not necessarily the easiest play: unfamiliar entries need a dictionary check, and Collins has 35 matches against NWL2023's 26.