7-letter words with D as the 3rd letter and M as the 4th letter

The fixed pair is easy to spot in CADMIUM: its third and fourth letters are D and M. But the rest of these words vary sharply, from BEDMATE and ENDMOST to less familiar entries such as BADMASH and WADMAAL. All 13 match the pattern in at least one tournament dictionary, though they do not all share the same dictionary coverage.

7-letter words with D as the 3rd letter and M as the 4th letter

• Exactly 13 tournament-dictionary words put D in position three and M in position four.
• Five begin with W and three with B; C, D, E, M, and O each start one.
• Four end in S and three in T; H and L each appear as the final letter twice.
• BADMASH and BUDMASH lead the scores at 15 points apiece.
• CADMIUM scores 14, while BEDMATE and MIDMOST each score 12.

Which openings dominate this pattern?

W is the leading first letter, with five matches; B follows with three. The other five opening letters—C, D, E, M, and O—appear just once each. If your crossing gives you a W or B, test those openings first.

The endings cluster more tightly: S closes four words and T closes three, while H and L each close two. For a crossword or rack, sketch the pattern as _ _ D M _ _ _ first, then use your known final letter to narrow the options.

CADMIUM gives the fixed pair a familiar anchor, while BEDMATE, ENDMOST, and ODDMENT show how much the surrounding letters can change. The list has no common entries by our frequency cutoff, so a recognizable-looking fit is not automatically an everyday word.

Which matches score best, and where do dictionaries differ?

BADMASH and BUDMASH tie for the top score at 15, one point ahead of CADMIUM at 14. The less familiar pair beats the recognizable chemical name, a useful reminder to compare tile values rather than guess from how ordinary a word looks.

For 7-letter words with D as the 3rd letter and M as the 4th letter, dictionary coverage is uneven: Collins includes all 13, while ENABLE and NWL2023 each include 10. Three matches therefore do not appear in every listed tournament lexicon.

WADMAAL, WADMALS, WADMELS, WADMOLL, and WADMOLS each score 13. Those W-starting entries account for the pattern's largest opening group, but their less familiar forms make them poor assumptions for a casual game. Check your game's word list before using a disputed entry.