7-letter words with E as the 1st letter and M as the 3rd letter

Only 13 tournament-dictionary entries fit the pattern E _ M _ _ _ _, and none is tagged as common. Nine have definitions, but several remain specialist vocabulary, and Collins accepts all 13 while NWL2023 takes four. The useful splits come from endings, dictionary coverage, and the doubled-M high scorers.

7-letter words with E as the 1st letter and M as the 3rd letter

• Exactly 13 seven-letter entries match E _ M _ _ _ _ in at least one tournament dictionary.
• Nine entries have definitions, while none is tagged as common.
• Six words end in D and five end in S; N and T each finish one word.
• EMMEWED and EMMOVED are the highest scorers, tied at 15 points.

Which words score highest?

EMMEWED and EMMOVED tie for the top score at 15 points each. EMMOVES follows at 14, while ELMWOOD, ENMEWED, and ENMOVED each score 13. The strongest entries share a repeated M or a less familiar ending, rather than an obvious everyday spelling.

That doubled-M shape is worth noticing: all three leaders, EMMEWED, EMMOVED, and EMMOVES, use two Ms. If your rack holds both, keep them together while checking possible endings instead of treating the second M as a spare tile.

Where do the matching words end?

Six entries finish in D, including ELMWOOD, EMMEWED, and ERMINED. Five end in S, among them ERMINES, EMMOVES, and EUMONGS. ERMELIN is the lone N-ending word, and ELMIEST is the lone T-ending word; keep those rare endings in mind when narrowing a board pattern.

For 7-letter words with E as the 1st letter and M as the 3rd letter, the narrowest practical filter may be dictionary coverage. Collins includes all 13 matches, but NWL2023 includes 4 and ENABLE includes 3. Check your game's word list before committing an unfamiliar candidate, since acceptance differs across those dictionaries.

The count is small, and no entry is tagged common, so this pattern is better for solving a fixed board than for building a list of familiar guesses. Try the final letter first: D and S account for nearly the whole set, while N and T point to single candidates.