7-letter words with I as the 2nd letter and M as the 4th letter

That pattern fixes two slots, _ I _ M _ _ _, while leaving five letters open. Tournament-dictionary coverage ranges from 59 entries in ENABLE to 83 in Collins; NWL2023 contains 61. Only 7 matches fall among the commonest English words by word frequency, so familiar words such as DIAMOND share space with less familiar forms.

The pattern at a glance

• Exactly 83 tournament-dictionary words fit _ I _ M _ _ _.
• Collins covers 83; NWL2023 has 61 and ENABLE has 59.
• Only 7 matches count as common by frequency.
• 30 end in S; the next two endings are E (14) and T (13).

7-letter words with I as the 2nd letter and M as the 4th letter

These words most often begin with D, F, or M: 17 start with D, 14 with F, and 11 with M. DIAMOND and DISMISS anchor the D group; FILMING and FIGMENT give recognizable F examples. When you know the first letter, D and F are the strongest places to test among the open slots.

Final letters are less evenly spread: S closes 30 matches, E closes 14, and T closes 13, so S beats E and T combined by 3. SIMMERS demonstrates an S ending, while DIAMOND shows why a familiar word can end elsewhere. Not every S ending is a plural: DISMISS is a verb.

The fourth-letter constraint is selective: changing M to T yields 314 matches, while changing it to L gives 274. Once M is confirmed, focus on the remaining slots instead of testing those larger neighboring patterns.

Which matching words score the most?

MIZMAZE leads the scoring list at 29 points, followed by JIMMINY at 21 and ZIMMERS at 20. GIMMICK scores 18 and is a more familiar option; MIZMAZE leads it by 11 points. Treat these figures as word scores before board-square effects, not guaranteed turn totals.

Dictionary coverage matters when choosing a play: Collins contains 83 matches, compared with 61 in NWL2023 and 59 in ENABLE. With just 7 common entries, many matches are specialized. Check your game's word list before playing an unfamiliar form; a word accepted by one tournament list may be absent from another.