7-letter words with M as the 1st letter and A as the 2nd letter

536 seven-letter words with M in position 1 and A in position 2 match, including MARRIED, MANAGER, MACHINE.

536 wordsTop pick MARRIEDHighest score MAZZARD 28

64 of 536 are everyday words (12%). A mix of familiar words and game-only finds.

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With M in 1st place, A is the most common 2nd letter (536 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Common words 64 · most-used first

Showing the top 48 of 64 common words. See every valid word

All valid words 536

A to Z. Includes rare and Collins-only words. Linked tiles open the word's meaning, score and rhymes.

  • MAATJES16
  • MABELAS11
  • MACABER13
  • MACABRE13
  • MACACOS13
  • MACADAM14
  • MACAQUE20
  • MACARON11
  • MACCHIA16
  • MACCHIE16
  • MACERAL11
  • MACHACA16
  • MACHAIR14
  • MACHANS14
  • MACHERS14
  • MACHETE14
  • MACHINE14
  • MACHREE14
  • MACHZOR23
  • MACKLED16
  • MACKLES15
  • MACOYAS14
  • MACRAME13
  • MACRAMI13
  • MACRONS11
  • MACULAE11
  • MACULAR11
  • MACULAS11
  • MACULED12
  • MACULES11
  • MACUMBA15
  • MADAFUS13
  • MADAMED13
  • MADAMES12
  • MADCAPS14
  • MADDENS11
  • MADDERS11
  • MADDEST11
  • MADDING12
  • MADDISH14
  • MADDOCK17
  • MADEIRA10
  • MADISON10
  • MADLING11
  • MADNESS10
  • MADONNA10
  • MADOQUA19
  • MADRASA10
  • MADRONA10
  • MADRONE10
  • MADRONO10
  • MADTOMS12
  • MADUROS10
  • MADWORT13
  • MADZOON19
  • MAELIDS10
  • MAENADS10
  • MAESTRI9
  • MAESTRO9
  • MAFFIAS15
  • MAFFICK21
  • MAFFLED16
  • MAFFLIN15
  • MAFIOSI12
  • MAFIOSO12
  • MAFTIRS12
  • MAGALOG11
  • MAGENTA10
  • MAGGIES11
  • MAGGING12
  • MAGGOTS11
  • MAGGOTY14
  • MAGIANS10
  • MAGICAL12
  • MAGILPS12
  • MAGISMS12
  • MAGLEVS13
  • MAGMATA12
  • MAGNATE10
  • MAGNETO10
  • MAGNETS10
  • MAGNIFY16
  • MAGNONS10
  • MAGNUMS12
  • MAGPIES12
  • MAGSMAN12
  • MAGSMEN12
  • MAGUEYS13
  • MAHANTS12
  • MAHATMA14
  • MAHEWUS15
  • MAHJONG20
  • MAHMALS14
  • MAHONIA12
  • MAHOUTS12
  • MAHSEER12
  • MAHSIRS12
  • MAHUANG13
  • MAHZORS21
  • MAIDANS10
  • MAIDENS10
  • MAIDING11
  • MAIDISH13
  • MAIDISM12
  • MAIGRES10
  • MAIHEMS14
  • MAILBAG12
  • MAILBOX18
  • MAILCAR11
  • MAILERS9
  • MAILING10
  • MAILLOT9
  • MAILMAN11
  • MAILMEN11
  • MAILVAN12
  • MAIMERS11
  • MAIMING12
  • MAINEST9
  • MAINING10
  • MAINORS9
  • MAINOUR9
  • MAINTOP11
  • MAISTER9
  • MAISTRY12
  • MAITAKE13
  • MAJAGUA17
  • MAJESTY19
  • MAJORAT16
  • MAJORED17
  • MAJORLY19
  • MAKABLE15
  • MAKEUPS15
  • MAKINGS14
  • MAKUTUS13
  • MALACCA13
  • MALACIA11
  • MALAISE9
  • MALANGA10
  • MALARIA9
  • MALARKY16
  • MALATES9
  • MALAXED17
  • MALAXES16
  • MALEATE9
  • MALEFIC14
  • MALGRED11
  • MALGRES10
  • MALICED12
  • MALICES11
  • MALICHO14
  • MALIGNS10
  • MALINES9
  • MALISMS11
  • MALISON9
  • MALKINS13
  • MALLAMS11
  • MALLARD10
  • MALLEES9
  • MALLETS9
  • MALLEUS9
  • MALLING10
  • MALLOWS12
  • MALMAGS12
  • MALMIER11
  • MALMSEY14
  • MALODOR10
  • MALONIC11
  • MALTASE9
  • MALTEDS10
  • MALTHAS12
  • MALTIER9
  • MALTING10
  • MALTMAN11
  • MALTMEN11
  • MALTOLS9
  • MALTOSE9
  • MALWARE12
  • MAMAGUY15
  • MAMAKAU15
  • MAMASAN11
  • MAMBOED14
  • MAMBOES13
  • MAMELON11
  • MAMEYES14
  • MAMILLA11
  • MAMLUKS15
  • MAMMALS13
  • MAMMARY16
  • MAMMATE13
  • MAMMATI13
  • MAMMEES13
  • MAMMERS13
  • MAMMETS13
  • MAMMEYS16
  • MAMMIES13
  • MAMMOCK19
  • MAMMONS13
  • MAMMOTH16
  • MAMPARA13
  • MAMPOER13
  • MAMZERS20
  • MANACLE11
  • MANAGED11
  • MANAGER10
  • MANAGES10
  • MANAKIN13
  • MANANAS9
  • MANATEE9
  • MANATIS9
  • MANAWAS12
  • MANCALA11
  • MANCHES14
  • MANCHET14
  • MANDALA10
  • MANDATE10
  • MANDIOC12
  • MANDIRA10
  • MANDIRS10
  • MANDOLA10
  • MANDOMS12
  • MANDORA10
  • MANDREL10
  • MANDRIL10
  • MANEGED11
  • MANEGES10
  • MANGABY15
  • MANGALS10
  • MANGEAO10
  • MANGELS10
  • MANGERS10
  • MANGIER10
  • MANGILY13
  • MANGING11
  • MANGLED11
  • MANGLER10
  • MANGLES10
  • MANGOES10
  • MANGOLD11
  • MANHOLE12
  • MANHOOD13
  • MANHUNT12
  • MANIACS11
  • MANIHOC14
  • MANIHOT12
  • MANIKIN13
  • MANILAS9
  • MANILLA9
  • MANILLE9
  • MANIOCA11
  • MANIOCS11
  • MANIPLE11
  • MANITOS9
  • MANITOU9
  • MANITUS9
  • MANJACK22
  • MANKIER13
  • MANKIND14
  • MANLESS9
  • MANLIER9
  • MANLIKE13
  • MANLILY12
  • MANMADE12
  • MANNANS9
  • MANNERS9
  • MANNING10
  • MANNISH12
  • MANNITE9
  • MANNOSE9
  • MANOAOS9
  • MANPACK17
  • MANREDS10
  • MANRENT9
  • MANROPE11
  • MANSARD10
  • MANSION9
  • MANTEAU9
  • MANTEEL9
  • MANTELS9
  • MANTIDS10
  • MANTIES9
  • MANTLED10
  • MANTLES9
  • MANTLET9
  • MANTOES9
  • MANTRAM11
  • MANTRAP11
  • MANTRAS9
  • MANTRIC11
  • MANTUAS9
  • MANUALS9
  • MANUARY12
  • MANUKAS13
  • MANUMEA11
  • MANUMIT11
  • MANURED10
  • MANURER9
  • MANURES9
  • MANWARD13
  • MANWISE12
  • MANYATA12
  • MAORMOR11
  • MAPLESS11
  • MAPLIKE15
  • MAPPERS13
  • MAPPERY16
  • MAPPING14
  • MAPPIST13
  • MAPWISE14
  • MAQUILA18
  • MARABIS11
  • MARABOU11
  • MARACAS11
  • MARANTA9
  • MARARIS9
  • MARASCA11
  • MARAUDS10
  • MARBLED12
  • MARBLER11
  • MARBLES11
  • MARCATO11
  • MARCELS11
  • MARCHED15
  • MARCHEN14
  • MARCHER14
  • MARCHES14
  • MARCONI11
  • MARDIED11
  • MARDIER10
  • MARDIES10
  • MAREMMA13
  • MAREMME13
  • MARENGO10
  • MARGATE10
  • MARGAYS13
  • MARGENT10
  • MARGINS10
  • MARGOSA10
  • MARIMBA13
  • MARINAS9
  • MARINER9
  • MARINES9
  • MARITAL9
  • MARKERS13
  • MARKETS13
  • MARKHOR16
  • MARKING14
  • MARKKAA17
  • MARKKAS17
  • MARKMAN15
  • MARKMEN15
  • MARKUPS15
  • MARLIER9
  • MARLINE9
  • MARLING10
  • MARLINS9
  • MARLITE9
  • MARMITE11
  • MARMOSE11
  • MARMOTS11
  • MAROONS9
  • MARPLOT11
  • MARQUEE18
  • MARQUES18
  • MARQUIS18
  • MARRAMS11
  • MARRANO9
  • MARRELS9
  • MARRERS9
  • MARRIED10
  • MARRIER9
  • MARRIES9
  • MARRING10
  • MARRONS9
  • MARROWS12
  • MARROWY15
  • MARRUMS11
  • MARSALA9
  • MARSHAL12
  • MARSHED13
  • MARSHES12
  • MARTELS9
  • MARTENS9
  • MARTEXT16
  • MARTIAL9
  • MARTIAN9
  • MARTING10
  • MARTINI9
  • MARTINS9
  • MARTLET9
  • MARTYRS12
  • MARTYRY15
  • MARVELS12
  • MARVERS12
  • MARYBUD15
  • MASALAS9
  • MASCARA11
  • MASCLED12
  • MASCLES11
  • MASCONS11
  • MASCOTS11
  • MASCULY14
  • MASHERS12
  • MASHIER12
  • MASHIES12
  • MASHING13
  • MASHLAM14
  • MASHLIM14
  • MASHLIN12
  • MASHLUM14
  • MASHMAN14
  • MASHMEN14
  • MASHUAS12
  • MASHUPS14
  • MASJIDS17
  • MASKEGS14
  • MASKERS13
  • MASKING14
  • MASKNES13
  • MASLINS9
  • MASONED10
  • MASONIC11
  • MASONRY12
  • MASQUER18
  • MASQUES18
  • MASSAGE10
  • MASSEUR9
  • MASSIER9
  • MASSIFS12
  • MASSING10
  • MASSIVE12
  • MASTABA11
  • MASTERS9
  • MASTERY12
  • MASTFUL12
  • MASTICH14
  • MASTICS11
  • MASTIER9
  • MASTIFF15
  • MASTING10
  • MASTOID10
  • MASULAS9
  • MATADOR10
  • MATCHAS14
  • MATCHED15
  • MATCHER14
  • MATCHES14
  • MATCHET14
  • MATCHUP16
  • MATELOT9
  • MATICOS11
  • MATIEST9
  • MATILDA10
  • MATINAL9
  • MATINEE9
  • MATINGS10
  • MATIPOS11
  • MATLESS9
  • MATLOWS12
  • MATOKES13
  • MATOOKE13
  • MATRASS9
  • MATRICE11
  • MATRICS11
  • MATRONS9
  • MATROSS9
  • MATSAHS12
  • MATSURI9
  • MATTERS9
  • MATTERY12
  • MATTIES9
  • MATTIFY15
  • MATTING10
  • MATTINS9
  • MATTOCK15
  • MATTOID10
  • MATURED10
  • MATURER9
  • MATURES9
  • MATWEED13
  • MATZAHS21
  • MATZOHS21
  • MATZOON18
  • MATZOTH21
  • MAUBIES11
  • MAUDLIN10
  • MAUGRED11
  • MAUGRES10
  • MAULERS9
  • MAULGRE10
  • MAULING10
  • MAULVIS12
  • MAUMETS11
  • MAUNDED11
  • MAUNDER10
  • MAUSIER9
  • MAUTHER12
  • MAUVAIS12
  • MAUVEIN12
  • MAUVEST12
  • MAUVINE12
  • MAUVINS12
  • MAUZIER18
  • MAVISES12
  • MAWKIER16
  • MAWKINS16
  • MAWKISH19
  • MAWMETS14
  • MAWSEED13
  • MAWTHER15
  • MAXILLA16
  • MAXIMAL18
  • MAXIMIN18
  • MAXIMUM20
  • MAXIMUS18
  • MAXIXES23
  • MAXWELL19
  • MAYBIRD15
  • MAYBUSH17
  • MAYDAYS16
  • MAYHEMS17
  • MAYINGS13
  • MAYORAL12
  • MAYPOLE14
  • MAYPOPS16
  • MAYSTER12
  • MAYVINS15
  • MAYWEED16
  • MAZARDS19
  • MAZEDLY22
  • MAZEFUL21
  • MAZHBIS23
  • MAZIEST18
  • MAZOUTS18
  • MAZUMAS20
  • MAZURKA22
  • MAZZARD28
Letters by positionIn 38% of these words the 7th letter is S.
3rd letter
  1. N18%
  2. R16%
  3. S9%
4th letter
  1. T11%
  2. I9%
  3. A8%
5th letter
  1. I19%
  2. E13%
  3. O11%
6th letter
  1. E23%
  2. N12%
  3. A9%
7th letter
  1. S38%
  2. E9%
  3. R8%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
Score spreadMost of these words score 9 in Scrabble; MAZZARD tops the list with 28. Scores before board bonuses.
  1. 99 points: 99 words
  2. 10 points: 83 words
  3. 1111 points: 83 words
  4. 12 points: 74 words
  5. 1313 points: 52 words
  6. 14 points: 46 words
  7. 1515 points: 26 words
  8. 16 points: 23 words
  9. 1717 points: 10 words
  10. 18 points: 14 words
  11. 1919 points: 8 words
  12. 20 points: 5 words
  13. 2121 points: 6 words
  14. 22 points: 3 words
  15. 2323 points: 3 words
  16. 24 points: 0 words
  17. 2525 points: 0 words
  18. 26 points: 0 words
  19. 2727 points: 0 words
  20. 28 points: 1 words
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
MAZZARD2829All three
MACHZOR2324All three
MAXIXES2324All three
MAZHBIS2324Collins only
MAZURKA2224All three
MANJACK2227Collins only
MAZEDLY2223All three
MATZAHS2121All three
MATZOTH2121All three
MATZOHS2121All three
MAFFICK2123All three
MAHZORS2121All three

A rack that calls for M in position 1 and A in position 2 has 536 seven-letter candidates in tournament dictionaries. MARRIED, MANAGER and MACHINE give you three distinct retrieval cues. Frequency narrows the practical set: only 64 entries are among the commonest English words, so the less familiar end of the list will require exact letter-by-letter checking.

A quick read on this letter frame

  • The pattern fixes M in position 1 and A in position 2 across all 536 matches.
  • Familiar anchors include MARRIED, MANAGER and MACHINE.
  • Only 64 matches rank among common English words.
  • MAZZARD leads the score examples at 28 points.

How to search this pattern efficiently

A good search starts with the anchor tiles, then branches by the letters your rack actually supplies. MARRIED and MANAGER make strong first checks, while MANAGED is a reminder that less obvious vocabulary also fits. With 64 common entries among 536 total, the recognizable words are only a small launchpad; exact slot matching keeps the search grounded.

Look at the tail after checking the fixed positions. The leading endings are S (205), E (47), A (41); together, they provide a compact map of the most productive branches. The distribution is useful for recall, but it does not replace checking the full spelling. A familiar candidate such as MACHINE still has to match the required slots exactly before it belongs in your answer set.

What the score list tells you

MAZZARD leads the listed scoring examples with 28 points. Use that figure to compare candidate words, then account for the board’s letter and word bonuses separately. A rare high scorer is not automatically playable in every version of Scrabble; verify an unfamiliar form with the active game dictionary. The distinction matters most when the score leader is less familiar than MARRIED.

Before placing a rare answer

Tip

Keep M in position 1 and A in position 2 fixed while testing the remaining rack tiles. Check unfamiliar words against the dictionary used in your game.

Questions people ask

How many seven-letter words have M in position 1 and A in position 2?
There are 536 seven-letter matches with M in position 1 and A in position 2. Examples include MARRIED, MANAGER and MACHINE. The count includes entries present in at least one tournament dictionary; your game’s accepted list can differ.
Which matching word has the highest Scrabble score?
MAZZARD leads the listed base scores at 28 points. Premium squares affect the final play, and the word still needs to be accepted by the dictionary your game uses.
Are most words in this pattern common?
No. Only 64 entries rank among the commonest English words by frequency. Familiar examples include MARRIED and MANAGER, but many matches are less familiar, so check those against your game’s word list.

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