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

7-letter words with M as the 1st letter and S as the 3rd letter number 288, from familiar MISSING and MESSAGE to high-scoring MISKICK.

288 wordsTop pick MISSINGHighest score MISKICK 19

23 of 288 are everyday words (8%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.

1st letter
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B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

3rd letter
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

With M in 1st place, S is the most common 3rd letter (288 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Common words 23 · most-used first

MISSING₁₀
MESSAGE₁₀
MISSION₉
MASSIVE₁₂
MISTAKE₁₃
MUSICAL₁₁
MYSTERY₁₅
MASTERS₉
MISSILE₉
MUSCLES₁₁
MASSAGE₁₀
MUSEUMS₁₁
MESSING₁₀
MUSTARD₁₀
MUSTANG₁₀
MASTERY₁₂
MESSIAH₁₂
MOSQUES₁₈
MASONRY₁₂
MASCARA₁₁
MISLEAD₁₀
MASONIC₁₁
MASKING₁₄

All valid words 288

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

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
MESAILS₉
MESALLY₁₂
MESARCH₁₄
MESCALS₁₁
MESCLUM₁₃
MESCLUN₁₁
MESEEMS₁₁
MESELED₁₀
MESETAS₉
MESHIER₁₂
MESHING₁₃
MESHUGA₁₃
MESONIC₁₁
MESQUIN₁₈
MESQUIT₁₈
MESSAGE₁₀
MESSANS₉
MESSIAH₁₂
MESSIAS₉
MESSIER₉
MESSILY₁₂
MESSING₁₀
MESSMAN₁₁
MESSMEN₁₁
MESTEES₉
MESTERS₉
MESTESO₉
MESTINO₉
MESTIZA₁₈
MESTIZO₁₈
MESTOME₁₁
MESTOMS₁₁
MISACTS₁₁
MISADDS₁₁
MISAIMS₁₁
MISALLY₁₂
MISAVER₁₂
MISBIAS₁₁
MISBILL₁₁
MISBIND₁₂
MISBORN₁₁
MISCALL₁₁
MISCAST₁₁
MISCITE₁₁
MISCODE₁₂
MISCOIN₁₁
MISCOOK₁₅
MISCOPY₁₆
MISCUED₁₂
MISCUES₁₁
MISCUTS₁₁
MISDATE₁₀
MISDEAL₁₀
MISDEED₁₁
MISDEEM₁₂
MISDIAL₁₀
MISDIET₁₀
MISDOER₁₀
MISDOES₁₀
MISDONE₁₀
MISDRAW₁₃
MISDREW₁₃
MISEASE₉
MISEATS₉
MISEDIT₁₀
MISERES₉
MISERLY₁₂
MISFALL₁₂
MISFARE₁₂
MISFEED₁₃
MISFELL₁₂
MISFILE₁₂
MISFIRE₁₂
MISFITS₁₂
MISFOLD₁₃
MISFORM₁₄
MISGAGE₁₁
MISGAVE₁₃
MISGIVE₁₃
MISGOES₁₀
MISGONE₁₀
MISGREW₁₃
MISGROW₁₃
MISHAPS₁₄
MISHAPT₁₄
MISHEAR₁₂
MISHITS₁₂
MISHMEE₁₄
MISHMIS₁₄
MISJOIN₁₆
MISKALS₁₃
MISKEEP₁₅
MISKENS₁₃
MISKENT₁₃
MISKEPT₁₅
MISKEYS₁₆
MISKICK₁₉
MISKNEW₁₆
MISKNOW₁₆
MISLAID₁₀
MISLAIN₉
MISLAYS₁₂
MISLEAD₁₀
MISLIES₉
MISLIKE₁₃
MISLIVE₁₂
MISLUCK₁₅
MISMADE₁₂
MISMAKE₁₅
MISMARK₁₅
MISMATE₁₁
MISMEET₁₁
MISMOVE₁₄
MISNAME₁₁
MISPAGE₁₂
MISPART₁₁
MISPENS₁₁
MISPLAN₁₁
MISPLAY₁₄
MISPLED₁₂
MISRATE₉
MISREAD₁₀
MISRELY₁₂
MISRULE₉
MISSAID₁₀
MISSALS₉
MISSAYS₁₂
MISSEAT₉
MISSEEM₁₁
MISSEEN₉
MISSEES₉
MISSELS₉
MISSEND₁₀
MISSENT₉
MISSETS₉
MISSHOD₁₃
MISSIER₉
MISSIES₉
MISSILE₉
MISSING₁₀
MISSION₉
MISSISH₁₂
MISSIVE₁₂
MISSORT₉
MISSOUT₉
MISSTEP₁₁
MISSTOP₁₁
MISSUIT₉
MISTAKE₁₃
MISTALS₉
MISTBOW₁₄
MISTELL₉
MISTEND₁₀
MISTERM₁₁
MISTERS₉
MISTERY₁₂
MISTEUK₁₃
MISTFUL₁₂
MISTICO₁₁
MISTIER₉
MISTILY₁₂
MISTIME₁₁
MISTING₁₀
MISTLED₁₀
MISTLES₉
MISTOLD₁₀
MISTOOK₁₃
MISTRAL₉
MISTUNE₉
MISTYPE₁₄
MISUSED₁₀
MISUSER₉
MISUSES₉
MISWEEN₁₂
MISWEND₁₃
MISWENT₁₂
MISWORD₁₃
MISWRIT₁₂
MISYOKE₁₆
MOSAICS₁₁
MOSCATO₁₁
MOSELLE₉
MOSEYED₁₃
MOSHERS₁₂
MOSHING₁₃
MOSQUES₁₈
MOSSERS₉
MOSSIER₉
MOSSIES₉
MOSSING₁₀
MOSTEST₉
MUSANGS₁₀
MUSCATS₁₁
MUSCIDS₁₂
MUSCLED₁₂
MUSCLES₁₁
MUSCOID₁₂
MUSCONE₁₁
MUSCOSE₁₁
MUSEFUL₁₂
MUSETTE₉
MUSEUMS₁₁
MUSHERS₁₂
MUSHIER₁₂
MUSHILY₁₅
MUSHING₁₃
MUSHRAT₁₂
MUSICAL₁₁
MUSICKS₁₅
MUSIMON₁₁
MUSINGS₁₀
MUSJIDS₁₇
MUSKEGS₁₄
MUSKETS₁₃
MUSKIER₁₃
MUSKIES₁₃
MUSKILY₁₆
MUSKING₁₄
MUSKITS₁₃
MUSKLES₁₃
MUSKONE₁₃
MUSKRAT₁₃
MUSLINS₉
MUSMONS₁₁
MUSPIKE₁₅
MUSROLS₉
MUSSELS₉
MUSSIER₉
MUSSILY₁₂
MUSSING₁₀
MUSTANG₁₀
MUSTARD₁₀
MUSTEES₉
MUSTERS₉
MUSTIER₉
MUSTILY₁₂
MUSTING₁₀
MYSOSTS₁₂
MYSTERY₁₅
MYSTICS₁₄
MYSTIFY₁₈

Letters by positionIn 51% of these words the 2nd letter is I.

2nd letter

I51%
A16%
U16%

4th letter

T18%
S16%
H10%

5th letter

I27%
E18%
A13%

6th letter

E21%
N12%
L10%

7th letter

S29%
E14%
D9%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 9 in Scrabble; MISKICK tops the list with 19. Scores before board bonuses.

99 points: 59 words
10 points: 36 words
1111 points: 51 words
12 points: 56 words
1313 points: 34 words
14 points: 23 words
1515 points: 11 words
16 points: 7 words
1717 points: 2 words
18 points: 8 words
1919 points: 1 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
MISKICK	19	21	All three
MOSQUES	18	20	All three
MESTIZO	18	19	All three
MASQUES	18	20	All three
MYSTIFY	18	17	All three
MESTIZA	18	19	All three
MASQUER	18	20	All three
MESQUIT	18	20	All three
MESQUIN	18	21	Collins only
MASJIDS	17	20	All three
MUSJIDS	17	21	All three
MISCOPY	16	18	All three

With M locked into slot one and S into slot three, four letters remain open. The final tile is especially revealing: 84 entries finish in S, against 40 in E. MASTERS, MUSCLES, and MUSEUMS are recognizable, but just 23 entries reach the top 25,000 English words by frequency.

At a glance: the M-S pattern

The pattern has 288 tournament-dictionary matches.
Collins has 283 matches, NWL2023 has 221, and ENABLE has 208.
S is the most common final letter, appearing in 84 words; E follows with 40.
MISSING, MESSAGE, MISSION, and MISTAKE are familiar examples.
MISKICK leads the named high scorers at 19 points.

Why do so many matches end in S?

S closes 84 matches, a little more than twice the 40 ending in E. MASTERS, MUSCLES, MUSEUMS, and MOSQUES all fit that common finish, but their open letters differ.

An S in the third slot does not predict the final tile. MISSING and MESSING finish with G; MESSAGE and MISTAKE finish with E. Treat the known letters as fixed and test the remaining spaces against each candidate.

Use scores and neighboring patterns wisely

MISKICK tops the named scorers at 19 points. Eight entries reach 18: MOSQUES, MESTIZO, MASQUES, MYSTIFY, MESTIZA, MASQUER, MESQUIT, and MESQUIN. Their unusual letter mixes outscore familiar choices such as MISSING and MISSION.

The third-letter S pattern has 288 matches; replacing S with N gives 266, while R gives 229. If that slot is unknown, S is a strong candidate, but the other revealed tiles still decide the fit.

For 7-letter words with M as the 1st letter and S as the 3rd letter, familiarity is a real limitation: only 23 rank among the top 25,000 English words. A total of 225 have definitions; check your game’s word list before relying on an obscure candidate.

Questions people ask

How many M-first, S-third words finish with S?

84 matching words finish with S, compared with 40 that finish with E. MASTERS, MUSCLES, MUSEUMS, and MOSQUES show the S ending; MISSING and MESSAGE demonstrate that the pattern also has other final letters.

Which M-first, S-third word scores 19 points?

MISKICK is the top named scorer at 19 points. MOSQUES, MESTIZO, MASQUES, MYSTIFY, MESTIZA, MASQUER, MESQUIT, and MESQUIN each score 18. Familiar choices such as MISSING and MISSION do not lead this scoring group.

Are all 288 matches common words?

No. Only 23 rank among the top 25,000 English words by frequency, despite the 288 tournament-dictionary matches. A total of 225 have definitions, so some valid candidates are still uncommon; check your game’s word list before playing an unfamiliar one.

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