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

This pattern leaves just 12 tournament-dictionary words, and only one ranks among the top 25,000 English words by frequency. Most begin with S, but OMICRON and several less familiar entries widen the search. Use the fixed letters to narrow a puzzle, then check the remaining letters against the examples and your game’s word list.

At a glance: 7-letter words with M second and C fourth

• There are 12 matching words across the covered tournament dictionaries.
• SMICKLY leads the scoring list at 18 points.
• Seven entries start with S, four with E, and one with O.
• SMACKED and SMOCKED each score 16 points.
• Only one match is common by the top-25,000 frequency measure.

Which matches are easiest to recognize?

Start with SMACKED, SMOCKED and SMACKER: their spelling patterns are more familiar than SMICKLY or SMICKET. OMICRON is another recognizable entry, while SMECTIC is a technical term. Six of the 12 matches have dictionary definitions.

The first letter is a useful extra filter. Seven words begin with S, including SMACKED, SMOCKED and SMICKLY; four begin with E, including EMACsen and EMICANT, and OMICRON is the sole O entry. If your known first letter is not S, concentrate on that much shorter group.

How do scores and dictionary coverage compare?

SMICKLY scores 18 points before board premiums, the highest listed total. SMACKED and SMOCKED follow at 16 each; SMACKER, SMICKER and SMICKET score 15 apiece. The average score is 13.6, so the top word sits well above the group’s typical value.

Collins includes 11 matches, compared with 6 in NWL2023 and 5 in ENABLE; those counts overlap, so they do not add up to 12. The pattern is unusually narrow beside the A-second, C-fourth pattern, which has 224 matches. Check your game’s word list before playing an unfamiliar form such as SMICKLY.