7-letter words with M as the 2nd letter and E as the 3rd letter

The fixed pattern is _ME____: M sits in the second position, E in the third, and four letters remain open. Starts are concentrated in A, E, and S, while only five matches rank among common English words. That mix makes familiar examples easy to spot, but the full set includes plenty of specialist vocabulary.

The M-E pattern at a glance

• Exactly 52 seven-letter entries match the pattern, with M second and E third.
• Starts cluster in A (17), E (16), and S (14); just five begin with O.
• Final S (15) and D (14) lead; E and M each end three words.
• EMERGED, AMENDED, EMERALD, and SMELLED are recognizable examples; only five matches are common.

Which M-E words fit this seven-letter clue?

The opening letters narrow the search quickly: 17 matches begin with A, 16 with E, and 14 with S. EMERGED and EMERGES show the E-starting family; AMENDED and AMENITY start with A. S entries include SMELLED, SMEARED, and SMELTER, so checking the first tile can cut through the crowded middle pattern.

Ending letters offer another useful filter. S and D account for 15 and 14 matches, while only three end in E and three in M. If your final tile is fixed, test those common S and D endings first.

Collins lists all 52 entries, compared with 42 in NWL2023 and 40 in ENABLE.

7-letter words with M as the 2nd letter and E as the 3rd letter

For tile scoring, SMEEKED and SMERKED tie for the top score at 14 points; SMECTIC and SMEDDUM follow at 13. These are not everyday plays, so check your game's dictionary before building a turn around an unfamiliar entry. The average score across the matching words is 10.4.

Familiarity is the main limitation: 41 entries have definitions, but just five fall among common English words. This pattern is also much tighter than R-E at the same positions, which has 462 matches; changing the third letter to P gives M-P 117. Try a neighboring pattern when the crossing tiles do not fit.