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

That fixed pattern leaves a compact set: the second tile is M, the final tile is N, and every answer has seven letters. Emotion and smitten are easy to recognize, while omicron gives the group a science term. Just one match falls among the top 25,000 English words by frequency, so most are less likely to come to mind during a timed game.

At a glance: 7-letter words with M second and N last

• 20 Collins-valid words fit M in slot two and N at the end.
• Emotion and smitten are familiar matches; just one entry is common by frequency.
• E begins six words, more than any other first letter; A and S each begin four.
• Every match ends in N, so the final position never separates candidates.
• Embryon, embrown, and imbrown each score 14 points in Scrabble.

How rare is the M-and-N pattern?

Only 20 words survive both letter constraints, compared with 255 seven-letter words with A in the second slot and N last. The M pattern is a narrow slice of that same ending family; the N-second variant has 68 entries. If you know the ending but are unsure about M, compare nearby patterns instead of guessing from the final N alone.

Emotion, smitten, and smarten show how M can follow a vowel or an S; omicron and umpteen offer less obvious routes. The first-letter spread is uneven: six start with E, four with A, and four with S, while the other four starts are I, O, U, and Y. Use those starts as retrieval cues, not proof that a candidate will be familiar.

Which 7-letter words with M second and N last score highest?

Three matches lead at 14 points: embryon, embrown, and imbrown. Omikron follows at 13, while ymolten and impregn score 12. Those totals make the less familiar forms worth noticing; emotion, by contrast, scores 11, below the leaders.

The scoring edge has a tradeoff: only one of the 20 words is common by frequency, although 14 have definitions in the tournament dictionaries, making this a poor set for everyday vocabulary practice. Check your game's word list before playing an unfamiliar entry; Collins accepts all 20, while ENABLE and NWL2023 each accept 15. Strong scores in 7-letter words with M second and N last often belong to obscure entries.