7-letter words with M as the 3rd letter and N as the 6th letter

The fixed pattern is _ _ M _ _ N _, leaving four open positions to narrow with your other clues. Familiar matches include someone, company, comment, and command, but the set also contains less common entries. Only 24 of the 162 words fall among the most common English words, so a plausible-looking match still deserves a dictionary check.

At a glance: the M-and-N pattern

• 162 tournament-dictionary words have M in position three and N in position six.
• Someone, company, and comment are recognizable examples that fit the pattern.
• The most frequent first letter is C, with 23 matches; D follows with 19.
• G ends 72 words, while S ends 37 and E ends 16.

7-letter words with M as the 3rd letter and N as the 6th letter

The endings make this pattern unusually lopsided: G accounts for 72 matches, nearly twice the 37 ending in S. That gives you a practical solving shortcut. If your final letter is G, try familiar forms such as jumping, camping, or dumping; an S ending points toward commons, remains, or summons.

The first letter narrows the field too. C leads with 23 words, followed by D at 19 and T at 18. Company, comment, and command show how often C starts a recognizable option, while dumping and damning illustrate the D group.

These counts are useful for sorting clues, not proof that a specific word is accepted.

Which matches score well in Scrabble?

Jimminy tops the score list at 21 points; zamponi and zampone each score 20. Jumping, jamming, and jambing follow at 19 apiece. Those totals come from valuable letters, so check your rack and board before choosing a word just because it ranks highly.

The limitation is vocabulary: only 24 of the 162 matches count as common. For word games using tournament dictionaries, coverage also differs: Collins includes 160 matches, NWL2023 has 124, and ENABLE has 117. Check the word list used by your game.