7-letter words with O as the 3rd letter and M as the 5th letter

Lock in the pattern _ _ O _ M _ _ and you get a mix of compounds, inflections, and less familiar plays. The 63 entries appear in at least one tournament dictionary, but the lists differ: Collins has 60, NWL2023 has 44, and ENABLE has 39. Just 5 are among the top 25,000 English words by frequency, so expect plenty of specialist vocabulary.

7-letter words with O as the 3rd letter and M as the 5th letter

• Exactly 63 tournament-dictionary entries fit the O-at-third, M-at-fifth pattern.
• Collins accepts 60, NWL2023 accepts 44, and ENABLE accepts 39; those sets overlap.
• Only 5 entries rank among the top 25,000 English words by wordfreq frequency.
• STORMED, GROOMED, and SNOWMAN are recognizable examples among the matches.
• WHOOMPH leads the score list at 20 points.

Which endings appear most often?

N is the clear leader: 35 of the 63 matches end with that letter. D comes next with 10, followed by R with 6; every other recorded ending occurs just twice.

That skew makes N a strong first guess when you know the pattern but not the final tile. It also explains why compounds such as IRONMAN, SNOWMAN, and SHOWMAN stand out, alongside the plural SNOWMEN.

Which pattern words score well?

WHOOMPH scores 20, while EXOSMIC scores 18 and WHOMMLE scores 17. More familiar options still carry solid values: SHOWMAN and BOOKMAN each score 15, as does SHOWMEN.

The unusual top scorers are a reminder not to judge a word by how often you hear it. The average score across the pattern is 12.2, but dictionary coverage differs sharply; Collins lists 60 matches, compared with 44 in NWL2023 and 39 in ENABLE. Check your game's word list before committing to a rare entry.