7-letter words with P as the 1st letter and M as the 6th letter

The fixed pattern is P _ _ _ _ M _, so the sixth tile is known while the five inner slots still need testing. Just three of the 39 entries rank among the top 25,000 English words by frequency. PERFUME, PRESUME, and PASTIME offer recognizable starting points, while the score leaders are less familiar.

7-letter words with P as the 1st letter and M as the 6th letter

• There are 39 matches for the P _ _ _ _ M _ pattern.
• Collins includes all 39; NWL2023 accepts 29, and ENABLE accepts 26.
• Only 3 entries fall within the top 25,000 English words by frequency.
• PERFUME, PRESUME, and PASTIME are recognizable examples with M fixed sixth.
• 21 words finish in S; E follows with 9, while A occurs 5 times.

Which P-and-M words score highest?

PROXIMO and PHLEGMY lead the Scrabble scoring at 18 points apiece; PERFUMY follows at 17. POMPOMS and PHLEGMS score 15 each, while the more familiar PERFUME and PHONEME are worth 14.

Those top totals come from valuable letters inside the word, not from the shared pattern alone. PROXIMO is the standout when its X lands on a bonus square. PHLEGMY also packs high-value letters, but neither is as familiar as PRESUME or PASTIME.

The 12.8-point average sits below the top score because the list mixes those letter-heavy entries with lower-scoring words. Check your game's word list before building around a rare scorer; dictionary coverage differs across Collins, NWL2023, and ENABLE.

How do the final letters narrow the pattern?

S is the clearest final-letter clue: 21 matches end that way, including PRELIMS, PODIUMS, POGROMS, POSSUMS, and POMPOMS. If your last tile is S, test that branch first; it accounts for more than half of the pattern’s entries.

The remaining endings are E in 9 words, A in 5, Y in 3, and O in 1. PERFUME, PRESUME, PASTIME, PREGAME, and PHONEME show how the E ending pairs with varied middle letters; the smaller A, Y, and O groups make sharper filters.

For a narrow clue, lock in P at the start and M in slot six before trying endings. The split is not evenly spread: S alone has 21 matches, while O has only one. This is a pattern list, not a guide to meanings, and only 3 entries are common by the frequency cutoff.