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

The pattern fixes P in position three and M in position six, leaving four slots to vary. The matches range from familiar SUPREME and DIPLOMA to specialist terms such as HYPNUMS and EMPYEMA. Only two rank among the 25,000 most frequent English words, so recognizing every entry is harder than matching the letter positions.

The pattern at a glance

• Exactly 24 tournament-dictionary words put P third and M sixth.
• SUPREME and DIPLOMA are familiar examples; only two matches rank among the top 25,000 English words by frequency.
• HYPNUMS tops the Scrabble scores at 17 points, ahead of EMPYEMA at 16.
• Eleven entries end in S, seven end in E, and five begin with S.

Which letters appear at the start and end?

S leads the starting-letter group with five matches; C, D, and P each begin three. That makes the first letter a strong narrowing clue, but not a complete answer: SUPREME, SEPTIME, and SEPTUMS share an opening while their remaining letters differ.

The endings cluster even more tightly: 11 words finish in S and seven in E. The other six end in A, B, or O; DIPLOMA shows the A ending, while SEPTUMS, GYPSUMS, and PEPLUMS illustrate the larger S group.

Check the word list before you play

Dictionary coverage is the main limitation of this pattern. Collins includes 23 matches, compared with 15 in NWL2023 and 14 in ENABLE, so a word accepted in one game may not work in another.

Those dictionary totals overlap; they are not separate sets to add together. The 7-letter words with P third and M sixth include uncommon entries such as HYPNUMS and EMPYEMA, so confirm your game's word list rather than relying on familiarity alone.