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

The fixed pattern is _ _ T _ M _ _: T sits in position three, and M sits in position five. Only six of the 54 words rank among the most common English entries, so familiar answers are a small slice. ATTEMPT, VITAMIN, OPTIMAL and OPTIMUM are strong starting points when you need recognizable options.

At a glance: counts, examples and scores

• Collins includes all 54 matches; NWL2023 lists 41, and ENABLE lists 38.
• ATTEMPT, VITAMIN and OPTIMUM are among the recognizable matches.
• Only six entries are common by English word-frequency ranking.
• BATHMIC leads the Scrabble scores at 16 points; BATHMAT scores 14.

Which final letters appear most often?

S is the leading final letter, with 17 words; N follows with 13. Together, those endings account for more than half of the 54 matches, so test a final S or N early when your other tiles allow it.

D ends six entries and C ends five. The pattern's opening letters are more spread out: A starts 10 words, B starts eight, and U starts seven. That makes the final position a sharper filter than the first.

7-letter words with T third and M fifth for play

ATTEMPT gives you a familiar verb, while VITAMIN names a common nutrient. OPTIMAL and OPTIMUM offer another useful pair to scan: they share the opening letters but finish differently. UNTAMED and UPTEMPO are further options when those letters fit your rack.

For a high-value play, BATHMIC scores 16 points in the Scrabble scoring, ahead of BATHMAT and ISTHMIC at 14. Those are less everyday choices than ATTEMPT, so check the word list used in your game before building a play around them.

Dictionary coverage is not identical across games: Collins has 54 matches, compared with 41 in NWL2023 and 38 in ENABLE. The full set is therefore not interchangeable across tournament word lists.