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

With M in the sixth square, the word has to finish in one of a few tails: -MS, -MB, -ME or -MP. Six of the eleven end in S, which makes this a short, rule-bound list. Nine of them open with UN-, so the real question is what follows the prefix.

The eleven words in brief

• Total: 11 words, with Collins accepting 10, NWL2023 6 and ENABLE 5.
• Top scorer: UPCLIMB at 15, then UNCLAMP and UNPLUMB at 13.
• Average score: 11.2 points.
• Endings: S closes 6 words, B and E close 2 each, and P closes 1.
• None of the eleven is among the top 25,000 English words.

Which of these words end in -MS, -MB or -ME?

The -MS group is the largest: UNHELMS, UNSEAMS, UNTRIMS, UNTEAMS, UNICOMS and UNFORMS. All six open with UN-, and UNHELMS, UNSEAMS and UNTRIMS name the undoing of an everyday action.

UPCLIMB and UNPLUMB form the -MB pair, UNPLUME and UROSOME end in E, and UNCLAMP stands alone with its P. That is the entire list, so you can learn all eleven in one sitting.

Which of these words are safe in your game?

Check the dictionary first. UNFORMS and UNTEAMS are Collins-only, and UNICOMS is accepted by NWL2023 but not by Collins. That is why the counts split 10, 6 and 5 for eleven words.

UPCLIMB at 15 beats UNCLAMP and UNPLUMB at 13 by two points, and all three lean on 3-point letters like C, M, B and P. A seven-tile play also earns the 50-point Scrabble bingo bonus, which dwarfs any gap between these scores.

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