7-letter words with U as the 2nd letter and M as the 6th letter
43 seven-letter words have U as the 2nd letter and M as the 6th, and 17 end in -UMS, like QUORUMS and MUSEUMS.
6 of 43 are everyday words (14%). A mix of familiar words and game-only finds.
With U in 2nd place, E is the most common 6th letter (844 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.
Best words to play first
- SUPREME11
- OUTCOME11
- CUSTOMS11
- MUSEUMS11
- SURNAME9
- SUBLIME11
- SUCCUMB15
- SUPREMO11
- FULSOME12
- SUBSUME11
- CURCUMA13
- MUGWUMP17
- QUORUMS18
- SUNLAMP11
- DUMDUMS13
- OUTJUMP18
- HUMMUMS16
- AUTISMS9
- AUDISMS10
- BUNKUMS15
- CUBISMS13
- CUNDUMS12
- CUPRUMS13
- CURIUMS11
- DUCDAME13
- DUDISMS11
- DURDUMS11
- FULHAMS15
- FULLAMS12
- HUMHUMS17
- KUMKUMS19
- MULTUMS11
- MURRAMS11
- MUTISMS11
- MUTUUMS11
- NUDISMS10
- OUTNAME9
- OUTSUMS9
- PURISMS11
- QUIDAMS19
- QUOTUMS18
- RUMDUMS12
- SUBGUMS12
All valid words 43
- AUDISMS10
- AUTISMS9
- BUNKUMS15
- CUBISMS13
- CUNDUMS12
- CUPRUMS13
- CURCUMA13
- CURIUMS11
- CUSTOMS11
- DUCDAME13
- DUDISMS11
- DUMDUMS13
- DURDUMS11
- FULHAMS15
- FULLAMS12
- FULSOME12
- HUMHUMS17
- HUMMUMS16
- KUMKUMS19
- MUGWUMP17
- MULTUMS11
- MURRAMS11
- MUSEUMS11
- MUTISMS11
- MUTUUMS11
- NUDISMS10
- OUTCOME11
- OUTJUMP18
- OUTNAME9
- OUTSUMS9
- PURISMS11
- QUIDAMS19
- QUORUMS18
- QUOTUMS18
- RUMDUMS12
- SUBGUMS12
- SUBLIME11
- SUBSUME11
- SUCCUMB15
- SUNLAMP11
- SUPREME11
- SUPREMO11
- SURNAME9
Highest-scoring words
| Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Dictionaries |
|---|---|---|---|
| QUIDAMS | 19 | 21 | Collins only |
| KUMKUMS | 19 | 23 | NWL only |
| QUORUMS | 18 | 21 | All three |
| OUTJUMP | 18 | 24 | All three |
| QUOTUMS | 18 | 21 | Collins only |
| MUGWUMP | 17 | 23 | All three |
| HUMHUMS | 17 | 19 | Collins only |
| HUMMUMS | 16 | 20 | Collins only |
| SUCCUMB | 15 | 21 | All three |
| FULHAMS | 15 | 17 | All three |
| BUNKUMS | 15 | 20 | All three |
| CURCUMA | 13 | 18 | All three |
The _ U _ _ _ M _ frame leaves just one tile after the M, which is why it sorts into endings. A final S closes 29 of the 43, and a final E closes 8 more, so those two letters cover nearly everything.
The U-M frame in brief
- S closes 29 words, E closes 8 and P closes 3.
- S opens 8 words, C and M open 6 each, and D and O open 4 each.
- QUIDAMS and KUMKUMS score 19, with QUORUMS, OUTJUMP and QUOTUMS at 18.
- 6 matches are common words, including SUPREME, OUTCOME and MUSEUMS.
Which words end in -UMS?
Seventeen do, and most are plurals of Latin-style nouns: QUORUMS, MUSEUMS, CURIUMS, SUBGUMS and MULTUMS. A smaller group repeats a syllable, as in DUMDUMS, HUMHUMS, KUMKUMS, RUMDUMS and DURDUMS.
-SMS is the next plural family with 7 words, all built on an -ISM stem: CUBISMS, PURISMS and MUTISMS. Between them, -UMS and -SMS cover 24 of the 43.
Odd ones out are MUGWUMP and SUNLAMP, which end in P, and CURCUMA and SUPREMO, which end in a vowel. Between them they hold the remaining ones that no suffix rule catches.
What about the words that end in E?
All eight end in -ME: SUPREME, OUTCOME, SURNAME, SUBLIME, SUBSUME, FULSOME, OUTNAME and DUCDAME. The first four are common words, which makes this the best group in the frame for everyday play.
Only eight words in the whole frame use that ending, so spotting E-after-M is a quick filter. Add a CUSTOMS or MUSEUMS from the -MS group and you have already named most of the six common words.
Collins, NWL2023 and ENABLE
Collins lists 40 of the 43, NWL2023 lists 31 and ENABLE lists 28. QUIDAMS and QUOTUMS are Collins-only, while KUMKUMS appears in NWL2023 but not ENABLE. Check your word list before playing any of the three.
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