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

Two out of three words in this small frame put another M right next to the fifth-place one. That double-M group is where DRUMMER, PLUMMET, CHUMMED and FLUMMOX live. The other eleven, including GOURMET and CLUBMAN, each take M after a different letter.

Overview of the U-M fifth frame

• Every one of the 31 is valid in Collins, while 21 are in NWL2023 and 19 are in ENABLE.
• Two are common: DRUMMER and GOURMET.
• R ends 9 words, D ends 5, and E, N and S end 4 each.
• S begins 10 words, C and G begin 4 each, D and M begin 2 each.
• A typical word scores 13.2.

Which 7-letter words with U 3rd and M 5th have a double M?

Twenty do. The -MER tail has 9 words, 8 of them with a double M: DRUMMER, PLUMMER, BRUMMER, SCUMMER and GLUMMER, for example. The -MED tail has 5, all double: DRUMMED, CHUMMED, SLUMMED, SCUMMED and STUMMED.

PLUMMET and GRUMMET share the -MMET tail, and FLUMMOX, with its X, is the standout at 21 points.

If a word starts with S, check SCUMMER, SLUMMER, SLUMMED, SCUMMED and STUMMED first. Together they use the S that opens 10 of the 31 words.

What are the eleven without a double M?

GOURMET is the common one. CLUBMAN, CLUBMEN, TRUEMAN and TRUEMEN make a -MAN, -MEN group, and STURMER, SQUAMAE, SQUAMES, MOUSMEE and MOUSMES complete the picture along with ZEUGMAS.

ZEUGMAS is the sharpest scorer here at 19, because of its 10-point Z, and SQUAMAE and SQUAMES follow at 18. Only SQUAMES is Collins-only; SQUAMAE is accepted in every major dictionary.

This group is a test of dictionary knowledge. Six of the eleven, namely STURMER, TRUEMAN, TRUEMEN, SQUAMES, MOUSMEE and MOUSMES, are Collins-only.

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