5-letter words with M as the third letter
There are 500 five-letter words with M as the third letter in Unscrambly's open word list; the highest scoring is ZYMIC at 21 points. L is the most common first letter among them (45), and the average score is 10.2 points.
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Pinning a letter to an exact slot is the core of Wordle strategy: a green M in the third position leaves these 500 words as candidates. Every word below is exactly five letters with M in slot 3, shown with its Scrabble score, and examples include ZYMIC, JIMMY, JUMPY, JEMMY and HAMZA. Feed the letters you already know into the Wordle helper to narrow a puzzle with an M in slot 3 further.
For Wordle, NAMES is a strong guess from this list: of the familiar words with five different letters, it uses the letters found in the most of these 500 words.
5-letter words with M as the third letter in numbers
- Words
- 500
- Highest scoring
- ZYMIC 21 pts
- Average score
- 10.2 pts
- With a definition
- 255 (51%)
- A31
- B17
- C44
- D32
- E8
- F12
- G33
- H33
- I5
- J18
- K13
- L45
- M25
- N21
- O7
- P11
- R38
- S32
- T34
- U9
- V5
- W11
- Y8
- Z8
Highest-scoring 5-letter words with m as the third letter
5-letter words with M as the third letter (500)
These 300 of the 500 are a spread sample: the 50 highest scoring first, then words taken in turn from every first letter; within each, words with a dictionary definition come first. The solver above searches all of them for your tiles, and the free JSON API has the full word lists.
Frequently asked questions
How many 5 letter words have M as the third letter?
Unscrambly's list has 500 five-letter words with M in the third position, 4% of all five-letter words.
How do I use this list for Wordle?
If your third tile turned green as M, these 500 words are your candidates. Cross off any word that uses a letter you have already ruled out, and prefer a guess that tests new letters, such as NAMES.
What is the highest scoring 5 letter word with M as the third letter?
ZYMIC scores 21 points in Scrabble. Next come HAMZA (19), JAMMY (19) and JEMMY (19). The average is 10.2 points.