5 Letter Words Ending in M
Need five-letter words that end in M? There are 181 valid 5 letter words ending in M, and 30 of them are common everyday words. The most used is album. Use the finder for your Wordle clues, or browse the lists below. To search all words at once, use the 5 letter words finder.
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5 letter words ending in M at a glance
- Valid words
- 181
- Common words
- 30
- Most common
- album
- Top Scrabble score (common)
- maxim 16 pts
- Top Scrabble score (all)
- zuzim 25 pts
- Best Wordle guess in this set
- cream
- The 1st letter is S in 20% of common words.
- The 2nd letter is L in 17% of common words.
- The 3rd letter is A in 20% of common words.
- The 4th letter is O in 23% of common words.
Common 5 letter words ending in M (30)
The words with 5 letters ending in M you're most likely to know, most used first.
- album9
- claim9
- dream8
- storm7
- cream9
- steam7
- forum10
- alarm7
- charm12
- realm7
- bloom9
- sperm9
- serum7
- groom8
- madam10
- venom10
- psalm9
- denim8
- opium9
- prism9
- swarm10
- broom9
- modem10
- maxim16
- gloom8
- scrum9
- harem10
- totem7
- bosom9
- axiom14
How to find a five-letter word that ends in an M
Looking for 5 letter words that end with M to solve a Wordle? The finder above already has M in the last green box; add your other clues.
A real example from our word list: the answer is VENOM, and all you know is that it ends in M, which leaves 30 common words. Open with CREAM, the guess that splits this set most evenly.
Guess 1: CREAM M is green and E is yellow, and the rest are grey. That leaves 4 possible answers: venom, denim, modem and totem.
Guess 2: DENIM E, N and M are green, and the rest are grey. That leaves 1 possible answer.
Guess 3: VENOM All five letters are green. Solved in 3.
What comes before the final M?
The most common endings are -OM (23%), -UM (17%) and -RM (17%). If you know the last letter is M, these pairs are the best place to start for the fourth letter.
| Ends in | Number of common words | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| -OM | 7 | bloom, groom, venom, broom |
| -UM | 5 | album, forum, serum, opium |
| -RM | 5 | storm, alarm, charm, sperm |
| -AM | 4 | dream, cream, steam, madam |
| -IM | 3 | claim, denim, maxim |
| -EM | 3 | modem, harem, totem |
What the most common ones mean
- album
- nounone or more recordings issued together
- claim
- nounan assertion of a right (as to money or property)
- dream
- nouna series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep
- storm
- nouna violent weather condition with winds 64-72 knots (11 on the Beaufort scale) and precipitation and thunder and lightning
- cream
- nounthe best people or things in a group
- steam
- verbtravel by means of steam power
- forum
- nouna public meeting or assembly for open discussion
- alarm
- nounfear resulting from the awareness of danger
- charm
- nounattractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates
- realm
- nouna domain in which something is dominant
- bloom
- nounthe organic process of bearing flowers
- sperm
- nounthe male reproductive cell
- serum
- nounan amber, watery fluid, rich in proteins, that separates out when blood coagulates
- groom
- verbeducate for a future role or function
- madam
- nouna woman of refinement
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
About 5 letter words ending in M
Common endings for 5 letter words ending in M include -RM, -SM and -OM: alarm, storm, prism, bloom, broom. -AM (dream, steam, cream) is just as common. Several M-ending words come from Latin or Greek, like forum, serum and psalm. If M is green last, testing R, A and O in the fourth spot narrows the list quickly.
M ranks 14 out of 26 as a last letter for 5 letter words.
Common endings with M
M endings split into several small families. -OM words include bosom, gloom and groom. -UM words include album, opium and scrum. -RM words include charm and swarm. -AM words include cream and madam. -SM and -LM words include prism and realm. Because so many M-ending words have two vowels before the M, a guess that tests O, U and A together works well. For M at the start, see 5 letter words starting with M, or try the Wordle solver with your clues.
Vowels in 5 letter words ending in M
A is the most common vowel here, appearing in 47% of the common words, followed by O (40%) and E (37%). The least common is U (17%).
23% have just one vowel, like storm, charm, sperm and psalm. At the other end, opium and axiom have three or more.
Nouns, verbs and adjectives
By main meaning (WordNet), there are 28 nouns and 2 verbs.
Nouns include album, claim and dream. Verbs include steam and groom.
Best Wordle guesses that end in M
Top guesses, with the average number of the 30 common words each leaves: CREAM (2.6), HAREM (2.7), REALM (2.7), DREAM (2.8) and STORM (2.8).
33% repeat a letter, and 4 have a double letter, like bloom, groom, broom and gloom.
Highest-scoring 5 letter words ending in M in Scrabble
Top common words: maxim (16), axiom (14) and charm (12). All valid words: zuzim (25), enzym (19) and xylem (17). 11 words reach 15 points or more.
All 181 valid 5 letter words ending in M151 rarer words accepted in Scrabble and Wordle, not shown above. Plurals are marked.
- haram10
- assam7
- gleam8
- idiom8
- chasm12
- abram9
- sodom8
- hakim14
- spasm9
- golem8
- vroom10
- bream9
- locum9
- begum10
- nizam16
- datum8
- scrim9
- kalam11
- strum7
- pharm12
- buxom16
- scram9
- coram9
- aurum7
- deism8
- ilium7
- xylem17
- malam9
- sebum9
- rearm7
- durum8
- goyim11
- novum10
- hokum14
- odium8
- sedum8
- therm10
- minim9
- carom9
- thrum10
- ileum7
- qualm16
- kilim11
- cecum11
- hakam14
- joram14
- rheum10
- abeam9
- oleum7
- solum7
- occam11
- steem7
- plasm9
- hilum10
- linum7
- velum10
- stumm9
- ogham11
- oakum11
- besom9
- genom8
- harim10
- ihram10
- flamm12
- choom12
- foram10
- smarm9
- garum8
- whelm13
- pilum9
- proem9
- satem7
- filum10
- shawm13
- ledum8
- notum7
- kokum15
- strim7
- unjam14
- dunam8
- odeum8
- onium7
- larum7
- shtum10
- abohm12
- abrim9
- abysm12
- adeem8
- adsum8
- agism8
- algum8
- apism9
- aswim10
- bedim10
- begem10
- bisom9
- breem9
- celom9
- chirm12
- cloam9
- cusum9
- degum9
- diram8
- dwalm11
- dwaum11
- enarm7
- enorm7
- enzym19
- exeem14
- fanum10
- fleam10
- fraim10
- glaum8
- gloam8
- haulm10
- imaum9
- inarm7
- inerm7
- jorum14
- jugum15
- kelim11
- khoum14
- miasm9
- odism8
- panim9
- pashm12
- praam9
- rehem10
- retem7
- sagum8
- sclim9
- seism7
- shalm10
- skelm11
- sklim11
- sloom7
- slorm7
- smalm9
- spoom9
- stulm7
- thaim10
- tharm10
- tuism7
- unarm7
- undam8
- ungum8
- yealm10
- yomim12
- ziram16
- zoism16
- zuzim25
Questions people ask
How many 5 letter words ending in M are there?
181 valid words; 30 of them are common everyday words.
What is a five-letter word that ends in an M?
The most common is album. Other everyday examples are claim, dream and storm.
What is the best Wordle guess that ends in M?
cream, leaving about 2.6 possible answers on average.
Which 5 letter word ending in M scores the most in Scrabble?
Among common words, maxim scores 16 points. Among all valid words, zuzim scores 25.
What 5 letter words start with S and end in M?
S is the most common first letter for these words (6 of the common words). Examples: storm, steam, sperm and serum.
Do more 5 letter words end with M or start with M?
181 valid 5 letter words end with M, compared with 672 that start with it. See 5 letter words starting with M.
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