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5-Letter Words Ending in M

125 five-letter words end in M; 30 of them are common words, shown in bold. Common words are where Wordle answers come from.

Best Wordle guesses

Ranked by how many green and yellow tiles each word turns up, on average, against the common words Wordle answers come from.

#WordGreenYellow
1realm0.371.29
2dream0.331.28
3cream0.371.23
4harem0.441.14
5steam0.351.22
6serum0.381.03
7sperm0.341.05
8denim0.311.04

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  • albumcommon
  • claimcommon
  • dreamcommon
  • stormcommon
  • creamcommon
  • steamcommon
  • forumcommon
  • alarmcommon
  • charmcommon
  • realmcommon
  • bloomcommon
  • spermcommon
  • serumcommon
  • groomcommon
  • madamcommon
  • venomcommon
  • psalmcommon
  • denimcommon
  • opiumcommon
  • prismcommon
  • swarmcommon
  • broomcommon
  • modemcommon
  • maximcommon
  • gloomcommon
  • scrumcommon
  • haremcommon
  • totemcommon
  • bosomcommon
  • axiomcommon
  • gleam
  • idiom
  • chasm
  • sodom
  • hakim
  • spasm
  • golem
  • vroom
  • bream
  • locum
  • begum
  • nizam
  • datum
  • scrim
  • kalam
  • strum
  • buxom
  • scram
  • aurum
  • deism
  • ilium
  • xylem
  • sebum
  • rearm
  • durum
  • goyim
  • hokum
  • odium
  • sedum
  • therm

All 125 five-letter words

Starting with A 10

abeam abohm abysm adeem agism alarm album algum aurum axiom

Starting with B 8

bedim begum besom bloom bosom bream broom buxom

Starting with C 8

carom cecum celom charm chasm chirm claim cream

Starting with D 7

datum degum deism denim dream dunam durum

Starting with E 2

enorm enzym

Starting with F 5

fanum filum fleam foram forum

Starting with G 7

genom gleam gloam gloom golem goyim groom

Starting with H 5

hakim harem haulm hilum hokum

Starting with I 6

idiom ihram ileum ilium imaum inarm

Starting with J 3

joram jorum jugum

Starting with K 4

kalam kelim khoum kilim

Starting with L 3

larum linum locum

Starting with M 5

madam maxim miasm minim modem

Starting with N 2

nizam notum

Starting with O 7

oakum odeum odium ogham oleum onium opium

Starting with P 5

plasm praam prism proem psalm

Starting with Q 1

qualm

Starting with R 5

realm rearm rehem retem rheum

Starting with S 20

sagum satem scram scrim scrum sebum sedum seism serum shawm skelm smarm sodom solum spasm sperm steam storm strum swarm

Starting with T 4

tharm therm thrum totem

Starting with U 1

unarm

Starting with V 3

velum venom vroom

Starting with W 1

whelm

Starting with X 1

xylem

Starting with Y 1

yomim

Starting with Z 1

ziram

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Questions people ask

How many five-letter words end in M?

Our list has 125. 30 of them are common everyday words; the rest are rarer words you are more likely to meet in Scrabble or a crossword than in conversation. The list is a public-domain English word list, sorted by how often each word appears in everyday writing.

What are the most common five-letter words that end in M?

ALBUM, CLAIM, DREAM, STORM, CREAM — in that order, by how often they appear in everyday English.

What is the best Wordle guess that ends in M?

REALM. Against the common five-letter words Wordle draws its answers from, it turns up 0.37 green and 1.29 yellow tiles on average — more than any other word on this list. The method is the same as on our Best Wordle Starting Words page.