182 five letter words end in M. A moderate group, and UM- alone accounts for more of it than any other letter's top opening.
182 words end in M, and UM- covers 50 of them on its own, roughly a quarter of the whole list.
ALARM, BROOM, CREAM, GLEAM, all common enough that most players never think twice about an M ending.
No plural trap here, M can't form a simple English plural either.
Out of 2,315 real Wordle answers, 42 end in M, 1.8%.
Of the 182 words ending in M, 42 are real answers, a 23.1% hit rate. Solid, middle-of-the-pack territory.
ALARM. BROOM. CREAM. GLEAM. IDIOM. OPIUM. REARM. SPERM.
All common, all real Wordle answers, spread across UM-, AM- and IM- endings.
ZUZIM tops the list at 25 points, an ancient unit of currency. ENZYM, a variant spelling of enzyme, follows at 19.
XYLEM, the plant tissue that carries water, comes in at 17. A scrabble word finder will surface all three the moment you've got a Z or an X and an M.
UM- leads clearly at 50 words. AM- follows at 31, then IM- with 21, OM- with 19.
UM- alone covers more than a quarter of every M-ending word.
UM- alone covers roughly a quarter of the entire M-ending group.
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All 182 words sit below. Real Wordle answers are marked. Use the word finder above if you know another letter too.
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Data computed from a 12,974-word open-source dictionary and the 2,315-word Wordle answer list. Last updated August 26, 2026.