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3-Letter Words Ending in M

There are 49 three-letter words ending in M in our dictionary; 32 of them are common words.

Type your own letters to find only the 3-letter words you can make, or leave it empty to open this list in the word finder.

All 49 words

  • him8 points
  • aim5 points
  • arm5 points
  • sum5 points
  • jam12 points
  • ham8 points
  • hum8 points
  • cam7 points
  • mom7 points
  • mum7 points
  • dim6 points
  • gum6 points
  • ram5 points
  • gym9 points
  • hem8 points
  • ohm8 points
  • yam8 points
  • bum7 points
  • dam6 points
  • gem6 points
  • elm5 points
  • rim5 points
  • rum5 points
  • yum8 points
  • vim8 points
  • ism5 points
  • lam5 points
  • sim5 points
  • tam5 points
  • tom5 points
  • hmm10 points
  • pom7 points
  • cwm10 points
  • mim7 points
  • gam6 points
  • nim5 points
  • fem8 points
  • yom8 points
  • bam7 points
  • cum7 points
  • mem7 points
  • pam7 points
  • umm7 points
  • dom6 points
  • lum5 points
  • nam5 points
  • nom5 points
  • rem5 points
  • rom5 points

Quick facts

  • Total words: 49
  • By usage: 23 very common, 9 common, 17 rare

Highest scoring (classic tiles)

  1. jam 12
  2. cwm 10
  3. hmm 10
  4. gym 9
  5. fem 8
  6. ham 8
  7. hem 8
  8. him 8
  9. hum 8
  10. ohm 8

Most common

  1. him
  2. aim
  3. arm
  4. sum
  5. jam
  6. ham
  7. hum
  8. cam
  9. mom
  10. mum

Definitions

aim (noun)
An anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions.
arm (noun)
A human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb.
sum (noun)
A quantity of money.
jam (noun)
Preserve of crushed fruit.

Words that end in M come up constantly in tile games, crosswords and daily letter puzzles, and this page gathers all 49 of the three-letter ones. The most useful are the common words at the top of the list; the rare ones at the bottom are worth knowing when you need to hook onto an awkward board position. JAM is the top scorer here, worth 12 points before any board multiplier.

How to use this page

To use this page, start with the search box. Type the letters on your rack, add a question mark for each blank, and press search. The tool keeps this page's constraint and returns only the words you can spell. Below the box, the full list is arranged with common words first, followed by the quick facts, definitions and related lists.

Tips

If you know some letters of a word and their positions, a pattern search finds it faster than scanning a list. Open the word finder, type the word with question marks for the unknown letters, and every match appears immediately. You can combine a pattern with the starts-with and ends-with filters to narrow the set further. This works for crosswords, for daily five-letter puzzles and for any tile game where a board word gives you two or three fixed letters.

Questions

What is the highest-scoring word among the three-letter words ending in M?

JAM scores 12 points with classic tile values, ignoring board multipliers. The full top ten is in the quick facts above; switch the tile set on the search tool if you play with different letter values.

Why are some of these words unfamiliar?

17 of the 49 words on this page are tagged rare, meaning they fall outside the usual spell-check vocabulary. They are still real words, and many are legal plays, but you should expect a challenge if someone asks you to define them.