6-letter words ending with M
Dive into the specific realm of 6-letter words that conclude with the letter M. This focused section reveals the fascinating ways in which words of this particular length, ending with M, contribute to the richness of the English language. Whether it's for expanding your vocabulary, solving puzzles, or simply for the love of words, discover how these terms uniquely blend length and ending sound.
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| system | 11 | an ordered manner; orderliness by virtue of being methodical and well organized | we can't do it unless we establish some system around here |
| bottom | 10 | low-lying alluvial land near a river | - |
| victim | 13 | a person who is tricked or swindled | - |
| scream | 10 | a joke that seems extremely funny | - |
| museum | 10 | a depository for collecting and displaying objects having scientific or historical or artistic value | - |
| inform | 11 | act as an informer | She had informed on her own parents for years |
| wisdom | 12 | the trait of utilizing knowledge and experience with common sense and insight | - |
| rhythm | 17 | an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs | - |
| random | 9 | lacking any definite plan or order or purpose; governed by or depending on chance | a random choice |
| condom | 11 | contraceptive device consisting of a sheath of thin rubber or latex that is worn over the penis during intercourse | - |
| medium | 11 | (usually plural) transmissions that are disseminated widely to the public | - |
| stream | 8 | something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously | a stream of people emptied from the terminal |
| graham | 12 | flour made by grinding the entire wheat berry including the bran; (`whole meal flour' is British usage) | - |
| orgasm | 9 | the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse | - |
| custom | 10 | a specific practice of long standing | - |
| ransom | 8 | exchange or buy back for money; under threat | - |
| asylum | 11 | a shelter from danger or hardship | - |
| vacuum | 13 | an empty area or space | without their support he'll be ruling in a vacuum |
| reform | 11 | bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one | The Church reformed me |
| esteem | 8 | the condition of being honored (esteemed or respected or well regarded) | it is held in esteem |
| seldom | 9 | not often | - |
| sodium | 9 | a silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group; occurs abundantly in natural compounds (especially in salt water); burns with a yellow flame and reacts violently in water; occurs in sea water and in the mineral halite (rock salt) | - |
| anthem | 11 | a song of praise (to God or to a saint or to a nation) | - |
| redeem | 9 | exchange or buy back for money; under threat | - |
| goddam | 11 | extremely | you are goddamn right! |
| valium | 11 | a tranquilizer (trade name Valium) used to relieve anxiety and relax muscles; acts by enhancing the inhibitory actions of the neurotransmitter GABA; can also be used as an anticonvulsant drug in cases of nerve agent poisoning | - |
| mayhem | 16 | violent and needless disturbance | - |
| salaam | 8 | a deep bow; a Muslim form of salutation | - |
| shalom | 11 | - | - |
| racism | 10 | discriminatory or abusive behavior towards members of another race | - |
| rectum | 10 | the terminal section of the alimentary canal; from the sigmoid flexure to the anus | - |
| disarm | 9 | take away the weapons from; render harmless | - |
| magnum | 11 | a large wine bottle for liquor or wine | - |
| possum | 10 | nocturnal arboreal marsupial having a naked prehensile tail found from southern North America to northern South America | - |
| ashram | 11 | a place of religious retreat modeled after the Indian ashram | - |
| helium | 11 | a very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses; the most difficult gas to liquefy; occurs in economically extractable amounts in certain natural gases (as those found in Texas and Kansas) | - |
| napalm | 10 | gasoline jelled with aluminum soaps; highly incendiary liquid used in fire bombs and flamethrowers | - |
| podium | 11 | a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it | - |
| fathom | 14 | measure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding line | - |
| sitcom | 10 | a humorous drama based on situations that might arise in day-to-day life | - |
| emblem | 12 | a visible symbol representing an abstract idea | - |
| autism | 8 | (psychiatry) an abnormal absorption with the self; marked by communication disorders and short attention span and inability to treat others as people | - |
| tandem | 9 | a bicycle with two sets of pedals and two seats | - |
| squirm | 17 | the act of wiggling | - |
| lingam | 9 | the Hindu phallic symbol of Siva | - |
| affirm | 14 | to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true | - |
| bedlam | 11 | a state of extreme confusion and disorder | - |
| talcum | 10 | a fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate; used in a variety of products including talcum powder | - |
| atrium | 8 | any chamber that is connected to other chambers or passageways (especially one of the two upper chambers of the heart) | - |
| phlegm | 14 | apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions | - |
| webcam | 15 | a digital camera designed to take digital photographs and transmit them over the internet | - |
| quorum | 17 | a gathering of the minimal number of members of an organization to conduct business | - |
| sexism | 15 | discriminatory or abusive behavior towards members of the opposite sex | - |
| sadism | 9 | sexual pleasure obtained by inflicting harm (physical or psychological) on others | - |
| ingram | 9 | - | - |
| prelim | 10 | a minor match preceding the main event | - |
| deform | 12 | twist and press out of shape | - |
| radium | 9 | an intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores | - |
| tedium | 9 | the feeling of being bored by something tedious | - |
| wigwam | 15 | a Native American lodge frequently having an oval shape and covered with bark or hides | - |
| infirm | 11 | lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality | - |
| septum | 10 | (anatomy) a dividing partition between two tissues or cavities | - |
| dictum | 11 | an authoritative declaration | - |
| fulham | 14 | - | - |
| cubism | 12 | an artistic movement in France beginning in 1907 that featured surfaces of geometrical planes | - |
| pelham | 13 | a bit with a bar mouthpiece that is designed to combine a curb and snaffle | - |
| pompom | 14 | - | - |
| gypsum | 14 | a common white or colorless mineral (hydrated calcium sulphate) used to make cements and plasters (especially plaster of Paris) | - |
| sacrum | 10 | wedge-shaped bone consisting of five fused vertebrae forming the posterior part of the pelvis; its base connects with the lowest lumbar vertebra and its tip with the coccyx | - |
| egoism | 9 | concern for your own interests and welfare | - |
| balsam | 10 | an ointment containing a fragrant resin | - |
| bonham | 13 | - | - |
| schism | 13 | division of a group into opposing factions | another schism like that and they will wind up in bankruptcy |
| slalom | 8 | a downhill race over a winding course defined by upright poles | - |
| inseam | 8 | - | - |
| barium | 10 | a soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group; found in barite | - |
| pogrom | 11 | organized persecution of an ethnic group (especially Jews) | - |
| truism | 8 | an obvious truth | - |
| wampum | 15 | informal terms for money | - |
| dinkum | 13 | - | - |
| jetsam | 15 | the floating wreckage of a ship | - |
| dirham | 12 | the basic unit of money in Morocco; equal to 100 centimes | - |
| embalm | 12 | preserve a dead body | - |
| hammam | 15 | - | - |
| lyceum | 13 | a school for students intermediate between elementary school and college; usually grades 9 to 12 | - |
| diadem | 10 | an ornamental jeweled headdress signifying sovereignty | - |
| phylum | 16 | (biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants; contains classes | - |
| nudism | 9 | going without clothes as a social practice | - |
| hakeem | 15 | a Muslim physician | - |
| hansom | 11 | a two-wheeled horse-drawn covered carriage with the driver's seat above and behind the passengers | - |
| sputum | 10 | expectorated matter; saliva mixed with discharges from the respiratory passages; in ancient and medieval physiology it was believed to cause sluggishness | - |
| vallum | 11 | - | - |
| vellum | 11 | a heavy creamy-colored paper resembling parchment | - |
| factum | 13 | - | - |
| fandom | 12 | the fans of a sport or famous person | - |
| mutism | 10 | the condition of being unable or unwilling to speak | - |
| noncom | 10 | a military officer appointed from enlisted personnel | - |
| anonym | 11 | a fictitious name used when the person performs a particular social role | - |
| cesium | 10 | a soft silver-white ductile metallic element (liquid at normal temperatures); the most electropositive and alkaline metal | - |
| bantam | 10 | very small | - |
| ageism | 9 | discrimination on the basis of a person's age | - |
| capcom | 14 | - | - |
| audism | 9 | - | - |
| bazoom | 19 | - | - |
| marmem | 12 | - | - |
| kumkum | 18 | - | - |
| kookum | 16 | - | - |
| kaboom | 14 | - | - |
| haraam | 11 | - | - |
| spycam | 15 | - | - |
| zuzzim | 35 | - | - |
| yessum | 11 | - | - |
| unicom | 10 | - | - |
| unicum | 10 | - | - |
| satcom | 10 | - | - |
| santim | 8 | - | - |
| rumdum | 11 | - | - |
| schtum | 13 | - | - |
| plenum | 10 | a meeting of a legislative body at which all members are present | the plenum will vote on all tax increases |
| prearm | 10 | - | - |
| porism | 10 | - | - |
| quidam | 18 | - | - |
| purism | 10 | scrupulous or exaggerated insistence on purity or correctness (especially in language) | linguistic purisms |
| quotum | 17 | - | - |
| randem | 9 | - | - |
| replum | 10 | - | - |
| regnum | 9 | - | - |
| refilm | 11 | - | - |
| reteam | 8 | - | - |
| retrim | 8 | - | - |
| restem | 8 | - | - |
| rewarm | 11 | - | - |
| sachem | 13 | a chief of a North American tribe or confederation (especially an Algonquian chief) | - |
| romcom | 12 | - | - |
| schelm | 13 | - | - |
| semsem | 10 | - | - |
| sensum | 8 | - | - |
| sepium | 10 | - | - |
| scrawm | 13 | - | - |
| scutum | 10 | - | - |
| shtoom | 11 | - | - |
| shtumm | 13 | - | - |
| shroom | 11 | - | - |
| sholom | 11 | - | - |
| siglum | 9 | - | - |
| shazam | 20 | - | - |
| simoom | 10 | a violent hot sand-laden wind on the deserts of Arabia and North Africa | - |
| skelum | 12 | - | - |
| sizism | 17 | - | - |
| partim | 10 | - | - |
| passim | 10 | used to refer to cited works | - |
| pashim | 13 | - | - |
| paynim | 13 | a heathen; a person who is not a Christian (especially a Muslim) | - |
| painim | 10 | - | - |
| pablum | 12 | worthless or oversimplified ideas | - |
| pactum | 12 | - | - |
| papism | 12 | offensive terms for the practices and rituals of the Roman Catholic Church | - |
| phloem | 13 | (botany) tissue that conducts synthesized food substances (e.g., from leaves) to parts where needed; consists primarily of sieve tubes | - |
| phenom | 13 | - | - |
| pileum | 10 | - | - |
| pellum | 10 | - | - |
| peplum | 12 | a garment worn by women in ancient Greece; cloth caught at the shoulders and draped in folds to the waist | - |
| pensum | 10 | - | - |
| syncom | 13 | - | - |
| tectum | 10 | - | - |
| tergum | 9 | - | - |
| telesm | 8 | - | - |
| telium | 8 | - | - |
| spirem | 10 | - | - |
| stroam | 8 | - | - |
| subgum | 11 | - | - |
| statim | 8 | - | - |
| unseam | 8 | - | - |
| unteam | 8 | - | - |
| untrim | 8 | - | - |
| unfirm | 11 | (of soil) unstable | unfirm earth |
| unform | 11 | - | - |
| unhelm | 11 | - | - |
| varoom | 11 | - | - |
| vagrom | 12 | - | - |
| verism | 11 | - | - |
| waboom | 13 | - | - |
| viscum | 13 | type genus of the Viscaceae: Old World evergreen shrubs parasitic on many trees including oaks but especially apple trees, poplars, aspens and cottonwoods | - |
| whilom | 14 | - | - |
| xenium | 15 | - | - |
| theism | 11 | the doctrine or belief in the existence of a God or gods | - |
| thairm | 11 | - | - |
| thiram | 11 | - | - |
| tomium | 10 | - | - |
| zythum | 23 | - | - |
| yogism | 12 | - | - |
| jetsom | 15 | - | - |
| jimjam | 24 | - | - |
| inseem | 8 | - | - |
| iterum | 8 | - | - |
| iodism | 9 | - | - |
| ionium | 8 | - | - |
| kalium | 12 | - | - |
| jissom | 15 | - | - |
| labrum | 10 | - | - |
| labium | 10 | a liplike structure that bounds a bodily orifice (especially any of the four labiate folds of a woman's vulva) | - |
| khanum | 15 | - | - |
| khilim | 15 | - | - |
| laxism | 15 | - | - |
| lehaim | 11 | - | - |
| lactam | 10 | - | - |
| lissom | 8 | gracefully thin and bending and moving with ease | - |
| lolium | 8 | darnel; ryegrass | - |
| logjam | 16 | an immovable mass of logs blocking a river | - |
| lignum | 9 | woody tissue | - |
| madtom | 11 | - | - |
| luteum | 8 | - | - |
| lyrism | 11 | - | - |
| malism | 10 | - | - |
| mallam | 10 | - | - |
| magism | 11 | - | - |
| maihem | 13 | - | - |
| megrim | 11 | a severe recurring vascular headache; occurs more frequently in women than men | - |
| megohm | 14 | a unit of resistance equal to one million ohms | - |
| mandom | 11 | - | - |
| marram | 10 | - | - |
| marrum | 10 | - | - |
| misaim | 10 | - | - |
| minium | 10 | a reddish oxide of lead (Pb3O4) used as a pigment in paints and in glass and ceramics | - |
| mestom | 10 | - | - |
| mentum | 10 | the protruding part of the lower jaw | - |
| merism | 10 | - | - |
| milium | 10 | a small whitish lump in the skin due to a clogged sebaceous gland | - |
| multum | 10 | - | - |
| murram | 10 | - | - |
| monism | 10 | the doctrine that reality consists of a single basic substance or element | - |
| montem | 10 | - | - |
| momism | 12 | excessive protection | - |
| nincom | 10 | - | - |
| nincum | 10 | - | - |
| nickum | 14 | - | - |
| mutuum | 10 | - | - |
| nanism | 8 | a genetic abnormality resulting in short stature | - |
| obiism | 10 | belief in a kind of sorcery that originated in Africa and is practiced in the West Indies | - |
| obeism | 10 | - | - |
| ogrism | 9 | - | - |
| oidium | 9 | - | - |
| nomism | 10 | - | - |
| ostium | 8 | - | - |
| osmium | 10 | a hard brittle blue-grey or blue-black metallic element that is one of the platinum metals; the heaviest metal known | - |
| outsum | 8 | - | - |
| omasum | 10 | the third compartment of the stomach of a ruminant | - |
| omnium | 10 | - | - |
| holism | 11 | the theory that the parts of any whole cannot exist and cannot be understood except in their relation to the whole | holism holds that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts |
| imbalm | 12 | - | - |
| ingrum | 9 | - | - |
| indium | 9 | a rare soft silvery metallic element; occurs in small quantities in sphalerite | - |
| hummum | 15 | - | - |
| humhum | 16 | - | - |
| ibidem | 11 | in the same place (used when citing a reference) | - |
| idolum | 9 | - | - |
| hylism | 14 | - | - |
| hypnum | 16 | - | - |
| degerm | 10 | - | - |
| deperm | 11 | - | - |
| derham | 12 | - | - |
| defoam | 12 | - | - |
| dodgem | 11 | a small low-powered electrically powered vehicle driven on a special platform where there are many others to be dodged | - |
| dogdom | 11 | - | - |
| dolium | 9 | - | - |
| deworm | 12 | - | - |
| diatom | 9 | microscopic unicellular marine or freshwater colonial alga having cell walls impregnated with silica | - |
| dirhem | 12 | - | - |
| dirdam | 10 | - | - |
| dirdum | 10 | - | - |
| dudism | 10 | - | - |
| durdum | 10 | - | - |
| dumdum | 12 | a soft-nosed small-arms bullet that expands when it hits a target and causes a gaping wound | - |
| dotcom | 11 | - | - |
| dorsum | 9 | the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine | - |
| drachm | 14 | a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 60 minims or 3.5516 cubic centimeters | - |
| encalm | 10 | - | - |
| enform | 11 | - | - |
| echium | 13 | a genus of bristly herbs and shrubs of the family Boraginaceae | - |
| estrum | 8 | - | - |
| exonym | 18 | - | - |
| exacum | 17 | genus of tropical Asiatic and African plants: especially Persian violets | - |
| enseam | 8 | - | - |
| engram | 9 | a postulated biochemical change (presumably in neural tissue) that represents a memory | - |
| erbium | 10 | a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs with yttrium | - |
| eruvim | 11 | - | - |
| eonism | 8 | - | - |
| eponym | 13 | the name derived from a person (real or imaginary) | Down's syndrome is an eponym for the English physician John Down |
| favism | 14 | anemia resulting from eating fava beans; victims have an inherited blood abnormality and enzyme deficiency | - |
| ferrum | 11 | - | - |
| ferbam | 13 | - | - |
| fantom | 11 | - | - |
| fogram | 12 | - | - |
| folium | 11 | a thin layer or stratum of (especially metamorphic) rock | - |
| figjam | 19 | - | - |
| fullam | 11 | - | - |
| frenum | 11 | - | - |
| gonium | 9 | - | - |
| granum | 9 | - | - |
| hareem | 11 | living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household | - |
| crinum | 10 | - | - |
| corium | 10 | the deep vascular inner layer of the skin | - |
| dadgum | 11 | - | - |
| cundum | 11 | - | - |
| cuprum | 12 | - | - |
| curium | 10 | a radioactive transuranic metallic element; produced by bombarding plutonium with helium nuclei | - |
| asarum | 8 | wild ginger | - |
| antrum | 8 | a natural cavity or hollow in a bone | - |
| apedom | 11 | - | - |
| apozem | 19 | - | - |
| baalim | 10 | - | - |
| aswarm | 11 | - | - |
| bonism | 10 | - | - |
| boojum | 17 | - | - |
| bunkum | 14 | unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements) | - |
| caecum | 12 | the cavity in which the large intestine begins and into which the ileum opens | - |
| byroom | 13 | - | - |
| cerium | 10 | a ductile grey metallic element of the lanthanide series; used in lighter flints; the most abundant of the rare-earth group | - |
| centum | 10 | - | - |
| carrom | 10 | - | - |
| civism | 13 | - | - |
| cilium | 10 | any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids | - |
| chiasm | 13 | an intersection or crossing of two tracts in the form of the letter X | - |
| chrism | 13 | a consecrated ointment consisting of a mixture of oil and balsam | - |
| copalm | 12 | - | - |
| conium | 10 | small genus of highly toxic biennials: hemlock | - |
| coelom | 10 | a cavity in the mesoderm of an embryo that gives rise in humans to the pleural cavity and pericardial cavity and peritoneal cavity | - |
| becalm | 12 | make steady | - |
| beldam | 11 | a woman of advanced age | - |
| beflum | 13 | - | - |
| befoam | 13 | - | - |
| begrim | 11 | - | - |
| biform | 13 | having or combining two forms | a biform crystal |
| bivium | 13 | - | - |
| beseem | 10 | accord or comport with | - |
| beworm | 13 | - | - |
| beteem | 10 | - | - |
| betrim | 10 | - | - |
| aecium | 10 | fruiting body of some rust fungi bearing chains of aeciospores | - |
| adytum | 12 | - | - |
| addoom | 10 | - | - |
| addeem | 10 | - | - |
| agleam | 9 | bright with a steady but subdued shining | from the plane we saw the city below agleam with lights |
| abloom | 10 | bursting into flower | - |
| acetum | 10 | sour-tasting liquid produced usually by oxidation of the alcohol in wine or cider and used as a condiment or food preservative | - |
| amylum | 13 | a complex carbohydrate found chiefly in seeds, fruits, tubers, roots and stem pith of plants, notably in corn, potatoes, wheat, and rice; an important foodstuff and used otherwise especially in adhesives and as fillers and stiffeners for paper and textiles | - |
| anadem | 9 | - | - |
| amomum | 12 | - | - |
| allium | 8 | large genus of perennial and biennial pungent bulbous plants: garlic; leek; onion; chive; sometimes placed in family Alliaceae as the type genus | - |
| alarum | 8 | an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger | - |
