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5-Letter Words Ending in M

There are 140 five-letter words ending in M on Word.ws, from abeam to xylem. The most common are album, claim, dream, storm and cream.

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All 140 five-letter words ending in M

A

  • abeam9adv. On the beam; at a right angle to the centerline or keel of a vessel or...
  • abram9adj. Auburn.
  • alarm7n. A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy.
  • album9n. In Ancient Rome, a white tablet or register on which the praetor's...
  • annum7n. A one-year period, particularly (finance) a fiscal year or (sciences) a...
  • appam11n. A thin South Asian pancake made from rice flour and coconut.
  • asham10n. A dessert made from shelled and parched corn pounded into powder.
  • aurum7n. Gold (used in the names of various substances, see "Derived terms").
  • autem7n. A church.
  • axiom14n. A seemingly self-evident or necessary truth which is based on...

B

  • badam10n. An almond.
  • begum10v. To daub or cover with gum.
  • benim9v. To take away; rob; deprive; ravish.
  • besom9n. A broom made from a bundle of twigs tied onto a shaft.
  • bloom9n. A blossom; the flower of a plant; an expanded bud.
  • bosom9n. The breast or chest of a human (or sometimes of another animal).
  • bream9n. A European fresh-water cyprinoid fish of the genus Abramis, little...
  • broom9n. A domestic utensil with fibers bound together at the end of a long...
  • buxom16adj. Having a full, voluptuous figure, especially possessing large breasts.

C

  • carom9n. A shot in which the ball struck with the cue comes in contact with two...
  • cavum12n. The lower part of the concha of the ear adjoining the origin of the...
  • charm12n. An object, act or words believed to have magic power (usually carries a...
  • chasm12n. A deep, steep-sided rift, gap or fissure; a gorge or abyss.
  • chism12n. A shoot or sprout; a bud.
  • choom12n. An Englishman.
  • claim9n. A demand of ownership made for something.
  • cream9n. The butterfat or milkfat part of milk which rises to the top; this part...

D

  • datum8n. Something known or assumed as fact, and is made the basis of reasoning...
  • decim10n. A decimeter.
  • deism8n. A philosophical belief in the existence of a god (or goddess) knowable...
  • denim8n. A textile often made of cotton with a distinct diagonal pattern.
  • dream8n. Imaginary events seen in the mind while sleeping.
  • dunam8n. An Ottoman Turkish unit of surface area nominally equal to 1,600 square...
  • dynam11n. A foot-pound.

F

  • filum10n. A filamentous anatomical structure.
  • foram10n. A foraminifer.
  • forum10n. A place for discussion.

G

  • garum8n. A fermented fish sauce popular as a condiment in Ancient Rome.
  • ghoom11v. To hunt for animals by stealth in an area where they are likely to be...
  • gleam8n. An appearance of light, especially one which is indistinct or small, or...
  • gloom8n. Darkness, dimness, or obscurity.
  • golem8n. A humanoid creature made from clay, animated by magic. The most famous...
  • groom8n. A man who is about to marry.

H

  • hakam14n. An arbitrator.
  • hakim14n. A doctor, usually practicing traditional medicine.
  • haram10n. A sin.
  • harem10n. The private section of a Muslim household forbidden to male strangers.
  • herem10n. A prohibition enacted by rabbinic authority.
  • hilum10n. The eye of a bean or other seed, or the center of that eye; the mark or...
  • hokum14n. (An instance of) meaningless nonsense with an outward appearance of...

I

  • idiom8n. A manner of speaking, a mode of expression peculiar to a language...
  • ihram10n. The state of ritual purity and dedication of a Muslim hajj pilgrim to...
  • ileum7n. The last, and usually the longest, division of the small intestine; the...
  • ilium7n. The upper and widest of the three bones that make up each side of the...

K

  • kabam13interj. The sound of a loud explosion; pow, blam, bang.
  • kadam12n. A tropical evergreen tree, Neolamarckia cadamba (syn. Anthocephalus...
  • kalam11n. Speculative theology.
  • karam11n. The tree Adina cordifolia.
  • kilim11n. A flat tapestry-woven carpet or rug from Turkey or Kurdistan.
  • kokum15n. A plant (Garcinia indica) in the mangosteen family with culinary...
  • kolam11n. Synonym of rangoli.
  • kosam11n. The tree Schleichera oleosa.
  • kusum11n. A tree of species Schleichera oleosa, from whose seeds a multipurpose...
  • kutum11n. A freshwater fish (Rutilus kutum) native to the Caspian Sea.

L

  • lagom8n. The philosophy or ethos of trying to achieve balance in one's life.
  • ledum8n. Any plant of the genus Ledum.
  • locum9n. A period working as a locum tenens.

M

  • macam11prep. Like, similar to, resembling.
  • madam10n. A polite form of address for a woman or lady.
  • malum9n. An evil or wrongdoing.
  • maqam18n. A modal structure characterizing the art of music of countries in North...
  • maxim16n. A precept; a succinct statement or observation of a rule of conduct or...
  • melam9n. A condensation product of melamine, originally found in the residue of...
  • milam9n. Synonym of dream yoga.
  • minim9n. A half note, drawn as a semibreve with a stem.
  • minum9n. A minim.
  • mmhmm16interj. Elongated form of mhm.
  • modem10n. A device that encodes digital computer signals into analog telephone...
  • mukim13n. A level of administrative division used in Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia...

N

  • nizam16n. The hereditary sovereign of Hyderabad, a former state of India.
  • notum7n. The back; the dorsal side of the thorax in insects or nudibranches.
  • novum10n. A new feature, a novelty.

O

  • oakum11n. Coarse fibres separated by hackling from flax or hemp when preparing...
  • odium8n. Hatred; dislike.
  • oleum7n. A solution of sulfur trioxide in sulfuric acid.
  • onium7n. Any cation derived by the addition of a proton to the hydride of any...
  • opium9n. A yellow-brown, addictive narcotic drug obtained from the dried juice...

P

  • padam10n. In Carnatic music, a type of short song, or the accompanying dance.
  • param9n. Dicyandiamide.
  • payam12n. A subdivision of a county in parts of South Sudan and Sudan.
  • pharm12n. A site where organisms are produced for the creation of medicine or...
  • pilum9n. A Roman military javelin.
  • plasm9n. A mold or matrix in which anything is cast or formed to a particular...
  • preem9n. The premiere of a film.
  • prism9n. An object having the shape of a geometrical prism (sense 1).
  • proem9n. An introduction, preface or preamble.
  • psalm9n. A sacred song; a poetical composition for use in the praise or worship...

Q

  • qalam16n. A reed pen used for Islamic calligraphy.
  • qualm16n. A feeling of apprehension, doubt, fear etc.

R

  • rasam7n. A spicy South Indian soup made with tamarind juice.
  • realm7n. A sphere of knowledge or of influence; a domain.
  • rearm7v. To replace or restore the weapons or arms of a previously defeated, or...
  • resum7v. To perform resummation upon.
  • rheum10n. Thin or watery discharge of mucus or serum, especially from the eyes or...

S

  • sarim7n. A powerful faction of literati that dominated Middle and Late Joseon...
  • satem7adj. Of or relating to a Proto-Indo-European language group that produced...
  • scram9v. To leave in a hurry; to go away.
  • scrim9n. A kind of light cotton or linen fabric, often woven in openwork...
  • scrum9n. A tightly packed and disorderly crowd of people.
  • sebum9n. A thick oily substance, secreted by the sebaceous glands of the skin...
  • sedum8n. Any of various succulent plants, of the genus Sedum, native to...
  • serum7n. Blood serum used as a blood product, in the practice of medicine: blood...
  • sharm10n. Self-harm.
  • shawm13n. A mediaeval double-reed wind instrument with a conical wooden body.
  • sherm10n. The drug phencyclidine (PCP).
  • shram10v. To cause to shrink or shrivel with cold; to numb.
  • shtum10adj. Silent; speechless; dumb.
  • smarm9n. Smarmy language or behavior.
  • solum7n. Within a soil profile, a set of related soil horizons that share the...
  • spasm9n. A sudden, involuntary contraction of a muscle, a group of muscles, or a...
  • sperm9n. The reproductive cell or gamete of the male; a spermatozoon.
  • squam16n. An oilskin hat; a southwester.
  • steam7n. The hot gaseous form of water, formed when water changes from the...
  • steem7n. A gleam of light; a flame.
  • storm7n. Any disturbed state of the atmosphere causing destructive or unpleasant...
  • stram7v. To slam; to beat or put down or close violently or noisily.
  • strim7v. To cut using a strimmer/string trimmer.
  • strum7v. To play (a guitar or other stringed instrument) by plucking various...
  • swarm10n. A large number of insects or other bugs (e.g. centipedes), especially...

T

  • tatum7n. The shortest statistically significant time interval between successive...
  • terem7n. Separate living quarters occupied by elite women of the Principality of...
  • therm10n. A unit of heat equal to 100,000 British thermal units, often used in...
  • thrum10n. A thrumming sound; a hum or vibration.
  • totem7n. Any natural object or living creature that serves as an emblem of a...

U

  • unjam14v. To remove a blockage from; to release from being jammed.

V

  • velum10n. The soft palate.
  • venom10n. An animal toxin intended for defensive or offensive use; a biological...
  • vroom10interj. The sound of an engine, especially when it is revving up.

W

  • whelm13n. A surge of water.

X

  • xylem17n. A vascular tissue in land plants primarily responsible for the...
133 rare five-letter words ending in M

Questions about these words

How many five-letter words ending in M are there?
Word.ws lists 140 five-letter words ending in M, plus 133 rare ones.
What are common five-letter words ending in M?
album, claim, dream, storm, cream, steam, forum and alarm.
Which of the five-letter words ending in M has the highest letter score?
maqam scores 18 points with the standard letter tile values.

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Word lists and meanings adapted from the Wiktionary entry of each word. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out names, abbreviations, misspellings and offensive words, and ordered the most common words by how often they appear in English (wordfreq). Meanings from Wiktionary; this is not an official Scrabble, Words With Friends or Wordle word list. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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