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Thirty words place M second and I third, and a block of them come straight out of organic chemistry.
AMIDE, AMIDO, AMINE and AMINO sit on one side, with IMIDE, IMIDO, IMINE and IMINO mirroring them exactly on the other. Each pair swaps a single letter and each one names a distinct class of compound.
For a puzzle that is unusually hostile. Confirming four letters can still leave a choice between two real words, and nothing in the distribution helps you pick.
SMITH, SMILE, SMIRK, SMITE, AMITY, AMIGO and EMITS are the entries a puzzle is likely to want. AMISS and OMITS round out the everyday end.
A takes fifteen of the thirty, well ahead of I on five and S on four. If you have M and I confirmed, A is much the best first guess for the opening box.
S closes ten of the thirty and E closes seven, with O on five from AMIDO, AMINO, IMIDO and IMINO. That O ending is far commoner here than on most pages.
SMILE tests the S and L and sits in the commoner half of the group. AMIGO is useful mainly for confirming the A opener.
An open skin boat used by Arctic peoples. UMIAC and UMIAQ are alternative spellings and all three appear here.
An amice is a liturgical vestment and AMICI is the plural of amicus, a friend, used in legal phrases. Unrelated despite the spelling.
Repeats are scarce here, one out of thirty, and AMISS carries it with a double S.