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Twenty words carry M second and O third, and half of them open the same way.
S takes ten of the twenty, and every one of those runs SMO. SMOKE, SMOCK, SMOTE, SMOLT and SMOGS are the entries this produces.
It is the only entry here that appears in ordinary writing without qualification. AMOUR is recognisable, AMORT and AMOLE are not, and the A branch drops off sharply after that.
AMONG, SMOKE, SMOKY, EMOTE and SMOCK are the useful entries. AMOUR and SMOTE are worth holding in reserve.
All three run SMOK and split at the last box. SMOKE and SMOKY are ordinary, and SMOKO is Australian and New Zealand slang for a work break.
K takes the fourth box in four of the twenty, more than any other letter, and that trio is most of the reason why.
AMONG tests the A, N and G, none of which the SMO branch uses. That makes it the sharper probe despite SMO being the larger half.
Lifeless or dejected, an archaic word built from the French for dead. It survives in older poetry.
A young salmon at the stage when it migrates to the sea. It is standard vocabulary in fisheries writing.