Verified pattern list
6 Letter Words With Y
This verified list contains 999 CORE words with Y, plus 384 entries in the broader extended tier.
Y · anywhere
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Useful CORE examples
Useful words
12 deterministic CORE selections
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What the Y list contains
Where Y appears
Vowels per word
- 0 vowels10 words
- 1 vowel416 words
- 2 vowels515 words
- 3 vowels58 words
Repeated letters
41%
409 of 999 CORE words repeat at least one letter.
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6 Letter Words With Two-Letter Patterns
Explore useful two-letter patterns related to Y. Each card opens a matching list or a prefilled 6-letter Finder search.
6 Letter Words With adjacent AY94 CORE · 23 extendedallays, always, anyway, arrays6 Letter Words With adjacent BY26 CORE · 5 extendedbygone, bypass, byways, chubby6 Letter Words With adjacent CY23 CORE · 12 extendedagency, cycled, cycles, cyclic6 Letter Words With adjacent DY31 CORE · 10 extendedbloody, brandy, cloudy, comedy6 Letter Words With adjacent EY64 CORE · 36 extendedabbeys, alleys, barley, beyond6 Letter Words With adjacent FY18 CORE · 19 extendedfluffy, modify, notify, pacify6 Letter Words With adjacent GY26 CORE · 17 extendedclergy, craggy, effigy, energy6 Letter Words With adjacent HY52 CORE · 30 extendedapathy, catchy, dinghy, earthy6 Letter Words With adjacent IY2 CORE · 1 extendedaliyah, riyals6 Letter Words With adjacent KY28 CORE · 9 extendedchalky, chunky, cranky, creaky6 Letter Words With adjacent LY218 CORE · 62 extendedbarely, bodily, boldly, bubbly6 Letter Words With adjacent MY26 CORE · 14 extendedbigamy, chummy, clammy, creamy6 Letter Words With adjacent NY34 CORE · 22 extendedanyhow, anyone, anyway, botany6 Letter Words With adjacent OY34 CORE · 11 extendedalloys, annoys, boyish, buoyed6 Letter Words With adjacent PY39 CORE · 12 extendedcanopy, choppy, creepy, crispy6 Letter Words With adjacent RY85 CORE · 39 extendedarmory, artery, bakery, belfry6 Letter Words With adjacent SY45 CORE · 9 extendedasylum, brassy, choosy, classy6 Letter Words With adjacent TY100 CORE · 23 extendedbeauty, bounty, cavity, chatty6 Letter Words With adjacent UY4 CORE · 4 extendedbuyers, buying, guying, buyout6 Letter Words With adjacent VY3 CORE · 0 extendedgroovy, scurvy, skivvy6 Letter Words With adjacent WY4 CORE · 2 extendedlawyer, screwy, sinewy, sawyer6 Letter Words With adjacent XY4 CORE · 4 extendedgalaxy, oxygen, unsexy, xylene6 Letter Words With adjacent YA21 CORE · 25 extendedkayaks, papaya, royals, voyage6 Letter Words With adjacent YB9 CORE · 1 extendedhybrid, maybes, daybed, flybys6 Letter Words With adjacent YC10 CORE · 4 extendedcycled, cycles, cyclic, psyche6 Letter Words With adjacent YD7 CORE · 5 extendedheyday, mayday, payday, hydras6 Letter Words With adjacent YE55 CORE · 21 extendedbrayed, buoyed, buyers, coyest6 Letter Words With adjacent YF2 CORE · 1 extendedjoyful, mayfly6 Letter Words With adjacent YG4 CORE · 2 extendedbygone, oxygen, cygnet, zygote6 Letter Words With adjacent YH2 CORE · 1 extendedanyhow, mayhem6 Letter Words With adjacent YI25 CORE · 5 extendedbaying, boyish, buying, crying6 Letter Words With adjacent YK0 CORE · 1 extended6 Letter Words With adjacent YL25 CORE · 23 extendedasylum, styled, styles, stylus6 Letter Words With adjacent YM16 CORE · 16 extendedcymbal, enzyme, hymnal, hymned6 Letter Words With adjacent YN8 CORE · 9 extendedcynics, dynamo, larynx, syntax6 Letter Words With adjacent YO32 CORE · 11 extendedanyone, bayous, beyond, canyon6 Letter Words With adjacent YP19 CORE · 8 extendedbypass, crypts, hyphen, polyps6 Letter Words With adjacent YR14 CORE · 15 extendedgyrate, lyrics, martyr, myriad6 Letter Words With adjacent YS52 CORE · 19 extendedabbeys, allays, alleys, alloys6 Letter Words With adjacent YT4 CORE · 11 extendedpython, rhythm, scythe, mythic6 Letter Words With adjacent YU5 CORE · 2 extendedyukked, yuppie, yuccas, cayuse6 Letter Words With adjacent YV1 CORE · 1 extendedgyving6 Letter Words With adjacent YW4 CORE · 2 extendedanyway, byways, byword, flyway6 Letter Words With adjacent YX2 CORE · 3 extendedcoccyx, onyxes6 Letter Words With adjacent YY0 CORE · 1 extended6 Letter Words With adjacent YZ0 CORE · 2 extended6 Letter Words With adjacent ZY16 CORE · 5 extendedbreezy, enzyme, frenzy, frizzy
Pattern guide
How to use 6-letter words with Y
The CORE list contains 999 6-letter words with Y in at least one position. Unlike a fixed tile, this preset does not assume where the letter appears.
Contains keeps required letters anywhere in the word. Sequence pattern is stricter: AR requires adjacent letters, A_R allows one intervening letter, and A__R allows two. The broader tier adds 384 extended entries.
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Questions about this word list
How many 6-letter words contain Y?
This verified set contains 999 CORE words and 384 extended words, for 1383 total matches.
What is the average Scrabble score for this Y group?
The 999 CORE words average 12.8 base Scrabble points. Board multipliers are not included.
Do these Y words often repeat letters?
409 of 999 CORE words repeat at least one letter.