5-letter words with T as the 1st letter and Y as the 2nd letter

Only 24 five-letter words open with T and carry Y in second place, and just five of them rank among common English words. TYPES, TYPED and TYRES do most of the everyday work. Rarities such as TYMPS and TYTHE fill out the list.

Pattern facts at a glance

• There are 24 five-letter matches with T first and Y second.
• Collins includes 23 matches, NWL2023 includes 19, and ENABLE includes 17.
• Only five matches are common English words; TYPES and TYPED are recognizable examples.
• Eleven matches end in S, making S the leading final letter in this group.
• TYPEY scores 13 points, the highest score among these words.

Which T-Y words are worth knowing?

Start with TYPES, TYPED, TYRES, TYPOS and TYING, the words most players will think of. TYLER is also on the list, but a name-like entry can trip up casual games, so test it first.

The back end tells you more than the front. Eleven of the 24 end in S, three in D, and two each in E and N. Fix a final S and the field shrinks fast, since TYKES, TYRES, TYPES and TYPOS all land there.

Do any T-Y words work in Wordle and Scrabble?

Exactly one of the 24 is a Wordle answer, and the other 23 are allowed guesses. With one live answer, a TY start is a long shot for the solution but a cheap way to test T and Y together.

In Scrabble, TYPEY leads at 13 points. TYKES, TYPIC, TYMPS and TYPPS follow at 12 each. Collins accepts 23 of the 24, but ENABLE accepts only 17, so confirm your game's word list before playing an odd one like TYPPS.

The TYPE stem is the most productive route. TYPES, TYPED and TYPEY all share it, so a rack holding E and P points you there first, with only the last tile left open.