5-letter words with Y as the 2nd letter and P as the 3rd letter

That fixed YP pair leaves a compact search: only 22 words qualify, and just five meet our common-word cutoff. TYPES and TYPED are familiar options, while HYPER and HYPED show how the same opening can lead to different endings. The list spans Collins, NWL2023, and ENABLE, so acceptance depends on which word list your game uses.

5-letter words with Y 2nd and P 3rd at a glance

• Twenty-two five-letter entries place Y second and P third.
• TYPES, HYPED, HYPER, TYPED, and TYPOS are recognizable examples.
• Eight entries begin with T; H appears five times and G four.
• Nine words end in S, making S the most frequent final letter.
• HYPHA and GYPPY lead the listed Scrabble scores at 16 points each.

Which endings and scores stand out?

Nine matches end in S, the clear leader; D and Y each appear three times, while O and R each appear twice. If your final square is fixed, test S first, then D or Y. The remaining endings are A, C, and L, each represented once.

For familiar T-starting options, try TYPES or TYPED; T accounts for eight matches, ahead of H with five and G with four. TYPOS and HYPED offer other recognizable endings, while HYPER adds R after the pair.

HYPHA and GYPPY top the scoring list at 16 points apiece. HYPED and KYPES score 14, and the average across the matches is 12.2. The top two sit well above that average, so an unusual spelling can be worth checking when you need a high-value play.

Do these YP words work in Wordle and every dictionary?

Two of the 22 matches are Wordle answers, and all 22 are allowed guesses. That split matters: a legal guess is not necessarily an answer, so treat the answer count as a narrower clue rather than assuming every match could be the solution.

Dictionary coverage differs: Collins contains 21 matches, NWL2023 has 16, and ENABLE has 14. The combined total is 22, not the sum of those counts, because words can appear in more than one list. Check your game's dictionary before relying on a less familiar option such as HYPHA.