5-letter words with Y as the 2nd letter and S as the 5th letter

The pattern is _Y__S: Y must sit immediately after the first letter, and S closes the word. TYPES, MYTHS, TYRES, and BYTES are familiar examples, but only six matches rank among common English words. The rest lean heavily toward specialist or less familiar vocabulary, so use the letter positions to narrow your search before relying on familiarity.

At a glance: the _Y__S pattern

• The fixed pattern is _Y__S, with 103 tournament-dictionary matches.
• TYPES, MYTHS, TYRES, and BYTES are recognizable examples; six matches are common by frequency.
• T leads the first-letter count with 11 words, just ahead of G with 10.
• ZYMES is the top scorer at 19 Scrabble points.

5-letter words with Y as the 2nd letter and S as the 5th letter

There are 103 matching words across the tournament dictionaries. Collins includes 100, NWL2023 includes 70, and ENABLE includes 65; those dictionary totals overlap, so they do not add up to the overall count. Check your game's word list before playing a less familiar entry.

The first letters spread out rather than clustering around one obvious family. T starts 11 matches, G starts 10, and P and S each start nine. That makes the opening letter a useful filter: if your grid rules out T and G, you still have plenty of candidates beginning with other letters.

Which matches score well or fit Wordle?

ZYMES leads the scoring list at 19 points. PYXIS, PYXES, and MYXOS each score 17, so the strongest plays come from uncommon words with valuable letters rather than the familiar examples. TYPES and BYTES are easier to recognize, but they do not top this scoring group.

Wordle has no answers matching this pattern, although 102 entries are allowed as guesses. That distinction matters: a word accepted as a guess is not necessarily a possible solution. With only six common matches, this pattern is also a poor place to expect everyday answer vocabulary.