6-letter words with A as the 2nd letter and Y as the 4th letter

This pattern leaves only 22 tournament-dictionary words, and just three rank among the top 25,000 English words by frequency. The recognizable entries include lawyer, canyon, and sawyer; many others, such as baryon and papyri, are less familiar. Collins includes all 22, while ENABLE and NWL2023 each include 15, so accepted answers depend on your game’s word list.

The pattern at a glance

• There are 22 six-letter matches with A second and Y fourth.
• B begins six entries; S begins five.
• N is the most common final letter, appearing five times.
• Lawyer, canyon, and sawyer are the three common matches.
• Larynx and ladyfy share the top score: 16 points each.

6-letter words with A as 2nd and Y as 4th

B and S account for 11 of the 22 starting letters. That concentration gives you a practical scan: check words beginning with B first, then S, before trying the smaller groups. Only three entries start with L, and just two start with G.

The endings cluster too. Five words finish with N, including canyon and baryon, while three finish with R, including lawyer and sawyer. This pattern is unusually restrictive beside the same six-letter pattern with I fourth, which has 510 matches, so keep the fixed letters in place rather than treating every blank tile as equally likely.

Which matches score well, and which are familiar?

Larynx and ladyfy lead the score list at 16 points apiece; galyak and bayyan follow at 14. Lawyer and sawyer each score 12, so the easiest words to recognize are not the top scorers. Save the rare spellings for a board position that rewards their high-value letters.

Familiarity is the main limitation: only three matches are common, and Collins has seven more entries than either ENABLE or NWL2023. That difference matters in word games with separate lexicons. Check your game’s dictionary before relying on an uncommon answer such as galyak or ladyfy.