6-letter words with C as the 1st letter and Y as the 3rd letter

That pattern produces a compact set: 25 tournament-dictionary entries, far fewer than the C-and-other-third-letter groups such as C-R (202) or C-A (198). Familiar examples include crying, crypto, coyote, and cayman; less familiar ones include chypre, chyron, and clypei. Only four entries clear our common-word cutoff, so recognition drops quickly after the familiar anchors.

6-letter words with C as the 1st letter and Y as the 3rd letter

• The fixed C-Y pattern matches 25 six-letter words.
• Collins accepts 22 matches, compared with 19 in NWL2023 and 16 in ENABLE.
• The average score is 13.4 points.
• Seven words end in S; E and G each finish four words.

Which C-Y words are easiest to recognize?

Crying, crypto, coyote, and cayman are familiar starting points among the examples. Across the full set, just four words meet our common-word cutoff. Chyron and chypre are less likely to spring to mind quickly, while clypei and coypou are specialist vocabulary.

For a timed puzzle, hold onto the recognizable forms first, then test less familiar candidates against the exact pattern: C in position one, Y in position three, and four remaining letters. The pattern is restrictive, but it still allows varied endings: seven matches end in S, while E and G each appear four times.

Which C-Y words score most in Scrabble?

CHYACK tops the scoring list at 20 points, followed by CHYMIC at 18 and CHYPRE and CHYMES at 16 each. Those high values come with a catch: the strongest scorers are also among the less familiar words, so knowing the pattern does not guarantee an easy play.

CHYRON and CHYLES each score 14, while the recognizable CRYPTO scores 13. Check your game's word list before relying on an obscure entry; the dictionaries do not accept the same number of these words. For a broader comparison, the C-R group has 202 six-letter matches, against 25 for C-Y.