6-letter words with C as the 1st letter and Y as the 5th letter

Y in the fifth slot is a rare landing spot after C, with just 12 matches against 483 for E and 164 for I in the same position. Most of the group is a plural pattern, and none of the twelve counts as common English. COCCYX carries the only X and the only repeated letter, which is why it stands so far clear on score.

Twelve words where Y holds slot five

• Twelve six-letter words put C first and Y fifth.
• Eight end in -EYS and ten close in S overall.
• COCCYX reaches 22 points and holds the set's only X.
• No match ranks as common English.
• Collins carries all 12, NWL2023 has 10 and ENABLE has 8.

How many 6-letter words have C first and Y fifth?

Only 12. E fills that fifth slot in 483 matches, I in 164 and A in 146, so a Y there is one of the thinnest continuations available after an opening C.

The shape is mostly a plural ending. Eight matches close in -EYS, from CONEYS and COVEYS to COZEYS and CUTEYS, and COPAYS and COLBYS add an -AYS and a -BYS.

Length makes the gap wider still, because the five-letter version of this frame holds 76 matches against these 12.

Which of the twelve scores best?

COCCYX leads on 22 points. COZEYS follows at 20 and COVEYS reaches 14, while COLBYS and COPAYS sit on 13 and seven matches tie on 11.

COCCYX differs in shape as well as value, since it repeats the C in the fourth slot and ends on an X. COZEYS gets its 20 from a Z that many racks would save for another turn.

ENABLE drops to 8 matches, losing COLBYS, COPAYS, COLEYS and COREYS. COLEYS and COREYS appear in Collins alone, so the thinnest list is thinner than the count suggests.