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

The pattern is fixed at __C__Y: C sits in the third slot, and Y closes every answer. HOCKEY and NICELY are familiar examples, but only seven matches rank among the top 25,000 English words by frequency. That makes this a narrow clue with a few everyday footholds and plenty of less familiar options.

The pattern at a glance

• There are 39 tournament-dictionary matches for the six-letter pattern __C__Y.
• All 39 matches end in Y; the first letters vary, with R leading at five words.
• HOCKEY, NICELY, OCCUPY, and JOCKEY are recognizable examples.
• Collins lists 39 matches, compared with 29 in NWL2023 and 27 in ENABLE.
• JOCKEY and JACKSY top the listed Scrabble scores at 22 points each.

Why are there only 39 matches?

The two fixed positions cut the choices sharply: C must land third, while Y must be last. For comparison, the same six-letter pattern with A in the third position has 200 matches, so C leaves a much shorter search.

The familiar choices make a small cluster rather than a broad everyday vocabulary. HOCKEY names a sport, NICELY is an adverb, and OCCUPY is a verb; the remaining answers include less common forms such as RICKLY and TICKLY.

Only 22 of the 39 matches carry definitions, and the average Scrabble score runs high at 15.3, lifted by the K and J tiles that recur in this set.

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

The dictionary totals differ: Collins has 39 matches, NWL2023 has 29, and ENABLE has 27. A word accepted in one list may not work in another, so check your game's word list before relying on an unfamiliar entry.

For Scrabble, JOCKEY and JACKSY share the top score of 22. HOCKEY and HICKEY score 18 apiece, while MICKEY scores 17. Those high values come from the J and K tiles; a strong score does not make a word more familiar or universally accepted.