6-letter words with C as the 4th letter and Y as the 6th letter

Every match has the pattern ___C_Y, from familiar choices like tricky, sticky and catchy to less common entries. Collins includes 61, NWL2023 includes 51, and ENABLE includes 43; those dictionary counts overlap. Only 6 matches rank among the top 25,000 English words by frequency, so expect many uncommon options.

At a glance

• There are 64 tournament-dictionary words with C fourth and Y sixth.
• Tricky, sticky, catchy and pricey are recognizable examples.
• Quacky and zincky tie for the top score at 24 points each.
• C, P, B and S lead the starting letters, with 11, 10, 8 and 8 matches.
• Only 6 matches meet the common-word frequency threshold.

Which words start this pattern most often?

C leads the opening letters with 11 matches, just ahead of P with 10. Catchy, chucky and checky start with C; pricey, patchy and peachy start with P. B and S tie at 8 each, represented by beachy, blocky, sticky and stocky.

The distribution thins quickly after those leaders: T has 7 matches, while D, F and W each have 3. That makes the opening letter a useful extra filter when your rack or crossing letters already rule out most of the ___C_Y pattern.

Which C-fourth, Y-last words score highest?

Quacky and zincky share the highest score at 24 points apiece under standard Scrabble tile values. Whacky follows at 21, while chucky and checky each score 20. The group averages 16.1 points, so its fixed C and Y can carry real tile value even when the word itself is unfamiliar.

Dictionary coverage is not identical: Collins accepts 61 matches, compared with 51 in NWL2023 and 43 in ENABLE. Only 6 are common by the frequency cutoff, and 51 have definitions. Check your game's word list before relying on an unusual entry; a match here is not automatically accepted in every game.