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

D sits in position three and Y closes every match, which keeps this set compact. WIDELY and BODILY are recognizable adverbs, while KIDNEY names an organ and CODIFY is a verb. Only 11 entries count as common English words, so the rest is specialist game vocabulary.

The pattern at a glance

• 44 matches fit the D-third, Y-sixth pattern.
• M and R open 7 matches apiece, more than any other starting letter.
• JUDGEY leads the score list at 18 Scrabble points.
• Collins carries 41 matches; NWL2023 has 37 and ENABLE 31.

6-letter words with D third and Y last

For familiar starting points, try WIDELY, KIDNEY, MODIFY, BODILY, and MIDWAY. MIDDAY and MEDLEY offer different letter patterns, while RUDELY and TIDILY are adverbs. These examples show why the final Y alone does not tell you what kind of word you have.

The starting-letter split gives a useful solving clue: M and R lead with 7 words each, while P follows with 5. A vowel in position three is fixed, but the first two letters still do much of the work. If your pattern permits an M or R, test those openings before less common starts.

Which matches score well, and what is the catch?

JUDGEY scores 18 points, ahead of JADERY at 17 and LADYFY at 16. MODIFY, MIDWAY, and CODIFY each score 15. JUDGEY is the top scorer here, but its spelling is less everyday than KIDNEY or MODIFY; a high tile total does not make a word easy to spot.

Only 11 of the 44 matches meet the common-word frequency cutoff, and 33 have definitions. That gap is a reminder that a pattern list includes obscure entries, not just words you would use in conversation. Dictionary coverage also differs: Collins has more matches than NWL2023 or ENABLE, so confirm any unfamiliar answer against the word list your game uses.