6-letter words with E as the 3rd letter and Y as the 4th letter

Only 21 tournament-dictionary words fit the six-letter pattern __EY__. The count overstates how playable the set feels: zero entries fall in the common-word band, and several are rare forms such as QUEYNS or WHEYEY. Endings are less varied than the opening letters, with D alone closing nine entries.

6-letter words with E as the 3rd letter and Y as the 4th letter

• Twenty-one words match the pattern across the tournament dictionaries; source counts overlap.
• Collins includes 20 matches, NWL2023 includes 12, and ENABLE includes 11.
• OBEYED and PREYED are familiar-looking entries among 13 words with definitions.
• Nine words end in D, while only two end in Y.

Which entries look most familiar?

The familiar faces are mostly inflected forms: OBEYED and PREYED are clear examples, with GREYED and GREYER close behind. None of the 21 count as common under the frequency measure, so recognition is a poor filter for the full set. OBEYED is especially easy to spot because its base, OBEY, is familiar; the pattern still conceals obscure entries.

Dictionary coverage differs by region and edition: Collins has 20 matches, NWL2023 has 12, and ENABLE has 11. These source counts overlap rather than partitioning the 21-word set. A pattern match is not a promise of acceptance in every game, so verify an unfamiliar form against the lexicon your game uses.

Which endings and scores stand out?

Nine words finish in D, five in R, and three in S; only two end in Y. OBEYED, PREYED, and GREYED illustrate the largest ending group, while GREYER and PREYER cover the runner-up. When the last letter is unknown, test D and R before spending a guess on one of the rarer endings.

WHEYEY and QUEYNS tie for the highest tile score at 18, with OXEYES at 16. GREYLY, FLEYED, and SWEYED each score 13; OBEYED and PREYED each score 12. The ranking is counterintuitive: the awkward-looking leaders outscore the more familiar forms named here.

Compare neighboring fixed-letter searches before widening the whole pattern: E in third and E in fourth yields 156 words, and E followed by A yields 150. Replacing E in the third position with A while keeping Y fourth gives 45. That contrast makes the 6-letter words with E as the 3rd letter and Y as the 4th letter notably constrained; broaden the third slot first if you need more candidates.