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

The pattern fixes two spots: E in the middle pair and Y at the end. That leaves four open letters, but the opening letter is far from evenly spread. S is the most common start, while the examples range from everyday words such as PLENTY and WEEKLY to less familiar tournament entries.

The pattern at a glance

• Exactly 172 tournament-dictionary words match E in position three and Y in position six.
• Only 36 matches fall within the top 25,000 English words by frequency.
• S starts 46 matches, more than twice the 20 that start with C.
• The counts differ by dictionary: Collins has 166, NWL2023 has 124, and ENABLE has 109; these groups overlap.

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

The fixed pattern produces 172 words, but the starting letter quickly narrows a search. S leads with 46, followed by C with 20; T contributes 13 and F contributes 12. For familiar candidates, try STEADY, SLEEPY, CHERRY, or THEORY before scanning for rarer openings.

The ending letter makes a striking difference: 459 six-letter words with E third end in S, compared with 172 ending in Y. Changing the third letter while keeping Y last also shifts the count: A has 200 matches, O has 171, and I has 167. The A pattern has the largest of those three groups.

Which matching words score well in Scrabble?

QUEAZY leads the listed Scrabble scores at 27 points. JEEZLY and EXEQUY each score 25, while WHEEZY scores 24. Those are striking board plays, but the top scorers are much less familiar than PRETTY, ENERGY, or POETRY.

Of the 172 matches, 123 carry definitions and the average score is 13.5 points. Dictionary coverage also varies: a word accepted in Collins might not appear in an NWL2023 game. Check your game's word list before playing an unfamiliar candidate.