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

The pattern fixes P in the middle and Y at the end, leaving four positions open. Only five of the 33 entries rank among the top 25,000 English words by frequency, so familiar choices such as SUPPLY and DEPUTY sit beside less common forms like POPERY and EMPERY. The matches span several tournament dictionaries, not one universal word list.

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

• Exactly 33 tournament-list entries fit the fixed P-third, Y-last pattern.
• R is the most frequent opening letter, with six matches; D and P tie at five each.
• Every match ends in Y, so there is no variation in the final letter.
• SUPPLY, DEPUTY, EMPLOY, REPLAY, and DEPLOY are among the familiar examples.

Which matching words score the most?

POPJOY leads the Scrabble tile-score ranking at 20 points. EXPIRY and JAPERY follow at 18 each, while TYPIFY scores 17 and BYPLAY reaches 16. SUPPLY scores 13.

POPJOY's J and double P lift its raw score, but rare forms make up much of this compact pattern. Just five matches meet the frequency cutoff, and only 24 have definitions. Collins includes 32 entries, NWL2023 includes 29, and ENABLE includes 26.

How should you narrow the pattern?

Lock P into slot three and Y into slot six, then test the four open positions. Start with SUPPLY, DEPUTY, EMPLOY, REPLAY, and DEPLOY, familiar anchors in the 33-word set. If those do not fit, try less familiar options such as POPERY, PAPERY, and VAPORY.

The 6-letter words with P as the 3rd letter and Y as the 6th letter are uneven by first letter: R begins six, while D and P begin five each. Scan the R branch first, but do not assume every R form is everyday vocabulary. For a different ending, P-third words ending in S number 180.