6-letter words with R as the 2nd letter and Y as the 4th letter

The pattern is _R_Y__, with 27 entries across the tournament lists. Its strongest clusters are at the start and finish: G leads the first-letter count, while D is the most common final letter. Only two entries meet our common-word cutoff, so this pattern is much narrower in everyday vocabulary than its raw count suggests.

6-letter words with R as the 2nd letter and Y as the 4th letter

• Twenty-seven six-letter entries match _R_Y__; every word fixes R in slot two and Y in slot four.
• GREYED, GRAYER, and GRAYED show how one shared stem produces several endings.
• Eight entries start with G, the largest first-letter group; P follows with six.
• Eight finish in D, while E and R each close six words.
• Only two entries rank among the top 25,000 English words by word frequency.

Which starting letters should you try first?

The front of the pattern is lopsided: G supplies eight words, including GREYED, GRAYER, GRAYED, GREYER, GREYLY, and GRAYLY. P contributes six, with PRAYER, PRAYED, PREYED, and PREYER among the recognizable choices. Together, these initials account for fourteen of the 27 matches.

For a solving shortcut, test G first, then P, before cycling through A, B, C, or T. Those four smaller groups account for eleven entries combined, while D and F contribute one each.

Which matches are common and score well?

For 6-letter words with R as the 2nd letter and Y as the 4th letter, the common-word pool is just two entries. Many other matches are specialist vocabulary rather than everyday guesses. PRAYER and CRAYON look familiar, but familiarity alone does not establish frequency rank.

FRAYED, GREYLY, and GRAYLY tie at 13 Scrabble points, the top score here; PRAYED and PREYED score 12. PRAYER and CRAYON each score 11. These are base tile totals before board premiums, so apply a multiplier only when a letter or word lands on a premium square.

Dictionary coverage varies: Collins includes 26 matches, compared with 20 in NWL2023 and 19 in ENABLE. Those counts overlap rather than forming separate piles. Some entries are obscure, so check your game's word list before relying on one.