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

The pattern is _ _ R _ _ Y: R must sit in the third slot, and the word must finish with Y. Among the 133 tournament-dictionary matches, 31 meet our common-word cutoff, while 100 have definitions. That mix gives you recognizable options like SURELY and HARDLY alongside less familiar entries such as JARVEY.

At a glance: the R-and-Y pattern

• All 133 matches place R third and Y sixth.
• Only 31 are common by our frequency cutoff; SURVEY, TURKEY, and RARELY are familiar anchors.
• P begins 21 entries, ahead of S at 13 and C and M at 11 apiece.
• JARVEY leads tile scoring at 19; PEROXY and FORWHY follow at 18.
• Collins includes 126 matches, compared with 103 in NWL2023 and 94 in ENABLE.

Which words fit R third and Y sixth?

Start with everyday words that make the letter pattern easy to see: SURVEY, TURKEY, SURELY, HARDLY, BARELY, and RARELY all place R in the same fixed position and end with Y. MERELY, PARTLY, and WORTHY offer more familiar choices when those letters match your crossing clues.

P is the most common first letter, with 21 matches. Examples include PURELY, PARODY, PURITY, PIRACY, PARITY, and BARLEY; S follows with 13, including SURVEY and SURREY. C and M each start 11 words, so a P opening is the strongest first-letter guess in this set.

The pattern's familiar words are only part of the picture. MURRAY, MURPHY, and BARNEY also fit, while VERIFY and HEREBY use different openings and endings around the same R-and-Y frame.

Which R-and-Y matches score highest?

JARVEY is the tile-score leader at 19, while PEROXY and FORWHY each score 18. FURPHY, PYROHY, and MYRRHY are next at 17; JERSEY and MURPHY score 16. These scores reward unusual letter combinations, not everyday usefulness, so check the word before building a play around it.

For 6-letter words with R as the 3rd letter and Y as the 6th letter, dictionary coverage matters: the combined set has 133 entries, but Collins has 126, NWL2023 has 103, and ENABLE has 94. A match in one list is not automatically accepted in another, so check your game's word list once before relying on an unfamiliar entry.

A practical clue-solving rule: use the common words to test meaning, then try a less familiar option only when your crossing letters support it. The 31 common entries are a small share of the total, and the top tile scorers include specialized or uncommon-looking words.