6-letter words with S as the 5th letter and Y as the 6th letter

The fixed ending narrows the search to a compact group: every match has S in position five and Y at the end. Classy, clumsy, and drowsy show how different the words can feel despite sharing that pattern. Only 10 entries fall among the most common English words, so expect familiar choices alongside less everyday vocabulary.

6-letter words with S fifth and Y last at a glance

• There are 64 matches, and all end in Y.
• Classy, cheesy, greasy, and uneasy are familiar examples.
• C is the most common first letter, with 10 matches.
• The highest score is jacksy at 22 points.

How rare is this S-and-Y pattern?

The pattern is relatively narrow: 64 words have S fifth and Y sixth, compared with 390 words that have L fifth and Y sixth. The R-and-Y pattern has 181. If you are solving from a known final pair, locking in S-Y quickly cuts down the search.

The opening letters give you another useful filter. C leads with 10 words, while B and G each begin eight. Classy and cheesy are recognizable C examples; grassy and glossy start with G. The distribution is not evenly spread, so trying C first makes sense when the first letter is still unknown.

Which matches score well, and what should you check?

Jacksy leads the scores at 22, followed by kecksy at 19. Queasy and quinsy each score 18, while whimsy scores 17. Those high values come from less familiar words, so a top score is not a promise that an opponent will recognize the entry.

Dictionary coverage differs: 42 matches appear in ENABLE, 62 in Collins, and 47 in NWL2023. Those totals overlap because a word can occur in more than one list. Before playing an unfamiliar scorer such as kecksy, check the word list used in your game.