6-letter words with Y as the 1st letter and I as the 5th letter

The pattern is tight: all 14 begin with Y, and the fifth tile is I, leaving only the second, third, fourth, and final positions open. YESSIR, YUPPIE, and YORKIE are easier to recognize than YTTRIA or YEELIN. Only 7 entries have definitions, and none falls among the top 25,000 English words.

The pattern at a glance

• Fourteen tournament-dictionary words match the pattern Y _ _ _ I _.
• Nine finish with E, and two finish with A.
• C, N, and R each end one word.
• YUPPIE, YORKIE, YIPPIE, YANKIE, YUMPIE, YAPPIE, and YABBIE each score 13 points.
• Collins has 13 matches, NWL2023 has 8, and ENABLE has 6.

How many 6-letter words with Y as the 1st letter and I as the 5th letter?

Fourteen six-letter words fit this pattern, a sharp drop from the C-first list's 164 and P-first list's 157. Changing just the fifth letter to E produces 79 Y-first matches, so I in that slot is the unusual constraint. The 7-letter version has 69 matches, despite adding a tile.

Nine matches end in E, while only two end in A; C, N, and R account for one each. If your board rules out E and A, only three candidates remain. The other endings include YTTRIC with C, YEELIN with N, and YESSIR with R.

Which Y-first entries score highest in Scrabble?

Seven words tie at 13 points: YUPPIE, YORKIE, YIPPIE, YANKIE, YUMPIE, YAPPIE, and YABBIE. The tie gives you several options if one spelling does not fit your rack or board. YTTRIC scores 11, while YESSIR and YTTRIA score 9.

Those are base-word scores; a premium square can change the board total. For a constrained rack, keep I in the fifth position and test the ending next: E covers nine matches, while A covers two. That order narrows the candidates using the pattern's biggest split.

Dictionary coverage varies: Collins lists 13 matches, NWL2023 lists 8, and ENABLE lists 6. Only 7 have definitions, and none is among the top 25,000 common English words. These are tournament-list entries rather than everyday vocabulary, so check your game's word list before playing an unfamiliar form.