6-letter words with Y as the 1st letter and L as the 4th letter

The pattern fixes the opening Y and the fourth-position L, leaving three letters to vary. Yellow, yields, and yelled are among the recognizable matches; several others, such as yealms and yodler, are less familiar. That mix matters in a word game: a match for the letter pattern is not automatically a word you will know or want to play.

The pattern at a glance

• There are 13 six-letter matches with Y first and L fourth.
• Yellow, yields, and yelled are recognizable examples.
• Three matches count as common by our word-frequency measure.
• Ten entries have definitions, and the group's average score is 11.2.
• Yowley leads the scoring results at 15 points.

How many 6-letter words have Y first and L fourth?

There are 13 matches for this exact letter pattern. The endings are uneven: four words finish in D, while R and S each appear at the end of three. So if your last tile is D, start by checking candidates such as yelled, yowled, and yawled.

The opening letters do not tell you how familiar a word will be. Yellow and yields are easy to recognize, but the set also includes yodled, yodles, and yowley. When solving a clue, use the fixed letters to narrow the board first, then test the remaining positions against words you know.

Which matches score well, and what should you watch for?

Yowley is the scoring leader at 15 points, with yowled and yawled next at 13 each. Yellow and yowler score 12. These results make the unusual-looking words worth checking when you need a high-value play, but familiarity alone is not a reliable guide to a word's score.

The dictionary totals differ: Collins has 13 matches, while ENABLE and NWL2023 each have 11. The pattern has no Wordle answers, and its small set includes many uncommon entries. Before playing an unfamiliar option, check your game's word list; a match here does not guarantee acceptance in every dictionary.