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

This pattern fixes the middle of each word as _Y_A__, leaving the first, third, fifth, and sixth letters open. BYPASS and TYRANT are recognizable matches, but the list is much smaller than other six-letter patterns: only three matches rank among the top 25,000 English words by frequency. There are no matching Wordle answers or allowed guesses.

At a glance: the Y-A pattern

• 36 tournament-dictionary words put Y second and A fourth.
• Collins lists all 36 matches; NWL2023 lists 23, and ENABLE lists 21.
• Only three matches rank among the top 25,000 English words by frequency.
• PYJAMA, BYZANT, and ZYMASE each score 20 points before premium-square bonuses.
• S is the most common final letter, appearing on 15 words; E follows with 11.

Which letters start and finish these words?

B leads the starting-letter group with nine matches. G and P follow with four each, while C, L, and M contribute three apiece. Try familiar B words first: BYPASS, BYLAWS, BYWAYS, and BYNAME all fit the same fixed positions.

The endings cluster just as tightly: S and E together account for 26 of the 36 words. T appears five times; A, G, H, K, and O each appear once. That makes a final S or E a strong first test when your puzzle gives no clue for the last tile.

How to use 6-letter words with Y as the 2nd and A as the 4th

For a word game, build from the fixed pattern rather than guessing all six letters at once. The nine B-starting matches give you a productive family to check, including BYPASS and BYLAWS; then test common endings such as S and E against your known letters.

The scores reward less familiar choices: PYJAMA, BYZANT, and ZYMASE each reach 20 points, while BYWAYS scores 17. Those are tile scores before board bonuses, so a premium square can change the result. The average score across the matches is 12.6.

This pattern is a poor Wordle-answer search: no answer or allowed guess matches it. It is also not a list of everyday vocabulary; only three entries meet the frequency cutoff. For Scrabble, check your game's word list, since Collins has 36 matches but NWL2023 and ENABLE have fewer.