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

The pattern is _Y_I__, with the first, third, fifth, and sixth letters still open. That leaves room for familiar words such as lyrics, typing, myriad, and eyeing, but only four matches count as common by English frequency. The ending is strikingly lopsided: G appears far more often than any other final letter.

At a glance: the Y-and-I pattern

• There are 58 matches for the fixed pattern _Y_I__ across tournament dictionaries.
• G closes 26 words; S is the next most common ending, with 13.
• T begins 8 matches, more than any other starting letter.
• ZYMITE leads the scoring results at 20 points.

How many 6-letter words have Y second and I fourth?

There are 58 six-letter words with Y as the 2nd letter and I as the 4th letter. The dictionary counts differ: Collins includes all 58, while NWL2023 has 35 and ENABLE has 33. Check your game's word list before playing, since a match in one dictionary is not automatically accepted in another.

The first letter offers a useful narrowing clue. T leads with 8 words, followed by L with 7; H, P, and S each begin 5. If your pattern also starts with T, typing and typist are familiar possibilities, while lyrics and myriad show how varied the other openings can be.

Why do so many matches end in G?

G closes 26 matches, exactly twice the 13 that end in S. Typing, eyeing, dyeing, and hyping make the G-heavy pattern easy to spot: several recognizable examples have an -ing ending. Still, don’t assume every answer must end that way; the list also includes words such as lyrics and byline.

For a high-scoring play, ZYMITE is the standout at 20 points, ahead of PYXING at 19 and PYXIES at 18. The score ranking favors less familiar letter combinations, while the four common matches are a small part of the full set. For a different clue, compare 6-letter words with Y as the 2nd letter and I as the 4th letter against neighboring patterns and lengths.