6-letter words with Y as the 2nd letter and N as the 3rd letter

The pattern leaves Y in position two and N in position three, with four more letters still open. Collins lists 34 matches, compared with 22 in NWL2023 and 20 in ENABLE; those dictionary counts overlap. Just two entries rank among the top 25,000 English words by frequency, so familiar examples sit alongside many less common forms.

At a glance: the Y-N pattern

• Thirty-four tournament-dictionary words match the fixed Y-N pattern.
• Fourteen matches begin with S, while five begin with D.
• Fourteen matches end in S, the largest reported final-letter group.
• Only two entries count as common by our frequency measure.
• JYNXES leads the score list at 23 points.

Which words fit this letter pattern?

The 34 matches span three tournament dictionaries, but the totals are not separate piles: Collins has 34, NWL2023 has 22, and ENABLE has 20. SYNTAX is one of the two common entries; DYNAMO is another recognizable example. Other matches include SYNTHS, SYNCED, CYNICS and SYNODS.

The starting letters cluster around S: 14 words begin there, against five starting with D and three with G. K and L contribute two each, while B, C and F contribute one each. That makes S the strongest first-letter branch when you are narrowing a pattern, though it still represents fewer than half the matches.

For another sense of how selective the pattern is, the six-letter Y-R combination has 45 matches, and Y-P has 36. Y-N has 34, just two fewer than Y-P. The Y-N set also averages 12.1 points, a high mean alongside several obscure forms.

Which matches score the most?

• JYNXES scores 23 points, the highest total in this set.
• SYNTAX and LYNXES tie at 16 points apiece.
• KYNDED follows at 15 points.
• FYNBOS, SYNCHS, MYNAHS and KYNDES each score 14.

6-letter words with Y as 2nd and N as 3rd letter