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6-letter words with Y as the 3rd letter and P as the 4th letter

6-letter words with Y as the 3rd letter and P as the 4th letter: 25 matches, including CRYPTO, KEYPAD, and GLYPHS.

25 wordsTop pick CRYPTOHighest score JOYPOP 20

1 of 25 are everyday words (4%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.

With Y in 3rd place, I is the most common 4th letter (50 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Best words to play first 25 · most-used first

  • CRYPTO13
  • KEYPAD16
  • GLYPHS15
  • CRYPTS13
  • CHYPRE16
  • JOYPAD19
  • FRYPAN14
  • TRYPAN11
  • ATYPIC13
  • BLYPES13
  • CLYPED14
  • CLYPEI13
  • CLYPES13
  • COYPOU13
  • COYPUS13
  • ETYPIC13
  • FLYPED15
  • FLYPES14
  • GRYPES12
  • JOYPOP20
  • KEYPAL15
  • MAYPOP15
  • SCYPHI16
  • SHYPOO14
  • SLYPES11
All valid words 25

A to Z. Includes rare and Collins-only words. Linked tiles open the word's meaning, score and rhymes.

  • ATYPIC13
  • BLYPES13
  • CHYPRE16
  • CLYPED14
  • CLYPEI13
  • CLYPES13
  • COYPOU13
  • COYPUS13
  • CRYPTO13
  • CRYPTS13
  • ETYPIC13
  • FLYPED15
  • FLYPES14
  • FRYPAN14
  • GLYPHS15
  • GRYPES12
  • JOYPAD19
  • JOYPOP20
  • KEYPAD16
  • KEYPAL15
  • MAYPOP15
  • SCYPHI16
  • SHYPOO14
  • SLYPES11
  • TRYPAN11
Letters by positionIn 32% of these words the 1st letter is C.
1st letter
  1. C32%
  2. F12%
  3. S12%
2nd letter
  1. L32%
  2. R20%
  3. O16%
5th letter
  1. E32%
  2. A20%
  3. O16%
6th letter
  1. S32%
  2. D16%
  3. C8%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
Score spreadMost of these words score 13 in Scrabble; JOYPOP tops the list with 20. Scores before board bonuses.
  1. 1111 points: 2 words
  2. 12 points: 1 words
  3. 1313 points: 9 words
  4. 14 points: 4 words
  5. 1515 points: 4 words
  6. 16 points: 3 words
  7. 1717 points: 0 words
  8. 18 points: 0 words
  9. 1919 points: 1 words
  10. 20 points: 1 words
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
JOYPOP2023All three
JOYPAD1921NWL only
KEYPAD1616All three
CHYPRE1616Collins only
SCYPHI1616All three
GLYPHS1516All three
MAYPOP1517All three
FLYPED1516Collins only
KEYPAL1516Collins · NWL
FRYPAN1415All three
CLYPED1416Collins only
FLYPES1415Collins only

The pattern is _ _ Y P _ _, fixing the middle pair while leaving the first two and last two letters open. CRYPTO and KEYPAD are recognizable anchors, but just 1 of the 25 matches ranks among the top 25,000 English words by frequency. Dictionary coverage varies sharply: Collins includes 24, while ENABLE includes 14.

The pattern at a glance

  • All 25 matches follow the fixed _ _ Y P _ _ pattern.
  • Only 1 match is common by word-frequency ranking.
  • Collins includes 24 words; NWL2023 includes 16 and ENABLE includes 14.
  • CRYPTO, KEYPAD, and GLYPHS are among the recognizable examples.
  • JOYPOP leads the scoring list with 20 points.

6-letter words with Y as the 3rd letter and P as the 4th letter

Eight matches begin with C, more than any other first letter in this group; F and S each start 3. That puts CRYPTO, CRYPTS, and CHYPRE in the largest opening-letter cluster, though their endings differ.

S is the most frequent final letter, appearing in 8 words, while D ends 4. Compare that narrow pattern with other fixed middle pairs: 6-letter words with P third and P fourth number 166, and the M-P pair has 132. The Y-P combination is much less productive.

Which Y-P words score highest?

JOYPOP tops the scores at 20 points, followed by JOYPAD at 19. KEYPAD, CHYPRE, and SCYPHI each score 16, while GLYPHS scores 15. If a rack contains J or Y, check these options before settling for a familiar lower-value play.

The catch is familiarity: only 1 of the 25 entries ranks as common, so several matches are specialist vocabulary rather than everyday choices. For 6-letter words with Y as the 3rd letter and P as the 4th letter, dictionary coverage matters too: Collins has 24 entries, but NWL2023 has 16. Check your game's word list before playing a less familiar word.

Questions people ask

How many six-letter words have Y third and P fourth?
There are 25 six-letter matches with Y in position three and P in position four. The fixed pair forms the pattern _ _ Y P _ _, with CRYPTO, KEYPAD, and GLYPHS among the examples. Only 1 of the 25 ranks as common by word frequency.
Which word with Y third and P fourth scores the most?
JOYPOP is the highest-scoring match at 20 points. JOYPAD follows at 19, while KEYPAD, CHYPRE, and SCYPHI each score 16. These scores make the less familiar options worth checking when your rack includes high-value letters.
Are all 25 words accepted in every Scrabble dictionary?
No. Collins includes 24 of the matches, while NWL2023 includes 16 and ENABLE includes 14. The counts show that acceptance differs by word list, so check the dictionary used in your game before relying on a less familiar entry such as JOYPOP or SCYPHI.

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