6-letter words with Y as the 5th letter and S as the 6th letter

Exactly 110 six-letter entries put Y in position five and S at the end, from familiar ALWAYS and ENJOYS to less common forms such as BYWAYS. Only 10 rank among the top 25,000 English words by frequency, so the pattern is much broader than its everyday vocabulary suggests.

At a glance: common words and top scores

• All 110 matches end in S, with Y fixed in the fifth position.
• ALWAYS, ENJOYS, DELAYS, and ESSAYS are recognizable examples.
• Only 10 entries are common by the top-25,000 English-frequency cutoff.
• COZEYS and JAKEYS lead the score list at 20 points apiece.

How does the Y-S pattern compare with nearby clues?

The fifth-letter Y makes this a much smaller group than the E-fifth, S-ending pattern, which has 1,694 matches. The Y-fifth, L-ending pattern has 23, so changing the final letter sharply narrows the search.

First letters are uneven: A leads with 13 words, C follows with 10, while P and S each start nine. ALWAYS and ALLEYS show the A cluster; SPRAYS illustrates the S group. For a fixed pattern, test the first four slots rather than treating the ending as open.

Compare the clue carefully: changing only the fifth letter from Y to E raises the count to 1,694; changing the final S to L leaves 23 with Y still fifth. That contrast makes this a narrow search, not simply another S-ending list.

6-letter words with Y as the 5th letter and S as the 6th letter