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7-letter words with A as the 1st letter and Y as the 4th letter

7-letter words with A first and Y fourth total 26 matches; ACRYLIC is familiar, while AGRYZED leads the Scrabble scores at 21.

26 wordsTop pick ACRYLICHighest score AGRYZED 21

1 of 26 are everyday words (4%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.

With A in 1st place, I is the most common 4th letter (233 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Best words to play first 26 · most-used first

  • ACRYLIC14
  • ALLYING11
  • ALLYLIC12
  • ALKYNES14
  • ARGYLLS11
  • AWAYDAY17
  • ARGYRIA11
  • ABEYANT12
  • ARGYLES11
  • ACRYLYL15
  • AFFYING17
  • AGLYCON13
  • AGRYZED21
  • AGRYZES20
  • ALAYING11
  • ALEYING11
  • ALIYAHS13
  • ALIYOTH13
  • ALKYLIC16
  • APAYING13
  • APHYLLY18
  • ARAYSED11
  • ARAYSES10
  • AROYNTS10
  • ASTYLAR10
  • AVOYERS13
All valid words 26

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

  • ABEYANT12
  • ACRYLIC14
  • ACRYLYL15
  • AFFYING17
  • AGLYCON13
  • AGRYZED21
  • AGRYZES20
  • ALAYING11
  • ALEYING11
  • ALIYAHS13
  • ALIYOTH13
  • ALKYLIC16
  • ALKYNES14
  • ALLYING11
  • ALLYLIC12
  • APAYING13
  • APHYLLY18
  • ARAYSED11
  • ARAYSES10
  • ARGYLES11
  • ARGYLLS11
  • ARGYRIA11
  • AROYNTS10
  • ASTYLAR10
  • AVOYERS13
  • AWAYDAY17
Letters by positionIn 31% of these words the 2nd letter is L.
2nd letter
  1. L31%
  2. R23%
  3. G12%
3rd letter
  1. A19%
  2. R15%
  3. L12%
5th letter
  1. L31%
  2. I19%
  3. A8%
6th letter
  1. N23%
  2. E23%
  3. I15%
7th letter
  1. S31%
  2. G19%
  3. C12%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
Score spreadMost of these words score 11 in Scrabble; AGRYZED tops the list with 21. Scores before board bonuses.
  1. 1010 points: 3 words
  2. 11 points: 7 words
  3. 1212 points: 2 words
  4. 13 points: 5 words
  5. 1414 points: 2 words
  6. 15 points: 1 words
  7. 1616 points: 1 words
  8. 17 points: 2 words
  9. 1818 points: 1 words
  10. 19 points: 0 words
  11. 2020 points: 1 words
  12. 21 points: 1 words
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
AGRYZED2121Collins only
AGRYZES2020Collins only
APHYLLY1818All three
AWAYDAY1715Collins only
AFFYING1718Collins only
ALKYLIC1618All three
ACRYLYL1516Collins only
ACRYLIC1416All three
ALKYNES1415All three
AGLYCON1316All three
ALIYAHS1312All three
ALIYOTH1312Collins · NWL

The pattern is A _ _ Y _ _ _, with A fixed at the start and Y in the fourth slot. Collins recognizes all 26 matches, but only 14 appear in NWL2023 and 13 in ENABLE. That split matters in tournament play: a word accepted in one list is not automatically safe in another.

At a glance: the A and Y pattern

  • Exactly 26 tournament-dictionary words match A _ _ Y _ _ _.
  • Collins includes 26 matches; NWL2023 includes 14, and ENABLE includes 13.
  • Only 1 match ranks among the top 25,000 English words by frequency.
  • ACRYLIC scores 14 points; AGRYZED leads with 21 Scrabble points.
  • Eight matches end in S, making it the most frequent final letter in this group.

Which A-and-Y words score the most?

AGRYZED scores 21 Scrabble points, ahead of AGRYZES at 20 and APHYLLY at 18. AWAYDAY and AFFYING each score 17, so the highest-value choices lean toward rare spellings rather than familiar vocabulary. ACRYLIC and ALKYNES each score 14.

AGRYZED and AGRYZES share their first six letters and differ only at the end. Once A-G-R-Y-Z-E is on your rack, test D and S separately instead of rebuilding the whole pattern. Of the 26 matches, 22 have definitions available; a high score does not mean a word is everyday vocabulary.

How do the endings narrow the pattern?

Tip

For a score-focused rack, compare AGRYZED and AGRYZES first: they share six letters, but the final D or S changes which play fits.

Questions people ask

How many 7-letter words start with A and have Y as the fourth letter?
There are 26 matches in the tournament-dictionary lists. Collins includes all 26, while NWL2023 has 14 and ENABLE has 13. The pattern is A _ _ Y _ _ _, so the first and fourth positions are fixed.
Which A-first, Y-fourth word has the highest Scrabble score?
AGRYZED is the top scorer at 21 Scrabble points. AGRYZES follows at 20, and APHYLLY scores 18. AWAYDAY and AFFYING each reach 17, placing them ahead of ACRYLIC and ALKYNES at 14.
Are these A-and-Y pattern words common?
No; only 1 of the 26 matches falls among the top 25,000 English words by frequency. ACRYLIC is a recognizable example in the group, but many entries are specialist forms. Familiarity and tournament validity are different tests.

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