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7-letter words with A as the 3rd letter and Y as the 6th letter

7-letter words with A as 3rd and Y as 6th letter: 11 tournament-dictionary entries fit the pattern __A__Y_.

11 wordsTop pick SEAWAYSHighest score STACHYS 15

With A in 3rd place, E is the most common 6th letter (1,042 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Best words to play first 11 · most-used first

  • SEAWAYS13
  • DEADEYE12
  • STACHYS15
  • ATALAYA10
  • CHANOYU15
  • CHANOYO15
  • GUANAYS11
  • PEAVEYS15
  • SHAMOYS15
  • SLAVEYS13
  • TEAPOYS12
All valid words 11

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

  • ATALAYA10
  • CHANOYO15
  • CHANOYU15
  • DEADEYE12
  • GUANAYS11
  • PEAVEYS15
  • SEAWAYS13
  • SHAMOYS15
  • SLAVEYS13
  • STACHYS15
  • TEAPOYS12

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
STACHYS1514Collins only
CHANOYU1516Collins · NWL
PEAVEYS1516All three
SHAMOYS1514All three
CHANOYO1515Collins only
SEAWAYS1312All three
SLAVEYS1314All three
DEADEYE1211All three
TEAPOYS1212All three
GUANAYS1113All three
ATALAYA1010All three

Only 11 tournament-dictionary entries fit this fixed pattern, and none ranks among our common words. The names range from familiar-looking SEAWAYS and DEADEYE to specialist entries such as STACHYS, CHANOYU, and TEAPOYS. Dictionary coverage is uneven: Collins includes all 11, while NWL2023 accepts 9 and ENABLE accepts 8.

Which 7-letter words have A as 3rd and Y as 6th letter?

  • Exactly 11 entries fit the seven-letter pattern _ _ A _ _ Y _.
  • Collins lists all 11; NWL2023 lists 9, and ENABLE lists 8.
  • SEAWAYS, DEADEYE, and STACHYS show how different the word shapes can look.
  • Seven entries end in S, including SEAWAYS, STACHYS, and SLAVEYS.
  • STACHYS, CHANOYU, PEAVEYS, SHAMOYS, and CHANOYO each score 15 points.

How does the letter pattern narrow the choices?

Read the pattern by position, not by familiar spelling: the third slot is A and the sixth is Y, leaving four letters open. SEAWAYS places S at the front and S at the end; DEADEYE finishes with E, while CHANOYU finishes with U. Those endings matter when your rack already fixes the final tile.

Four of the 11 start with S, more than any other initial; C appears twice, while A, D, G, P, and T appear once each. That makes an S-first guess more productive than testing any single other starting letter, but it does not make the vocabulary ordinary. The common-word count is zero, so treat these as constraint-solving candidates rather than everyday answers.

Which entries score highest in Scrabble?

Five entries tie at 15 points: STACHYS, CHANOYU, PEAVEYS, SHAMOYS, and CHANOYO. The next pair, SEAWAYS and SLAVEYS, score 13 each; DEADEYE and TEAPOYS score 12, and GUANAYS scores 11. The listed average is 13.3 points, so this pattern carries notable scoring weight despite its small vocabulary.

That tie reflects letters such as H, V, and Y in these spellings, not the pattern alone. Board placement changes the total, so use the letter values as a baseline and count premium squares separately. In a real game, unfamiliarity is a bigger risk than the seven-letter fit.

Which final letters should you test first?

Tip

If a crossing letter fixes the end, test S first: seven matches end in S, while A, E, O, and U each appear once as the final letter.

Questions people ask

How many seven-letter words have A third and Y sixth?
There are 11 tournament-dictionary entries with A in the third position and Y in the sixth. Their first letters vary, but four begin with S, and seven end with S. None falls within our common-word group.
Are all 11 words accepted in NWL2023?
No. Collins includes all 11 entries, but NWL2023 accepts 9 and ENABLE accepts 8. A word found in Collins therefore is not guaranteed to work in a North American game; check the exact lexicon your app or table uses.
What is the highest-scoring word in this pattern?
There is a five-way tie at 15 points: STACHYS, CHANOYU, PEAVEYS, SHAMOYS, and CHANOYO. Those are the listed Scrabble letter-value scores before board bonuses, so a premium letter or word square can change the final result.

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