7-letter words with E as the 3rd letter and Y as the 4th letter

The pattern is __EY___: E and Y stay fixed while the first two and last three letters change. Seven matches begin with G, including greyish, greying, and greylag. Familiar forms such as obeying and preying sit beside less common entries such as queynie, and only 16 have definitions.

7-letter words with E as the 3rd letter and Y as the 4th

• The fixed-letter pattern is __EY___, with 25 matching words.
• Seven matches begin with G; four begin with O.
• Nine matches end in G, while five end in T.
• Wheyish and queynie each score 19 points.

Which letters start and end these words?

G is the most frequent first letter, with seven entries: greyish, greying, greylag, greyest, greyhen, greyout, and gleying. O follows with four, including obeying and obeyers; P supplies three, including preying and preyful. The G-heavy group gives you a strong place to begin when the first letter is unknown.

The final letter gives another useful split. Nine matches end in G, five in T, and four in S. For a final-G clue, compare obeying, greying, and preying; for a final-T clue, greyest is one example.

The fixed EY pair narrows the search, but those endings separate several otherwise similar candidates.

Which matches score most, and are they all accepted?

Wheyish and queynie lead the scoring list at 19 points apiece. Wheyier scores 16, preyful scores 15, and greyish scores 14. Those less familiar high scorers are worth considering when your rack supplies the pattern, but a strong tile score does not make a word valid in every game.

Dictionary coverage varies: Collins includes 24 matches, compared with 15 in NWL2023 and 14 in ENABLE. Only 16 matches have definitions, so many entries are obscure. Before playing an unfamiliar form such as queynie or fleying, check the word list your game uses.

The count difference is substantial: a word accepted in one list may not appear in another.