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

The fixed pattern is _ _ O _ _ Y _, so positions one, two, four, five, and seven do the sorting. Only goodbye is common by our frequency measure. Most matches are specialist or playful forms, which makes goodbye the one familiar anchor among 25 entries.

What stands out about this letter pattern?

• Exactly 25 tournament-dictionary words fit O in position three and Y in position six.
• Collins accepts 24 matches; NWL2023 includes 17, and ENABLE includes 15.
• G and S tie as the most common opening letters, with five words each; H and P have three each.
• Nineteen entries end in S, while E and L each account for three.
• Goodbye is the sole common match, and the average score across the set is 13.5.

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

Goodbye is the obvious anchor: it is the only common match. Storeys and hoorays are also easier to recognize than specialist-looking isoamyl, prothyl, or spondyl. That contrast matters when a clue fixes only positions; the pattern has many entries, but familiarity is concentrated in one.

Sort by opening pair to scan the options faster. Goodbye and goodbys share the GOO start, while smokeys and storeys show different letter combinations around the fixed O and Y. H-initial words account for three matches; G and S lead with five apiece.

Which matches score highest?

Chokeys leads at 19 points, with blowbys, hookeys, and soojeys tied at 17. Smokeys and cookeys follow at 16, while goodbye and frogeye each score 14. The top scores therefore belong to less familiar spellings, not the sole common entry.

Keep score and acceptance separate: Collins includes 24 matches, compared with 17 in NWL2023 and 15 in ENABLE. The 7-letter words with O as the 3rd letter and Y as the 6th letter are pattern matches, not a guarantee that every game accepts every entry. Check your game's word list before committing an obscure play.