7-letter words with Y as the 2nd letter and I as the 4th letter
7-letter words with Y as the 2nd letter and I as the 4th letter number 43, from TYPICAL and HYGIENE to WYSIWYG.
5 of 43 are everyday words (12%). A mix of familiar words and game-only finds.
With Y in 2nd place, O is the most common 4th letter (75 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.
Best words to play first
- TYPICAL14
- HYGIENE14
- CYNICAL14
- LYRICAL12
- SYRINGE11
- WYSIWYG20
- TYPISTS12
- MYRIADS13
- XYLITOL17
- BYLINES12
- SYRINGA11
- PYRITES12
- CYTISUS12
- BYLINED13
- LYSINES10
- PYRITIC14
- BYLINER12
- LYRICON12
- HYOIDAL14
- CYLICES14
- DYEINGS12
- DYKIEST15
- EYLIADS11
- HYLISMS15
- HYLISTS13
- HYPINGS16
- KYLICES16
- KYLIKES18
- KYLIXES21
- LYMITER12
- LYRISMS12
- LYRISTS10
- MYRICAS14
- MYRINGA13
- PYGIDIA14
- PYRIDIC15
- PYXIDES20
- PYXIDIA20
- SYMITAR12
- TYPIEST12
- TYPINGS13
- XYLIDIN18
- ZYMITES21
All valid words 43
- BYLINED13
- BYLINER12
- BYLINES12
- CYLICES14
- CYNICAL14
- CYTISUS12
- DYEINGS12
- DYKIEST15
- EYLIADS11
- HYGIENE14
- HYLISMS15
- HYLISTS13
- HYOIDAL14
- HYPINGS16
- KYLICES16
- KYLIKES18
- KYLIXES21
- LYMITER12
- LYRICAL12
- LYRICON12
- LYRISMS12
- LYRISTS10
- LYSINES10
- MYRIADS13
- MYRICAS14
- MYRINGA13
- PYGIDIA14
- PYRIDIC15
- PYRITES12
- PYRITIC14
- PYXIDES20
- PYXIDIA20
- SYMITAR12
- SYRINGA11
- SYRINGE11
- TYPICAL14
- TYPIEST12
- TYPINGS13
- TYPISTS12
- WYSIWYG20
- XYLIDIN18
- XYLITOL17
- ZYMITES21
Highest-scoring words
| Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Dictionaries |
|---|---|---|---|
| KYLIXES | 21 | 21 | NWL only |
| ZYMITES | 21 | 21 | Collins only |
| WYSIWYG | 20 | 19 | Collins · NWL |
| PYXIDES | 20 | 20 | All three |
| PYXIDIA | 20 | 20 | All three |
| KYLIKES | 18 | 18 | All three |
| XYLIDIN | 18 | 19 | All three |
| XYLITOL | 17 | 18 | All three |
| KYLICES | 16 | 17 | Collins only |
| HYPINGS | 16 | 17 | Collins only |
| DYKIEST | 15 | 14 | Collins only |
| HYLISMS | 15 | 15 | Collins only |
The pattern ?Y?I??? sits in the middle ground: big enough for real variety, small enough to scan. Twenty-one of the 43 words end in S, and KYLIXES and ZYMITES share the scoring peak of 21. Five are common (HYGIENE, CYNICAL, TYPICAL, LYRICAL and SYRINGE), and the oddest entry is WYSIWYG.
What the ?Y?I??? list looks like
- 43 words fit; Collins accepts 42, NWL2023 accepts 32 and ENABLE accepts 28.
- S ends 21 words, just under half; L ends five and A ends four.
- L and P open six words each, and H opens five.
- KYLIXES and ZYMITES score 21, and the average is 14.1.
- 5 words are common, and 32 have definitions.
Which word shapes recur?
Seven words share the YRI- core: LYRICAL, SYRINGE, SYRINGA, MYRIADS, PYRITES, PYRITIC and LYRICON. BYLINES, BYLINED and BYLINER form a smaller trio, and TYPICAL and TYPISTS pair on TYPI-.
HYGIENE and CYNICAL are the everyday outliers, and WYSIWYG is the oddest entry, an acronym for what you see is what you get that is valid in Collins and NWL2023 but not ENABLE.
What scores best?
KYLIXES and ZYMITES lead at 21, helped by K at 5, X at 8 or Z at 10. WYSIWYG, PYXIDES and PYXIDIA come next at 20, and KYLIKES scores 18.
Support is lopsided at the top. KYLIXES is valid in NWL2023 only and ZYMITES in Collins only, so neither works everywhere.
NWL2023 takes 32 of the 43 words and ENABLE only 28, so check your game's word list before you build a play around any of the X and Z entries.
How common is Y in second place?
A second with I fourth has 479 matches, more than 11 times this list. Y second with O fourth has 75, which is the nearest Y alternative.
Questions people ask
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