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7-letter words with Y as the 2nd letter and P as the 4th letter

The 30 7-letter words with Y as the 2nd letter and P as the 4th letter fit the pattern _Y_P___; SYMPTOM is a familiar example.

30 wordsTop pick SYMPTOMHighest score NYMPHLY 20

1 of 30 are everyday words (3%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.

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.

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Best words to play first 30 · most-used first

  • SYMPTOM16
  • DYSPNEA13
  • TYMPANI14
  • NYMPHAL17
  • NYMPHET17
  • TYMPANY17
  • SYRPHID16
  • TYMPANA14
  • TYMPANS14
  • SYLPHID16
  • GYMPIES15
  • GYMPING16
  • GYPPERS15
  • GYPPIES15
  • HYPPING18
  • LYMPHAD18
  • LYOPHIL15
  • MYOPIAS14
  • MYOPICS16
  • MYOPIES14
  • MYOPSES14
  • NYMPHAE17
  • NYMPHED18
  • NYMPHIC19
  • NYMPHLY20
  • RYEPECK18
  • SYLPHIC17
  • TYMPANO14

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All valid words 30

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

  • DYSPNEA13
  • GYMPIES15
  • GYMPING16
  • GYPPERS15
  • GYPPIES15
  • GYPPING16
  • HYPPING18
  • LYMPHAD18
  • LYOPHIL15
  • MYOPIAS14
  • MYOPICS16
  • MYOPIES14
  • MYOPSES14
  • NYMPHAE17
  • NYMPHAL17
  • NYMPHED18
  • NYMPHET17
  • NYMPHIC19
  • NYMPHLY20
  • NYMPHOS17
  • RYEPECK18
  • SYLPHIC17
  • SYLPHID16
  • SYMPTOM16
  • SYRPHID16
  • TYMPANA14
  • TYMPANI14
  • TYMPANO14
  • TYMPANS14
  • TYMPANY17
Letters by positionIn 53% of these words the 3rd letter is M.
1st letter
  1. N23%
  2. T17%
  3. G17%
3rd letter
  1. M53%
  2. O17%
  3. P13%
5th letter
  1. H40%
  2. I27%
  3. A17%
6th letter
  1. N27%
  2. E23%
  3. I17%
7th letter
  1. S30%
  2. D13%
  3. G10%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
Score spreadMost of these words score 14 in Scrabble; NYMPHLY tops the list with 20. Scores before board bonuses.
  1. 1313 points: 1 words
  2. 14 points: 7 words
  3. 1515 points: 4 words
  4. 16 points: 6 words
  5. 1717 points: 6 words
  6. 18 points: 4 words
  7. 1919 points: 1 words
  8. 20 points: 1 words
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
NYMPHLY2021Collins only
NYMPHIC1921Collins only
RYEPECK1819Collins only
LYMPHAD1819Collins only
NYMPHED1819NWL only
HYPPING1820Collins only
NYMPHAL1719All three
NYMPHET1718All three
TYMPANY1718All three
SYLPHIC1718All three
NYMPHAE1718All three
SYMPTOM1618All three

Those fixed positions leave four letters open, yet the match set is unusually small. Only one entry is marked common, so many candidates are specialist or uncommon terms rather than everyday guesses. The dictionary counts also differ: Collins has 29 matches, compared with 18 in ENABLE and 19 in NWL2023; those counts overlap and are not separate groups to add together.

What stands out in this letter pattern

  • Thirty seven-letter entries fit the exact pattern _Y_P___.
  • Collins contains 29 matches; ENABLE contains 18, and NWL2023 contains 19.
  • Only one of the entries is marked common.
  • SYMPTOM and DYSPNEA are recognizable examples; TYMPANI and SYRPHID are more specialized.
  • NYMPHLY tops the score list at 20 points, followed by NYMPHIC at 19.

Why are there so few matches?

The paired Y and P positions do more than rule out a few spellings: they leave a narrow set of word shapes. Change the second letter from Y to A while keeping P fourth, and the seven-letter count rises to 236. Keep Y second but change P to O, and it rises to 75.

The words also cluster around less familiar forms. TYMPANA, TYMPANS, and TYMPANY share a conspicuous stem, while NYMPHAE, NYMPHIC, and NYMPHED make another small family. Recognizing a stem can narrow a rack quickly, but it does not guarantee that every form appears in your game’s dictionary.

How should you work through the pattern?

Start by locking in the known letters: the second tile is Y, and the fourth is P. Then test possible first and ending letters against familiar candidates such as SYMPTOM, DYSPNEA, or MYOPIAS. The first-letter counts lean toward N, with seven matches, while G and T each begin five.

For a clue-solving search, separate recognizable words from specialist entries before trying obscure forms. Nine matches end in S, making that ending worth checking when the final tile is unknown. Still, the single common entry is a warning that most candidates are poor everyday guesses.

The 7-letter words with Y as the 2nd letter and P as the 4th letter are a narrow pattern, not a broad vocabulary list.

Questions people ask

How many 7-letter words have Y second and P fourth?
There are 30 tournament-dictionary matches with Y in the second position and P in the fourth. SYMPTOM and DYSPNEA are recognizable examples, while many other entries are uncommon. The pattern is _Y_P___, with the first, third, fifth, sixth, and seventh letters still open.
Which word with Y second and P fourth scores the most?
NYMPHLY is the highest-scoring entry, with a score of 20 points. NYMPHIC follows at 19, while RYEPECK, LYMPHAD, NYMPHED, and HYPPING each score 18. The score ranking makes the unusual letter combinations stand out, even though these are not everyday words.
Are all these words accepted in every word-game dictionary?
No. Collins includes 29 matches, while ENABLE includes 18 and NWL2023 includes 19. Because the lists overlap but do not contain exactly the same words, a candidate accepted in one dictionary may not be accepted in another. The one common entry is only a small part of the full set.

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