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

7-letter words with Y as the 3rd letter and C as the 7th letter number 11, led by PSYCHIC and OXYNTIC at 19 points.

11 wordsTop pick PSYCHICHighest score PSYCHIC 19

2 of 11 are everyday words (18%). A mix of familiar words and game-only finds.

With Y in 3rd place, S is the most common 7th letter (168 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

  • PSYCHIC19
  • CRYPTIC16
  • IDYLLIC13
  • ACYCLIC16
  • TRYPTIC14
  • STYPTIC14
  • CRYONIC14
  • GLYPHIC18
  • DRYADIC14
  • GLYPTIC15
  • OXYNTIC19
All valid words 11

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

  • ACYCLIC16
  • CRYONIC14
  • CRYPTIC16
  • DRYADIC14
  • GLYPHIC18
  • GLYPTIC15
  • IDYLLIC13
  • OXYNTIC19
  • PSYCHIC19
  • STYPTIC14
  • TRYPTIC14

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
PSYCHIC1920All three
OXYNTIC1920Collins only
GLYPHIC1820All three
CRYPTIC1618All three
ACYCLIC1619All three
GLYPTIC1518All three
TRYPTIC1415All three
STYPTIC1415All three
CRYONIC1416All three
DRYADIC1414All three
IDYLLIC1315All three

Every word in ??Y???C ends in -IC, which leaves only the letters in front to work out. Four finish in -PTIC. Just PSYCHIC and CRYPTIC are everyday vocabulary, and the other nine read like entries from a science textbook.

The ??Y???C list in five facts

  • All 11 words end in -IC; Collins accepts every one, while NWL2023 and ENABLE accept 10 each.
  • Four end in -PTIC: CRYPTIC, TRYPTIC, STYPTIC and GLYPTIC.
  • Eight different letters open the 11 words; C and G open two each.
  • PSYCHIC and OXYNTIC score 19, GLYPHIC scores 18, and the average is 15.6.
  • 2 words are common (PSYCHIC and CRYPTIC), and 9 have definitions.

Which words end in -PTIC?

CRYPTIC is the one everyone knows, and it scores 16. GLYPTIC scores 15, while TRYPTIC and STYPTIC score 14 each, so the family sits mid-table.

PSYCHIC and GLYPHIC are near-twins, ending -CHIC and -PHIC. IDYLLIC, ACYCLIC, CRYONIC and DRYADIC fill the remaining slots, and three words start with a vowel: ACYCLIC, IDYLLIC and OXYNTIC.

Which of the eleven score best?

PSYCHIC reaches 19 with two C tiles at 3 each plus H and Y at 4 apiece. OXYNTIC matches it by using the 8-point X, and GLYPHIC follows at 18 on the strength of Y, P and H.

The fixed Y and C are worth 7 points between them before any other tile is placed, which is why even IDYLLIC, the lowest scorer, still reaches 13.

OXYNTIC is the one to double-check. Collins accepts it, but NWL2023 and ENABLE both leave it out, so look it up in your game's word list before building a turn around it.

What about other final letters?

Note

Final C is the thin slice. Y third with S last has 168 matches, more than 15 times this list, while R third with C last has 57.

Questions people ask

How many seven-letter words have Y third and C last?
Eleven words fit the pattern. Collins takes all of them and the other two lists take 10, because OXYNTIC is missing. PSYCHIC, CRYPTIC, IDYLLIC and GLYPHIC are typical, and every one ends in -IC.
Which common words fit Y third and C last?
PSYCHIC and CRYPTIC are the two common words in the group. The other nine are technical or rare adjectives such as OXYNTIC, TRYPTIC and DRYADIC.
What is the best-scoring word with Y third and C last?
PSYCHIC and OXYNTIC tie at 19 points. GLYPHIC follows with 18, then CRYPTIC and ACYCLIC with 16. PSYCHIC is the easier play, because OXYNTIC is Collins-only.

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