7-letter words with Y as the 3rd letter and L as the 6th letter
7-letter words with Y as the 3rd letter and L as the 6th letter total 39, topped by JAYWALK at 24 points.
2 of 39 are everyday words (5%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.
With Y in 3rd place, E is the most common 6th letter (69 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.
Best words to play first
- PAYROLL12
- PAYABLE14
- DRYWALL14
- THYSELF16
- KEYHOLE17
- ROYALLY13
- LOYALLY13
- PAYWALL15
- MAYPOLE14
- SKYWALK21
- SOYMILK16
- FLYABLE15
- WAYBILL15
- JAYWALK24
- BUYABLE14
- DAYLILY14
- GLYCOLS13
- SCYTALE12
- SPYHOLE15
- DRYWELL14
- FRYABLE15
- AMYTALS12
- DAYTALE11
- DRYABLE13
- FLYBELT15
- GLYCYLS16
- GRYSELY14
- HAYSELS13
- KEYPALS16
- OXYMELS19
- OXYSALT17
- PAYABLY17
- PEYOTLS12
- PHYTOLS15
- SAYABLE12
- SCYBALA14
- THYMOLS15
- TWYFOLD17
- WRYBILL15
All valid words 39
- AMYTALS12
- BUYABLE14
- DAYLILY14
- DAYTALE11
- DRYABLE13
- DRYWALL14
- DRYWELL14
- FLYABLE15
- FLYBELT15
- FRYABLE15
- GLYCOLS13
- GLYCYLS16
- GRYSELY14
- HAYSELS13
- JAYWALK24
- KEYHOLE17
- KEYPALS16
- LOYALLY13
- MAYPOLE14
- OXYMELS19
- OXYSALT17
- PAYABLE14
- PAYABLY17
- PAYROLL12
- PAYWALL15
- PEYOTLS12
- PHYTOLS15
- ROYALLY13
- SAYABLE12
- SCYBALA14
- SCYTALE12
- SKYWALK21
- SOYMILK16
- SPYHOLE15
- THYMOLS15
- THYSELF16
- TWYFOLD17
- WAYBILL15
- WRYBILL15
Highest-scoring words
| Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Dictionaries |
|---|---|---|---|
| JAYWALK | 24 | 26 | All three |
| SKYWALK | 21 | 21 | All three |
| OXYMELS | 19 | 20 | Collins only |
| KEYHOLE | 17 | 16 | All three |
| OXYSALT | 17 | 17 | All three |
| PAYABLY | 17 | 18 | All three |
| TWYFOLD | 17 | 17 | Collins only |
| THYSELF | 16 | 15 | All three |
| SOYMILK | 16 | 17 | All three |
| GLYCYLS | 16 | 18 | All three |
| KEYPALS | 16 | 17 | Collins · NWL |
| PAYWALL | 15 | 17 | NWL only |
JAYWALK stands well clear of the field in ??Y??L?: its 24 points beat the runner-up SKYWALK by three. Beyond the headline, the list is built from a handful of compounds and a six-word -YABLE family. Only PAYABLE and PAYROLL are common.
Numbers behind ??Y??L?
- 39 words fit: 38 in Collins, 29 in NWL2023 and 25 in ENABLE.
- E ends 11 words, S ends 9, L ends 6 and Y ends 5.
- P and S open six words each; D opens five.
- JAYWALK scores 24, SKYWALK 21, and the average is 14.8.
- 2 words are common, and 30 of the 39 have definitions.
Which stems repeat?
Six words end in -YABLE: PAYABLE, FLYABLE, BUYABLE, FRYABLE, DRYABLE and SAYABLE. PAYABLY adds the adverb, and PAYROLL and PAYWALL keep the PAY- start busy.
E ends 11 words and S ends nine, among them GLYCOLS, KEYPALS, THYMOLS and AMYTALS.
The compound words come in pairs. JAYWALK and SKYWALK end in WALK, DRYWALL and PAYWALL in WALL, WAYBILL and WRYBILL in BILL, and KEYHOLE and SPYHOLE in HOLE.
How much does JAYWALK lead by?
JAYWALK gets 24 from J at 8, Y and W at 4 each, and K at 5. SKYWALK has two Ks and lands on 21. OXYMELS follows at 19, and KEYHOLE, OXYSALT and PAYABLY each score 17.
The two common words are weak plays: PAYABLE scores 14 and PAYROLL 12, so the big totals belong to the oddities.
The main limitation is acceptance. Only 29 of the 39 are in NWL2023 and 25 in ENABLE, against 38 in Collins, so look up your game's word list before risking OXYMELS.
Where does Y rank in third place?
R third with L sixth has 236 matches, more than six times this list. Keeping Y third but putting E sixth gives 69, the closest Y neighbour.
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