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7-letter words with Y as the 3rd letter and P as the 4th letter

7-letter words with Y as the 3rd letter and P as the 4th letter come to 39, led by OXYPHIL at 22 points.

39 wordsTop pick CRYPTICHighest score OXYPHIL 22

1 of 39 are everyday words (3%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.

With Y in 3rd place, L is the most common 4th letter (73 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Best words to play first 39 · most-used first

  • CRYPTIC16
  • KRYPTON16
  • MAYPOLE14
  • GRYPHON16
  • TRYPSIN12
  • CRYPTOS14
  • FLYPAST15
  • CRYPTID15
  • KEYPADS17
  • DAYPACK19
  • CRYPTON14
  • CLYPEUS14
  • TRYPTIC14
  • STYPTIC14
  • CRYPSIS14
  • GLYPHIC18
  • WAYPOST15
  • CHYPRES17
  • CLYPEAL14
  • CLYPING15
  • COYPOUS14
  • CRYPSES14
  • CRYPTAL14
  • FLYPING16
  • FRYPANS15
  • GLYPTAL13
  • GLYPTIC15
  • JOYPADS20
  • JOYPOPS21
  • KEYPALS16
  • KRYPSES16
  • KRYPSIS16
  • MAYPOPS16
  • OXYPHIL22
  • SCYPHUS17
  • SHYPOOS15
  • SKYPHOI19
  • SKYPHOS19
  • STYPSIS12
All valid words 39

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

  • CHYPRES17
  • CLYPEAL14
  • CLYPEUS14
  • CLYPING15
  • COYPOUS14
  • CRYPSES14
  • CRYPSIS14
  • CRYPTAL14
  • CRYPTIC16
  • CRYPTID15
  • CRYPTON14
  • CRYPTOS14
  • DAYPACK19
  • FLYPAST15
  • FLYPING16
  • FRYPANS15
  • GLYPHIC18
  • GLYPTAL13
  • GLYPTIC15
  • GRYPHON16
  • JOYPADS20
  • JOYPOPS21
  • KEYPADS17
  • KEYPALS16
  • KRYPSES16
  • KRYPSIS16
  • KRYPTON16
  • MAYPOLE14
  • MAYPOPS16
  • OXYPHIL22
  • SCYPHUS17
  • SHYPOOS15
  • SKYPHOI19
  • SKYPHOS19
  • STYPSIS12
  • STYPTIC14
  • TRYPSIN12
  • TRYPTIC14
  • WAYPOST15
Letters by positionIn 46% of these words the 7th letter is S.
1st letter
  1. C31%
  2. S15%
  3. K13%
2nd letter
  1. R36%
  2. L21%
  3. A10%
5th letter
  1. T26%
  2. O15%
  3. A15%
6th letter
  1. I28%
  2. O18%
  3. A8%
7th letter
  1. S46%
  2. C13%
  3. L10%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
Score spreadMost of these words score 14 in Scrabble; OXYPHIL tops the list with 22. Scores before board bonuses.
  1. 1212 points: 2 words
  2. 13 points: 1 words
  3. 1414 points: 11 words
  4. 15 points: 7 words
  5. 1616 points: 8 words
  6. 17 points: 3 words
  7. 1818 points: 1 words
  8. 19 points: 3 words
  9. 2020 points: 1 words
  10. 21 points: 1 words
  11. 2222 points: 1 words
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
OXYPHIL2222All three
JOYPOPS2124All three
JOYPADS2022NWL only
DAYPACK1920NWL only
SKYPHOI1918All three
SKYPHOS1918All three
GLYPHIC1820All three
KEYPADS1717All three
SCYPHUS1718All three
CHYPRES1717Collins only
CRYPTIC1618All three
KRYPTON1617All three

C opens twelve of the 39 words in ??YP???, which makes CRYP- and CLYP- the stems to know. After those, the list turns to compounds such as KEYPADS and FLYPAST. Only CRYPTIC counts as a common word, so expect plenty of unfamiliar entries.

??YP??? in five facts

  • Collins holds 34 of the 39, NWL2023 holds 30 and ENABLE holds 24.
  • C opens 12 words, S opens six, K opens five and G opens four.
  • S ends 18 words; C ends five, and L and N end four each.
  • OXYPHIL scores 22 and JOYPOPS 21; the average is 15.7.
  • CRYPTIC is the one common word, and 34 of the 39 have definitions.

What do the C-words look like?

Seven begin CRYP-: CRYPTIC, CRYPTOS, CRYPTID, CRYPTON, CRYPSIS, CRYPSES and CRYPTAL. Three begin CLYP-: CLYPEUS, CLYPEAL and CLYPING. CHYPRES and COYPOUS complete the twelve.

TRYPTIC, STYPTIC and GLYPTIC join CRYPTIC to make four words that end in -PTIC. Together with the CRYP- group, that tail accounts for a large share of the list, and it is the quickest pattern to test when a rack holds a T, an I and a C.

Which compounds fit?

KEYPADS, KEYPALS, MAYPOLE, MAYPOPS, JOYPOPS, JOYPADS, DAYPACK, FLYPAST, WAYPOST and FRYPANS each join a short word to a P-word. JOYPOPS scores 21 and is accepted in all three dictionaries.

JOYPADS (20) and DAYPACK (19) are NWL2023-only, so they fail in Collins games. OXYPHIL, the top scorer, is accepted everywhere, which makes it the best practical play.

KRYPTON and GRYPHON are the other everyday finds at 16 points each. Check your game's word list before using any entry that only one dictionary takes.

How big are the nearby patterns?

Tip

M third with P fourth has 244 matches, more than six times this list. Y third with L fourth has 73, the nearest Y alternative.

Questions people ask

How many words fit the Y third, P fourth pattern in seven letters?
Thirty-nine do across the tournament dictionaries, and Collins accepts 34 of them. CRYPTIC, KRYPTON, GRYPHON and MAYPOLE are among the best known, while ENABLE accepts only 24 of the set.
Which 7-letter words start with C and have Y third, P fourth?
Twelve do: CRYPTIC, CRYPTOS, CRYPTID, CRYPTON, CRYPSIS, CRYPSES, CRYPTAL, CLYPEUS, CLYPEAL, CLYPING, CHYPRES and COYPOUS. CRYPTIC is the only common one of the twelve, so the rest are mostly technical or Collins-only terms.
What is the best-scoring word with Y third and P fourth?
OXYPHIL scores 22 points and is accepted in all three dictionaries. JOYPOPS follows at 21, then JOYPADS at 20, and SKYPHOI, SKYPHOS and DAYPACK at 19.

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