8-letter words with Y as the 2nd letter

8-letter words with Y as the 2nd letter number 663, from SYMPTOMS and HYDROGEN to ZYZZYVAS at 44 points.

663 wordsTop pick SYMPTOMSHighest score ZYZZYVAS 44

31 of 663 are everyday words (5%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.

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A is the most common 2nd letter in 8-letter words (6,320 words); J is the rarest (11). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Common words 31 · most-used first

SYMPTOMS₁₇
SYNDROME₁₄
DYNAMICS₁₆
SYMPATHY₂₁
CYLINDER₁₄
HYDROGEN₁₆
SYMBOLIC₁₇
SYMPHONY₂₁
EYEBROWS₁₆
SYSTEMIC₁₅
CYCLISTS₁₅
DYNAMITE₁₄
MYSTICAL₁₅
SYMMETRY₁₈
MYTHICAL₁₈
HYSTERIA₁₄
SYNOPSIS₁₃
SYLLABUS₁₃
PYRAMIDS₁₆
SYLLABLE₁₃
EYESIGHT₁₅
HYDRATED₁₆
LYMPHOMA₂₀
HYPNOSIS₁₆
EYEBALLS₁₃
SYNONYMS₁₆
CYCLICAL₁₇
EYELINER₁₁
CYNICISM₁₇
HYPNOTIC₁₈
SYPHILIS₁₆

All valid words 663

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

AYENBITE₁₃
AYURVEDA₁₅
BYCOKETS₁₉
BYLANDER₁₄
BYLINERS₁₃
BYLINING₁₄
BYPASSED₁₆
BYPASSES₁₅
BYPLACES₁₇
BYRLAKIN₁₇
BYSSUSES₁₃
BYSTREET₁₃
BYWONERS₁₆
CYANAMID₁₆
CYANATES₁₃
CYANIDED₁₅
CYANIDES₁₄
CYANINES₁₃
CYANISED₁₄
CYANISES₁₃
CYANITES₁₃
CYANITIC₁₅
CYANIZED₂₃
CYANIZES₂₂
CYANOGEN₁₄
CYANOSED₁₄
CYANOSES₁₃
CYANOSIS₁₃
CYANOTIC₁₅
CYANURET₁₃
CYATHIUM₁₈
CYBERPET₁₇
CYBERSEX₂₂
CYBERWAR₁₈
CYCASINS₁₅
CYCLAMEN₁₇
CYCLASES₁₅
CYCLECAR₁₇
CYCLEWAY₂₁
CYCLICAL₁₇
CYCLICLY₂₀
CYCLINGS₁₆
CYCLISED₁₆
CYCLISES₁₅
CYCLISTS₁₅
CYCLITOL₁₅
CYCLIZED₂₅
CYCLIZES₂₄
CYCLOIDS₁₆
CYCLONAL₁₅
CYCLONES₁₅
CYCLONIC₁₇
CYCLOPES₁₇
CYCLOPIC₁₉
CYCLOSES₁₅
CYCLOSIS₁₅
CYCLUSES₁₅
CYLINDER₁₄
CYMATICS₁₇
CYMATIUM₁₇
CYMBALER₁₇
CYMBALOM₁₉
CYMBALOS₁₇
CYMBIDIA₁₈
CYMBLING₁₈
CYMLINGS₁₆
CYMOGENE₁₆
CYMOSELY₁₈
CYNANCHE₁₈
CYNICISM₁₇
CYNODONT₁₄
CYNOSURE₁₃
CYPHERED₁₉
CYPRESES₁₅
CYPRIANS₁₅
CYPRIDES₁₆
CYPRINID₁₆
CYPRUSES₁₅
CYPSELAE₁₅
CYSTEINE₁₃
CYSTEINS₁₃
CYSTINES₁₃
CYSTITIS₁₃
CYSTOIDS₁₄
CYTASTER₁₃
CYTIDINE₁₄
CYTISINE₁₃
CYTOGENY₁₇
CYTOKINE₁₇
CYTOLOGY₁₇
CYTOSINE₁₃
CYTOSOLS₁₃
CYTOSOME₁₅
DYARCHAL₁₇
DYARCHIC₁₉
DYBBUKIM₂₂
DYELINES₁₂
DYESTERS₁₂
DYESTUFF₁₈
DYEWEEDS₁₆
DYEWOODS₁₆
DYNAMICS₁₆
DYNAMISE₁₄
DYNAMISM₁₆
DYNAMIST₁₄
DYNAMITE₁₄
DYNAMIZE₂₃
DYNASTIC₁₄
DYNATRON₁₂
DYSCHROA₁₇
DYSGENIC₁₅
DYSLALIA₁₂
DYSLEXIA₁₉
DYSLEXIC₂₁
DYSMELIA₁₄
DYSMELIC₁₆
DYSODILE₁₃
DYSODILS₁₃
DYSODYLE₁₆
DYSPATHY₂₀
DYSPEPSY₁₉
DYSPHAGY₂₁
DYSPNEAL₁₄
DYSPNEAS₁₄
DYSPNEIC₁₆
DYSPNOEA₁₄
DYSPNOIC₁₆
DYSTAXIA₁₉
DYSTOCIA₁₄
DYSTONIA₁₂
DYSTONIC₁₄
DYSTOPIA₁₄
DYSTOPIC₁₆
DYSURIAS₁₂
DYSURIES₁₂
DYTISCID₁₅
EYEBALLS₁₃
EYEBANKS₁₇
EYEBATHS₁₆
EYEBEAMS₁₅
EYEBLACK₁₉
EYEBLINK₁₇
EYEBOLTS₁₃
EYEBROWS₁₆
EYEDNESS₁₂
EYEDROPS₁₄
EYEFOLDS₁₅
EYEGLASS₁₂
EYEHOLES₁₄
EYEHOOKS₁₈
EYELETED₁₂
EYELEVEL₁₄
EYELIADS₁₂
EYELIFTS₁₄
EYELINER₁₁
EYEPATCH₁₈
EYEPIECE₁₅
EYEPOINT₁₃
EYESHADE₁₅
EYESHINE₁₄
EYESHOTS₁₄
EYESIGHT₁₅
EYESORES₁₁
EYESPOTS₁₃
EYESTALK₁₅
EYESTONE₁₁
EYETEETH₁₄
EYETOOTH₁₄
EYEWATER₁₄
EYEWEARS₁₄
EYEWINKS₁₈
FYNBOSES₁₆
GYMKHANA₂₁
GYMNASIA₁₄
GYMNASIC₁₆
GYMNASTS₁₄
GYMSLIPS₁₆
GYNAECEA₁₄
GYNAECIA₁₄
GYNANDRY₁₆
GYNARCHY₂₀
GYNECIUM₁₆
GYNECOID₁₅
GYNIATRY₁₅
GYNOECIA₁₄
GYPLURES₁₄
GYPSEIAN₁₄
GYPSEOUS₁₄
GYPSTERS₁₄
GYPSYDOM₂₀
GYPSYING₁₈
GYPSYISH₂₀
GYPSYISM₁₉
GYRATING₁₃
GYRATION₁₂
GYRATORS₁₂
GYRATORY₁₅
GYROCARS₁₄
GYRODYNE₁₆
GYROIDAL₁₃
GYROLITE₁₂
GYROSTAT₁₂
HYACINES₁₆
HYACINTH₁₉
HYALINES₁₄
HYALITES₁₄
HYALOGEN₁₅
HYALOIDS₁₅
HYBRISES₁₆
HYDATIDS₁₆
HYDATOID₁₆
HYDRACID₁₈
HYDRAGOG₁₇
HYDRANTH₁₈
HYDRANTS₁₅
HYDRASES₁₅
HYDRATED₁₆
HYDRATES₁₅
HYDRATOR₁₅
HYDREMIA₁₇
HYDRIDES₁₆
HYDRILLA₁₅
HYDROGEL₁₆
HYDROGEN₁₆
HYDROIDS₁₆
HYDROMAS₁₇
HYDROMEL₁₇
HYDRONIC₁₇
HYDROPIC₁₉
HYDROPSY₂₀
HYDROSKI₁₉
HYDROSOL₁₅
HYDROXYL₂₅
HYDROZOA₂₄
HYGEISTS₁₅
HYGIEIST₁₅
HYGIENES₁₅
HYGIENIC₁₇
HYGROMAS₁₇
HYLDINGS₁₆
HYLICISM₁₈
HYLICIST₁₆
HYLOBATE₁₆
HYLOISTS₁₄
HYLOZOIC₂₅
HYMENEAL₁₆
HYMENEAN₁₆
HYMENIAL₁₆
HYMENIUM₁₈
HYMNBOOK₂₂
HYMNISTS₁₆
HYMNLESS₁₆
HYMNLIKE₂₀
HYOIDEAN₁₅
HYOSCINE₁₆
HYPALGIA₁₇
HYPEREST₁₆
HYPERGOL₁₇
HYPERNYM₂₁
HYPERONS₁₆
HYPEROPE₁₈
HYPESTER₁₆
HYPHEMIA₂₁
HYPHENED₂₀
HYPHENIC₂₁
HYPNONES₁₆
HYPNOSES₁₆
HYPNOSIS₁₆
HYPNOTEE₁₆
HYPNOTIC₁₈
HYPOACID₁₉
HYPOBOLE₁₈
HYPOCIST₁₈
HYPODERM₁₉
HYPOGAEA₁₇
HYPOGEAL₁₇
HYPOGEAN₁₇
HYPOGENE₁₇
HYPOGEUM₁₉
HYPOGYNY₂₃
HYPONEAS₁₆
HYPONOIA₁₆
HYPONYMS₂₁
HYPONYMY₂₄
HYPOPNEA₁₈
HYPOPYON₂₁
HYPOTHEC₂₁
HYPOXIAS₂₃
HYRACOID₁₇
HYSTERIA₁₄
HYSTERIC₁₆
KYANISED₁₆
KYANISES₁₅
KYANITES₁₅
KYANITIC₁₇
KYANIZED₂₅
KYANIZES₂₄
KYBOSHED₂₁
KYBOSHES₂₀
KYLLOSES₁₅
KYLLOSIS₁₅
KYMOGRAM₂₀
KYPHOSES₂₀
KYPHOSIS₂₀
KYPHOTIC₂₂
KYRIELLE₁₅
LYCHGATE₁₇
LYCOPENE₁₅
LYCOPODS₁₆
LYCOPSID₁₆
LYDDITES₁₃
LYKEWAKE₂₂
LYKEWALK₂₂
LYMITERS₁₃
LYMPHADS₁₉
LYMPHOID₁₉
LYMPHOMA₂₀
LYMPHOUS₁₈
LYNCHERS₁₆
LYNCHETS₁₆
LYNCHING₁₇
LYNCHPIN₁₈
LYNXLIKE₂₂
LYOLYSES₁₄
LYOLYSIS₁₄
LYOPHILE₁₆
LYOPHOBE₁₈
LYRATELY₁₄
LYREBIRD₁₄
LYRICISE₁₃
LYRICISM₁₅
LYRICIST₁₃
LYRICIZE₂₂
LYRICONS₁₃
LYRIFORM₁₆
LYSERGIC₁₄
LYSOGENS₁₂
LYSOGENY₁₅
LYSOSOME₁₃
LYSOZYME₂₅
LYTHRUMS₁₆
MYALGIAS₁₄
MYALISMS₁₅
MYALISTS₁₃
MYCELIAL₁₅
MYCELIAN₁₅
MYCELIUM₁₇
MYCELLAS₁₅
MYCELOID₁₆
MYCETOMA₁₇
MYCOLOGY₁₉
MYELINES₁₃
MYELINIC₁₅
MYELITES₁₃
MYELITIS₁₃
MYELOMAS₁₅
MYLODONS₁₄
MYLODONT₁₄
MYLONITE₁₃
MYNHEERS₁₆
MYOBLAST₁₅
MYOGENIC₁₆
MYOGRAMS₁₆
MYOGRAPH₁₉
MYOLOGIC₁₆
MYOMANCY₂₀
MYOMERES₁₅
MYOPATHY₂₁
MYOPHILY₂₁
MYOSCOPE₁₇
MYOSISES₁₃
MYOSITIS₁₃
MYOSOTES₁₃
MYOSOTIS₁₃
MYOTOMES₁₅
MYOTONIA₁₃
MYOTONIC₁₅
MYOTUBES₁₅
MYRBANES₁₅
MYRIADTH₁₇
MYRIAPOD₁₆
MYRINGAS₁₄
MYRIOPOD₁₆
MYRISTIC₁₅
MYRMIDON₁₆
MYRRHINE₁₆
MYRRHOLS₁₆
MYSTAGOG₁₅
MYSTICAL₁₅
MYSTICLY₁₈
MYSTIQUE₂₂
MYTHICAL₁₈
MYTHIEST₁₆
MYTHISED₁₇
MYTHISES₁₆
MYTHISMS₁₈
MYTHISTS₁₆
MYTHIZED₂₆
MYTHIZES₂₅
MYTILOID₁₄
MYXAMEBA₂₄
MYXEDEMA₂₃
MYXOCYTE₂₅
MYXOMATA₂₂
NYAFFING₁₈
NYLGHAIS₁₅
NYLGHAUS₁₅
NYMPHAEA₁₈
NYMPHEAN₁₈
NYMPHETS₁₈
NYMPHING₁₉
NYMPHISH₂₁
NYSTATIN₁₁
OYSTERED₁₂
OYSTERER₁₁
OYSTRIGE₁₂
PYAEMIAS₁₅
PYCNIDIA₁₆
PYCNITES₁₅
PYCNOSES₁₅
PYCNOSIS₁₅
PYCNOTIC₁₇
PYEBALDS₁₆
PYELITIC₁₅
PYELITIS₁₃
PYENGADU₁₅
PYGIDIAL₁₅
PYGIDIUM₁₇
PYGMAEAN₁₆
PYGMYISH₂₂
PYGMYISM₂₁
PYINKADO₁₈
PYJAMAED₂₃
PYKNOSES₁₇
PYKNOSIS₁₇
PYKNOTIC₁₉
PYODERMA₁₆
PYOGENIC₁₆
PYONINGS₁₄
PYORRHEA₁₆
PYRALIDS₁₄
PYRAMIDS₁₆
PYRANOID₁₄
PYRANOSE₁₃
PYRAZOLE₂₂
PYRENOID₁₄
PYREXIAL₂₀
PYREXIAS₂₀
PYRIDINE₁₄
PYRIFORM₁₈
PYRITISE₁₃
PYRITIZE₂₂
PYRITOUS₁₃
PYROGENS₁₄
PYROGIES₁₄
PYROHIES₁₆
PYROLISE₁₃
PYROLIZE₂₂
PYROLOGY₁₇
PYROLYSE₁₆
PYROLYZE₂₅
PYRONINE₁₃
PYROSOME₁₅
PYROSTAT₁₃
PYROXENE₂₀
PYROXYLE₂₃
PYRRHICS₁₈
PYRRHOUS₁₆
PYRROLES₁₃
PYRROLIC₁₅
PYRUVATE₁₆
PYTHIUMS₁₈
PYTHONIC₁₈
PYXIDIUM₂₃
RYEBREAD₁₄
RYEFLOUR₁₄
RYEGRASS₁₂
RYEPECKS₁₉
RYOTWARI₁₄
SYBARITE₁₃
SYBOTISM₁₅
SYCAMINE₁₅
SYCAMORE₁₅
SYCOMORE₁₅
SYCONIUM₁₅
SYCONOID₁₄
SYENITES₁₁
SYENITIC₁₃
SYLLABIC₁₅
SYLLABLE₁₃
SYLLABUB₁₅
SYLLABUS₁₃
SYLPHIDE₁₇
SYLPHIDS₁₇
SYLPHIER₁₆
SYLPHINE₁₆
SYLPHISH₁₉
SYLVANER₁₄
SYLVATIC₁₆
SYLVIINE₁₄
SYLVINES₁₄
SYLVITES₁₄
SYMBIONS₁₅
SYMBIONT₁₅
SYMBIOTE₁₅
SYMBIOTS₁₅
SYMBOLED₁₆
SYMBOLES₁₅
SYMBOLIC₁₇
SYMITARE₁₃
SYMITARS₁₃
SYMMETRY₁₈
SYMPATHY₂₁
SYMPATRY₁₈
SYMPHILE₁₈
SYMPHILY₂₁
SYMPHONY₂₁
SYMPLAST₁₅
SYMPLOCE₁₇
SYMPODIA₁₆
SYMPOSIA₁₅
SYMPTOMS₁₇
SYNAGOGS₁₃
SYNANGIA₁₂
SYNANONS₁₁
SYNANTHY₁₇
SYNAPHEA₁₆
SYNAPSED₁₄
SYNAPSES₁₃
SYNAPSID₁₄
SYNAPSIS₁₃
SYNAPTES₁₃
SYNAPTIC₁₅
SYNARCHY₁₉
SYNASTRY₁₄
SYNCARPS₁₅
SYNCARPY₁₈
SYNCHING₁₇
SYNCHROS₁₆
SYNCLINE₁₃
SYNCOPAL₁₅
SYNCOPES₁₅
SYNCOPIC₁₇
SYNCYTIA₁₆
SYNDESES₁₂
SYNDESIS₁₂
SYNDETIC₁₄
SYNDETON₁₂
SYNDICAL₁₄
SYNDINGS₁₃
SYNDROME₁₄
SYNECHIA₁₆
SYNECTIC₁₅
SYNEDRIA₁₂
SYNERGIA₁₂
SYNERGIC₁₄
SYNERGID₁₃
SYNFUELS₁₄
SYNGAMIC₁₆
SYNGASES₁₂
SYNGENIC₁₄
SYNGRAPH₁₇
SYNKARYA₁₈
SYNODALS₁₂
SYNONYME₁₆
SYNONYMS₁₆
SYNONYMY₁₉
SYNOPSES₁₃
SYNOPSIS₁₃
SYNOPTIC₁₅
SYNOVIAL₁₄
SYNOVIAS₁₄
SYNTAGMA₁₄
SYNTAGMS₁₄
SYNTAXES₁₈
SYNTENIC₁₃
SYNTEXIS₁₈
SYNTHASE₁₄
SYNTHONS₁₄
SYNTHPOP₁₈
SYNTONES₁₁
SYNTONIC₁₃
SYNTONIN₁₁
SYNTYPES₁₆
SYPHERED₁₇
SYPHILIS₁₆
SYPHONAL₁₆
SYPHONED₁₇
SYPHONIC₁₈
SYRETTES₁₁
SYRINGAS₁₂
SYRINGED₁₃
SYRINGES₁₂
SYRINXES₁₈
SYRPHIAN₁₆
SYRPHIDS₁₇
SYRUPIER₁₃
SYRUPING₁₄
SYSADMIN₁₄
SYSSITIA₁₁
SYSTEMED₁₄
SYSTEMIC₁₅
SYSTOLES₁₁
SYSTOLIC₁₃
SYSTYLES₁₄
SYZYGIAL₂₄
SYZYGIES₂₄
TYCHISMS₁₈
TYLOPODS₁₄
TYLOSINS₁₁
TYMPANAL₁₅
TYMPANIC₁₇
TYMPANUM₁₇
TYPEABLE₁₅
TYPEBARS₁₅
TYPECASE₁₅
TYPECAST₁₅
TYPEFACE₁₈
TYPESETS₁₃
TYPHOIDS₁₇
TYPHONIC₁₈
TYPHOONS₁₆
TYPHUSES₁₆
TYPIFIED₁₇
TYPIFIER₁₆
TYPIFIES₁₆
TYPOLOGY₁₇
TYPTOING₁₄
TYRAMINE₁₃
TYRANING₁₂
TYRANNED₁₂
TYRANNES₁₁
TYRANNIC₁₃
TYRANNIS₁₁
TYRANTED₁₂
TYRELESS₁₁
TYROPITA₁₃
TYROSINE₁₁
XYLENOLS₁₈
XYLIDINE₁₉
XYLIDINS₁₉
XYLITOLS₁₈
XYLOCARP₂₂
XYLOGENS₁₉
XYLOIDIN₁₉
XYLOLOGY₂₂
XYLOMATA₂₀
XYLONITE₁₈
XYLOTOMY₂₃
ZYGAENID₂₂
ZYGANTRA₂₁
ZYGODONT₂₂
ZYGOMATA₂₃
ZYGOSITY₂₄
ZYGOTENE₂₁
ZYLONITE₂₀
ZYMOGENE₂₃
ZYMOGENS₂₃
ZYMOGRAM₂₅
ZYMOLOGY₂₆
ZYMOSANS₂₂
ZYMOTICS₂₄
ZYZZYVAS₄₄

Letters by positionIn 35% of these words the 8th letter is S.

1st letter

S19%
H13%
C12%

4th letter

O16%
A9%
L9%

5th letter

I14%
O14%
A9%

6th letter

I19%
O11%
S10%

7th letter

E21%
I19%
N10%

8th letter

S35%
E13%
C8%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 15–16 in Scrabble; ZYZZYVAS tops the list with 44. Scores before board bonuses.

1111 points: 49 words
13 points: 167 words
1515 points: 210 words
17 points: 115 words
1919 points: 49 words
21 points: 40 words
2323 points: 21 words
25 points: 11 words
2727 points: 0 words
29 points: 0 words
3131 points: 0 words
33 points: 0 words
3535 points: 0 words
37 points: 0 words
3939 points: 0 words
41 points: 0 words
4343 points: 1 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
ZYZZYVAS	44	43	All three
ZYMOLOGY	26	27	All three
MYTHIZED	26	25	Collins only
HYDROXYL	25	23	All three
LYSOZYME	25	25	All three
CYCLIZED	25	27	All three
KYANIZED	25	25	All three
HYLOZOIC	25	25	All three
ZYMOGRAM	25	27	All three
PYROLYZE	25	25	All three
MYTHIZES	25	24	Collins only
MYXOCYTE	25	25	All three

Y in second place almost always acts as a vowel, and SY- leads the way with 128 of the 663 words. That is nearly one in five. Add HY- with 89 and CY- with 80, and three openers cover just under half the list.

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

Dictionary reach: 643 words in Collins, 496 in NWL2023, 437 in ENABLE.
Openers: S 128, H 89, C 80, M 63 and P 58.
Endings: S 233, E 86, C 56, A 50 and D 49.
31 words are common, and 556 have definitions.
ZYZZYVAS scores 44, and the average is 16.2.

Why does SY- dominate?

SYMPTOMS, SYNDROME, SYMPATHY, SYMBOLIC and SYMPHONY all start SY-, and the prefix covers 128 words, about 19 percent, so a rack holding S and Y is worth testing against SY- first. HY- brings HYDROGEN and HYPNOSIS, CY- brings CYLINDER and CYCLISTS, and MY- brings MYSTICAL and MYTHICAL.

S ends 233 words, just over a third, with DYNAMICS, PYRAMIDS and EYEBROWS as examples. A final S therefore gives you two clues at once: a likely plural, and a likely SY-, HY- or CY- start.

Why is the average 16.2?

Y is worth 4, so every word starts ahead. ZYZZYVAS scores 44, ZYMOLOGY and MYTHIZED 26, and HYDROXYL, LYSOZYME and CYCLIZED 25.

The common words score closer to 14, so these Z and X plays are rarer finds, and they make up only a handful of the 663 entries. ZYZZYVAS is accepted in all three dictionaries, but ENABLE accepts only 437 of the 663 words and NWL2023 accepts 496, so confirm a technical term like LYSOZYME in your game's lexicon before relying on it.

Where is Y a more common second letter?

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Y second reaches 895 words at ten letters and 842 at nine, so eight letters at 663 is below the peak. U second at eight letters has 3,411.

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How many eight-letter words have Y as the second letter?

The pooled count is 663. Collins covers 643 of them and ENABLE 437, and 31 of the words count as common, among them SYMPTOMS, HYDROGEN and DYNAMITE.

Which 8-letter words start with SY and have Y second?

There are 128, including SYMPTOMS, SYNDROME, SYMPATHY, SYMBOLIC, SYMPHONY, SYSTEMIC, SYMMETRY, SYNOPSIS and SYLLABUS. SY- is the largest opener by a wide margin, ahead of HY- with 89 and CY- with 80.

What is the best-scoring 8-letter word with Y second?

ZYZZYVAS scores 44 points. ZYMOLOGY and MYTHIZED score 26, and HYDROXYL, LYSOZYME and CYCLIZED score 25. Only ZYZZYVAS scores above 26, and it needs two blanks on a real board.

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