5-Letter Words With Y as the Fourth Letter
There are 63 five-letter words with Y as the fourth letter in our dictionary; 34 of them are common words.
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All 63 words
- plays10 points
- stays8 points
- vinyl11 points
- obeys10 points
- prays10 points
- quays17 points
- okays12 points
- polyp12 points
- frays11 points
- sways11 points
- brays10 points
- buoys10 points
- ploys10 points
- preys10 points
- spays10 points
- grays9 points
- greys9 points
- slays8 points
- trays8 points
- calyx17 points
- flays11 points
- beryl10 points
- cloys10 points
- sibyl10 points
- drays9 points
- satyr8 points
- troys8 points
- joeys15 points
- polys10 points
- alkyd13 points
- ethyl11 points
- shays11 points
- redye9 points
- treys8 points
- hexyl18 points
- alkyl12 points
- thuya11 points
- barye10 points
- butyl10 points
- clays10 points
- playa10 points
- allyl8 points
- tolyl8 points
- enzym19 points
- xylyl18 points
- queys17 points
- oxeye15 points
- kumys14 points
- wheys14 points
- chays13 points
- upbye12 points
- debye11 points
- fleys11 points
- fluyt11 points
- ofays11 points
- shoyu11 points
- bunya10 points
- inbye10 points
- octyl10 points
- gleys9 points
- sloyd9 points
- aliya8 points
- nonyl8 points
Quick facts
- Total words: 63
- By usage: 19 very common, 15 common, 29 rare
Highest scoring (classic tiles)
- enzym 19
- hexyl 18
- xylyl 18
- calyx 17
- quays 17
- queys 17
- joeys 15
- oxeye 15
- kumys 14
- wheys 14
Most common
- plays
- stays
- vinyl
- obeys
- prays
- quays
- okays
- polyp
- frays
- sways
Definitions
- stays (noun)
- A woman's close-fitting foundation garment.
- vinyl (noun)
- A univalent chemical radical derived from ethylene.
- polyp (noun)
- A small vascular growth on the surface of a mucous membrane.
The five-letter words that have Y in the fourth position number 63 in our dictionary. About 34 of them are common, which is the group most players will recognise on sight, and the remainder are rarer words that still count in the majority of games. The list is complete, computed from the full word list rather than typed by hand, so you can trust that nothing is missing. The best scorer is ENZYM, at 19 points.
How to use this page
Type your letters into the box at the top, including a question mark for any blank, and press search to filter this list to the words you can spell. Or read the list as it is: common words come first, scores are shown on each chip, and any word with a link has its own page of sub-words and anagrams.
Tips
The list puts common words first for a reason: they are the ones an opponent is least likely to challenge and the ones you will remember next time. When two plays score about the same, prefer the common word. Save the rare entries for situations where they are clearly better, such as a triple-word square that only an obscure word can reach. If you are learning vocabulary or solving a puzzle for a newspaper, stick to the very common words marked with a dot; they are the ones the setter almost certainly had in mind.
Questions
How many five-letter words with Y as the fourth letter are there?
Our dictionary has 63 five-letter words with Y as the fourth letter, of which 34 are common English words. The count comes from the public-domain ENABLE list, so it can differ slightly from the dictionary a particular game uses.
What is the highest-scoring word among the five-letter words with Y as the fourth letter?
ENZYM scores 19 points with classic tile values, ignoring board multipliers. The full top ten is in the quick facts above; switch the tile set on the search tool if you play with different letter values.