5-Letter Words With Y as the Fourth Letter
Looking for five-letter words with Y as the fourth letter? There are 67 of them in the tournament word lists, and every one is on this page. The most common, like PLAYS, VINYL, STAYS, sit right at the top.
Unlike alphabetical lists that bury likely answers in the middle, this list is sorted by how often each word appears in everyday English. Scan the first rows for probable answers; dig deeper for rare, high-scoring plays.
Most common
- plays10
- vinyl11
- stays8
- playa10
- trays8
- ethyl11
- grays9
- butyl10
- alkyl12
- beryl10
- buoys10
- clays10
- prays10
- greys9
- quays17
- calyx17
- obeys10
- shays11
- polyp12
- octyl10
All 67 words (the small number on each word is its Scrabble point value)
- satyr 8
- allyl 8
- emmys 12
- womyn 13
- sibyl 10
- alkyd 13
- okays 12
- polys 10
- debye 11
- aliya 8
- preys 10
- abaya 10
- slays 8
- sways 11
- ploys 10
- bunya 10
- drays 9
- hexyl 18
- troys 8
- joeys 15
- treys 8
- chays 13
- shoyu 11
- brays 10
- flays 11
- frays 11
- thuya 11
- tolyl 8
- sloyd 9
- nonyl 8
- barye 10
- cloys 10
- enzym 19
- fleys 11
- fluyt 11
- gleys 9
- inbye 10
- kumys 14
- ofays 11
- oxeye 15
- queys 17
- redye 9
- spays 10
- tyiyn 11
- upbye 12
- wheys 14
- xylyl 18
Points use Scrabble US letter values
Frequently asked questions
How many five-letter words are there with Y as the fourth letter?
There are 67 five-letter words with Y as the fourth letter in the tournament word lists. The most common are PLAYS, VINYL, STAYS.
What are common five-letter words with Y as the fourth letter?
PLAYS, VINYL, STAYS, PLAYA, TRAYS are the most frequently used. The full list of 67 words on this page is sorted by everyday frequency, so the common ones come first.
Are these valid Wordle words?
Nearly all of them. Wordle draws its answers from a curated list of common five-letter words, but it accepts almost any dictionary word as a guess, including the words on this page.