5-Letter Words With Y as the Second Letter
There are 173 five-letter words with Y as the second letter. The list below ranks them by real-world frequency, so everyday words like TYPES, BYTES, CYCLE appear before the obscurities.
Every entry comes from the tournament word lists, the kind of list used in Wordle, Scrabble, and Words With Friends, so each one is a genuine dictionary word.
Most common
- types10
- bytes10
- cycle12
- nylon8
- cyber12
- dying10
- lying9
- lyric10
- lynch13
- myths13
- hydro12
- typed11
- hyper13
- syrup10
- tyres8
- gypsy14
- tying9
- lymph15
- synth11
- lycra10
All 173 words (the small number on each word is its Scrabble point value)
- hymns 13
- synod 9
- bylaw 13
- typos 10
- dykes 13
- hydra 12
- sykes 12
- cysts 10
- mylar 10
- nymph 15
- pyrex 17
- hyped 14
- synch 13
- sysop 10
- cynic 12
- pygmy 16
- lysis 8
- vying 12
- hymen 13
- cyclo 12
- lyase 8
- kylix 19
- myrrh 13
- pylon 10
- hyena 11
- byway 16
- gyrus 9
- gyros 9
- tykes 12
- lytic 10
- sylva 11
- xylem 17
- syncs 10
- kyrie 12
- lysed 9
- tyers 8
- cyano 10
- dyers 9
- pyros 10
- nyala 8
- dyads 10
- dynes 9
- kythe 15
- cycad 13
- eyrie 8
- syren 8
- tyros 8
- tynes 8
- wynns 11
- sylph 13
- pyxis 17
- hypes 13
- xylan 15
- lyssa 8
- lyres 8
- hylas 11
- cycas 12
- typic 12
- lycee 10
- eyres 8
- eying 9
- gyoza 18
- hyoid 12
- pyric 12
- hyrax 18
- kyats 12
- mynah 13
- hyson 11
- zymes 19
- byres 10
- pyran 10
- myoma 12
- pyres 10
- gyres 9
- wyles 11
- mysid 11
- hypha 16
- ayahs 11
- ayins 8
- byrls 10
- byssi 10
- cyans 10
- cyder 11
- cylix 17
- cymae 12
- cymar 12
- cymas 12
- cymes 12
- cymol 12
- cyton 10
- dyked 14
- dykey 16
- dynel 9
- eyass 8
- eyers 8
- eyras 8
- eyrir 8
- fyces 13
- fykes 15
- fytte 11
- gybed 12
- gybes 11
- gyral 9
- gyred 10
- gyron 9
- gyved 13
- gyves 12
- hying 12
- hypos 13
- kyack 18
- kyaks 16
- kyars 12
- kytes 12
- lyard 9
- lyart 8
- lycea 10
- lyses 8
- lysin 8
- lytta 8
- mynas 10
- myoid 11
- myope 12
- myopy 15
- mythy 16
- oyers 8
- pyins 10
- pyoid 11
- pyxes 17
- pyxie 17
- ryked 13
- rykes 12
- rynds 9
- ryots 8
- sycee 10
- syces 10
- sylis 8
- syphs 13
- tyees 8
- tyiyn 11
- tyned 9
- typal 10
- typey 13
- typps 12
- tyred 9
- tythe 11
- wyled 12
- wynds 12
- wyted 12
- wytes 11
- xylol 15
- xylyl 18
- xysti 15
- xysts 15
Points use Scrabble US letter values
Frequently asked questions
How many five-letter words are there with Y as the second letter?
There are 173 five-letter words with Y as the second letter in the tournament word lists. The most common are TYPES, BYTES, CYCLE.
What are common five-letter words with Y as the second letter?
TYPES, BYTES, CYCLE, NYLON, CYBER are the most frequently used. The full list of 173 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.