5-Letter Words With Y as the Third Letter
Looking for five-letter words with Y as the third letter? There are 123 of them in the tournament word lists, and every one is on this page. The most common, like STYLE, MAYBE, ROYAL, 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
- style8
- maybe12
- royal8
- buyer10
- layer8
- mayor10
- flyer11
- dryer9
- loyal8
- kayak16
- crypt12
- layup10
- rhyme13
- payer10
- psych15
- bayou10
- mayan10
- abyss10
- foyer11
- thyme13
All 123 words (the small number on each word is its Scrabble point value)
- rayon 8
- fryer 11
- keyed 13
- hoyle 11
- glyph 14
- payee 10
- styli 8
- riyal 8
- soyuz 17
- hoyas 11
- payed 11
- payor 10
- sayer 8
- layed 9
- sayed 9
- shyly 14
- tryst 8
- flyby 16
- sayid 9
- toyed 9
- ghyll 12
- idyll 9
- dryad 10
- slyly 11
- dryly 12
- wryly 14
- guyot 9
- phyla 13
- rayed 9
- doyen 9
- layin 8
- fayed 12
- gayer 9
- mayas 10
- coyly 13
- mayst 10
- flyte 11
- goyim 11
- anyon 8
- shyer 11
- styes 8
- guyed 10
- gayly 12
- hayer 11
- plyer 10
- boyar 10
- joyed 16
- pryer 10
- toyon 8
- coyer 10
- bayed 11
- abyes 10
- abysm 12
- acyls 10
- adyta 9
- amyls 10
- aryls 8
- asyla 8
- blype 12
- boyla 10
- boyos 10
- chyle 13
- chyme 15
- coyed 11
- coypu 12
- doyly 12
- emyde 11
- emyds 11
- etyma 10
- feyer 11
- feyly 14
- gayal 9
- hayed 12
- hayey 14
- idyls 9
- kayos 12
- mayed 11
- mayos 10
- odyle 9
- odyls 9
- phyle 13
- poyou 10
- rayah 11
- rayas 8
- rhyta 11
- sayst 8
- skyed 13
- skyey 15
- slyer 8
- slype 10
- snyes 8
- soyas 8
- styed 9
- stymy 13
- thymi 13
- thymy 16
- toyer 8
- toyos 8
- tryma 10
- tuyer 8
- twyer 11
- wryer 11
- zayin 17
Points use Scrabble US letter values
Frequently asked questions
How many five-letter words are there with Y as the third letter?
There are 123 five-letter words with Y as the third letter in the tournament word lists. The most common are STYLE, MAYBE, ROYAL.
What are common five-letter words with Y as the third letter?
STYLE, MAYBE, ROYAL, BUYER, LAYER are the most frequently used. The full list of 123 words on this page is sorted by everyday frequency, so the common ones come first.
Why are the words in this order?
Words are ranked by how often they appear in a trillion-word corpus of written English, most common first. That surfaces likely puzzle answers instead of hiding them mid-alphabet. Use the sort control to switch to alphabetical or points order.