5-letter words with Y as the third letter
There are 205 five-letter words with Y as the third letter in Unscrambly's open word list; the highest scoring is AZYGY at 21 points. S is the most common first letter among them (35), and the average score is 10.8 points.
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Pinning a letter to an exact slot is the core of Wordle strategy: a green Y in the third position leaves these 205 words as candidates. Every word below is exactly five letters with Y in slot 3, shown with its Scrabble score, and examples include AZYGY, AVYZE, AZYME, AZYMS and ZAYIN. Feed the letters you already know into the Wordle helper to narrow a puzzle with a Y in slot 3 further.
For Wordle, LAYER is a strong guess from this list: of the familiar words with five different letters, it uses the letters found in the most of these 205 words.
5-letter words with Y as the third letter in numbers
- Words
- 205
- Highest scoring
- AZYGY 21 pts
- Average score
- 10.8 pts
- With a definition
- 96 (47%)
- A13
- B15
- C9
- D9
- E3
- F15
- G18
- H9
- I2
- J1
- K4
- L5
- M11
- N3
- O2
- P16
- Q1
- R13
- S35
- T16
- U1
- W3
- Z1
Highest-scoring 5-letter words with y as the third letter
5-letter words with Y as the third letter (205)
All 205 are listed: the 50 highest scoring first, then the rest, taken in turn from every first letter; within each, words with a dictionary definition come first.
Frequently asked questions
How many 5 letter words have Y as the third letter?
Unscrambly's list has 205 five-letter words with Y in the third position, 1.6% of all five-letter words.
How do I use this list for Wordle?
If your third tile turned green as Y, these 205 words are your candidates. Cross off any word that uses a letter you have already ruled out, and prefer a guess that tests new letters, such as LAYER.
What is the highest scoring 5 letter word with Y as the third letter?
AZYGY scores 21 points in Scrabble. Next come AVYZE (20), AZYME (19) and AZYMS (19). The average is 10.8 points.