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8-letter words with Y as the 4th letter

A curated list of 8-letter words tailored to this exact pattern. Use this when Y is fixed in the 4th slot; rotate high-frequency consonants elsewhere to prune fast. For example: abeyance, abeyancy, acrylate.

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237 words

Word	Length	Syllables
abeyance	8	2
abeyancy	8	3
acrylate	8	3
acrylics	8	3
aglycone	8	3
aglycons	8	3
agrypnia	8	3
alkylate	8	3
ankylose	8	3
armyworm	8	3
aroynted	8	3
awayness	8	3
babyhood	8	3
baryonic	8	3
barytone	8	3
beeyards	8	1
beryline	8	3
bicycled	8	3
bicycler	8	3
bicycles	8	3
bicyclic	8	3
bodysuit	8	3
bodysurf	8	3
bodywork	8	3
bogyisms	8	2
buoyages	8	2
buoyance	8	1
buoyancy	8	2
busybody	8	4
busyness	8	3
busywork	8	3
butylate	8	3
butylene	8	3
butyrals	8	3
butyrate	8	3
butyrins	8	3
butyrous	8	3
butyryls	8	3
calycate	8	3
calyceal	8	3
calycine	8	3
calycles	8	3
calyculi	8	4
calypsos	8	3
calypter	8	3
calyptra	8	3
capybara	8	4
caryatic	8	3
caryatid	8	3
caryotin	8	3
chayotes	8	2
cityfied	8	3
cityward	8	3
citywide	8	3
claybank	8	2
clayiest	8	1
claylike	8	2
claymore	8	2
claypans	8	2
clayware	8	2
copybook	8	3
copyboys	8	3
copycats	8	3
copydesk	8	3
copyedit	8	3
copyhold	8	3
copyists	8	2
copyread	8	3
corybant	8	3
corymbed	8	3
coryphee	8	2
cotyloid	8	3
crayfish	8	2
crayoned	8	2
dasyures	8	3
dicyclic	8	3
didymium	8	3
didymous	8	3
didynamy	8	4
dihybrid	8	3
dihydric	8	3
disyoked	8	3
disyokes	8	3
dizygous	8	3
drayages	8	2
ecdysial	8	3
ecdysone	8	3
ecdysons	8	3
empyemas	8	3
empyemic	8	3
empyreal	8	3
empyrean	8	3
encyclic	8	3
encysted	8	3
ethylate	8	3
ethylene	8	3
ethynyls	8	3
eurybath	8	3
eurythmy	8	3
fogyisms	8	2
frayings	8	1
ganymede	8	3
gleyings	8	1
grayback	8	2
grayfish	8	2
graylags	8	2
grayling	8	2
graymail	8	2
grayness	8	2
grayouts	8	1
greyhens	8	2
greylags	8	2
greyness	8	2
gruyeres	8	2
guayules	8	2
halyards	8	2
hokypoky	8	4
holydays	8	3
holytide	8	3
kalyptra	8	3
karyotin	8	3
katydids	8	3
ladybird	8	3
ladybugs	8	3
ladyfish	8	3
ladyhood	8	3
ladykins	8	3
ladylike	8	3
ladylove	8	3
ladypalm	8	3
ladyship	8	3
lanyards	8	2
laryngal	8	3
larynges	8	3
larynxes	8	3
lawyered	8	3
lawyerly	8	3
lecythis	8	3
lecythus	8	3
lekythoi	8	3
lekythos	8	3
lekythus	8	3
lilylike	8	3
manyfold	8	3
maryjane	8	3
midyears	8	2
minyanim	8	3
misyoked	8	3
misyokes	8	3
molybdic	8	3
obeyable	8	2
okeydoke	8	3
outyells	8	2
outyelps	8	2
outyield	8	2
papyrian	8	3
papyrine	8	3
playable	8	1
playacts	8	1
playback	8	2
playbill	8	2
playbook	8	2
playboys	8	2
playdate	8	2
playdays	8	2
playdown	8	2
playgirl	8	2
playgoer	8	2
playland	8	2
playless	8	2
playlets	8	2
playlike	8	2
playlist	8	2
playmate	8	2
playoffs	8	1
playpens	8	2
playroom	8	2
playsuit	8	2
playtime	8	2
playwear	8	2
polybrid	8	3
polycots	8	3
polyenes	8	3
polyenic	8	3
polygala	8	4
polygamy	8	4
polygene	8	3
polyglot	8	3
polygons	8	3
polygony	8	4
polygyny	8	4
polymath	8	3
polymers	8	3
polynyas	8	3
polyomas	8	3
polypary	8	4
polypide	8	3
polypnea	8	3
polypods	8	3
polypody	8	4
polypoid	8	3
polypore	8	3
polypous	8	3
polysemy	8	4
polysome	8	3
polytene	8	3
polyteny	8	4
polytype	8	3
polyuria	8	3
polyuric	8	3
polyzoan	8	3
polyzoic	8	3
ponytail	8	3
quayages	8	2
quaylike	8	2
quayside	8	2
recycled	8	3
recycler	8	3
recycles	8	3
redyeing	8	2
retyping	8	3
rubylike	8	3
satyrids	8	3
sibyllic	8	3
sphygmic	8	2
sphygmus	8	2
spryness	8	2
staysail	8	2
swayable	8	1
swayback	8	2
syzygial	8	3
syzygies	8	3
tanyards	8	2
tidytips	8	3
trayfuls	8	2
wheyface	8	2
wheylike	8	2

FAQs

How do I play around a fixed Y in the 4th slot?
Try mixing common consonant clusters (ST, TR, CH) in other positions while keeping Y locked.

Why are uncommon words included?
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