Best words to try
Sorted by how many of this list's common letters they use: EASY, AERY, AYES, EYAS, YEAS and YARE. Words with no repeated letters test the most letters per guess; 359 of the 401 words have none.
Highest-scoring words
- FOZY19 points
- HAZY19 points
- COZY18 points
- JOKY18 points
- MAZY18 points
Patterns in this list
Y sits in the fourth position most often (191 words) and in the third position least often (52). 3 of the words contain more than one Y. 22 of them have no A, E, I, O or U.
4 letter words with…
- 4 letter words with a1,379 words
- 4 letter words with b412 words
- 4 letter words with c422 words
- 4 letter words with d576 words
- 4 letter words with e1,333 words
- 4 letter words with f313 words
- 4 letter words with g406 words
- 4 letter words with h432 words
- 4 letter words with i872 words
- 4 letter words with j98 words
- 4 letter words with k404 words
- 4 letter words with l795 words
- 4 letter words with m491 words
- 4 letter words with n667 words
- 4 letter words with o1,046 words
- 4 letter words with p521 words
- 4 letter words with q16 words
- 4 letter words with r816 words
- 4 letter words with s1,276 words
- 4 letter words with t766 words
- 4 letter words with u604 words
- 4 letter words with v146 words
- 4 letter words with w344 words
- 4 letter words with x62 words
- y401
- 4 letter words with z83 words
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Questions
How many 4 letter words contain Y?
There are 401 4 letter words that contain Y in our word list.
What is the highest scoring 4 letter word that contain Y?
FOZY, worth 19 points with standard Scrabble letter values.
Which 4 letter words that contain Y make good guesses?
EASY, AERY and AYES use 4 different letters that are common in this list, so they rule out the most words.

