4 Letter Words Ending in Y

Common four-letter words that end in Y

The 50 most used in spoken English (SUBTLEX-US), with a short meaning.

• they 10/8
• okay 11/10 being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition
• very 10/10 precisely as stated
• only 7/8 and nothing more
• away 10/9 from a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is obsolete)
• stay 7/6 stay the same
• baby 11/12 a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
• many 9/10 a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by `as' or `too' or `so' or `that'
• play 9/10 participate in games or sport
• easy 7/6 posing no difficulty
• lady 8/8 a polite name for any woman
• body 10/10 the entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being)
• city 9/9 a large and densely populated urban area
• busy 9/10 actively or fully engaged or occupied
• army 9/9 a permanent organization of the military land forces of a nation or state
• joey 14/15
• tony 7/7
• holy 10/9 a sacred place of pilgrimage
• copy 11/12 a reproduction of a written record (e.g. of a legal or school record)
• duty 8/8 the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force
• jury 14/16 a body of citizens sworn to give a true verdict according to the evidence presented in a court of law
• ugly 8/10 displeasing to the senses
• pray 9/9 address a deity, a prophet, a saint or an object of worship
• ally 7/8 a friendly nation
• tiny 7/7 very small
• lily 7/8 any liliaceous plant of the genus Lilium having showy pendulous flowers
• navy 10/11 an organization of military vessels belonging to a country and available for sea warfare
• pity 9/9 a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others
• deny 8/8 declare untrue
• gray 8/8 a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
• bury 9/10 cover from sight
• troy 7/6 a system of weights used for precious metals and gemstones
• clay 9/10 a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired
• ruby 9/10 a transparent piece of ruby that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem
• lazy 16/16 moving slowly and gently
• envy 10/11 a feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something that is possessed by another
• grey 8/8 of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black
• obey 9/9 be obedient to
• pony 9/10 a range horse of the western United States
• tray 7/6 an open receptacle for holding or displaying or serving articles or food
• rely 7/7 have faith or confidence in
• toby 9/9 a drinking mug in the shape of a stout man wearing a three-cornered hat
• trey 7/6 the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
• cozy 18/18 enjoying or affording comforting warmth and shelter especially in a small space
• prey 9/9 a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or…
• fury 10/10 a feeling of intense anger
• tidy 8/7 receptacle that holds odds and ends (as sewing materials)
• ahoy 10/8
• dory 8/7 a small boat of shallow draft with cross thwarts for seats and rowlocks for oars with which it is propelled
• eddy 9/8 flow in a circular current, of liquids

All 191 four-letter words that end in Y

Numbers are Scrabble points, then Words With Friends points.