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Words Ending in Y

There are 13,277 words that end in Y in our word list. The most common are MY, THEY and WHY. The highest-scoring in Scrabble is ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHICALLY (47 points).

Words
13,277
Top Scrabble word
ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHICALLY, 47 pts
Top Words With Friends word
ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHICALLY, 55 pts
Lengths
2 to 27 letters
Filters: starts with, ends with, length, leave out

Common words that end in Y

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

The 1,000 most common of 13,277 words that end in Y

Numbers are Scrabble points, then Words With Friends points. Use the search box above to filter the full list.

2-letter words 4

  • ay5/4
  • by7/7
  • my7/7
  • oy5/4

3-letter words 39

  • any6/6
  • bay8/8
  • boy8/8
  • buy8/9
  • coy8/8
  • cry8/8
  • day7/6
  • dry7/6
  • fay9/8
  • fly9/9
  • fry9/8
  • gay7/7
  • guy7/8
  • hay9/7
  • hey9/7
  • icy8/8
  • ivy9/9
  • jay13/14
  • joy13/14
  • kay10/9
  • key10/9
  • lay6/6
  • may8/8
  • nay6/6
  • pay8/8
  • pry8/8
  • ray6/5
  • say6/5
  • shy9/7
  • sky10/9
  • sly6/6
  • soy6/5
  • spy8/8
  • thy9/7
  • toy6/5
  • try6/5
  • way9/8
  • why12/10
  • yay9/7

4-letter words 61

  • ahoy10/8
  • ally7/8
  • army9/9
  • away10/9
  • baby11/12
  • body10/10
  • bury9/10
  • busy9/10
  • city9/9
  • clay9/10
  • copy11/12
  • cosy9/9
  • cozy18/18
  • davy11/11
  • defy11/10
  • deny8/8
  • dory8/7
  • duty8/8
  • easy7/6
  • eddy9/8
  • edgy9/9
  • envy10/11
  • foxy17/16
  • fury10/10
  • gaby10/11
  • gray8/8
  • grey8/8
  • holy10/9
  • joey14/15
  • jury14/16
  • lady8/8
  • lazy16/16
  • levy10/11
  • lily7/8
  • many9/10
  • navy10/11
  • nosy7/7
  • obey9/9
  • okay11/10
  • only7/8
  • pity9/9
  • play9/10
  • pony9/10
  • pray9/9
  • prey9/9
  • rely7/7
  • rosy7/6
  • ruby9/10
  • slay7/7
  • stay7/6
  • sway10/9
  • they10/8
  • tidy8/7
  • tiny7/7
  • toby9/9
  • tony7/7
  • tray7/6
  • trey7/6
  • troy7/6
  • ugly8/10
  • very10/10

5-letter words 219

  • abbey12/13
  • agony9/10
  • alley8/9
  • angry9/10
  • annoy8/9
  • apply12/14
  • array8/7
  • badly11/12
  • belly10/12
  • benny10/12
  • berry10/10
  • billy10/12
  • bitty10/10
  • bobby14/16
  • bogey11/12
  • bonny10/12
  • booty10/10
  • bossy10/10
  • buddy12/13
  • buffy16/17
  • buggy12/15
  • bully10/13
  • bumpy14/17
  • bunny10/13
  • caddy12/12
  • candy11/12
  • carry10/10
  • chevy16/16
  • comfy15/16
  • coney10/11
  • corky14/14
  • corny10/11
  • crazy19/19
  • curly10/12
  • curry10/11
  • daddy11/10
  • daily9/9
  • dairy9/8
  • daisy9/8
  • dandy10/10
  • decay11/11
  • decoy11/11
  • delay9/9
  • derby11/11
  • diary9/8
  • dirty9/8
  • dizzy27/26
  • doggy11/12
  • dolly9/10
  • ducky15/16
  • dummy13/15
  • dusty9/9
  • early8/8
  • emery10/10
  • empty12/13
  • enemy10/11
  • enjoy15/17
  • entry8/8
  • essay8/7
  • every11/11
  • fairy11/10
  • fancy13/14
  • fanny11/12
  • fatty11/10
  • ferry11/10
  • fiery11/10
  • fifty14/13
  • fishy14/12
  • forty11/10
  • fully11/13
  • funky15/16
  • funny11/13
  • furry11/11
  • fuzzy29/29
  • gabby13/15
  • giddy11/11
  • gilly9/11
  • ginny9/11
  • glory9/10
  • golly9/11
  • goody10/10
  • goofy12/12
  • gravy12/13
  • gypsy14/14
  • hairy11/9
  • handy12/11
  • happy15/15
  • hardy12/10
  • harry11/9
  • hasty11/9
  • heavy14/13
  • henry11/10
  • hobby15/15
  • holly11/11
  • homey13/12
  • honey11/10
  • howdy15/13
  • hurry11/10
  • imply12/14
  • irony8/8
  • itchy13/12
  • jelly15/18
  • jenny15/18
  • jerky19/20
  • jerry15/16
  • jimmy19/22
  • jolly15/18
  • juicy17/20
  • jumpy19/23
  • kelly12/13
  • kerry12/11
  • kitty12/11
  • lacey10/11
  • leary8/8
  • leery8/8
  • lefty11/11
  • lobby12/14
  • loony8/9
  • lousy8/9
  • lowly11/12
  • lucky14/16
  • lumpy12/15
  • madly11/12
  • mammy14/16
  • manly10/12
  • marry10/10
  • mercy12/13
  • merry10/10
  • messy10/10
  • milky14/15
  • missy10/10
  • molly10/12
  • mommy14/16
  • money10/11
  • moody11/11
  • muddy12/13
  • mummy14/17
  • nancy10/12
  • nanny8/10
  • nasty8/8
  • needy9/9
  • newly11/12
  • noisy8/8
  • nutty8/9
  • oddly10/10
  • paddy12/12
  • pansy10/11
  • pappy14/16
  • party10/10
  • patsy10/10
  • patty10/10
  • penny10/12
  • perry10/10
  • petty10/10
  • phony13/13
  • picky16/17
  • piggy12/14
  • pinky14/15
  • poppy14/16
  • potty10/10
  • puppy14/17
  • pushy13/13
  • putty10/11
  • rainy8/8
  • rally8/9
  • randy9/9
  • ready9/8
  • relay8/8
  • repay10/10
  • reply10/11
  • riley8/8
  • risky12/11
  • rocky14/14
  • rusty8/8
  • sadly9/9
  • sally8/9
  • salty8/8
  • sandy9/9
  • sassy8/7
  • scary10/10
  • shady12/10
  • shaky15/13
  • shiny11/10
  • silly8/9
  • sissy8/7
  • sixty15/14
  • slimy10/11
  • sonny8/9
  • sorry8/7
  • spray10/10
  • story8/7
  • stray8/7
  • study9/9
  • sully8/10
  • sunny8/10
  • tacky14/14
  • taffy14/13
  • tally8/9
  • tammy12/13
  • tasty8/7
  • teddy10/9
  • teeny8/8
  • telly8/9
  • terry8/7
  • today9/8
  • toddy10/9
  • tommy12/13
  • truly8/9
  • tummy12/14
  • unity8/9
  • wacky17/17
  • wally11/12
  • weary11/10
  • willy11/12
  • windy12/12
  • witty11/10
  • woody12/11
  • worry11/10
  • yummy15/16

6-letter words 191

  • agency12/14
  • anyway15/14
  • armory11/11
  • artery9/8
  • bailey11/12
  • bakery15/15
  • barely11/12
  • beauty11/12
  • betray11/11
  • bloody12/13
  • bodily12/13
  • bouncy13/16
  • bounty11/13
  • brandy12/13
  • calmly13/16
  • canary11/12
  • catchy16/16
  • cavity14/15
  • celery11/12
  • cheesy14/13
  • cherry14/13
  • chilly14/15
  • chubby18/20
  • chucky20/21
  • classy11/12
  • cloudy12/14
  • clumsy13/16
  • colony11/13
  • comedy14/15
  • comply15/18
  • convey14/16
  • convoy14/16
  • county11/13
  • cowboy16/17
  • cranky15/16
  • crappy15/17
  • creepy13/14
  • crispy13/14
  • crummy15/18
  • deadly11/11
  • dearly10/10
  • deeply12/13
  • deploy12/13
  • deputy12/13
  • donkey14/14
  • dreary10/9
  • easily9/9
  • eighty13/12
  • employ13/15
  • energy10/11
  • fairly12/12
  • family14/15
  • felony12/13
  • filthy15/14
  • firmly14/15
  • flashy15/14
  • fluffy18/19
  • freaky16/15
  • freely12/12
  • frenzy21/21
  • frosty12/11
  • galaxy17/18
  • gently10/12
  • gladly11/13
  • gloomy12/14
  • granny10/12
  • greasy10/10
  • greedy11/11
  • groovy13/14
  • grumpy14/17
  • guilty10/12
  • gurney10/12
  • hardly13/12
  • hearty12/10
  • hereby14/13
  • highly16/15
  • hockey18/17
  • hooray12/10
  • humbly16/18
  • hungry13/14
  • hurley12/12
  • injury16/19
  • jersey16/17
  • jockey22/24
  • johnny19/21
  • kidney14/14
  • kindly14/15
  • lately9/10
  • legacy12/14
  • likely13/14
  • lively12/14
  • lonely9/11
  • loudly10/12
  • lovely12/14
  • luxury16/18
  • mainly11/13
  • mayday15/14
  • melody12/13
  • memory13/14
  • merely11/12
  • mickey17/18
  • midway15/15
  • mighty15/15
  • milady12/13
  • misery11/11
  • monkey15/16
  • mostly11/12
  • murphy16/17
  • mutiny11/13
  • nearby11/12
  • nearly9/10
  • nicely11/13
  • ninety9/10
  • nobody12/13
  • notify12/12
  • occupy15/18
  • openly11/13
  • overly12/13
  • pantry11/12
  • partly11/12
  • pastry11/11
  • payday15/14
  • peachy16/16
  • phoney14/14
  • plenty11/13
  • poetry11/11
  • pointy11/12
  • policy13/15
  • poorly11/12
  • pretty11/11
  • purely11/13
  • purity11/12
  • rarely9/9
  • really9/10
  • remedy12/12
  • ridley10/10
  • righty13/12
  • runway12/13
  • safely12/12
  • safety12/11
  • salary9/9
  • sanity9/9
  • screwy14/14
  • shabby16/16
  • shelly12/12
  • sherry12/10
  • shorty12/10
  • simply13/15
  • skinny13/14
  • sleazy18/18
  • sleepy11/12
  • sloppy13/15
  • slowly12/13
  • slutty9/10
  • smelly11/13
  • smiley11/12
  • smokey15/15
  • snappy13/15
  • sneaky13/13
  • softly12/12
  • solely9/10
  • sparky15/15
  • speedy12/12
  • spooky15/15
  • steady10/9
  • sticky15/15
  • stinky13/13
  • stuffy15/15
  • sturdy10/10
  • subway14/15
  • supply13/16
  • surely9/10
  • survey12/13
  • sweaty12/11
  • theory12/10
  • thirty12/10
  • touchy14/14
  • treaty9/8
  • tricky15/15
  • trophy14/13
  • turkey13/13
  • twenty12/12
  • uneasy9/10
  • valley12/14
  • vanity12/13
  • verify15/15
  • weekly16/16
  • whisky19/17
  • whitey15/13
  • wildly13/14
  • worthy15/13

7-letter words 152

  • ability12/13
  • academy15/16
  • alimony12/14
  • already11/11
  • anarchy15/15
  • anatomy12/13
  • anxiety17/17
  • anybody16/16
  • apology13/15
  • ashtray13/11
  • attaboy12/12
  • autopsy12/13
  • awfully16/18
  • balcony14/17
  • baloney12/14
  • battery12/12
  • biology13/15
  • bravery15/16
  • brewery15/15
  • briefly15/16
  • cavalry15/17
  • century12/14
  • charity15/14
  • charley15/15
  • chimney17/18
  • christy15/14
  • clarify15/16
  • clarity12/13
  • clearly12/14
  • closely12/14
  • company16/19
  • country12/14
  • crucify17/19
  • cruelty12/14
  • custody13/14
  • decency15/17
  • destiny11/11
  • destroy11/10
  • dignity12/13
  • display13/14
  • doorway14/13
  • dynasty14/13
  • economy14/16
  • ecstasy12/12
  • elderly11/12
  • embassy14/15
  • equally19/21
  • exactly19/20
  • factory15/15
  • faculty15/17
  • fantasy13/13
  • faraway16/15
  • finally13/15
  • forgery14/14
  • frankly17/18
  • freeway16/15
  • gallery11/13
  • gangway15/17
  • gateway14/14
  • getaway14/14
  • ghastly14/14
  • gravity14/15
  • greatly11/12
  • grizzly29/30
  • grocery13/14
  • halfway19/18
  • hallway16/16
  • happily17/18
  • harmony15/15
  • healthy16/14
  • heavily16/16
  • highway20/18
  • history13/11
  • holiday14/13
  • homeboy17/17
  • honesty13/12
  • inquiry19/20
  • jewelry20/22
  • journey17/20
  • justify20/22
  • langley11/14
  • larceny12/14
  • laundry11/13
  • legally11/14
  • liberty12/13
  • library12/13
  • lightly14/15
  • lottery10/10
  • loyalty13/13
  • luckily16/19
  • lullaby12/16
  • majesty19/21
  • mercury14/16
  • merrily12/13
  • mockery18/19
  • modesty13/13
  • monthly15/16
  • morally12/14
  • mystery15/14
  • naughty14/15
  • nursery10/11
  • orderly11/11
  • penalty12/14
  • perjury19/22
  • plainly12/15
  • pottery12/12
  • poverty15/16
  • primary14/15
  • privacy17/19
  • proudly13/15
  • puberty14/16
  • qualify22/23
  • quality19/20
  • quickly25/27
  • quietly19/20
  • rapidly13/14
  • reality10/10
  • robbery14/15
  • roughly14/15
  • royalty13/12
  • runaway13/14
  • satisfy13/12
  • scenery12/13
  • secrecy14/15
  • seventy13/14
  • shadowy17/15
  • shortly13/12
  • slavery13/14
  • society12/12
  • someday13/13
  • squeaky23/23
  • standby13/14
  • surgery11/12
  • testify13/12
  • therapy15/14
  • thirsty13/11
  • tiffany16/16
  • timothy15/14
  • totally10/11
  • tragedy12/12
  • trinity10/10
  • unhappy17/19
  • unlucky16/20
  • usually10/13
  • utility10/11
  • utterly10/11
  • vaguely14/17
  • variety13/13
  • varsity13/13
  • victory15/16
  • wealthy16/15
  • whiskey20/18

8-letter words 108

  • activity16/17
  • actually13/16
  • adultery12/13
  • almighty17/18
  • assembly15/17
  • attorney11/11
  • birthday17/16
  • brutally13/16
  • burglary14/17
  • burgundy15/19
  • calamity15/17
  • capacity17/19
  • casually13/16
  • casualty13/15
  • category14/15
  • cemetery15/16
  • ceremony15/17
  • contrary13/14
  • coronary13/14
  • courtesy13/14
  • cowardly17/18
  • currency15/18
  • delivery15/16
  • directly14/15
  • driveway18/18
  • entirely11/12
  • equality20/21
  • eternity11/11
  • everyday18/17
  • facility16/17
  • felicity16/17
  • fidelity15/15
  • foreplay16/17
  • formally16/18
  • formerly16/17
  • friendly15/16
  • geometry14/15
  • heavenly17/18
  • honestly14/14
  • horribly16/16
  • humanity16/17
  • humility16/17
  • identify15/15
  • identity12/12
  • immunity15/18
  • industry12/13
  • infantry14/15
  • insanity11/12
  • intimacy15/17
  • jealousy18/21
  • jeopardy21/23
  • landlady13/15
  • literary11/11
  • majority20/22
  • maturity13/14
  • mentally13/16
  • military13/14
  • ministry13/14
  • minority13/14
  • monopoly15/18
  • morality13/14
  • mortuary13/14
  • multiply15/19
  • normally13/16
  • ordinary12/12
  • pharmacy20/21
  • politely13/15
  • possibly15/17
  • priority13/13
  • probably17/20
  • promptly17/20
  • properly15/17
  • property15/16
  • prophecy20/21
  • publicly17/22
  • quantity20/21
  • recently13/15
  • recovery16/17
  • remotely13/14
  • rosemary13/13
  • secondly14/16
  • secretly13/14
  • security13/14
  • serenity11/11
  • severely14/15
  • slightly15/16
  • slippery15/17
  • smoothly16/16
  • socially13/15
  • solemnly13/16
  • solitary11/11
  • somebody16/17
  • sorority11/10
  • strategy12/12
  • strictly13/14
  • strongly12/14
  • suddenly13/15
  • sympathy21/20
  • symphony21/21
  • tendency14/16
  • terribly13/14
  • treasury11/11
  • underlay12/14
  • underway15/16
  • unlikely15/18
  • unworthy17/17
  • velocity16/18
  • vicinity16/18

9-letter words 101

  • accessory16/17
  • accompany20/24
  • allegedly14/17
  • amazingly24/27
  • artillery12/13
  • authority15/14
  • auxiliary19/20
  • basically16/19
  • blueberry16/19
  • brutality14/16
  • butterfly17/19
  • carefully17/20
  • celebrity16/18
  • certainly14/16
  • certainty14/15
  • chemistry19/19
  • community18/22
  • correctly16/18
  • cranberry16/18
  • curiosity14/15
  • currently14/17
  • customary16/18
  • democracy19/21
  • discovery18/19
  • dragonfly17/19
  • emergency17/20
  • eternally12/14
  • everybody21/21
  • evidently16/18
  • extremely21/22
  • fertility15/15
  • formality17/18
  • frequency26/28
  • generally13/16
  • genuinely13/17
  • geography19/20
  • gradually14/17
  • hillbilly17/20
  • hopefully20/22
  • hostility15/14
  • illegally13/17
  • imaginary15/17
  • infirmary17/18
  • initially12/14
  • instantly12/14
  • integrity13/14
  • intensity12/13
  • inventory15/17
  • jewellery22/25
  • legendary14/16
  • liability14/16
  • literally12/14
  • machinery19/20
  • mandatory15/16
  • maternity14/15
  • matrimony16/18
  • mentality14/16
  • mercenary16/18
  • monastery14/15
  • mythology21/21
  • naturally12/15
  • necessary14/15
  • necessity14/15
  • obviously17/20
  • painfully17/21
  • partially14/16
  • perfectly19/21
  • precisely16/18
  • pregnancy17/21
  • presently14/16
  • primarily16/18
  • privately17/19
  • publicity18/22
  • radiology14/15
  • raspberry16/17
  • regularly13/16
  • residency15/16
  • sanctuary14/16
  • secondary15/16
  • secretary14/14
  • seemingly15/18
  • seriously12/13
  • sincerely14/16
  • sincerity14/15
  • specially16/19
  • specialty16/18
  • stability14/15
  • strangely13/15
  • stupidity15/16
  • temporary16/17
  • territory12/11
  • testimony14/15
  • treachery17/16
  • typically19/21
  • unusually12/17
  • violently15/18
  • virginity16/18
  • virtually15/18
  • voluntary15/18
  • willingly16/20
  • yesterday16/14

10-letter words 56

  • absolutely15/18
  • apparently17/20
  • bankruptcy23/27
  • completely19/23
  • conspiracy19/22
  • constantly15/18
  • creativity18/19
  • definitely17/18
  • dictionary16/17
  • difficulty22/24
  • disability16/17
  • distinctly16/18
  • efficiency23/25
  • elementary15/17
  • especially17/20
  • eventually16/20
  • excellency24/28
  • fraternity16/16
  • frequently25/27
  • generosity14/15
  • granddaddy18/19
  • incredibly18/21
  • laboratory15/16
  • melancholy20/23
  • missionary15/16
  • officially21/23
  • ordinarily14/15
  • originally14/17
  • peacefully20/24
  • personally15/18
  • philosophy23/23
  • physically23/24
  • popularity17/20
  • positively18/20
  • preferably20/22
  • presidency18/20
  • previously18/21
  • prosperity17/18
  • psychiatry23/22
  • psychology24/25
  • reasonably15/17
  • relatively16/18
  • remarkably21/23
  • repeatedly16/17
  • screenplay17/20
  • separately15/16
  • strawberry18/18
  • supposedly18/21
  • technology19/21
  • thoroughly20/20
  • trajectory22/24
  • truthfully19/21
  • ultimately15/18
  • understudy15/17
  • university16/18
  • vocabulary20/24

11-letter words 39

  • accordingly20/24
  • anniversary17/19
  • beautifully19/23
  • credibility19/21
  • desperately17/18
  • differently21/22
  • documentary19/22
  • effectively25/27
  • electricity18/20
  • emotionally16/19
  • essentially14/16
  • exclusively26/30
  • financially19/23
  • fortunately17/19
  • genetically17/21
  • hospitality19/19
  • immediately19/21
  • immortality18/20
  • importantly18/21
  • necessarily16/18
  • opportunity18/21
  • permanently18/22
  • personality16/18
  • photography25/25
  • politically18/22
  • possibility18/20
  • potentially16/19
  • practically20/24
  • preliminary18/21
  • probability20/23
  • respiratory16/16
  • sensitivity17/18
  • technically21/24
  • temporarily18/20
  • trustworthy20/19
  • undoubtedly18/22
  • unnecessary16/19
  • voluntarily17/21
  • wonderfully21/24

12-letter words 17

  • accidentally20/24
  • contemporary21/24
  • deliberately18/20
  • incidentally18/22
  • increasingly18/22
  • indefinitely19/21
  • mysteriously20/21
  • occasionally19/23
  • particularly19/23
  • penitentiary17/19
  • respectfully22/26
  • satisfactory20/20
  • specifically24/28
  • successfully22/27
  • surprisingly18/22
  • unbelievably22/28
  • unexpectedly27/31

13-letter words 8

  • approximately29/32
  • automatically20/24
  • complimentary24/29
  • extraordinary24/24
  • intentionally16/20
  • revolutionary19/22
  • theoretically21/22
  • unfortunately19/23

14-letter words 4

  • hypothetically30/30
  • professionally22/25
  • responsibility21/24
  • simultaneously19/24

15-letter words 1

  • confidentiality24/27

Longest: ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHICALLY (27 letters).

Questions people ask

How many words that end in Y are there?

Our word list has 13,277 words that end in Y.

Which words that end in Y score the most points?

In Scrabble it is ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHICALLY with 47 points. In Words With Friends it is ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHICALLY with 55 points. Bonus squares are not counted.

What are common words that end in Y?

The most used in everyday English are MY, THEY and WHY.