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
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Common words that end in Y
The 50 most used in spoken English (SUBTLEX-US), with a short meaning.
- my 7/7
- they 10/8
- why 12/10 the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase `the whys and wherefores'
- okay 11/10 being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition
- hey 9/7
- say 6/5 express in words
- really 9/10 in accordance with truth or fact or reality
- way 9/8 how something is done or how it happens
- by 7/7 so as to pass a given point
- very 10/10 precisely as stated
- sorry 8/7 feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
- any 6/6 one or some or every or all without specification
- only 7/8 and nothing more
- day 7/6 time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
- guy 7/8 an informal term for a youth or man
- away 10/9 from a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is obsolete)
- money 10/11 the most common medium of exchange
- every 11/11 (used of count nouns) each and all of the members of a group considered singly and without exception
- boy 8/8 a youthful male person
- stay 7/6 stay the same
- may 8/8 the month following April and preceding June
- baby 11/12 a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
- try 6/5 make an effort or attempt
- today 9/8 the present time or age
- pretty 11/11 pleasing by delicacy or grace
- ready 9/8 completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress
- 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
- family 14/15 a social unit living together
- somebody 16/17 a human being
- everybody 21/21
- happy 15/15 enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
- actually 13/16 in actual fact
- already 11/11 prior to a specified or implied time
- honey 11/10 a sweet yellow liquid produced by bees
- worry 11/10 be worried, concerned, anxious, troubled, or uneasy
- probably 17/20 with considerable certainty
- crazy 19/19 affected with madness or insanity
- nobody 12/13 a person of no influence
- easy 7/6 posing no difficulty
- pay 8/8 give money, usually in exchange for goods or services
- exactly 19/20 indicating exactness or preciseness
- anyway 15/14 used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement
- party 10/10 an organization to gain political power
- anybody 16/16
- story 8/7 a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events
- funny 11/13 arousing or provoking laughter
- 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)
- buy 8/9 obtain by purchase
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.