5 letter words ending in Y
899 words, all 5 letters. Highest score JAZZY (31 points).
Highest scoring
- jazzy31
- fuzzy26
- fizzy25
- muzzy25
- dizzy23
- jiffy23
- lezzy23
- jacky22
- jowly22
- jumpy22
- junky22
- quaky22
Starting with A 27
- abbey
- acidy
- agley
- agony
- alary
- allay
- alley
- alloy
- alway
- ambry
- amity
- amply
- angry
- annoy
- anomy
- antsy
- apery
- apply
- aptly
- array
- artsy
- assay
- ataxy
- atomy
- atony
- atopy
- aunty
Starting with B 74
- baddy
- badly
- baffy
- baggy
- baldy
- balky
- bally
- balmy
- bandy
- banty
- barky
- barmy
- barny
- bassy
- batty
- bawdy
- bawty
- beady
- beaky
- beamy
- beefy
- beery
- beigy
- belay
- belly
- bendy
- benny
- berry
- bialy
- biddy
- biffy
- bigly
- bilgy
- billy
- bitsy
- bitty
- blimy
- blowy
- bluey
- bobby
Starting with C 54
- cabby
- caddy
- cadgy
- cagey
- cakey
- campy
- candy
- canny
- canty
- carny
- carry
- casky
- catty
- chary
- chevy
- chewy
- chivy
- choky
- cissy
- civvy
- clary
- coaly
- cobby
- cocky
- colly
- comfy
- commy
- coney
- conky
- cooey
- cooky
- cooly
- corby
- corky
- corny
- cosey
- covey
- cowry
- coyly
- cozey
Starting with D 71
- daddy
- daffy
- daily
- dairy
- daisy
- dally
- dandy
- darky
- dashy
- dauby
- deary
- decay
- decoy
- decry
- deedy
- deify
- deity
- delay
- delly
- deoxy
- deray
- derby
- derry
- diary
- dicey
- dicky
- dicty
- dikey
- dilly
- dimly
- dingy
- dinky
- dippy
- dirty
- dishy
- ditsy
- ditty
- ditzy
- divvy
- dizzy
Starting with E 15
- early
- ebony
- edify
- elegy
- embay
- emery
- empty
- enemy
- enjoy
- ensky
- entry
- envoy
- epoxy
- essay
- every
Starting with F 52
- faddy
- faery
- fairy
- fakey
- fancy
- fanny
- farcy
- fatly
- fatty
- fawny
- felly
- fenny
- ferly
- ferny
- ferry
- feyly
- fiery
- fifty
- filly
- filmy
- finny
- firry
- fishy
- fitly
- fizzy
- flaky
- flamy
- flawy
- flaxy
- fluky
- fluty
- flyby
- foamy
- fogey
- foggy
- folky
- folly
- footy
- foray
- forby
Starting with G 55
- gabby
- gaily
- gally
- gamay
- gamey
- gammy
- gappy
- gassy
- gaudy
- gauzy
- gawky
- gawsy
- gayly
- geeky
- gemmy
- germy
- giddy
- gilly
- gimpy
- ginny
- gipsy
- girly
- glady
- glary
- glazy
- glory
- gluey
- godly
- golly
- goody
- gooey
- goofy
- goony
- goopy
- goosy
- gorsy
- gouty
- grapy
- gravy
- grimy
Starting with H 49
- hairy
- hammy
- handy
- hanky
- haply
- happy
- hardy
- harpy
- harry
- hasty
- heady
- heavy
- hedgy
- hefty
- hempy
- henry
- herby
- herry
- hilly
- hinny
- hippy
- hissy
- hoagy
- hoary
- hobby
- hokey
- holey
- holly
- homey
- honey
- hoody
- hooey
- hooky
- hooly
- hooty
- hoppy
- horny
- horsy
- hotly
- howdy
Starting with I 6
- icily
- imply
- inlay
- irony
- itchy
- ivory
Starting with J 24
- jacky
- jaggy
- jammy
- janty
- jazzy
- jelly
- jemmy
- jenny
- jerky
- jerry
- jetty
- jiffy
- jimmy
- jimpy
- jivey
- jokey
- jolly
- jolty
- jotty
- jowly
- juicy
- jumpy
- junky
- jutty
Starting with K 11
- kaury
- kelly
- kelpy
- kerry
- kicky
- kiddy
- kilty
- kinky
- kissy
- kitty
- kooky
Starting with L 45
- lacey
- laity
- lamby
- lanky
- lardy
- larky
- lathy
- lawny
- laxly
- leady
- leafy
- leaky
- leary
- leavy
- ledgy
- leery
- lefty
- leggy
- lezzy
- limby
- limey
- lindy
- liney
- lingy
- linky
- linty
- lippy
- loamy
- lobby
- lofty
- loggy
- lolly
- looby
- looey
- loony
- loopy
- loppy
- lorry
- lossy
- loury
Starting with M 62
- madly
- malmy
- malty
- mamey
- mammy
- mangy
- manly
- marly
- marry
- marvy
- mashy
- massy
- matey
- mealy
- meany
- meaty
- meiny
- mercy
- merry
- meshy
- messy
- middy
- miffy
- milky
- milty
- mincy
- mingy
- minny
- minty
- mirky
- missy
- misty
- moggy
- moldy
- molly
- mommy
- money
- moody
- moony
- moory
Starting with N 30
- naggy
- nancy
- nanny
- nappy
- narky
- nasty
- natty
- navvy
- needy
- nelly
- nerdy
- nervy
- netty
- newly
- newsy
- nifty
- ninny
- nippy
- nitty
- nobby
- nobly
- noddy
- noily
- noisy
- nooky
- nosey
- noway
- nubby
- nutsy
- nutty
Starting with O 6
- ochry
- oddly
- ology
- onery
- outby
- ovary
Starting with P 72
- paddy
- pally
- palmy
- palsy
- pandy
- pansy
- panty
- pappy
- pardy
- parry
- party
- pasty
- patly
- patsy
- patty
- pawky
- peaky
- peaty
- peavy
- pecky
- peery
- penny
- peony
- peppy
- perdy
- perky
- perry
- pesky
- pesty
- petty
- phony
- picky
- piety
- piggy
- pigmy
- piney
- pinky
- pinny
- pithy
- platy
Starting with Q 2
- quaky
- query
Starting with R 46
- raggy
- rainy
- rally
- rammy
- randy
- rangy
- raspy
- ratty
- rawly
- ready
- rebuy
- redly
- redry
- reedy
- reefy
- reeky
- refly
- refry
- reify
- rekey
- relay
- repay
- reply
- resay
- retry
- ribby
- ridgy
- riley
- risky
- ritzy
- rocky
- roily
- rooky
- roomy
- rooty
- ropey
- roupy
- rowdy
- ruddy
- rugby
Starting with S 82
- sadly
- saggy
- sally
- salty
- sandy
- sappy
- sarky
- sassy
- satay
- saucy
- saury
- savoy
- savvy
- scaly
- scary
- seamy
- sedgy
- seedy
- seely
- seepy
- sepoy
- serry
- shady
- shaky
- shaly
- shily
- shiny
- showy
- shyly
- silky
- silly
- silty
- sissy
- sixty
- skiey
- skyey
- slaty
- slily
- slimy
- slyly
Starting with T 47
- tabby
- tacky
- taffy
- talky
- tally
- tammy
- tangy
- tansy
- tardy
- tarry
- tarty
- tasty
- tatty
- tawny
- teary
- techy
- teddy
- teeny
- telly
- tenty
- tepoy
- terry
- testy
- thewy
- thymy
- tinny
- tippy
- tipsy
- tizzy
- toady
- today
- toddy
- toffy
- tokay
- tommy
- toney
- towny
- truly
- tubby
- tufty
Starting with U 8
- unary
- uncoy
- unify
- unity
- unlay
- unsay
- updry
- usury
Starting with V 7
- vasty
- vealy
- veery
- veiny
- vichy
- viewy
- vuggy
Starting with W 41
- wacky
- waddy
- wally
- waney
- wanly
- warty
- washy
- waspy
- wavey
- weary
- webby
- wedgy
- weedy
- weeny
- weepy
- welly
- wenny
- wetly
- whiny
- whity
- widdy
- wifty
- wiggy
- willy
- wimpy
- windy
- winey
- wingy
- wispy
- withy
- witty
- womby
- wonky
- woody
- wooly
- woozy
- wordy
- wormy
- worry
- wryly
Starting with Y 5
- yechy
- yeuky
- yolky
- yucky
- yummy
Starting with Z 8
- zappy
- zesty
- zincy
- zingy
- zinky
- zippy
- zloty
- zooty
This page shows 669 of the 899 words; the finder lists all of them and can copy them as text.
What is in this list
This list holds 899 words, 0.5% of the 172,634 words this site keeps from the ENABLE word list. Every word here has 5 letters, and they average 5 letters by construction — so the interesting differences are in which letters they use. Of the 36 lists in this group it is the 11th largest: “5 letter words with E” leads with 3,876 and “5 letter words ending in UMPY” has the fewest, 5. 7 words that would also fit were left out by this site's blocklist of slurs and explicit words.
Points and vowels
Using this site's letter values, the average word here scores 12.3 points (median 12); words of the same lengths across the whole list average 9.6, so this list runs 2.7 points richer. The top scorers are JAZZY (31), FUZZY (26), FIZZY (25), MUZZY (25). Point for point, JAZZY earns the most per letter: 31 points over 5 letters, 6.2 each. Y itself is worth 4 points here.
Vowels (A, E, I, O, U) make up 25.4% of the letters, against 38% across the whole list. 5 words are more than half vowels: COOEY, GOOEY, HOOEY, LOOEY and SOOEY. 10 words have none of them at all, leaning on Y instead — for example DRYLY, FLYBY, GYPSY and MYTHY. Compared with the whole dictionary, the letter most over-represented here is K: 2.3% of the letters, against 0.8% overall.
Letter by letter
Position by position, the most likely letters are S in slot 1 (9.1%), O in slot 2 (20.9%), R in slot 3 (10.6%), L in slot 4 (11.6%), Y in slot 5 (100%). 523 words use 5 different letters with none repeated (58.2%); the rest repeat at least one, and the most common double is OO (42 words). The most common three-letter openings are GOO- (6, as in GOODY), BOO- (5, as in BOOBY), HOO- (5, as in HOODY).
Word play in this list
The biggest anagram family here is ANTSY, NASTY and TANSY — 3 words from the same 5 letters. Altogether 55 sets of anagrams sit inside this list, covering 115 words. ALARY is the longest word here that uses only one kind of vowel, ahead of ALLAY.
7.7% of these words take an S on the end and stay a word (ABBEY, ALLAY and ALLEY among them); after S, the most useful end letter is E, which extends 3 words. At the front, S turns 42 words into new ones (ALARY → SALARY); C turns 20 words into new ones (HAMMY → CHAMMY); B turns 12 words into new ones (LEARY → BLEARY).
Using this list
If the answer to a five-letter puzzle is known to be in this list, LEARY is the guess that splits it most evenly: its colour patterns divide the words into 49 groups, the largest of which has 267 words left (4 bits of information). To narrow it further, open it in the pattern finder: the rule “ends in Y, has 5 letters” is already filled in, and you can add a length, a fixed letter position or letters to leave out.
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