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Words With the Letter Y
All 38,363 English words that contain Y, ordered with the most common first. Each one links to its definition, score and anagrams.
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How many words contain Y?
There are 38,363 English words that contain Y. The most common include PLAY, CARRY, STUDY, FLY, YIELD, AWAY, and one of the highest scoring is QUIZZICALLY at 43 points.
- Total words
- 38,363
- Letter
- Y
- Top score
- 43 pts
- Shortest
- 2
Common words that contain Y
Showing the 500 most common of 38,363.
- play9
- carry10
- study9
- fly9
- yield9
- away10
- cry8
- early8
- way9
- cycle12
- gray8
- heavy14
- ready9
- stay7
- supply13
- easy7
- empty12
- hurry11
- key10
- lay6
- only7
- pay8
- rally8
- spray10
- copy11
- decay11
- delay9
- fancy13
- primary14
- style8
- survey12
- worry11
- yellow12
- body10
- display13
- dry7
- keynote14
- ordinary12
- quality19
- say6
- stray8
- sway10
- today9
- type9
- very10
- yell7
- array8
- bay8
- contrary13
- essay8
- flurry12
- honey11
- lyric10
- prey9
- remedy12
- rhyme13
- spy8
- steady10
- utility10
- young9
- assay8
- awry10
- bully10
- company16
- deadly11
- dismay12
- envy10
- fry9
- gay7
- guy7
- jockey22
- joy13
- midway15
- muddy12
- orderly11
- parody12
- pasty10
- privy13
- ray6
- relay8
- royal8
- shimmy16
- solitary11
- volley12
- apply12
- bloody12
- busy9
- daily9
- deathly14
- ferry11
- grey8
- hardy12
- jolly15
- levy10
- martyr11
- monkey15
- okay11
- overlay13
- parry10
- party10
- ply8
- pyramid15
- rotary9
- sashay12
- savory12
- shy9
- tally8
- toy6
- try6
- westerly14
- yielding13
- yoke11
- alloy8
- binary11
- biweekly20
- biyearly16
- buttery12
- cockney18
- cypher16
- cyprian14
- dowdy13
- dummy13
- easterly11
- eye6
- foray11
- glossy10
- halcyon15
- military13
- moody11
- motley11
- potty10
- pyrrhic17
- replay11
- savoury13
- splay10
- sully8
- system11
- tidy8
- zany16
- accessory16
- crazy19
- dirty9
- employ13
- fantasy13
- funny11
- glory9
- halfway19
- layer8
- likely13
- multiply15
- occupy15
- pity9
- plenty11
- pretty11
- pry8
- reply10
- syndicate15
- timely11
- yesterday16
- ally7
- baby11
- belly10
- bogey11
- buy8
- bypass13
- capillary16
- day7
- dizzy27
- dying10
- family14
- fifty14
- friendly15
- gaudy10
- holiday14
- husky15
- identify15
- jelly15
- journey17
- kindly14
- lobby12
- lovely12
- myriad12
- northerly15
- quarterly21
- rallying12
- runaway13
- secondary15
- silly8
- story8
- sulky12
- twenty12
- voluntary15
- voyage13
- weary11
- worthy15
- yank11
- yankee13
- yawn10
- youth11
- atrophy15
- bandy11
- berry10
- betray11
- bimonthly19
- bodily12
- buggy12
- bury9
- butterfly17
- capacity17
- chilly14
- cleanly12
- convoy14
- corduroy14
- country12
- cozy18
- dainty10
- daydream15
- disarray12
- dynamic15
- ebony10
- eddy9
- enjoy15
- entry8
- flimsy14
- flying13
- handy12
- heavily16
- history13
- honeycomb21
- hymn12
- inlay8
- inventory15
- lightly14
- millenary14
- mystic13
- outcry11
- oyster9
- physical18
- piggyback24
- pillory12
- pussy10
- rhythm17
- ruby9
- scanty11
- skinny13
- southerly15
- specify17
- standby13
- summary14
- tarry8
- throwaway21
- thyroid14
- weekly16
- yawning14
- yen6
- aery7
- amnesty12
- amyloid13
- beastly12
- belay10
- bray9
- broody12
- bubbly15
- buoy9
- canary11
- canopy13
- causeway16
- cherry14
- clearly12
- crying12
- curry10
- curtsy11
- dandy10
- decoy11
- deny8
- dickey16
- dicky15
- dinky13
- directly14
- dyke12
- dyslexic21
- economy14
- egyptian14
- empyrean15
- enemy10
- energy10
- fray10
- grubby14
- haywire16
- hybrid15
- hydrate14
- hypnotic18
- identity12
- jerky19
- lapidary14
- livery12
- magyar12
- manly10
- melancholy20
- memory13
- misplay14
- monthly15
- mortuary13
- needy9
- palsy10
- petty10
- plaguey13
- pokey14
- poky13
- prayer11
- psychic19
- qualify22
- quarry18
- rummy12
- safety12
- shoddy14
- sideways15
- simply13
- stymie11
- stymy13
- syphon14
- tabby12
- travesty14
- underlay12
- unmanly12
- untimely13
- vary10
- worrying15
- yak10
- yarn7
- yaw9
- yawl10
- year7
- yearly12
- yowl10
- activity16
- agency12
- analysis11
- anatomy12
- assembly15
- authority15
- auxiliary19
- battery12
- beauty11
- boy8
- ceremony15
- certify15
- charity15
- city9
- closely12
- cruelty12
- crystal12
- defy11
- destroy11
- duty8
- earthy12
- embody14
- eternity11
- finally13
- firmly14
- fully11
- fury10
- gently10
- harmony15
- healthy16
- homely14
- honeymoon17
- icy8
- imply12
- inquiry19
- juicy17
- liberty12
- library12
- loyalty13
- magnify16
- majority20
- maturity13
- mercy12
- necessary14
- oily7
- penalty12
- player11
- policy13
- portray12
- promptly17
- property15
- quietly19
- reality10
- recovery16
- rosy7
- roughly14
- satisfy13
- security13
- severely14
- sharply15
- shortly13
- softly12
- squarely20
- suddenly13
- symbolic17
- sympathy21
- tendency14
- theology15
- theory12
- unity8
- variety13
- widely13
- yard8
- yet6
- ability12
- academy15
- accuracy17
- actually13
- acutely12
- adequacy23
- agony9
- analogy11
- analytic13
- analyze19
- angry9
- anxiety17
- any6
- army9
- audacity14
- badly11
- beyond12
- birthday17
- bitterly13
- blindly13
- boundary14
- brevity15
- briefly15
- buoyant12
- bygone12
- calmly13
- casually13
- category14
- clarity12
- clumsy13
- colony11
- comedy14
- community18
- convey14
- conveyor16
- costly11
- crucify17
- crudity13
- currency15
- daylight16
- dearly10
- decency15
- deeply12
- delicacy16
- density11
- deputy12
- destiny11
- dignity12
- divinity15
- dully9
- dusky13
- dynamite14
- easily9
- ecstasy12
- entirely11
- equality20
- equally19
- every11
- exactly19
- faculty15
- fairly12
- falsity13
- fiery11
- finely12
- flashy15
- folly11
- formally16
- fuzzy29
- gingerly13
- glassy10
- glorify14
- gravity14
- guilty10
- happy15
- hardly13
- harshly16
- heartily14
- honestly14
- humanity16
- humility16
- hungry13
- hysteria14
- ideology13
- impurity15
- incendiary16
- industry12
- injury16
- irony8
- ivory11
- jaunty16
- jointly17
Words with the letter Y by length
The most common words of each length, with how many there are in total.
4 letter words with Y
611 words · all 4 letter words
5 letter words with Y
1,975 words · all 5 letter words
6 letter words with Y
2,869 words · all 6 letter words
7 letter words with Y
3,649 words · all 7 letter words
8 letter words with Y
4,710 words · all 8 letter words
- ordinary12
- contrary13
- solitary11
- westerly14
- yielding13
- biweekly20
- biyearly16
- easterly11
- military13
- multiply15
9 letter words with Y
5,185 words · all 9 letter words
- accessory16
- syndicate15
- yesterday16
- capillary16
- northerly15
- quarterly21
- secondary15
- voluntary15
- bimonthly19
- butterfly17
10 letter words with Y
5,107 words · all 10 letter words
- melancholy20
- incendiary16
- quaternary22
- blackberry23
- missionary15
- personally15
- ambulatory17
- depilatory16
- difficulty22
- employment19
Highest-scoring words that contain Y
Scrabble points before premium squares, with Words With Friends points for comparison.
| Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends |
|---|---|---|
| PIZZAZZY | 49 | 49 |
| QUIZZIFYING | 45 | 47 |
| ZYZZYVAS | 44 | 43 |
| QUIZZICALITY | 44 | 46 |
| QUIZZICALLY | 43 | 46 |
| ZYZZYVA | 43 | 42 |
| OXYPHENBUTAZONE | 41 | 44 |
| QUIZZIFY | 41 | 41 |
| METHOXYBENZENES | 41 | 43 |
| METHOXYBENZENE | 40 | 42 |
| QUINQUEVALENCY | 40 | 46 |
| PIZAZZY | 39 | 39 |
Using Y in word games
Y is a common consonant worth few points on its own, which makes it a workhorse rather than a scorer. Its value is in flexibility: with 38,363 words available, it combines readily with most racks.
The list above is ranked by how often each word appears in written English rather than alphabetically. That ordering matters in play, because a word your opponent recognises is far less likely to be challenged than an obscure one of the same value.
Finding the ones you can actually play
A full list is useful for study, but during a game you need the overlap between the list and your rack. Enter your tiles into the finder above and the results narrow to words that contain Y and that your letters can actually build. Add a length filter if you are fitting a specific gap on the board.
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Frequently asked questions
How many words contain Y?
There are 38,363 English words that contain Y in this dictionary of over 270,000 words, counting inflected forms such as plurals and past tenses.
What are some common words that contain Y?
The most common are PLAY, CARRY, STUDY, FLY, YIELD, AWAY, CRY, EARLY, WAY, CYCLE. The list on this page is ordered by how frequently each word appears in written English, so the most familiar come first.
What is the highest-scoring word that contain Y?
QUIZZICALLY is among the highest scoring at 43 points in Scrabble. Words containing Q, Z, X and J score highest because those tiles carry the most points.
How do I find words that contain Y using my own letters?
Use the finder at the top of this page. Enter the letters you have, and the results are filtered to words that contain Y. You can also set an exact word length.