3-Letter Words Ending in Y
There are 53 three-letter words that end in Y. The list below ranks them by real-world frequency, so everyday words like MAY, ANY, DAY appear before the obscurities.
Every entry comes from the tournament word lists, the kind of list used in Scrabble, Words With Friends, and other word games, so each one is a genuine dictionary word.
Most common
- may8
- any6
- day7
- buy8
- way9
- why12
- gay7
- say6
- key10
- pay8
- try6
- bay8
- boy8
- guy7
- ray6
- dry7
- fly9
- hey9
- sky10
- toy6
All 53 words (the small number on each word is its Scrabble point value)
- spy 8
- jay 13
- joy 13
- lay 6
- cry 8
- thy 9
- kay 10
- hay 9
- soy 6
- fry 9
- shy 9
- ivy 9
- nay 6
- yay 9
- ply 8
- icy 8
- ley 6
- fay 9
- sly 6
- fey 9
- hoy 9
- cay 8
- coy 8
- dey 7
- foy 9
- oxy 13
- pry 8
- bey 8
- wry 9
- aby 8
- sty 6
- gey 7
- goy 7
Points use Scrabble US letter values
Frequently asked questions
How many three-letter words are there that end in Y?
There are 53 three-letter words that end in Y in the tournament word lists. The most common are MAY, ANY, DAY.
What are common three-letter words that end in Y?
MAY, ANY, DAY, BUY, WAY are the most frequently used. The full list of 53 words on this page is sorted by everyday frequency, so the common ones come first.
Why are the words in this order?
Words are ranked by how often they appear in a trillion-word corpus of written English, most common first. That surfaces likely puzzle answers instead of hiding them mid-alphabet. Use the sort control to switch to alphabetical or points order.
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