4-Letter Words Ending in Y
Our word finder knows 197 four-letter words that end in Y. Common picks such as THEY, ONLY, CITY lead the list, which makes it faster to spot the word your puzzle is hiding.
Words are ordered by usage frequency in a trillion-word English corpus, which is the closest thing to "most likely answer first" that a word list can offer.
Most common
- they10
- only7
- city9
- very10
- many9
- play9
- body10
- easy7
- baby11
- away10
- stay7
- copy11
- army9
- duty8
- lady8
- tony7
- holy10
- navy10
- gray8
- vary10
All 197 words (the small number on each word is its Scrabble point value)
- grey 8
- busy 9
- tiny 7
- okay 11
- clay 9
- ruby 9
- jury 14
- rely 7
- pray 9
- troy 7
- tray 7
- ugly 8
- poly 9
- deny 8
- lazy 16
- levy 10
- lily 7
- joey 14
- pony 9
- fury 10
- prey 9
- ally 7
- bury 9
- duly 8
- obey 9
- pity 9
- eddy 9
- toby 9
- envy 10
- cozy 18
- cory 9
- tory 7
- tidy 8
- quay 16
- whey 13
- sway 10
- bray 9
- wary 10
- oily 7
- airy 7
- emmy 11
- lacy 9
- trey 7
- cosy 9
- buoy 9
- foxy 17
- fray 10
- rosy 7
- shay 10
- defy 11
- davy 11
- slay 7
- wavy 13
- edgy 9
- hazy 19
- ploy 9
- gory 8
- bony 9
- arty 7
- ahoy 10
- gaby 10
- puny 9
- ably 9
- racy 9
- awry 10
- spay 9
- zany 16
- wily 10
- dory 8
- nary 7
- idly 8
- waxy 17
- doty 8
- icky 13
- flay 10
- mony 9
- spry 9
- inky 11
- iffy 13
- bevy 12
- nosy 7
- posy 9
- moly 9
- boxy 16
- chay 12
- espy 9
- pixy 16
- goby 10
- illy 7
- dewy 11
- wiry 10
- lory 7
- dray 8
- achy 12
- paly 9
- dexy 15
- logy 8
- oldy 8
- ashy 10
- cavy 12
- paty 9
- tody 8
- oaky 11
- doxy 15
- demy 10
- doby 10
- eggy 9
- dozy 17
- poky 13
- cony 9
- poxy 16
- mity 9
- luny 7
- viny 10
- mazy 18
- pacy 11
- scry 9
- eery 7
- wady 11
- typy 12
- piny 9
- ropy 9
- elmy 9
- miry 9
- cloy 9
- undy 8
- waly 10
- tivy 10
- quey 16
- coly 9
- oozy 16
- ruly 7
- aery 7
- agly 8
- alky 11
- awny 10
- bogy 10
- cagy 10
- caky 13
- coky 13
- cowy 12
- didy 9
- dogy 9
- dopy 10
- eely 7
- eyry 10
- fley 10
- fogy 11
- fozy 19
- fumy 12
- gamy 10
- gapy 10
- gley 8
- homy 12
- immy 11
- inby 9
- inly 7
- jivy 17
- joky 18
- laky 11
- limy 9
- liny 7
- mopy 11
- nixy 14
- ofay 10
- orby 9
- pily 9
- pipy 11
- pogy 10
- rimy 9
- sagy 8
- sizy 16
- stey 7
- towy 10
- upby 11
- wany 10
- winy 10
Points use Scrabble US letter values
Frequently asked questions
How many four-letter words are there that end in Y?
There are 197 four-letter words that end in Y in the tournament word lists. The most common are THEY, ONLY, CITY.
What are common four-letter words that end in Y?
THEY, ONLY, CITY, VERY, MANY are the most frequently used. The full list of 197 words on this page is sorted by everyday frequency, so the common ones come first.
Can I play these words in Scrabble?
Yes. The list combines ENABLE and the North American tournament list (TWL), so these words are playable in Scrabble-style games, including Words With Friends.
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