4-Letter Words With Y in Them
There are 416 four-letter words with Y in them. The list below ranks them by real-world frequency, so everyday words like YOUR, THEY, ONLY 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
- your7
- they10
- only7
- year7
- city9
- very10
- many9
- days8
- type9
- play9
- body10
- easy7
- baby11
- away10
- says7
- toys7
- stay7
- copy11
- ways10
- boys9
All 416 words (the small number on each word is its Scrabble point value)
- eyes 7
- army 9
- guys 8
- duty 8
- lady 8
- yeah 10
- tony 7
- keys 11
- holy 10
- navy 10
- gray 8
- vary 10
- grey 8
- busy 9
- tiny 7
- okay 11
- yard 8
- yoga 8
- clay 9
- ruby 9
- jury 14
- byte 9
- pays 9
- rely 7
- pray 9
- troy 7
- tray 7
- eyed 8
- ugly 8
- poly 9
- deny 8
- sync 9
- rays 7
- gays 8
- myth 12
- buys 9
- lazy 16
- levy 10
- yang 8
- yarn 7
- lily 7
- joey 14
- pony 9
- maya 9
- mayo 9
- lynx 14
- fury 10
- prey 9
- ally 7
- hype 12
- tyne 7
- yuan 7
- bury 9
- duly 8
- obey 9
- pity 9
- eddy 9
- toby 9
- envy 10
- cozy 18
- onyx 14
- bays 9
- cyan 9
- cory 9
- tory 7
- jays 14
- tyre 7
- typo 9
- gyms 10
- lays 7
- tidy 8
- hays 10
- hymn 12
- quay 16
- dyes 8
- yell 7
- dyer 8
- dyke 12
- whey 13
- sway 10
- dyed 9
- bray 9
- wary 10
- oily 7
- joys 14
- nays 7
- airy 7
- emmy 11
- lacy 9
- ayes 7
- mays 9
- wynn 10
- yoke 11
- trey 7
- cosy 9
- buoy 9
- foxy 17
- yeas 7
- fray 10
- hoya 10
- cyst 9
- rosy 7
- yogi 8
- eyre 7
- shay 10
- defy 11
- kays 11
- yeti 7
- davy 11
- slay 7
- yawn 10
- yank 11
- wavy 13
- edgy 9
- hazy 19
- acyl 9
- pyro 9
- soya 7
- ploy 9
- toyo 7
- gory 8
- bony 9
- arty 7
- yule 7
- yolk 11
- ahoy 10
- yelp 9
- gyro 8
- gaby 10
- puny 9
- yuck 13
- ably 9
- hypo 12
- raya 7
- racy 9
- awry 10
- spay 9
- zany 16
- wily 10
- dory 8
- nary 7
- kyat 11
- oyez 16
- lyre 7
- idly 8
- waxy 17
- doty 8
- icky 13
- yagi 8
- oryx 14
- yams 9
- aryl 7
- yore 7
- flay 10
- yous 7
- mony 9
- spry 9
- dyne 8
- inky 11
- syne 7
- iffy 13
- bevy 12
- nosy 7
- posy 9
- moly 9
- kayo 11
- boxy 16
- whys 13
- chay 12
- espy 9
- byes 9
- pixy 16
- goby 10
- ayah 10
- pyre 9
- illy 7
- dewy 11
- amyl 9
- leys 7
- yobs 9
- yurt 7
- wiry 10
- lory 7
- dray 8
- yoni 7
- tyee 7
- gyre 8
- achy 12
- cays 9
- dyad 9
- wyle 10
- tyro 7
- paly 9
- dexy 15
- tyke 11
- zyme 18
- logy 8
- yuga 8
- oldy 8
- cyma 11
- ashy 10
- cavy 12
- yaks 11
- hyla 10
- kyte 11
- myna 9
- syke 11
- lyse 7
- yawl 10
- wynd 11
- ayin 7
- yond 8
- paty 9
- tody 8
- yaws 10
- drys 8
- oaky 11
- doxy 15
- yack 13
- demy 10
- doby 10
- eggy 9
- wych 15
- dozy 17
- wyte 10
- poky 13
- cony 9
- poxy 16
- stye 7
- mity 9
- eyer 7
- yare 7
- luny 7
- boyo 9
- byre 9
- oyer 7
- viny 10
- tyer 7
- ryot 7
- fyke 14
- yuca 9
- mazy 18
- yips 9
- foys 10
- yean 7
- pacy 11
- yaps 9
- yawp 12
- scry 9
- gyps 10
- eery 7
- gyri 8
- yens 7
- goys 8
- wady 11
- coys 9
- typy 12
- piny 9
- yech 12
- ropy 9
- elmy 9
- miry 9
- yews 10
- cloy 9
- undy 8
- gybe 10
- rynd 8
- lyes 7
- waly 10
- yock 13
- hoys 10
- tivy 10
- yowl 10
- quey 16
- coly 9
- oozy 16
- ruly 7
- abye 9
- abys 9
- aery 7
- agly 8
- alky 11
- awny 10
- beys 9
- bogy 10
- byrl 9
- cagy 10
- caky 13
- coky 13
- cowy 12
- cyme 11
- deys 8
- didy 9
- dogy 9
- dopy 10
- eely 7
- emyd 10
- eyas 7
- eyen 7
- eyne 7
- eyra 7
- eyry 10
- fays 10
- fley 10
- fogy 11
- fozy 19
- fumy 12
- fyce 12
- gamy 10
- gapy 10
- gley 8
- gyve 11
- homy 12
- hyps 12
- hyte 10
- idyl 8
- immy 11
- inby 9
- inly 7
- jivy 17
- joky 18
- kyak 15
- kyar 11
- kyes 11
- laky 11
- limy 9
- liny 7
- lych 12
- mopy 11
- mycs 11
- nixy 14
- odyl 8
- ofay 10
- orby 9
- oyes 7
- pily 9
- pipy 11
- pogy 10
- pyas 9
- pyes 9
- pyic 11
- pyin 9
- rimy 9
- ryas 7
- ryes 7
- ryke 11
- sagy 8
- sizy 16
- snye 7
- soys 7
- stey 7
- sybo 9
- syce 9
- syli 7
- syph 12
- towy 10
- tyes 7
- tyin 7
- typp 11
- upby 11
- wany 10
- winy 10
- wyes 10
- wyns 10
- xyst 14
- yaff 13
- yags 8
- yald 8
- yaud 8
- yaup 9
- yays 10
- yegg 9
- yeld 8
- yelk 11
- yeps 9
- yerk 11
- yett 7
- yeuk 11
- yids 8
- yill 7
- yins 7
- yipe 9
- yird 8
- yirr 7
- ylem 9
- yodh 11
- yods 8
- yogh 11
- yoks 11
- yowe 10
- yows 10
- yuch 12
- yuks 11
- yups 9
- yutz 16
- ywis 10
Points use Scrabble US letter values
Frequently asked questions
How many four-letter words are there with Y in them?
There are 416 four-letter words with Y in them in the tournament word lists. The most common are YOUR, THEY, ONLY.
What are common four-letter words with Y in them?
YOUR, THEY, ONLY, YEAR, CITY are the most frequently used. The full list of 416 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.