5-Letter Words With I and Y
Looking for five-letter words with I and Y in them? There are 236 of them in the tournament word lists, and every one is on this page. The most common, like DAILY, HAIRY, VINYL, sit right at the top.
Unlike alphabetical lists that bury likely answers in the middle, this list is sorted by how often each word appears in everyday English. Scan the first rows for probable answers; dig deeper for rare, high-scoring plays.
Most common
- daily9
- hairy11
- vinyl11
- dirty9
- yield9
- diary9
- billy10
- jimmy19
- dying10
- dairy9
- unity8
- lying9
- fifty14
- ivory11
- lyric10
- silly8
- fairy11
- kitty12
- daisy9
- sixty15
All 236 words (the small number on each word is its Scrabble point value)
- imply 12
- riley 8
- juicy 17
- noisy 8
- shiny 11
- spicy 12
- misty 10
- rainy 8
- risky 12
- willy 11
- irony 8
- windy 12
- nifty 11
- missy 10
- tying 9
- fiery 11
- witty 11
- silky 12
- milky 14
- dizzy 27
- sissy 8
- deity 9
- itchy 13
- piggy 12
- ginny 9
- inlay 8
- girly 9
- privy 13
- picky 16
- lindy 9
- pinky 14
- yikes 12
- fishy 14
- filmy 13
- unify 11
- hippy 15
- piety 10
- amity 10
- cynic 12
- styli 8
- hilly 11
- filly 11
- giddy 11
- jiffy 21
- zippy 21
- dinky 13
- riyal 8
- bitty 10
- piney 10
- gipsy 11
- lysis 8
- laity 8
- spiny 10
- nitty 8
- vying 12
- slimy 10
- dimly 11
- kylix 19
- silty 8
- kiddy 14
- vichy 16
- ditty 9
- tipsy 10
- wimpy 15
- dingy 10
- whiny 14
- minty 10
- fizzy 29
- pithy 13
- zingy 18
- spiky 14
- wifey 14
- dicky 15
- lytic 10
- gilly 9
- sayid 9
- dicey 11
- dilly 9
- tinny 8
- linky 12
- jiggy 17
- yogic 11
- grimy 11
- biddy 12
- bitsy 10
- doily 9
- gaily 9
- idyll 9
- kyrie 12
- wispy 13
- tippy 12
- limey 10
- sibyl 10
- kissy 12
- yogis 9
- miffy 16
- hissy 11
- aliya 8
- ritzy 17
- nippy 12
- finny 11
- cissy 10
- tizzy 26
- edify 12
- pricy 12
- layin 8
- briny 10
- ditzy 18
- wiggy 13
- biffy 16
- dippy 13
- eyrie 8
- bilby 12
- biggy 12
- lippy 12
- gimpy 13
- pyxis 17
- pigmy 13
- goyim 11
- fitly 11
- ninny 8
- yowie 11
- typic 12
- divvy 15
- withy 14
- reify 11
- eying 9
- yipes 10
- hyoid 12
- middy 12
- pyric 12
- milty 10
- winey 11
- dishy 12
- drily 9
- kilty 12
- minny 10
- bialy 10
- ditsy 9
- icily 10
- deify 12
- veiny 11
- ribby 12
- yagis 9
- yaird 9
- hinky 15
- mysid 11
- kicky 18
- acidy 11
- ayins 8
- beigy 11
- bigly 11
- bilgy 11
- blimy 12
- byssi 10
- chivy 16
- civvy 16
- cylix 17
- dicty 11
- dikey 13
- eyrir 8
- firry 11
- gripy 11
- hinny 11
- hiply 13
- hying 12
- idyls 9
- inbye 10
- jimpy 19
- jivey 18
- limby 12
- liney 8
- lingy 9
- linty 8
- lysin 8
- meiny 10
- mincy 12
- mingy 11
- mirky 14
- myoid 11
- noily 8
- pinny 10
- pyins 10
- pyoid 11
- pyxie 17
- ridgy 10
- rindy 9
- roily 8
- shily 11
- skiey 12
- slily 8
- spiry 10
- stimy 10
- sylis 8
- thymi 13
- twiny 11
- tyiyn 11
- viewy 14
- whity 14
- widdy 13
- wifty 14
- wingy 12
- xysti 15
- yetis 8
- yills 8
- yince 10
- yirds 9
- yirrs 8
- yirth 11
- yogin 9
- yomim 12
- yonic 10
- yonis 8
- zayin 17
- zincy 19
- zinky 21
Points use Scrabble US letter values
Frequently asked questions
How many five-letter words are there with I and Y in them?
There are 236 five-letter words with I and Y in them in the tournament word lists. The most common are DAILY, HAIRY, VINYL.
What are common five-letter words with I and Y in them?
DAILY, HAIRY, VINYL, DIRTY, YIELD are the most frequently used. The full list of 236 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.