5-Letter Words With S and Y
Looking for five-letter words with S and Y in them? There are 387 of them in the tournament word lists, and every one is on this page. The most common, like YEARS, STUDY, STORY, 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
- years8
- study9
- story8
- style8
- types10
- sorry8
- bytes10
- plays10
- yours8
- spray10
- yards9
- essay8
- sandy9
- sunny8
- nasty8
- silly8
- yeast8
- sally8
- scary10
- stays8
All 387 words (the small number on each word is its Scrabble point value)
- daisy 9
- sixty 15
- myths 13
- sadly 9
- assay 8
- noisy 8
- tasty 8
- shiny 11
- spicy 12
- savvy 14
- syrup 10
- messy 10
- rusty 8
- misty 10
- trays 8
- tyres 8
- risky 12
- dusty 9
- gypsy 14
- shady 12
- sonny 8
- missy 10
- stony 8
- smoky 14
- stray 8
- silky 12
- synth 11
- sassy 8
- snowy 11
- husky 15
- psych 15
- sissy 8
- hymns 13
- palsy 10
- savoy 11
- yarns 8
- salty 8
- abyss 10
- synod 9
- lousy 8
- typos 10
- patsy 10
- dykes 13
- grays 9
- sykes 12
- cysts 10
- shaky 15
- lusty 8
- hasty 11
- yikes 12
- fishy 14
- pesky 14
- synch 13
- saggy 10
- buoys 10
- yanks 12
- sysop 10
- clays 10
- styli 8
- saucy 10
- mossy 10
- sully 8
- bushy 13
- fussy 11
- pansy 10
- busby 12
- yells 8
- lossy 8
- dusky 13
- gipsy 11
- prays 10
- lysis 8
- surly 8
- soyuz 17
- spiny 10
- slimy 10
- hoyas 11
- artsy 8
- soggy 10
- yolks 12
- lyase 8
- greys 9
- soapy 10
- showy 14
- silty 8
- seedy 9
- tipsy 10
- mushy 13
- scaly 10
- pushy 13
- quays 17
- yeahs 11
- sayer 8
- obeys 10
- gyrus 9
- musty 10
- sayed 9
- pasty 10
- shays 11
- sooty 8
- gyros 9
- sappy 12
- gutsy 9
- shyly 14
- zesty 17
- tryst 8
- gusty 9
- sucky 14
- usury 8
- tykes 12
- spiky 14
- musky 14
- seely 8
- testy 8
- bossy 10
- sayid 9
- sulky 12
- sylva 11
- cushy 13
- satyr 8
- yokes 12
- bitsy 10
- nosey 8
- satay 8
- emmys 12
- syncs 10
- splay 10
- wispy 13
- massy 10
- sibyl 10
- kissy 12
- swamy 13
- washy 14
- yogis 9
- raspy 10
- youse 8
- slyly 11
- lysed 9
- tyers 8
- yawns 11
- okays 12
- polys 10
- soupy 10
- dyers 9
- hissy 11
- pyros 10
- hussy 11
- preys 10
- antsy 8
- slays 8
- tansy 8
- sways 11
- sophy 13
- cissy 10
- dyads 10
- ploys 10
- dynes 9
- mosey 10
- newsy 11
- gassy 9
- poesy 10
- soddy 10
- mayas 10
- drays 9
- softy 11
- syren 8
- wussy 11
- tyros 8
- tynes 8
- yurts 8
- slaty 8
- mayst 10
- mousy 10
- wynns 11
- sylph 13
- pyxis 17
- hypes 13
- yelps 10
- troys 8
- sudsy 9
- bassy 10
- spacy 12
- joeys 15
- treys 8
- chays 13
- lyssa 8
- soppy 12
- lyres 8
- yaffs 14
- seamy 10
- hylas 11
- hosey 11
- cycas 12
- stroy 8
- sepoy 10
- eyres 8
- shyer 11
- styes 8
- shoyu 11
- yipes 10
- yogas 9
- dishy 12
- kyats 12
- cosey 10
- brays 10
- hyson 11
- gushy 12
- zymes 19
- byres 10
- pyres 10
- surfy 11
- ditsy 9
- sarky 12
- flays 11
- gyres 9
- snaky 12
- yagis 9
- frays 11
- wyles 11
- sloyd 9
- yangs 9
- mussy 10
- fusty 11
- mysid 11
- abyes 10
- abysm 12
- acyls 10
- amyls 10
- aryls 8
- asyla 8
- ayahs 11
- ayins 8
- bosky 14
- bousy 10
- boyos 10
- brosy 10
- byrls 10
- byssi 10
- casky 14
- cloys 10
- cyans 10
- cymas 12
- cymes 12
- dashy 12
- donsy 9
- emyds 11
- ensky 12
- eyass 8
- eyers 8
- eyras 8
- fleys 11
- fubsy 13
- fyces 13
- fykes 15
- gawsy 12
- gleys 9
- goosy 9
- gorsy 9
- gussy 9
- gybes 11
- gyves 12
- horsy 11
- hypos 13
- idyls 9
- kayos 12
- kumys 14
- kyaks 16
- kyars 12
- kytes 12
- lyses 8
- lysin 8
- mashy 13
- mayos 10
- meshy 13
- mynas 10
- nutsy 8
- odyls 9
- ofays 11
- oyers 8
- pesty 10
- popsy 12
- potsy 10
- prosy 10
- pursy 10
- pyins 10
- pyxes 17
- queys 17
- rayas 8
- resay 8
- rushy 11
- rykes 12
- rynds 9
- ryots 8
- saury 8
- sayst 8
- sedgy 10
- seepy 10
- serry 8
- shaly 11
- shily 11
- skiey 12
- skyed 13
- skyey 15
- slily 8
- slyer 8
- slype 10
- snyes 8
- sonly 8
- sonsy 8
- sooey 8
- soyas 8
- spays 10
- spiry 10
- spumy 12
- stagy 9
- stewy 11
- stimy 10
- stogy 9
- styed 9
- stymy 13
- suety 8
- surgy 9
- sycee 10
- syces 10
- sylis 8
- syphs 13
- toyos 8
- tyees 8
- typps 12
- unsay 8
- vasty 11
- waspy 13
- wheys 14
- wynds 12
- wytes 11
- xysti 15
- xysts 15
- yacks 14
- yauds 9
- yaups 10
- yawls 11
- yawps 13
- yeans 8
- yechs 13
- yeggs 10
- yelks 12
- yerks 12
- yeses 8
- yetis 8
- yetts 8
- yeuks 12
- yills 8
- yirds 9
- yirrs 8
- ylems 10
- yocks 14
- yodhs 12
- yoghs 12
- yonis 8
- yores 8
- yowes 11
- yowls 11
- yuans 8
- yucas 10
- yucks 14
- yugas 9
- yules 8
Points use Scrabble US letter values
Frequently asked questions
How many five-letter words are there with S and Y in them?
There are 387 five-letter words with S and Y in them in the tournament word lists. The most common are YEARS, STUDY, STORY.
What are common five-letter words with S and Y in them?
YEARS, STUDY, STORY, STYLE, TYPES are the most frequently used. The full list of 387 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.