6-Letter Words Ending in Y
Looking for six-letter words that end in Y? There are 1,217 of them in the tournament word lists, and every one is on this page. The most common, like POLICY, FAMILY, COUNTY, 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
- policy13
- family14
- county11
- really9
- memory13
- energy10
- safety12
- beauty11
- agency12
- supply13
- survey12
- simply13
- valley12
- likely13
- pretty11
- theory12
- jersey16
- weekly16
- highly16
- easily9
All 1,217 words (the small number on each word is its Scrabble point value)
- nearly 9
- equity 18
- injury 16
- turkey 13
- nearby 11
- luxury 16
- mostly 11
- poetry 11
- anyway 15
- notify 12
- comedy 14
- hockey 18
- modify 15
- salary 9
- twenty 12
- entity 9
- mainly 11
- verify 15
- nobody 12
- cloudy 12
- plenty 11
- fairly 12
- lovely 12
- partly 11
- deputy 12
- johnny 19
- legacy 12
- widely 13
- slowly 12
- comply 15
- cherry 14
- payday 15
- binary 11
- thirty 12
- merely 11
- guilty 10
- solely 9
- murphy 16
- monkey 15
- realty 9
- timely 11
- treaty 9
- hardly 13
- surely 9
- rarely 9
- steady 10
- hourly 12
- deeply 12
- lonely 9
- hereby 14
- safely 12
- kidney 14
- mighty 15
- galaxy 17
- bailey 11
- chubby 18
- worthy 15
- cowboy 16
- freely 12
- remedy 12
- barely 11
- surrey 9
- floppy 16
- namely 11
- hungry 13
- granny 10
- employ 13
- yearly 12
- rotary 9
- deadly 11
- sticky 15
- lately 9
- bloody 12
- gently 10
- colony 11
- costly 11
- poorly 11
- trophy 14
- mickey 17
- wholly 15
- purely 11
- nicely 11
- vanity 12
- melody 12
- firmly 14
- subway 14
- bakery 15
- deploy 12
- midway 15
- lively 12
- artery 9
- canopy 13
- skinny 13
- convey 14
- kindly 14
- replay 11
- glossy 10
- cavity 14
- purity 11
- runway 12
- openly 11
- felony 12
- donkey 14
- winery 12
- speedy 12
- parity 11
- canary 11
- clergy 12
- sturdy 10
- ninety 9
- jockey 22
- piracy 13
- misery 11
- barley 11
- sherry 12
- barney 11
- eighty 13
- gladly 11
- overly 12
- smiley 11
- softly 12
- occupy 15
- tricky 15
- sleepy 11
- trendy 10
- brandy 12
- bodily 12
- pastry 11
- creamy 13
- bounty 11
- faulty 12
- expiry 18
- storey 9
- evenly 12
- motley 11
- classy 11
- botany 11
- dreamy 12
- lastly 9
- biopsy 13
- quarry 18
- hurley 12
- finely 12
- sanity 9
- parody 12
- frenzy 21
- greedy 11
- groovy 13
- medley 12
- creepy 13
- filthy 15
- whisky 19
- wisely 12
- fluffy 18
- notary 9
- looney 9
- airway 12
- chunky 18
- crappy 15
- wildly 13
- neatly 9
- loudly 10
- trashy 12
- henley 12
- shelly 12
- quirky 22
- orally 9
- spooky 15
- weakly 16
- vastly 12
- freaky 16
- sloppy 13
- pantry 11
- osprey 11
- celery 11
- bouncy 13
- smokey 15
- surety 9
- sporty 11
- stormy 11
- hearty 12
- chilly 14
- rosary 9
- pulley 11
- catchy 16
- hugely 13
- convoy 14
- breezy 20
- mildly 12
- cheesy 14
- gentry 10
- fruity 12
- slutty 9
- shabby 16
- midday 13
- ridley 10
- crafty 14
- galley 10
- richly 14
- gritty 10
- savory 12
- sentry 9
- smarty 11
- starry 9
- outlay 9
- boldly 12
- warmly 14
- uneasy 9
- frosty 12
- cheeky 18
- shorty 12
- dearly 10
- apathy 14
- greasy 10
- calmly 13
- gloomy 12
- dinghy 14
- grassy 10
- clumsy 13
- rarity 9
- snoopy 11
- prepay 13
- sneaky 13
- carney 11
- shaggy 14
- peavey 14
- smelly 11
- cuddly 13
- pricey 13
- cranky 15
- grumpy 14
- hickey 18
- crispy 13
- priory 11
- heresy 12
- armory 11
- hooray 12
- sweaty 12
- dickey 16
- acuity 11
- stoney 9
- burley 11
- thinly 12
- verity 12
- slurry 9
- unduly 10
- sleazy 18
- ratify 12
- dismay 12
- sundry 10
- flashy 15
- qwerty 21
- verily 12
- doubly 12
- unholy 12
- livery 12
- justly 16
- subtly 11
- watery 12
- stinky 13
- mutiny 11
- flurry 12
- steamy 11
- embody 14
- astray 9
- lemony 11
- patchy 16
- purify 14
- blurry 11
- saxony 16
- fondly 13
- betray 11
- slinky 13
- dreary 10
- volley 12
- garvey 13
- sorely 9
- skimpy 17
- earthy 12
- sparky 15
- snappy 13
- steely 9
- fleshy 15
- outcry 11
- humbly 16
- trusty 9
- polity 11
- darkly 14
- keenly 13
- bubbly 15
- unruly 9
- gurney 10
- lowery 12
- sultry 9
- crusty 11
- parlay 11
- pointy 11
- dainty 10
- argosy 10
- lackey 15
- spacey 13
- singly 10
- woolly 12
- eatery 9
- flimsy 14
- touchy 14
- cheery 14
- feisty 12
- chitty 14
- pearly 11
- heyday 16
- glassy 10
- drowsy 13
- rickey 15
- oddity 11
- choppy 18
- whimsy 17
- stuffy 15
- defray 13
- idiocy 12
- eulogy 10
- thorny 12
- ostomy 11
- whitey 15
- bowery 14
- lunacy 11
- stingy 10
- chucky 20
- barfly 14
- dressy 10
- spunky 15
- litany 9
- wobbly 16
- enmity 11
- grainy 10
- homely 14
- froggy 14
- papacy 15
- spotty 11
- tannoy 9
- spiffy 17
- shoddy 14
- deejay 17
- mayday 15
- deftly 13
- peachy 16
- flirty 12
- busily 11
- skyway 19
- leeway 12
- aviary 12
- linsey 9
- witney 12
- stubby 13
- sickly 15
- rudely 10
- lazily 18
- shandy 13
- moiety 11
- shanty 12
- chatty 14
- paltry 11
- toasty 9
- flatly 12
- fleury 12
- infamy 14
- belfry 14
- goodly 11
- grisly 10
- clunky 15
- dually 10
- tweedy 13
- sunray 9
- brainy 11
- sugary 10
- snugly 10
- gantry 10
- homily 14
- scurry 11
- horsey 12
- eerily 9
- gadfly 14
- barony 11
- twisty 12
- bitchy 16
- frisky 16
- snarky 13
- wintry 12
- seaway 12
- vestry 12
- snazzy 27
- whammy 19
- swanky 16
- crabby 15
- causey 11
- wiggly 14
- malady 12
- grubby 14
- trippy 13
- shifty 15
- jetway 19
- coldly 12
- scanty 11
- knotty 13
- bluesy 11
- smithy 14
- measly 11
- swampy 16
- stably 11
- tomboy 13
- scurvy 14
- shimmy 16
- snooty 9
- effigy 16
- anally 9
- frothy 15
- hurray 12
- grimly 12
- spongy 12
- vainly 12
- crummy 15
- thusly 12
- glitzy 19
- frilly 12
- coolly 11
- punchy 16
- kersey 13
- preppy 15
- codify 15
- finery 12
- clayey 14
- snotty 9
- oilily 9
- flabby 16
- levity 12
- crikey 15
- plucky 17
- untidy 10
- witchy 17
- gaiety 10
- phoney 14
- comely 13
- cicely 13
- brushy 14
- groggy 12
- scarry 11
- stocky 15
- laxity 16
- droopy 12
- skanky 17
- unwary 12
- twiggy 14
- uppity 13
- grungy 11
- marshy 14
- queasy 18
- chalky 18
- sweeny 12
- blimey 13
- stumpy 13
- blocky 17
- jaunty 16
- screwy 14
- parley 11
- craggy 13
- righty 13
- pacify 16
- gnarly 10
- koruny 13
- nighty 13
- meekly 15
- warily 12
- googly 11
- cutesy 11
- spikey 15
- prissy 11
- flyway 18
- cranny 11
- kingly 14
- chesty 14
- fealty 12
- beachy 16
- clammy 15
- avidly 13
- brassy 11
- milady 12
- woodsy 13
- gulley 10
- feebly 14
- flakey 16
- whacky 21
- tawdry 13
- creaky 15
- comity 13
- bleary 11
- brawny 14
- shinny 12
- snobby 13
- hominy 14
- whiney 15
- creasy 11
- portly 11
- folksy 16
- brumby 15
- keyway 19
- phooey 14
- syrupy 14
- jiminy 18
- floaty 12
- slippy 13
- ornery 9
- termly 11
- flyboy 17
- chippy 18
- mayfly 17
- smarmy 13
- satiny 9
- swirly 12
- jalopy 18
- apiary 11
- frizzy 30
- smirky 15
- smugly 12
- toothy 12
- scarey 11
- roughy 13
- giggly 12
- fleecy 14
- bigamy 14
- scummy 15
- typify 17
- fiddly 14
- ballsy 11
- muchly 16
- choosy 14
- mouldy 12
- knobby 17
- ploidy 12
- stodgy 11
- diddly 12
- clingy 12
- friary 12
- bratty 11
- slushy 12
- curtly 11
- rashly 12
- snuffy 15
- chirpy 16
- trilby 11
- tingly 10
- skerry 13
- nimbly 13
- teensy 9
- clubby 15
- cressy 11
- wherry 15
- stripy 11
- crawly 14
- lordly 10
- snippy 13
- dropsy 12
- dangly 11
- brolly 11
- syzygy 25
- simony 11
- alkoxy 20
- ethoxy 19
- grippy 14
- drippy 14
- murrey 11
- triply 11
- bryony 14
- mousey 11
- drafty 13
- flippy 16
- maundy 12
- smutty 11
- vilify 15
- studly 10
- frumpy 16
- gamely 12
- tawney 12
- lushly 12
- trolly 9
- chummy 18
- pigsty 12
- popery 13
- horary 12
- sinewy 12
- blenny 11
- goodby 13
- mulley 11
- evilly 12
- greeny 10
- mouthy 14
- spicey 13
- pebbly 15
- carboy 13
- grotty 10
- chancy 16
- twangy 13
- lowboy 14
- cruddy 13
- papery 13
- limply 13
- whirly 15
- sawfly 15
- lamely 11
- fixity 19
- busboy 13
- glibly 12
- wheezy 24
- betony 11
- jangly 17
- gangly 11
- broody 12
- seemly 11
- penury 11
- briony 11
- sagely 10
- jitney 16
- goosey 10
- jiggly 18
- margay 12
- flunky 16
- sanely 9
- curacy 13
- orrery 9
- sneezy 18
- flinty 12
- augury 10
- nicety 11
- yeasty 12
- smoggy 13
- bewray 14
- doughy 14
- pusley 11
- baldly 12
- dumbly 14
- sexily 16
- scabby 15
- fakery 16
- scuzzy 29
- sashay 12
- pimply 15
- meanly 11
- shammy 16
- clumpy 15
- hawkey 19
- floozy 21
- cliffy 17
- affray 15
- towery 12
- champy 18
- mutely 11
- boogey 12
- tamely 11
- tetany 9
- glumly 12
- sourly 9
- anergy 10
- plummy 15
- maguey 12
- druggy 12
- gayety 13
- spendy 12
- airily 9
- heathy 15
- whippy 19
- whizzy 33
- tidily 10
- sniffy 15
- shanny 12
- ghosty 13
- browny 14
- quacky 24
- flappy 16
- lenity 9
- veejay 19
- pinkey 15
- curtsy 11
- vagary 13
- grabby 14
- twirly 12
- snakey 13
- whinny 15
- chinky 18
- basely 11
- kludgy 15
- pinery 11
- peroxy 18
- archly 14
- dinkey 14
- curvey 14
- bready 12
- dimity 12
- numbly 13
- batboy 13
- medfly 15
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- sludgy 11
- piddly 13
- tartly 9
- wifely 15
- descry 12
- charry 14
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- primly 13
- tautly 9
- unsexy 16
- spoony 11
- puddly 13
- cecity 13
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- purvey 14
- floury 12
- foully 12
- crowdy 15
- calory 11
- weensy 12
- waylay 15
- klutzy 22
- acidly 12
- draggy 12
- swanny 12
- echoey 14
- swishy 15
- trebly 11
- tetchy 14
- whirry 15
- covary 14
- cozily 20
- rumbly 13
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- abbacy 15
- aerify 12
- aerily 9
- agedly 11
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- ambary 13
- ambery 13
- angary 10
- argufy 13
- ariary 9
- aridly 10
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- artily 9
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- auntly 9
- aweary 12
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- belady 12
- benday 12
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- blowzy 23
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- bosomy 13
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- botfly 14
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- brashy 14
- brawly 14
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- briery 11
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- brothy 14
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- burbly 13
- byplay 16
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- casefy 14
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- chally 14
- chammy 18
- chanty 14
- chasmy 16
- cherty 14
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- chivvy 20
- chokey 18
- chromy 16
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- citify 14
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- cliquy 20
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- clotty 11
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- conchy 16
- cookey 15
- corody 12
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- decury 12
- denary 10
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- dhooly 13
- digamy 13
- dimply 14
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- dipody 13
- direly 10
- djinny 17
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- drooly 10
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- exequy 25
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- ferity 12
- fickly 18
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- fledgy 14
- flocky 18
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- flukey 16
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- footsy 12
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- foxily 19
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- frowsy 15
- frowzy 24
- gainly 10
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- gasify 13
- gharry 13
- glairy 10
- gleamy 12
- gleety 10
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- glinty 10
- globby 14
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- gluily 10
- glumpy 14
- gnatty 10
- gobony 12
- goggly 12
- gooney 10
- gorily 10
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- grayly 13
- gremmy 14
- greyly 13
- gripey 12
- groszy 19
- grouty 10
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- gruffy 16
- guanay 10
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- haulmy 14
- hazily 21
- heydey 16
- hokily 16
- holily 12
- hostly 12
- hubbly 16
- hunkey 16
- ickily 15
- ignify 13
- imbody 14
- incony 11
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- jarvey 19
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- knubby 17
- knurly 13
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- lankly 13
- leachy 14
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- lealty 9
- leanly 9
- liefly 12
- limpsy 13
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- logily 10
- logway 13
- longly 10
- loungy 10
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- mangey 12
- marbly 13
- mazily 20
- meetly 11
- minify 14
- mislay 11
- missay 11
- mizzly 29
- monody 12
- mooley 11
- mopery 13
- muddly 13
- mumbly 15
- murkly 15
- muscly 13
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- naysay 12
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- nebuly 11
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- niggly 11
- nitery 9
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- nudely 10
- ochery 14
- offkey 19
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- oology 10
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- ossify 12
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- outfly 12
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- palely 11
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- peltry 11
- pertly 11
- pinkly 15
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- plaguy 12
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- plisky 15
- plotty 11
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- plushy 14
- poachy 16
- pokily 15
- poshly 14
- potboy 13
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- prebuy 13
- predry 12
- pricky 17
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- punily 11
- punkey 15
- purply 13
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- qualmy 20
- queazy 27
- quinsy 18
- quippy 22
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- rankly 13
- raptly 11
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- rarify 12
- ratany 9
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- rebody 12
- rebury 11
- recopy 13
- redbay 12
- redefy 13
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- reechy 14
- resiny 9
- revery 12
- rheumy 14
- rifely 12
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- ripply 13
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- rosiny 9
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- rudery 10
- ruffly 15
- rumply 13
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- saughy 13
- sawney 12
- scatty 11
- schizy 23
- scurfy 14
- senary 9
- shaley 12
- shamoy 14
- sharny 12
- sharpy 14
- sheeny 12
- shelty 12
- shelvy 15
- shindy 13
- shirty 12
- shoaly 12
- sirupy 11
- skiddy 15
- skivvy 19
- skunky 17
- slaggy 11
- slangy 10
- slanty 9
- slatey 9
- slavey 12
- sleeky 13
- sleety 9
- slimly 11
- slimsy 11
- slitty 9
- slobby 13
- sloshy 12
- sluicy 11
- slummy 13
- smeary 11
- smudgy 13
- snaggy 11
- snarly 9
- sneery 9
- snoozy 18
- snouty 9
- snubby 13
- sparry 11
- sphery 14
- spinny 11
- spivvy 17
- spoofy 14
- sprucy 13
- spryly 14
- spurry 11
- stagey 10
- staggy 11
- stemmy 13
- stilly 9
- stithy 12
- stogey 10
- stoury 9
- strawy 12
- suably 11
- sudary 10
- swabby 16
- swarty 12
- sweepy 14
- swimmy 16
- swingy 13
- swoony 12
- swoopy 14
- sylphy 17
- tackey 15
- talcky 15
- tangly 10
- teapoy 11
- tepefy 14
- thymey 17
- tinily 9
- tinkly 13
- tootsy 9
- torchy 14
- toughy 13
- trampy 13
- tressy 9
- trigly 10
- trimly 11
- trouty 9
- tumefy 14
- twanky 16
- tweaky 16
- tweeny 12
- ubiety 11
- uglify 13
- uglily 10
- unbusy 11
- usably 11
- vapory 14
- vaulty 12
- vaunty 12
- venery 12
- viably 14
- vilely 12
- vinery 12
- vinify 15
- vivary 15
- vivify 18
- volery 12
- wabbly 16
- waddly 14
- wafery 15
- waffly 18
- waggly 14
- wambly 16
- wastry 12
- wavery 15
- wavily 15
- waxily 19
- weirdy 13
- whelky 19
- wheyey 18
- wicopy 16
- wieldy 13
- wilily 12
- wincey 14
- wirily 12
- wrathy 15
- wristy 12
- yarely 12
- zanily 18
- zincky 24
- zonary 18
Points use Scrabble US letter values
Frequently asked questions
How many six-letter words are there that end in Y?
There are 1,217 six-letter words that end in Y in the tournament word lists. The most common are POLICY, FAMILY, COUNTY.
What are common six-letter words that end in Y?
POLICY, FAMILY, COUNTY, REALLY, MEMORY are the most frequently used. The full list of 1,217 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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