Words that end with Y
There are 19,194 words that end with Y in Unscrambly's open word list; the highest scoring is PIZZAZZY at 49 points. S is the most common first letter among them, with 2,189, and the average word scores 17.6 points.
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Y ends 7.1% of the 269,870 words in the dictionary, the 5th largest share of the 26 letters. With a Y already on the board, any of these words can be played through it by finishing on that tile. The longest run to 15 letters (661 words), ARCHITECTURALLY among them. Two-letter words ending in Y: AY, BY, FY, KY, MY, NY and OY.
Words that end with Y in numbers
- Words
- 19,194
- Highest scoring
- PIZZAZZY 49 pts
- Average score
- 17.6 pts
- Longest
- ARCHITECTURALLY 15 letters
- A1,162
- B783
- C1,733
- D1,140
- E760
- F772
- G660
- H684
- I1,187
- J169
- K113
- L534
- M940
- N441
- O522
- P1,790
- Q101
- R877
- S2,189
- T989
- U804
- V370
- W342
- X20
- Y42
- Z70
Highest-scoring words that end with y
| Word | Score | Length |
|---|---|---|
| pizzazzy | 49 | 8 |
| quizzicality | 44 | 12 |
| quizzically | 43 | 11 |
| quizzify | 41 | 8 |
| quinquevalency | 40 | 14 |
| photoxylography | 39 | 15 |
| pizazzy | 39 | 7 |
| quaquaversally | 38 | 14 |
| quizzery | 38 | 8 |
| showbizzy | 38 | 9 |
Words that end with Y (19,194)
These 300 of the 19,194 are a spread sample: the 50 highest scoring first, then words taken in turn from every first letter; within each, words with a dictionary definition come first. The solver above searches all of them for your tiles, and the full list is in the free JSON API.
15-letter words 43
14-letter words 35
13-letter words 36
12-letter words 43
11-letter words 38
10-letter words 36
9-letter words 15
8-letter words 17
7-letter words 11
6-letter words 11
5-letter words 13
4-letter words 1
3-letter words 1
Frequently asked questions
How many words end with Y?
19,194 words in Unscrambly's list end with Y. 1,252 of them have five letters, 1,763 have seven and 7 have two.
What is the highest scoring word ending in Y?
PIZZAZZY scores 49 points before bonus squares. Next come QUIZZICALITY (44), QUIZZICALLY (43) and QUIZZIFY (41). Across all 19,194, the average is 17.6 points.
What two-letter words end in Y?
AY, BY, FY, KY, MY, NY and OY: 7 in total. Two-letter words are the easiest way to score on a crowded board.
How many 5 letter words end in Y?
1,252. Five letters is the Wordle length, and every one of them is on the 5 letter words ending in Y list, where JAZZY scores highest at 33 points.