3-Letter Words Ending in Y

All 75 three-letter words ending in Y

A

• aby8v. To endure or tolerate (something); to experience.
• any6adv. To even the slightest extent; at all.
• ary6det. Any.

B

• bay8n. A body of water (especially the sea) contained by a concave shoreline.
• bey8n. A governor of a province or district in the Turkish (e.g. Ottoman)...
• bly8n. Likeness; resemblance; look aspect; species; character.
• boy8n. A male child.
• buy8v. To obtain (something) in exchange for money or goods.

C

• cay8n. A small, low island largely made of sand or coral.
• cly8v. To seize; to steal.
• coy8adj. Bashful, shy, retiring.
• cry8v. To shed tears; to weep, especially in anger or sadness.
• cuy8n. Guinea pig meat.

D

• day7n. The time when the Sun is above the horizon and it lights the sky.
• dey7n. A servant who has charge of the dairy; a dairymaid.
• doy7interj. Disdainful indication that something is obvious; see duh.
• dry7adj. Free from or lacking moisture.

E

• exy13adj. Expensive.

F

• fay9v. To join (pieces of timber) tightly. The long edges of the staves of a...
• fey9adj. Possessing second sight, clairvoyance, or clairaudience.
• fly9n. Any insect of the order Diptera; characterized by having two wings...
• foy9n. Faith, allegiance.
• fry9v. To cook (something) in hot fat.

G

• gay7adj. Only possessing sexual and/or romantic attraction towards people one...
• gey7adv. Very.
• gry7v. To have a slight bout or fit of ague (chills or shaking due to cold or...
• guy7n. An effigy of a man burned on a bonfire on the anniversary of the...

H

• hay9n. Grass cut and dried for use as animal fodder.
• hey9interj. An exclamation to get attention.
• hoy9n. A small coaster vessel, usually sloop-rigged, used in conveying...

I

• icy8adj. Pertaining to, resembling, or abounding in ice; cold; frosty.
• ivy9n. Any of several woody, climbing, or trailing evergreen plants of the...

J

• jay13n. Any of the numerous species of birds belonging to several genera within...
• joy13n. A feeling of extreme happiness or cheerfulness, especially related to...

K

• kay10n. The name of the Latin script letter K/k.
• key10n. An object designed to open and close a lock or to activate or...

L

• lay6v. To place down in a position of rest, or in a horizontal position.
• ley6n. Arable land used temporarily for hay or grazing.
• loy6n. A type of one-eared spade used in Ireland.

M

• may8v. To be able to go.
• muy8adv. Very.

N

• nay6n. A vote against.
• ney6n. A type of endblown flute.
• noy6v. To annoy; to harm or injure.

O

• omy8adj. Mellow, as land.
• oxy13adj. Containing one or more oxygen atoms.

P

• pay8v. To give money or other compensation to in exchange for goods or...
• phy11n. The drug physeptone.
• ply8n. A layer of material.
• poy8n. A support structure.
• pry8v. To peer closely and curiously, especially at something closed or not...
• puy8n. Any of several cone-shaped hills in the Auvergne, France that are the...

R

• ray6n. A beam of light or radiation.
• roy6n. A king.

S

• say6v. To pronounce.
• sey6n. A cut of beef.
• shy9adj. Easily frightened; timid.
• sky10n. The atmosphere above a given point, especially as visible from the...
• sly6adj. Artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily.
• sny6v. Abound, swarm, teem, be infested, with something.
• soy6n. A common East Asian liquid sauce, made by subjecting boiled beans to...
• spy8n. A person who secretly watches and examines the actions of other...
• sty6n. A pen or enclosure for swine.

T

• tay6n. Tea.
• tey6n. An English measure of length for rope, perhaps equivalent to the fathom.
• thy9conj. Only used in for thy, for-thy, which is an alternative form of forthy...
• toy6n. Something to play with, especially as intended for use by a child.
• try6v. To attempt; to endeavour. Followed by infinitive.

V

• vly9n. A small swampy or marshy area, especially near a stream.

W

• way9n. A road, a direction, a (physical or conceptual) path from one place to...
• wey9n. An old English measure of weight containing 224 pounds; equivalent to 2...
• why12adv. Introducing a complete question.
• wry9adj. Turned away, contorted (of the face or body).

Y

• yay9interj. An expression of happiness.

Z

• zay15n. Zayin, the seventh letter of many Semitic alphabets.

Questions about these words

How many three-letter words ending in Y are there?

Word.ws lists 75 three-letter words ending in Y, plus 3 rare ones.

What are common three-letter words ending in Y?

any, way, may, day, why, say, try and guy.

Which of the three-letter words ending in Y has the highest letter score?

zay scores 15 points with the standard letter tile values.

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