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5-Letter Words Ending in AY

There are 36 five-letter words ending in AY on Word.ws, from alday to yaaay. The most common are today, delay, essay, spray and array.

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All 36 five-letter words ending in AY

  • alday9adv. For the whole day; all day.
  • allay8v. To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm.
  • array8n. Clothing and ornamentation; raiment.
  • assay8n. Trial, attempt.
  • begay11v. To make cheerful or merry.
  • belay10v. To make (a rope) fast by turning it around a fastening point such as a...
  • byway16n. A road or track not following a main route; a secondary or minor road...
  • copay12v. To jointly pay with another or others.
  • decay11n. Rot; any processes or result of organic matter being gradually...
  • delay9n. A period of time before an event occurs; the act of delaying...
  • deray9n. Impetuosity, prowess, vigour.
  • essay8n. A written composition of moderate length, exploring a particular issue...
  • foray11n. A sudden or irregular incursion in border warfare; hence, any irregular...
  • howay14interj. A general cry of encouragement.
  • inlay8v. To place (pieces of a foreign material) within another material to form...
  • islay8n. Prunus ilicifolia, a traditional Native American food plant in southern...
  • ixnay15interj. No.
  • moray10n. Any of the large cosmopolitan carnivorous eels of the family Muraenidae.
  • noway11adv. In no manner or degree; not at all; nowise; no way.
  • onlay8v. To lay or place something on a surface.
  • palay10n. Paddy.
  • relay8n. A new set of horses kept along a specific route so that they can...
  • renay8v. To renounce (one’s faith or god), to apostasize from.
  • repay10v. Synonym of pay back in all senses.
  • satay8n. A dish made from small pieces of meat or fish grilled on a skewer and...
  • scray10n. A tern; the sea swallow.
  • splay10v. To spread, spread apart, or spread out (something); to expand.
  • spray10n. A fine, gentle, dispersed mist of liquid.
  • stray8n. Any domestic animal that lacks an enclosure, proper place, or company...
  • today9adv. On the current day or date.
  • tokay12n. A variety of grape grown in eastern Hungary and in eastern Slovakia.
  • unsay8v. To withdraw, retract (something said).
  • uplay10v. To lay up; hoard.
  • vacay13n. A vacation.
  • waaay11adv. Elongated form of way.
  • yaaay11interj. Elongated form of yay.
28 rare five-letter words ending in AY

Questions about these words

How many five-letter words ending in AY are there?
Word.ws lists 36 five-letter words ending in AY, plus 28 rare ones.
What are common five-letter words ending in AY?
today, delay, essay, spray, array, relay, decay and stray.
Which of the five-letter words ending in AY has the highest letter score?
byway scores 16 points with the standard letter tile values.

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Word lists and meanings adapted from the Wiktionary entry of each word. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out names, abbreviations, misspellings and offensive words, and ordered the most common words by how often they appear in English (wordfreq). Meanings from Wiktionary; this is not an official Scrabble, Words With Friends or Wordle word list. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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