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5-Letter Words Ending in BY

There are 43 five-letter words ending in BY on Word.ws, from barby to yabby. The most common are rugby, bobby, derby, lobby and hobby.

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All 43 five-letter words ending in BY

B

  • barby12adj. Barbed, like the ends of an arrow cross.
  • bilby12n. An Australian desert marsupial of the only extant species Macrotis...
  • boaby12n. A penis.
  • bobby14n. A police officer.
  • bubby14n. A woman's breast.
  • busby12n. A fur hat, usually with a plume in the front, worn by certain members...

C

  • carby12n. Synonym of carb (“carburetor or carburettor”).
  • cobby14adj. Stocky.
  • cubby14n. A small, confined space.

D

  • dabby13adj. Damp.
  • darby11n. A specialized tool used to smooth and level the surface of wet...
  • debby13adj. Like a debutante.
  • derby11n. Any of several annual horse races.
  • dobby13n. A device in some looms that allows the weaving of small geometric...
  • dubby13adj. In the style of dub music; having been heavily remixed, particularly...

F

  • fabby15adj. Fabulous, very good, excellent.
  • fenby13n. A feminine non-binary person.
  • flyby16n. A flight past a celestial object in order to make observations.
  • forby13adj. Uncommon; out of the ordinary; extraordinary; superior.

G

  • gabby13adj. Inclined to talk too much.
  • gobby13adj. Marked by the presence of gobs (lumps).

H

  • herby13adj. Of or pertaining to herbs.
  • hobby15n. An activity that one enjoys doing in one's spare time.
  • hubby15n. Husband.

J

  • jobby19n. A job that is also a hobby: a dream job or passion project; or, a side...

K

  • kerby14n. A children's ball game played in the street, the aim being to throw the...

L

  • lamby12adj. Resembling or characteristic of a lamb or the meat of a lamb.
  • lobby12n. An entryway or reception area; vestibule; passageway; corridor.
  • looby10n. A large and awkward or clumsy person; an oaf.

N

  • nabby12n. A skiff used for fishing.
  • nebby12adj. Overly inquiring; nosey.
  • nimby12adj. Not wanting to have to deal with unpleasant or distasteful things near...
  • nobby12adj. Wealthy or of high social position; of or pertaining to a nob (person...
  • nubby12adj. Knobbly; covered with small knobs.

R

  • ribby12adj. Pertaining to or having ribs; ribbed.
  • rubby12n. Rubbing alcohol.
  • rugby11n. A form of football in which players can hold or kick an ovoid ball...

S

  • subby12adj. Submissive (in regard to BDSM roles).

T

  • tabby12n. A kind of waved silk, usually called watered silk, manufactured like...
  • tibby12n. A person's head.
  • tubby12adj. Stout, rotund.

W

  • webby15adj. Consisting of, resembling, or having webs or a web.

Y

  • yabby15n. Any of various freshwater crayfish, typically of the genus Cherax...
29 rare five-letter words ending in BY

Questions about these words

How many five-letter words ending in BY are there?
Word.ws lists 43 five-letter words ending in BY, plus 29 rare ones.
What are common five-letter words ending in BY?
rugby, bobby, derby, lobby, hobby, hubby, darby and gabby.
Which of the five-letter words ending in BY has the highest letter score?
jobby scores 19 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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