5-Letter Words Ending in Y: page 2

All 1,073 five-letter words ending in Y: page 2 of 3

G

• grimy11adj. Stained or covered with grime.
• grody10adj. Nasty, dirty, disgusting, foul, revolting, yucky, grotesque.
• gully9n. A trench, ravine or narrow channel which was worn by water flow...
• gummy13adj. Showing the gums.
• gundy10n. A front claw of a crab.
• gunky13adj. Greasy, messy or dirty.
• gunny9n. A coarse heavy fabric made of jute or hemp.
• guppy13n. A species of tiny freshwater fish, Poecilia reticulata, popular in home...
• gurdy10n. A manual crank used on fishing lines.
• gurry9n. A circular gong that was struck at regular intervals to indicate the...
• gushy12adj. Gushing; effusive and often emotional.
• gussy9v. To dress up or decorate in a showy way.
• gusty9adj. Of wind: blowing in gusts; blustery; tempestuous.
• gutsy9adj. Marked by courage, determination or boldness in the face of...
• gutty9adj. Charged or sprinkled with drops.
• gypsy14n. An itinerant person or any person, not necessarily Romani; a tinker, a...

H

• hacky17adj. Like a hack; amateurish.
• haddy13n. A grade of troops in the Moghul service, analogous to a warrant officer.
• haggy13adj. Resembling or characteristic of a hag (old or ugly woman or witch).
• haily11adj. Containing hail; involving hail falling.
• hairy11adj. Having a lot of body hair.
• hammy15adj. Resembling or characteristic of ham.
• handy12adj. Easy to use, useful.
• haply13adv. By accident or luck.
• happy15adj. Having a feeling arising from a consciousness of well-being or of...
• hardy12adj. Having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships.
• harpy13n. A mythological creature generally depicted as a bird-of-prey with the...
• harry11v. To plunder, pillage, assault.
• hasty11adj. Acting or done in haste; hurried or too quick; speedy due to having...
• hatty11adj. Of, relating to, or resembling, a hat.
• heady12adj. Intoxicating or stupefying.
• heavy14adj. Having great weight.
• heeey11interj. Elongated form of hey.
• hefty14adj. With heft; heavy, strong, vigorous, mighty, impressive.
• helly11adj. Hellish, infernal.
• henny11n. Synonym of hinny (cross between a stallion and a she-ass).
• henry11n. In the International System of Units, the derived unit of electrical...
• herby13adj. Of or pertaining to herbs.
• herky15adj. Only used in herky-jerky.
• herry11v. To honour, praise or celebrate.
• hetty11n. A heterosexual.
• hilly11adj. Abundant in hills; having many hills.
• hinky15adj. Acting suspiciously; strange, unusual; acting in a manner as if having...
• hinny11n. The hybrid offspring of a stallion (male horse) and a she-ass (female...
• hippy15adj. Having large or prominent hips.
• hissy11adj. Accompanied with hisses.
• hoary11adj. White, whitish, or greyish-white.
• hobby15n. An activity that one enjoys doing in one's spare time.
• hoggy13adj. Synonym of hoggish (“resembling a pig”).
• hokey15adj. Phony, as if a hoax; noticeably contrived; of obviously flimsy...
• holey11adj. Having, or being full of, holes.
• holly11n. Any of various shrubs or (mostly) small trees, of the genus Ilex...
• homey13adj. Befitting a home; cozy, intimate.
• honey11n. A sweet, viscous, gold-colored fluid produced from plant nectar by...
• honky15n. A white (Caucasian) person.
• hoody12n. The hooded crow.
• hooey11n. Silly talk or writing; nonsense, silliness, or fake assertion(s).
• hooky15n. Absence from school or work; truancy.
• hooly11adj. Holy.
• hoopy13adj. Shaped like a hoop.
• hooty11adj. Characterised by a hooting sound.
• hoppy15adj. Having a taste of hops; heavily flavoured with hops.
• horry11adj. Impure; unclean; disgustingly dirty; foul.
• horsy11adj. Of, relating to, or similar to horses.
• hosey11v. To bagsy; to shotgun (make a claim).
• hotly11adv. With great amounts of heat.
• howay14interj. A general cry of encouragement.
• howdy15interj. An informal greeting.
• hubby15n. Husband.
• huffy17adj. Angry, annoyed, indignant or irritated.
• huggy13adj. Tending to hug; affectionate in a physical way.
• hully11adj. Having or containing hulls (peel, shell etc.).
• humpy15adj. Characterised by humps, uneven.
• hundy12n. Hundred, especially 100 dollars.
• hunky15adj. Exhibiting strong, masculine beauty.
• hunty11n. An irreverent or sarcastic term of endearment.
• hurly11n. A wheelbarrow.
• hurry11n. A rushed action.
• hurty11adj. Causing hurt; painful.
• husky15adj. Of a voice, hoarse and rough-sounding; throaty.
• hussy11n. A sexually immoral woman.
• hyphy19adj. Rambunctious, loud, crazy, dangerous, irrational, and outrageous in...

I

• icily10adv. In the manner of ice; with a cold or chilling effect.
• imply12v. To have as a necessary consequence; to lead to (something) as a...
• inlay8v. To place (pieces of a foreign material) within another material to form...
• irony8n. The quality of a statement that, when taken in context, may actually...
• islay8n. Prunus ilicifolia, a traditional Native American food plant in southern...
• itchy13adj. Characterized by itching. (of a condition).
• ivory11n. The hard white form of dentin which forms the tusks of elephants...
• ixnay15interj. No.

J

• jacky21n. A sailor.
• jaggy17adj. Jagged, toothed or serrated.
• jakey19n. A homeless drunk.
• jammy19adj. Resembling jam in taste, texture, etc.
• janky19adj. Of poor quality.
• jarry15adj. Jarring, reverberating.
• jazzy33adj. In the style of jazz.
• jelly15n. A dessert made by boiling gelatine (or a plant-based alternative such...
• jemmy19n. An immigrant.
• jenny15n. A device for spinning thread from fiber onto multiple spindles (also...
• jerky19adj. Characterized by physical jerking, or by sudden and uneven progress.
• jerry15n. A chamber pot.
• jesty15adj. Inclined to jest; waggish; sportive.
• jetty15n. A part of a building that jets or projects beyond the rest...
• jiffy21n. A very short, unspecified length of time.
• jiggy17adj. Resembling or suggesting a jig.
• jimmy19n. Sprinkles used as a topping for ice cream, cookies, or cupcakes.
• jinky19adj. Mazy, windy, zigzagging in its motion.
• jobby19n. A job that is also a hobby: a dream job or passion project; or, a side...
• jocky21adj. Jocklike.
• jolly15adj. Full of merriment and high spirits; jovial; joyous; merry.
• joshy18adj. Characterised by lighthearted banter; joky.
• jowly18adj. Having conspicuous jowls; with a double chin.
• judgy17adj. Inclined to make (disapproving) judgments; judgmental.
• juggy17adj. Involving one or more jugs as hand holds.
• juicy17adj. Having lots of juice.
• jumpy19adj. Nervous and excited.
• junky19adj. Resembling or characteristic of junk; cheap, worthless, or of low...

K

• kamuy14n. A spiritual or divine being in Ainu mythology, similar to the Japanese...
• keely12adj. Relating to, or characteristic of keel (ruddle).
• kelly12n. A square or hexagonal pipe that is turned in order to rotate the rotary...
• kerby14n. A children's ball game played in the street, the aim being to throw the...
• kicky18adj. Lively, exciting, thrilling.
• kiddy14n. A small kid (young goat).
• kilty12n. A flap of fringed leather covering part of a boot's tongue and lace.
• kingy13n. The kingfisher, Alcedo atthis.
• kinky16adj. Full of kinks; liable to kink or curl.
• kissy12adj. Sentimentally affectionate.
• kitty12n. A young cat; a kitten.
• kizzy30n. Only used in no kizzy.
• kooky16adj. Eccentric, strange, or foolish; crazy or insane; kookish.

L

• laggy10adj. Having a delayed response to a change in the factors influencing it.
• lairy8adj. Touchy, aggressive or confrontational, usually while drunk.
• laity8n. People of a church who are not ordained clergy or clerics.
• lally8n. Leg.
• lamby12adj. Resembling or characteristic of a lamb or the meat of a lamb.
• lammy12n. A thick quilted jumper or duffel coat worn outdoors in cold weather by...
• lappy12n. A laptop computer.
• lardy9adj. Resembling or containing (perhaps an excess of) lard.
• larky12adj. Playful.
• larry8n. A confused noise; an uproar; a hubbub.
• laxly15adv. In a lax manner; without rigor or strictness.
• leafy11adj. Covered with leaves.
• leaky12adj. Having leaks; not fully sealed.
• lecky14n. Electricity.
• leery8adj. Cautious, suspicious, wary, hesitant, or nervous about something...
• lefty11n. One who is left-handed.
• leggy10adj. Having long, attractive legs; long-legged.
• letty8n. Only used in scarper the letty.
• licky14adj. Prone to licking.
• limey10adj. Resembling limes (the fruit); lime-like.
• limpy12adj. Having or resembling a limp.
• lindy9n. A jitterbug, originated in Harlem, New York.
• liney8adj. Resembling or characterised by lines.
• linty8adj. Covered with lint.
• lippy12adj. Having prominent lips.
• lispy10adj. Tending to lisp when speaking.
• listy8adj. Resembling or characteristic of a list, or tending to use lists.
• litty8adj. Little.
• loamy10adj. Consisting of loam; partaking of the nature of loam; resembling loam.
• lobby12n. An entryway or reception area; vestibule; passageway; corridor.
• locky14adj. Having locks or tufts.
• lofty11adj. High, tall, having great height or stature.
• lolly8n. A piece of hard candy on a stick; a lollipop.
• longy9n. A Manx cat with a long tail, that therefore cannot be shown at a Manx...
• looby10n. A large and awkward or clumsy person; an oaf.
• looey8n. Lieutenant.
• looky12v. Look.
• loopy10adj. Having loops.
• lorry8n. A large and heavy motor vehicle designed to carry goods or soldiers; a...
• lossy8adj. Of a communication channel, subject to loss of signal strength.
• lousy8adj. Insufficient and less than expected of a good thing.
• lovey11n. An informal mode of address (associated most often with actors and the...
• lowly11adj. Not high; not elevated in place; low.
• lowry11n. An open boxcar used on railroads.
• lucky14adj. Favoured by luck; fortunate; having good success or good fortune.
• lully8n. Wet or drying linen.
• lumpy12adj. Full of lumps, not smooth, uneven.
• lurgy9n. A non-specific (often infectious) disease, especially one with symptoms...
• lurky12adj. Tending to lurk; given to or indicative of lurking.
• lusty8adj. Exhibiting lust (in the obsolete sense meaning "vigor"); strong...

M

• macky16adj. Large.
• madly11adv. Without reason or understanding; wildly.
• maily10adj. Rough, rugged.
• malky14v. To slash with an open razor.
• malty10adj. Of, pertaining to, containing, or characteristic of malt.
• mamey12n. An evergreen tree of species Mammea americana, or its edible fruit.
• mammy14n. Mamma; mother.
• mandy11n. The drug MDMA.
• mangy11adj. Afflicted, or looking as if afflicted, with mange.
• manky14adj. Unpleasantly dirty and disgusting.
• manly10adj. Having the characteristics of a man.
• manny10n. A male nanny (for children).
• manty10n. Synonym of mantou (Chinese dumpling bun).
• mardy11adj. Sulky or whining.
• marly10adj. Containing or resembling marl.
• marry10v. To enter into the conjugal or connubial state; to take a husband or a...
• marvy13adj. Great, awesome, brilliant.
• mashy13adj. Produced by crushing or bruising; resembling, or consisting of, a mash.
• massy10adj. Heavy; massive.
• matey10adj. Sociable or friendly.
• mathy13adj. Synonym of mathsy (“of or relating to mathematics”).
• matty10adj. Matted.
• mauzy19adj. Hot and humid.
• mealy10adj. Resembling meal (the foodstuff).
• meaty10adj. Of, relating to, or containing meat.
• melty10adj. Having a high tendency to melt.
• memey12adj. Characterized by or relating to memes.
• mercy12n. Relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another.
• merry10adj. Jolly and full of high spirits; happy.
• messy10adj. In a disorderly state; chaotic; disorderly.
• methy13n. The burbot.
• middy12n. A midshipman.
• miffy16adj. Easily irritated or offended.
• milky14adj. Resembling milk in color, consistency, smell, etc.; consisting of milk.
• milty10adj. Resembling or characteristic of milt.
• mimsy12adj. A nonce word in Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky.
• mincy12adj. Mincing; affectedly dainty.
• mindy11n. Knife.
• mingy11adj. Mean, miserly, stingy.
• minky14adj. Of or pertaining to minks.
• minny10n. A minnow.
• minty10adj. Having a flavor or essence of mint.
• missy10n. A young female, or miss; as a term of mild disparagement, typically...
• misty10adj. Covered in mist; foggy.
• mitty10n. The storm petrel.
• mizzy28n. A bog or quagmire.
• moany10adj. Tending to complain.
• moggy12n. A domestic cat, especially (depreciative or derogatory) a non-pedigree...
• moldy11adj. Covered with mold.
• moley10adj. Pertaining to, full of, or characteristic of moles (burrowing...
• molly10n. A woman or girl, especially of low status or prostitute.
• mommy14n. Mother.
• money10n. A generally accepted means of exchange.
• moody11adj. Given to sudden or frequent changes of mind; temperamental.
• moony10adj. Resembling the Moon.
• mopey12adj. Given to moping; in a depressed condition, low in spirits...
• mopsy12n. Synonym of moppet.
• moray10n. Any of the large cosmopolitan carnivorous eels of the family Muraenidae.
• mosey10v. To set off, get going; to start a journey.
• mossy10adj. Covered in or overgrown with moss.
• motty10adj. Full of, or consisting of, motes.
• mousy10adj. Resembling a mouse.
• mucky16adj. Covered in muck.
• muddy12adj. Covered or splashed with, or full of, mud (“wet soil”).
• muggy12adj. Humid, or hot and humid.
• muhly13n. Any of the many species of grasses of genus Muhlenbergia.
• muley10adj. Without horns.
• mummy14n. An embalmed human or non-human animal corpse wrapped in linen bandages...
• mumsy12adj. Characteristic of a mum; motherly.
• munny10n. A measure of land used in the neighbourhood of Madras.
• murky14adj. Hard to see through, as a fog or mist.
• murry10adv. Very, extremely.
• mushy13adj. Resembling or having the consistency of mush; semiliquid, pasty, or...
• musky14adj. Resembling or characteristic of musk, especially in scent.
• mussy10adj. Having been mussed: messy, rumpled.
• musty10adj. Affected by dampness or mould; damp, mildewed, mouldy.
• muzzy28adj. Blurred, hazy, indistinct, unfocussed.

N

• nabby12n. A skiff used for fishing.
• naggy10adj. Prone to nag, irritable.
• nakey12adj. Naked.
• nanny8n. A child's nurse.
• nappy12n. An absorbent garment worn by a baby or toddler who does not yet have...
• narky12adj. Irritated, in a bad mood; disparaging.
• nasty8adj. Dirty, filthy.
• natty8adj. Smart and fashionable.
• navvy14n. A laborer on a civil engineering project such as a canal or railroad.
• nebby12adj. Overly inquiring; nosey.
• neddy10n. A donkey or ass.
• needy9adj. In need; poor.
• nelly8n. A person's life.
• nervy11adj. Having nerve; bold; brazen.
• nesty8adj. Resembling or characteristic of a nest.
• netty8adj. Netted: made of or employing a net.
• newly11adv. Very recently/lately; in the immediate past.
• newsy11adj. Containing lots of news; informative.
• nifty11adj. Good, smart; useful or beneficial, often in an impressively clever way.
• nimby12adj. Not wanting to have to deal with unpleasant or distasteful things near...
• ninny8n. A silly or foolish person.
• nippy12adj. Fast; speedy.
• nitty8adj. Foolish, inane.
• nobby12adj. Wealthy or of high social position; of or pertaining to a nob (person...
• nobly10adv. In a noble manner.
• noddy10n. In full knave noddy: the jack or knave playing card.
• noisy8adj. Making a noise, especially a loud unpleasant sound.
• nonny8interj. A meaningless word used in refrains, especially in old English ballads...
• nooky12adj. Like a nook; small and secluded or cosy.
• noway11adv. In no manner or degree; not at all; nowise; no way.
• nubby12adj. Knobbly; covered with small knobs.
• nummy12adj. Delicious.
• nutsy8adj. Crazy.
• nutty8adj. Containing nuts.

O

• oddly10adv. In a peculiar manner; strangely; unusually.
• ology9n. Any branch of learning, especially one ending in “-logy”.
• onlay8v. To lay or place something on a surface.
• oopsy10interj. Synonym of oops.
• oracy10n. The ability to speak, and to understand spoken language.
• ouchy13adj. Painful, hurtful; that is expressed by the word ouch.
• ovary11n. A female reproductive organ, often paired, that produces ova in most...

P

• pacey12adj. Fast, rapid, speedy.
• pachy15n. A dinosaur of the genus Pachycephalosaurus.
• paddy12n. Rough or unhusked rice, either before it is milled or as a crop to be...
• palay10n. Paddy.
• pally10adj. Like a pal; friendly.
• palmy12adj. Of, related to, or abounding in palm trees.
• palsy10n. Complete or partial muscle paralysis of a body part, often accompanied...
• pandy11n. A fulling mill.
• panny10n. A house.
• pansy10n. A cultivated flowering plant, derived by hybridization within species...
• panty10n. An article of clothing worn as underpants by women.
• pappy14adj. Like pap; soft; mushy.
• parky14adj. Of, from, or related to a park or parks generally, especially parklike.
• parry10v. To avoid, deflect, or ward off (an attack, a blow, an argument, etc.).
• party10n. A person or group of people constituting one side in a legal...
• pasty10adj. Like paste, sticky.
• pathy13n. A therapy.
• patsy10n. A conspirator, secretly designated by co-conspirators to take full...
• patty10n. A flattened portion of ground meat or a vegetarian equivalent, usually...
• peaky14adj. Sickly; peaked.
• peary10adj. Resembling pears, pear-like.
• peasy10adj. Resembling or characteristic of peas.
• peaty10adj. Of or resembling peat; peatlike.
• peavy13n. A tool used to manipulate logs, having a thick wooden handle, a steel...
• pecky16adj. Discoloured by fungus growth or insects.
• peely10adj. Tending to peel.
• peery10n. Spinning top.
• peggy12n. Any of several small warblers, the whitethroat, etc.
• penny10n. In the United Kingdom and Ireland and many other countries, a unit of...
• peony10n. A flowering plant of the genus Paeonia with large fragrant flowers.
• peppy14adj. Full of pep; energetic, cheerful, and vigorous; bouncy.
• percy12n. A unit of Percocet.
• perky14adj. Lively and often cheerful and enthusiastic.
• perry10n. A fermented alcoholic beverage made from pears, similar to hard apple...
• pesky14adj. Annoying, troublesome, irritating (usually of an animal or child).
• pesty10adj. Annoying or troublesome; pesky.
• petty10adj. Of or relating to the lowest grade or level of school; junior, primary.
• phony13adj. Fraudulent; fake; having a misleading appearance.
• picky16adj. Fussy; particular; demanding to have things just right.
• piety10n. Reverence and devotion to God.
• piggy12n. A pig (the animal).
• pikey14n. A pike (type of fish).
• pilly10adj. Covered in pills (particles created by mechanical wear).
• pinky14adj. Pinkish.
• pinny10n. A sleeveless dress, often similar to an apron, generally worn over...
• pippy14adj. Full of pips or seeds.
• pithy13adj. Concise and meaningful.
• pitty10n. A pit bull terrier.
• platy10adj. Resembling plates.
• pocky16adj. Covered in pock marks; specifically, pox-ridden, syphilitic.
• poddy12adj. Of or pertaining to a pod or pods.
• podgy12adj. Slightly fat.
• poesy10n. A poem.
• pokey14adj. Of a room or house, of small volume, cramped.
• poley10adj. Without horns; polled.
• polly10n. A prefect at Uppingham School in Rutland, England.
• pommy14n. A pom; a person of British descent, a Briton; an Englishman.
• pondy11adj. Resembling a pond; pondlike.
• pooey10adj. Like poo; crappy, of low quality.
• poofy13adj. Of or pertaining to something that is puffy, filled with air, inflated.
• poopy12adj. Worthless; unpleasant.
• pooty10n. The female genitalia; the vulva or vagina.
• poppy14n. Any plant of the genus Papaver or the family Papaveraceae, with...
• popsy12n. Grandfather.
• porgy11n. Any of several fish of the family Sparidae of seabreams.
• porky14adj. Resembling or characteristic of pork.
• porty10adj. Resembling or characteristic of port wine.
• posey10adj. Pretentious; posturing.
• potsy10n. A children's game, similar to hopscotch, especially popular in New York.
• potty10n. A chamber pot.
• poufy13adj. Bouffant.
• pouty10adj. Tending to pout; angry in a childish or cute way; showing mock anger....
• prexy17n. A president, especially of a college or university.
• privy13adj. Private, exclusive; not public; one's own.
• prosy10adj. Unpoetic; dull and unimaginative.
• proxy17adj. Used as a proxy or acting as a proxy.
• pruny10adj. (Of skin) wrinkled, especially in reference to the rugosity of digits...
• pucky16n. Feces, excrement.
• pudgy12adj. Fat, overweight (pertaining particularly to children), plump; chubby.
• puffy16adj. Swollen or inflated in shape, as if filled with air; pillow-like.
• puggy12adj. Resembling or characteristic of a pug dog.
• pukey14adj. Resembling vomit in colour, texture, etc.
• pully10n. A pullover.
• pulpy12adj. Having the characteristics of pulp.
• pumpy14adj. Intense on the forearms.
• punky14adj. Of or pertaining to punk (touchwood); rotted or soft.
• punny10adj. Resembling a pun; involving the use of a pun.
• puppy14n. A young dog, especially before sexual maturity (12–18 months).
• purry10adj. Inclined to purr; purring.
• pushy13adj. Overly assertive, bold, or determined; aggressively ambitious.
• putty10n. A form of cement, made from linseed oil and whiting, used to fixate...
• pygmy16n. A member of various legendary races of dwarfs, or supernatural peoples...

Q

• query17n. A question, an inquiry (US), an enquiry (UK).

R

• ragey9adj. Full of rage; very angry; furious.
• raggy10adj. Raglike; like a rag.
• rainy8adj. Pouring with rain; wet; showery.
• rally8n. A public gathering or mass meeting that is not mainly a protest and is...
• rammy12adj. Of a food, taste, odour etc.: like a ram; pungent, rank.
• randy9adj. Sexually aroused; full of sexual lust.
• rangy9adj. Slender and long of limb; lanky.
• ranny8n. A shrew (the animal).

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