5-Letter Words with Y

All 1,335 five-letter words with Y: page 1 of 4

A

• abaya10n. Synonym of aba.
• abbey12n. The office or dominion of an abbot or abbess.
• abyss10n. Hell; the bottomless pit; primeval chaos; a confined subterranean ocean.
• acryl10n. The univalent radical derived from acrylic acid :- CH₂=CH-CO-.
• adays9adv. In the daytime.
• aegyo9n. Cuteness, adorableness, charm.
• agony9n. Extreme pain or anguish.
• alary8adj. Pertaining to wings.
• alday9adv. For the whole day; all day.
• alkyd13n. A synthetic resin derived from a reaction between alcohol and certain...
• alkyl12n. Any of a series of univalent radicals of the general formula CₙH₂ₙ₊₁...
• allay8v. To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm.
• alley8n. A narrow street or passageway, especially one through the middle of a...
• alloy8n. A metal that is a combination of two or more elements, at least one of...
• allyl8n. The univalent radical, CH₂=CH-CH₂-, existing especially in oils of...
• altyn8n. An obsolete Russian coin worth three kopeks.
• ambry12n. A cupboard or storage area in a church to hold books, communion...
• amity10n. Friendship; friendliness.
• amply12adv. In an ample manner; extensively; thoroughly.
• angry9adj. Displaying or feeling anger.
• annoy8v. To disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts; to...
• antsy8adj. Restless, apprehensive and fidgety.
• anyon8n. Any particle that obeys a continuum of quantum statistics, only two of...
• apply12v. To lay or place; to put (one thing to another).
• aptly10adv. In an apt or suitable manner; fittingly; appropriately; suitably.
• archy13adj. Resembling an arch; having arches; arched; arching.
• arity8n. The number of arguments or operands a function or operation takes. For...
• array8n. Clothing and ornamentation; raiment.
• arrey8interj. Expressing surprise or alarm; hey.
• arsey8adj. Unpleasant, especially in a sarcastic, grumpy or haughty manner.
• askey12adj. Looking aside.
• assay8n. Trial, attempt.
• atomy10n. A tiny particle; an atom, a mote, a speck.
• atony8n. Lack of muscle tone; flaccidity or atonia.
• atopy10n. A hereditary disorder marked by the tendency to develop localized...
• ayaya11n. The roseate spoonbill, Platalea ajaja.
• ayllu8n. A traditional family-based community in the Andes, especially among...

B

• baccy14n. Tobacco.
• badly11adv. In a bad manner.
• baggy12adj. Of clothing, very loose-fitting, so as to hang away from the body.
• bagsy11v. To make a verbal claim to.
• baity10adj. Angry, bad-tempered.
• baldy11n. Someone who is bald.
• balky14adj. Refusing to proceed or cooperate.
• bally10adj. Bloody (used as a mild intensifier).
• balmy12adj. Producing balm.
• bammy14adj. Crazy.
• bandy11v. To give and receive reciprocally; to exchange.
• banky14adj. Hilly; sloping.
• banty10adj. Bantam (small, but aggressive).
• banya10n. A type of steam bath, popular in Russia (and in some parts of Alaska as...
• barby12adj. Barbed, like the ends of an arrow cross.
• barfy13adj. Resembling vomit in colour, texture, etc.
• barky14adj. Having bark.
• barmy12adj. Containing, covered with, or pertaining to barm (“foam rising upon beer...
• barny10adj. Barn-like.
• barry10n. A field divided transversely into several equal parts, and consisting...
• barye10n. A unit of pressure under the CGS system; symbol Ba; equal to 1 dyne per...
• bashy13adj. Intensely percussive.
• bassy10adj. Describing the reproduction of sound that overemphasizes low-frequency...
• bathy13adj. Bathymetric.
• batty10adj. Mad, crazy, silly.
• bawdy14adj. Obscene; filthy; unchaste.
• bayan10n. A type of chromatic button accordion developed in Russia in the early...
• bayed11adj. Having a bay or bays.
• bayou10n. A slow-moving, often stagnant creek or river.
• beady11adj. Resembling beads; small, round, and gleaming.
• beaky14adj. Beaked: having a beak.
• beamy12adj. Resembling a beam in size and weight; massy.
• beany10adj. Resembling or characteristic of beans.
• beary10adj. Of or pertaining to a bear.
• beaty10adj. Having a pronounced beat.
• beefy13adj. Similar to, or tasting like beef.
• beery10adj. Smelling or tasting of beer.
• begay11v. To make cheerful or merry.
• belay10v. To make (a rope) fast by turning it around a fastening point such as a...
• belly10n. The abdomen (especially a fat one).
• bendy11adj. Having the ability to be bent easily.
• benny10n. An amphetamine tablet.
• bergy11adj. Containing icebergs.
• berry10n. A small succulent fruit, of any one of many varieties.
• beryl10n. A mineral of pegmatite deposits, often used as a gemstone (molecular...
• betty10n. A short bar used by thieves to wrench doors open; a jimmy.
• bevvy16v. To get drunk.
• bialy10n. A flat bread roll topped with onion flakes. Instead of a hole like a...
• biddy12n. An attractive girl.
• biffy16n. A toilet.
• biggy12n. Something large in size in comparison to similar things.
• bigly11adj. Habitable, liveable; hence delightful, pleasant, pleasing.
• bilby12n. An Australian desert marsupial of the only extant species Macrotis...
• billy10n. A fellow, companion, comrade, mate; partner, brother.
• bindy11n. A stinging burr of the bindii plant.
• binky14n. A stuffed animal, pillow, blanket, or toy that a small child is more...
• binny10n. Niger barb (Labeobarbus bynni or Barbus bynni), a species of yellowfish...
• bippy14n. An unspecified part of the anatomy, usually used in the phrase "you bet...
• birdy11adj. Resembling or characteristic of a bird.
• bitey10adj. Inclined to bite.
• bitsy10adj. Fragmented.
• bitty10adj. Containing bits; fragmented.
• bivvy16n. A small tent or shelter.
• blady11adj. Consisting of blades, or having prominent blades.
• blazy19adj. Blazing; resembling or characteristic of a blaze.
• blowy13adj. Windy or breezy.
• bluey10adj. Having a colour similar to blue.
• boaby12n. A penis.
• boaty10adj. Relating to boats.
• bobby14n. A police officer.
• bogey11n. A ghost, goblin, or other hostile supernatural creature.
• boggy12adj. Having the qualities of a bog; i.e. dank, squishy, muddy, and full of...
• boody11v. To sulk or mope.
• boogy11n. A black person.
• booky14adj. Bookish.
• boomy12adj. Characterized by heavy or undesirably loud bass sounds.
• booty10n. A form of prize which, when a ship was captured at sea, could be...
• boozy19adj. Intoxicated by alcohol.
• boppy14adj. Characteristic of bop or bebop.
• borey10n. A gated community.
• bosky14adj. Having abundant bushes, shrubs or trees.
• bossy10adj. Tending to give orders to others, especially when unwarranted...
• bothy13n. A small cottage or hut; specifically (Scotland), one often left...
• botty10n. Bottom.
• boxty17n. A traditional Irish potato pancake.
• boyar10n. A member of a rank of aristocracy (second only to princes) in Russia...
• boyer10n. A Flemish sloop with a castle at each end.
• brady11n. Bradycardia.
• brazy19adj. Crazy.
• briny10adj. Of, relating to, resembling, or containing brine (“water saturated or...
• brody11n. Intentionally spinning in circles and sliding in an automobile.
• brony10n. A (usually major, often male) fan of the animated television series My...
• bubby14n. A woman's breast.
• bucky16n. A gun.
• buddy12n. A friend or casual acquaintance.
• buffy16adj. Of a buff color.
• buggy12n. A small horse-drawn cart.
• bugsy11adj. Infested with bugs; buggy.
• bulgy11adj. Having one or more bulges; bulging.
• bulky14adj. Being large in size, mass, or volume; big, fat or muscular.
• bully10n. A person who is intentionally physically or emotionally cruel to...
• bummy14adj. Like a bum (homeless person or hobo).
• bumpy14adj. Rough; jumpy; causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements.
• bundy11n. A tree, Eucalyptus goniocalyx.
• bunny10n. A rabbit, especially a juvenile one.
• bunya10n. The bunya pine, Araucaria bidwillii, native to Queensland.
• burly10adj. Large, well-built, and muscular.
• burny10adj. Tending to burn.
• burry10adj. Abounding in burs.
• busby12n. A fur hat, usually with a plume in the front, worn by certain members...
• bushy13adj. Like a bush in having many branches that spread out densely in all...
• bussy10n. A bus driver.
• busty10adj. Having large breasts.
• butty10n. A sandwich, usually with a hot or cold savoury filling buttered in a...
• butyl10n. Any of four isomeric univalent hydrocarbon radicals, C₄H₉, formally...
• buyer10n. A person who makes one or more purchases.
• buzzy28adj. Having a buzzing sound.
• bylaw13n. A local custom or law of a settlement or district.
• byock16n. A male ostrich's black and white wing feather.
• byway16n. A road or track not following a main route; a secondary or minor road...

C

• caddy12n. A small box or tin (can) with a lid for holding dried tea leaves used...
• cagey11adj. Wary, careful, shrewd.
• calmy12adj. Tranquil; calm.
• calyx17n. The outermost whorl of flower parts, comprising the sepals, which...
• campy14adj. Characterized by camp or kitsch, especially when deliberate or...
• candy11n. Crystallized sugar formed by boiling down sugar syrup.
• canny10adj. Careful, prudent, cautious.
• canty10adj. Lively; cheerful; merry; brisk.
• cappy14adj. Having, resembling, or relating to a cap (headwear).
• carby12n. Synonym of carb (“carburetor or carburettor”).
• carny10n. A person who works in a carnival (often one who uses exaggerated...
• carry10v. To lift (something) and take it to another place; to transport...
• carty10adj. Characteristic of a carthorse.
• catty10adj. Resembling or characteristic of a cat.
• cavey13adj. Resembling or characteristic of a cave.
• celly10n. A cellmate.
• cetyl10n. The univalent hexadecyl radical C₁₆H₃₃- present in many waxes.
• chary13adj. Careful, cautious, shy, wary.
• chaya13n. A teahouse in Japan.
• chevy16n. A hunt or pursuit; a chase.
• chewy16adj. Having a pliable or springy texture when chewed.
• chyle13n. A digestive fluid containing fatty droplets, found in the small...
• chyme15n. The thick semifluid mass of partly digested food that is passed from...
• ciggy12n. A cigarette.
• cilly10n. Any predictable facet of the Enigma Machine cipher due to operator...
• civvy16n. A civilian; someone who is not in the military.
• clary10n. Clary sage (Salvia sclarea).
• coady11n. A sauce, usually made from boiled molasses, spices, and an acid such as...
• cobby14adj. Stocky.
• coily10adj. Having coils; coiling.
• cokey14adj. Cocaine-addicted.
• coley10n. Coalfish, Pollachius virens.
• colly10adj. Black as coal.
• comfy15adj. Comfortable.
• compy14n. A computer.
• condy11n. The giant Caribbean sea anemone, Condylactis gigantea.
• coney10n. The Jamaican coney (Geocapromys brownii), a hutia endemic to Jamaica.
• conky14adj. Having a prominent nose.
• conny10adj. Brave; fine; canny.
• cooky14n. Dated spelling of cookie.
• copay12v. To jointly pay with another or others.
• coppy14adj. Like or resembling a cop (police officer).
• cordy11adj. Of, or like, cord; having cords or cord-like parts.
• corky14adj. Of wine, contaminated by a faulty or tainted cork.
• corny10adj. Boring and unoriginal.
• covey13n. A brood or family of partridges (family Phasianidae), which includes...
• coyly13adv. In a coy manner.
• coypu12n. A large, crepuscular, semiaquatic rodent (Myocastor coypus) resembling...
• crapy12adj. Resembling crape.
• crazy19adj. Of unsound mind; insane; demented.
• crony10n. A close friend.
• crypt12n. An underground vault.
• cubby14n. A small, confined space.
• cuddy12n. A cabin, for the use of the captain, in the after part of a sailing...
• cully10n. A companion.
• culty10adj. Resembling a cult.
• cuppy14adj. Having the form of a cup.
• curdy11adj. Like, or full of, curd; coagulated.
• curly10adj. Having curls.
• curry10n. One of a family of dishes originating from Indian cuisine, flavored by...
• curvy13adj. Having curves.
• cushy13adj. Making few demands; comfortable, easy.
• cutty10adj. Short, shortened, or small; curtailed.
• cyano10n. A univalent functional group, -CN, consisting of a carbon and a...
• cyber12adj. Of, or having to do with, the Internet; alternative form of cyber-.
• cycad13n. Any plant of the division Cycadophyta, having a stout and woody trunk...
• cycas12n. Any member of the plant genus Cycas.
• cycle12n. An interval of space or time in which one set of events or phenomena is...
• cyclo12n. A tuk-tuk.
• cynic12n. A person whose outlook is scornfully negative.

D

• dabby13adj. Damp.
• daddy11n. Also used as a term of address: a father; one's father.
• daffy15adj. Somewhat mad or eccentric.
• daggy11adj. Uncool, unfashionable, but comfortably so.
• daily9adj. That occurs or attends every day, or at least every working day.
• dairy9n. (also dairy products or dairy produce) Products produced from milk.
• daisy9n. A wild flowering plant of species Bellis perennis of the family...
• dally9v. To waste time in trivial activities, or in idleness; to trifle.
• dancy11adj. Ready to dance.
• dandy10n. A man very concerned about his physical appearance, refined language...
• dappy13adj. Daft, foolish.
• darby11n. A specialized tool used to smooth and level the surface of wet...
• darcy11n. A (non SI) unit of permeability used in measuring the permeability of...
• darky13n. The time of darkness: night or dusk.
• darty9n. A party held in the daytime.
• dashy12adj. Calculated to arrest attention; ostentatiously fashionable; showy.
• dayan9n. A rabbinic judge.
• dayer9n. Something lasting a specified number of days.
• deady10n. (A nickname for) gin, or a particular kind of gin.
• dealy9n. An object, especially a gadget, whose name the speaker currently cannot...
• deary9n. A dear; a darling.
• debby13adj. Like a debutante.
• debye11n. The CGS unit of electric dipole moment, defined as 1 D = 10⁻¹⁸...
• decay11n. Rot; any processes or result of organic matter being gradually...
• decoy11n. A person or object meant to lure somebody into danger.
• decry11v. To denounce as harmful.
• deedy10adj. Industrious; active.
• deify12v. To make into a god.
• deity9n. Synonym of divinity: the state, position, or fact of being a god.
• delay9n. A period of time before an event occurs; the act of delaying...
• delly9adj. Having many dells.
• deoxy16adj. Describing any compound formally derived from another by replacement of...
• deray9n. Impetuosity, prowess, vigour.
• derby11n. Any of several annual horse races.
• derny9n. A motorized bicycle for paced cycling events such as keirin.
• derpy11adj. Foolish, silly.
• derry9n. Dislike.
• dewey12n. A charge of DUI.
• diary9n. A daily log of experiences, especially those of the writer.
• dicey11adj. Fraught with danger.
• diddy11n. A woman's breast.
• diety9adj. Having the quality of a diet.
• dilly9adj. Redolent of dill (the herb).
• dimly11adv. In a dim manner; not clearly.
• dimmy13adj. Somewhat dim; dimmish.
• dingy10adj. Dark, dull.
• dinky13adj. Tiny and cute; small and attractive.
• dippy13adj. Lacking common sense.
• dirty9adj. Unclean; covered with or containing unpleasant substances such as dirt...
• dishy12adj. Attractive; good-looking; sexy.
• ditsy9adj. Tending to fuss over small details.
• ditty9n. A short, simple verse or song.
• ditzy18adj. Silly or scatterbrained, usually of a young woman.
• divey12adj. Having the character of a dive, a disreputable bar or nightclub.
• divvy15n. A dividend; a share or portion.
• dizzy27adj. Experiencing a sensation of whirling and of being giddy, unbalanced, or...
• dobby13n. A device in some looms that allows the weaving of small geometric...
• doddy11n. A hornless cow.
• dodgy11adj. Evasive and shifty.
• doggy11n. A dog, especially a small one.
• doily9n. A small ornamental piece of lace or linen or paper used to protect a...
• dolly9n. A doll.
• dommy13adj. Dominating, dominant.
• doney9n. Girl, sweetheart, darling, young woman, woman.
• donny9n. Don; bloke; dude; any man.
• doody10n. Excrement, poop.
• doofy12adj. Characteristic of a doof; stupid.
• dooly9n. A basic Indian litter or sedan chair made of poles, ropes, and a seat...
• doomy11adj. Filled with doom and gloom: depressing or pessimistic.
• doozy18n. Something that is extraordinary: often troublesome, difficult or...
• dopey11adj. Stupid, silly.
• dorky13adj. Like a dork.
• dormy11n. A dormitory.
• dotty9adj. Mildly insane or eccentric; often, senile.
• dowdy13adj. Plain and unfashionable in style or dress.
• downy12adj. Having down, covered with a soft fuzzy coating as of small feathers or...
• dowry12n. Payment, such as property or money, paid by the bride's family to the...
• doyen9n. The senior, or eldest male member of a group.
• drury9n. Love, especially sexual love; courtship, sex.
• drusy9adj. Having a druse.
• dryad10n. A female tree spirit; a woodnymph or tree nymph.
• dryas9n. Any of several plants of the genus Dryas; the mountain avens.
• dryer9n. One who, or that which, dries; any device or facility employed to...
• dryly12adv. In a dry manner.
• dubby13adj. In the style of dub music; having been heavily remixed, particularly...
• duchy14n. A dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess.
• ducky15adj. Resembling or characteristic of a duck.
• duddy11adj. Ragged.
• dukey13n. A penny gaff.
• dully9adv. In a dull manner; without liveliness; without lustre.
• dummy13n. A silent person; a person who does not talk.
• dumpy13adj. Short and thick; stout or stocky.
• dungy10adj. Resembling or characteristic of dung.
• dunky13adj. Suitable for dunking; dunkable.
• dunny9adj. Somewhat dun, dusky brownish.
• duppy13n. A ghost or spirit, often appearing in the form of a dog barking or...
• duroy9n. A kind of coarse woolen cloth used in 17th century England.
• durry9n. A cigarette, especially a roll-your-own.
• dusky13adj. Dimly lit, as at dusk (evening).
• dusty9adj. Covered with dust.
• dutty9n. The ground.
• dying10adj. Approaching death; about to die; moribund.
• dykes13n. Diagonal cutting pliers; diagonal pliers; diagonal cutters; wire...
• dynam11n. A foot-pound.

E

• early8adj. At a time in advance of the usual or expected event.
• ebony10n. A hard, dense, deep black wood from various subtropical and tropical...
• edify12v. To instruct or improve morally or intellectually.
• elegy9n. A mournful or plaintive poem; a funeral song; a poem of lamentation.
• emery10n. An impure type of corundum, often used for sanding or polishing.
• empty12adj. Devoid of content; containing nothing or nobody; vacant.
• enemy10n. Someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests...
• enjoy15v. To receive pleasure or satisfaction from something.
• entry8n. The act of entering.
• envoy11n. A diplomatic agent of the second rank, next in status after an...
• epoxy17adj. Derived from an epoxide.
• essay8n. A written composition of moderate length, exploring a particular issue...
• ethyl11n. The univalent hydrocarbon radical, C₂H₅, formally derived from ethane...
• every11det. All of a countable group (considered individually), without exception.
• eyrie8n. The nest of a bird of prey.

F

• fabby15adj. Fabulous, very good, excellent.
• faddy13adj. Having characteristics of a fad.
• fairy11n. A mythical being of human form with magical powers, known in many sizes...
• fakey15adj. Fake.
• fancy13n. The imagination.
• fanny11n. The buttocks; arguably the most nearly polite of several euphemisms.
• fappy15adj. Overweight and fortunate with one's life.
• farcy13n. The horse disease glanders, especially its cutaneous form.
• farry11v. To farrow; to give birth to a litter of piglets.
• farty11adj. Resembling or characteristic of a fart; flatulent.
• fashy14adj. Espousing, characteristic of, or relating to fascism.
• fatty11adj. Containing, composed of, or consisting of fat.
• fayre11n. A fair, a market.
• feely11adj. Soft; smooth; velvety.
• felly11n. The rim of a wooden wheel, supported by the spokes.
• felty11adj. Of, pertaining to, or similar to felt.
• femmy15adj. Resembling or characteristic of a femme (a feminine gay man or lesbian).
• fenby13n. A feminine non-binary person.
• fenny11adj. Characteristic of or resembling a fen (“characteristically alkaline...
• fenty11n. Fentanyl.
• ferny11adj. Of or pertaining to ferns.
• ferry11v. To carry; transport; convey.
• festy11adj. Disgusting.
• fetty11n. Fentanyl.
• fiery11adj. Of or relating to fire.
• fifty14n. A banknote or coin with a denomination of 50.
• figgy13adj. Of or like figs.
• filly11n. A young female horse.
• filmy13adj. Resembling or made of a thin film; gauzy.
• finny11adj. Having one or more fins.
• firey11n. A firefighter.
• fishy14adj. Of, from, or similar to fish.
• fisty11adj. Involving the fists; pugilistic.
• fitly11adv. In a fit manner.
• fitty11adv. Properly; fitly.
• fizzy29adj. Containing bubbles.
• flaky15adj. Consisting of flakes or of small, loose masses; lying, or cleaving off...
• flexy18adj. Implying or indicating an ability, capacity, or tendency to flex...
• flory11adj. Decorated with fleurs-de-lis projecting from it.
• flowy14adj. Flowing; able to flow.
• flyby16n. A flight past a celestial object in order to make observations.
• flyer11n. That which flies, as a bird or insect.
• foamy13adj. Full of foam.
• fogey12n. A dull person (especially an old man) who is behind the times, holding...
• foggy13adj. Obscured by mist or fog; unclear; hazy.
• foldy12adj. Having or characterized by folds.
• foley11n. The creation of sound effects, and their addition to film and TV images.
• folky15adj. Having the character of folk music.
• folly11n. Foolishness that results from a lack of foresight or lack of...
• foody12adj. Eatable; fit for food or consumption.
• footy11n. Football (association football) (soccer in US, Canada, Australia, New...
• foray11n. A sudden or irregular incursion in border warfare; hence, any irregular...
• forby13adj. Uncommon; out of the ordinary; extraordinary; superior.
• forky15adj. Synonym of forked.

Questions about these words

How many five-letter words with Y are there?

Word.ws lists 1,335 five-letter words with Y, plus 922 rare ones.

What are common five-letter words with Y?

years, every, money, today, party, maybe, story and early.

Which of the five-letter words with Y has the highest letter score?

jazzy scores 33 points with the standard letter tile values.

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