5-Letter Words with Y: page 3

All 1,335 five-letter words with Y: page 3 of 4

N

• 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.
• noyan8n. A prince in feudal Mongolia.
• nubby12adj. Knobbly; covered with small knobs.
• nummy12adj. Delicious.
• nutsy8adj. Crazy.
• nutty8adj. Containing nuts.
• nyala8n. A southern African antelope, Tragelaphus angasii (syn. Nyala angasii)...
• nyasa8n. The touching of various parts of one's body while chanting specific...
• nyayo11n. A person's precedent or example.
• nygma11n. A spot on the wings of certain endopterygotes, having a peculiar dense...
• nylon8n. Originally, the DuPont company trade name for polyamide, a copolymer...
• nymph15n. Any female nature spirit associated with water, forests, grottos, wind...
• nyssa8n. A tree of the genus Nyssa.

O

• octyl10n. Any of very many isomeric univalent hydrocarbon radicals, C₈H₁₇...
• oddly10adv. In a peculiar manner; strangely; unusually.
• okiya12n. The lodging-house of a geisha.
• 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.
• oroya8n. A hanging basket attached to a cable, anciently used in South America...
• 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.
• panya10n. A large earthenware jar.
• 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...
• payam12n. A subdivision of a county in parts of South Sudan and Sudan.
• payee10n. One to whom money is paid.
• payer10n. One who pays; specifically, the person by whom a bill or note has been...
• payor10n. One who makes a payment.
• 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.
• physa13n. Any of several species of freshwater snails, included in the family...
• phyto13n. A phytosanitary certificate.
• 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.
• playa10n. A level area which habitually fills with water that evaporates entirely.
• 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.
• polyp12n. A cylindrical coelenterate, such as the hydra, having a mouth...
• 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....
• praya10n. A promenade or drive located beside the seashore in Hong Kong.
• 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...
• pryer10n. A person who pries; a pry.
• psych15n. A psychiatric hospital or other treatment facility; also, a psychiatric...
• psyop12n. An instance of psyops: a psychological operation, usually of a...
• 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...
• pylon10n. A gateway to the inner part of an Ancient Egyptian temple.
• pyran10n. Any of a class of unsaturated heterocyclic compounds containing a ring...
• pyrex17n. A kind of heat-resistant borosilicate glass, made by mixing a high...
• pyxis17n. A small box.

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).
• ranty8adj. Characterised by ranting.
• rapey10adj. Sexually aggressive or inappropriate in a way that causes fear or...
• rashy11adj. Exhibiting a rash.
• raspy10adj. Rough, raw.
• ratty8adj. Resembling or characteristic of a rat; ratlike.
• ravey11adj. Characteristic of rave music or culture.
• rawly11adv. In a raw manner.
• rayon8n. A manufactured regenerated cellulosic fiber.
• ready9adj. Prepared for immediate action or use.
• rebuy10v. To buy again, especially to buy something previously sold (or pawned).
• reddy10adj. Somewhat red in colour.
• reedy9adj. Full of, or edged with, reeds.
• reify11v. To regard something abstract as if it were a concrete material thing.
• rekey12v. To enter information into a device, such as a keyboard or keypad, after...
• 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.
• renny8n. A non-binary parent.
• repay10v. Synonym of pay back in all senses.
• reply10v. To give a written or spoken response, especially to a question...
• retry8v. To try or attempt again.
• rhyme13n. Rhyming verse (poetic form).
• rhyne11n. A kind of Russian hemp.
• ribby12adj. Pertaining to or having ribs; ribbed.
• ricey10adj. Containing rice.
• ridgy10adj. Rising in a ridge or ridges; having ridges.
• rindy9adj. Having a rind or skin.
• ringy9adj. Having a ringing or reverberating sound.
• rippy12adj. Resembling or characteristic of ripping or tearing.
• risky12adj. Dangerous; involving risks.
• ritzy17adj. Elegant and luxurious.
• riyal8n. The official currency of Qatar, divided into 100 dirhams.
• riyaz17n. The rigorous practice of Hindustani classical music.
• rizzy26adj. Having or relating to rizz; charming, affectionate, seductive.
• roary8adj. Resembling or characteristic of a roaring sound.
• rocky14adj. Abounding in, or full of, rocks; consisting of rocks.
• roddy10adj. Full of rods or twigs.
• rolly8adj. Rolling; having the ability to roll, usually due to wheels attached on...
• rooky12adj. Full of rooks.
• roomy10adj. Spacious, expansive, comfortable.
• rooty8adj. Full of roots.
• rorty8adj. Boisterous, rowdy, saucy, dissipated, or risqué.
• rowdy12adj. Loud and disorderly; riotous; boisterous.
• royal8adj. Of or relating to a monarch or his (or her) family.
• rubby12n. Rubbing alcohol.
• ruddy10adj. Reddish in color, especially of the face, fire, or sky.
• rugby11n. A form of football in which players can hold or kick an ovoid ball...
• rummy12n. A card game with many rule variants, conceptually similar to mahjong.
• rumpy12n. A Manx cat with virtually no tail, particularly prized among Manx...
• runny8adj. Fluid; readily flowing.
• runty8adj. Having the characteristics of a runt; small and stunted; diminutive.
• rushy11adj. Abounding in rushes.
• rusty8adj. Marked or corroded by rust.
• rutty8adj. Imprinted with ruts.
• ryder9n. A gold coin of Zealand (Netherlands) worth 14 florins.

S

• sadly9adv. In a sad manner; sorrowfully.
• saggy10adj. Baggy or loose-fitting.
• sally8n. A willow.
• salty8adj. Tasting of salt.
• samey10adj. Exhibiting sameness, without variety; monotonous.
• sammy12v. To moisten (animal skins) with water.
• sandy9adj. Covered with sand.
• sanny8n. Hand sanitiser.
• sappy12adj. Excessively sweet, emotional, nostalgic; cheesy; mushy. (British...
• sarky12adj. Synonym of sarcastic.
• sassy8adj. Bold and spirited, often towards someone in authority; cheeky...
• satay8n. A dish made from small pieces of meat or fish grilled on a skewer and...
• satyr8n. A sylvan deity or demigod, male companion of Pan or Dionysus...
• saucy10adj. Similar to sauce; having the consistency or texture of sauce.
• saury8n. A marine epipelagic fish of the family Scomberesocidae, with beaklike...
• savvy14adj. Shrewd, well-informed and perceptive.
• sayer8n. One who says; one who makes announcements; a crier.
• sayon8n. A medieval peasant's sleeveless jacket.
• scaly10adj. Covered or abounding with scales.
• scary10adj. Causing fear or anxiety.
• scray10n. A tern; the sea swallow.
• sealy8adj. Resembling or characteristic of a seal (the animal).
• seamy10adj. Sordid, squalid or corrupt.
• seedy9adj. Containing or full of seeds.
• selfy11adj. Relating to the phenomenological human sense of self.
• selly8adj. Rare; wonderful; admirable.
• sendy9adj. Daring, intense, going all-out.
• sepoy10n. A native soldier of the East Indies, employed in the service of a...
• serry8v. To crowd, press together, or close (rank).
• shady12adj. Abounding in shades.
• shaky15adj. Shaking or trembling.
• shaly11adj. Pertaining to or resembling shale.
• shiny11adj. Reflecting light.
• shoey11n. A shoe.
• showy14adj. Making a striking or aesthetically pleasing display.
• shoyu11n. A dark form of soy sauce.
• shyer11n. A horse that shies.
• shyly14adv. In a shy manner.
• sibyl10n. A pagan female oracle or prophetess, especially the Cumaean sibyl.
• sicky14adj. Covered in vomit.
• sidey9adj. Exhibiting side, or unjustified self-importance; arrogant.
• silky12adj. Similar in appearance or texture (especially in softness and...
• silly8adj. Laughable or amusing through foolishness or a foolish appearance.
• silty8adj. Having a noticeable amount of silt.
• silyl8n. The radical SiH₃ derived from silane.
• simpy12adj. Characteristic of a simp; foolish.
• sippy12n. A little sip; less than a serving of some particular drink.
• sissy8n. A male crossdresser who adopts feminine behaviours.
• sixty15n. A commercial lasting 60 seconds.
• skype14v. To make (a telephone call) using Skype software.
• slaty8adj. Resembling the rock slate.
• slimy10adj. Of or pertaining to slime.
• sloyd9n. A Scandinavian system of handicraft-based education that emphasizes the...
• slyly11adv. In a sly manner, cunningly.
• smexy17adj. Embodying the qualities of sex appeal and intelligence.
• smoky14adj. Filled with smoke.
• snaky12adj. Resembling or relating to snakes; snakelike.
• snowy11adj. Marked by snow; characterized by snow.
• soapy10adj. Resembling soap.
• socky14adj. Socklike.
• softy11n. Somebody who finds it difficult to scold or punish.
• soggy10adj. Soaked with moisture or other liquid.
• songy9adj. Song-like.
• sonny8n. A familiar form of address for a boy.
• sooky12adj. Complaining, whingeing, sad; jealous.
• sooty8adj. Of, relating to, or producing soot.
• sophy13n. Any one of the various fields of study whose names end in -sophy.
• soppy12adj. Very wet; sodden, soaked.
• sorry8adj. Regretful or apologetic for one's actions.
• soupy10adj. Resembling soup; creamy.
• spacy12adj. Spaced-out.
• spicy12adj. Of, pertaining to, or containing spice.
• spiky14adj. Of a plant: producing spikes (“ears (as of corn); inflorescences in...
• spiny10adj. Covered in spines or thorns.
• splay10v. To spread, spread apart, or spread out (something); to expand.
• spray10n. A fine, gentle, dispersed mist of liquid.
• stagy9adj. Theatrical.
• stays8n. A corset.
• stewy11adj. Stew-like, similar to stew.
• stony8adj. As hard as stone.
• story8n. An account of real or fictional events.
• stray8n. Any domestic animal that lacks an enclosure, proper place, or company...
• stroy8v. To destroy.
• study9v. To review materials already learned in order to make sure one does not...
• style8n. A sharp stick used for writing on clay tablets or other surfaces; a...
• stylo8n. A stylographic pen.
• subby12adj. Submissive (in regard to BDSM roles).
• sucky14adj. Suitable for sucking.
• sudsy9adj. Having suds; having froth or lather like soapy water.
• sulky12n. A light, two-wheeled, horse-drawn cart used in harness racing.
• sully8v. To soil or stain; to dirty.
• summy12n. Somersault.
• sunny8adj. Featuring a lot of sunshine.
• surfy11adj. Of a shore, having lots of breaking waves.
• surly8adj. Irritated, bad-tempered, unfriendly.
• surry8n. Friend.
• sylph13n. An invisible being of the air.
• synod9n. An ecclesiastic council or meeting to consult on church matters.
• synth11n. A musical synthesizer.
• syrah11n. A dark-skinned variety of grape, used to produce red wines.
• syrup10n. Any thick liquid that has a high sugar content and which is added to or...
• sysop10n. An administrator on a wiki.

T

• tabby12n. A kind of waved silk, usually called watered silk, manufactured like...
• tachy13n. Tachycardia.
• tacky14adj. Of a substance, slightly sticky.
• taddy10n. A tadpole.
• taffy14n. A soft, chewy candy made from boiled sugar, molasses, or corn syrup and...
• talky12adj. Talkative or loquacious.
• tally8interj. Target sighted.
• tammy12n. A kind of woolen, or woolen and cotton, cloth, often highly glazed...
• tangy9adj. Having a sharp, pungent flavor.
• tanky12adj. Having a dank quality resulting from excessive ageing in a tank.
• tansy8n. A herbaceous plant with yellow flowers, of the genus Tanacetum...
• tanty8n. A tantrum.
• tappy12adj. Resembling a tapping sound.
• tardy9adj. Late; overdue or delayed.
• tarry8v. To delay; to be late or tardy in beginning or doing anything.
• tarty8adj. Like a tart (promiscuous woman); slutty, whorish.
• tasty8adj. Having a pleasant or satisfying flavor.
• tatty8n. A potato.
• tawny11adj. Of a light brown to brownish orange colour; orangey brown tinged with...
• teary8adj. Of a person, having eyes filled with tears; inclined to cry.
• techy13adj. Technical, of or related to technology.
• teddy10n. Any stuffed toy.
• teeny8adj. Very small; tiny.
• telly8n. Television.
• terry8n. A type of coarse cotton fabric covered in many small raised loops that...
• testy8adj. Easily annoyed, irritable.
• thyme13n. Any plant of the labiate genus Thymus, such as garden thyme (Thymus...
• tibby12n. A person's head.
• ticky14adj. Infested with ticks (the tiny woodland arthropod of the order Acarina).
• tiddy10n. The European wren.
• tiffy14adj. Easily offended; apt to be annoyed.
• tiggy10n. The children′s game tag.
• tilly8n. An extra product given to a customer at no additional charge; a...
• tinny8adj. Of or pertaining to or resembling tin.
• tippy12adj. Clever, neat, smart.
• tipsy10adj. Slightly drunk, fuddled, staggering, foolish as a result of drinking...
• titty8n. A kitten.
• tizzy26n. A state of nervous excitement, confusion, or distress; a dither.
• toady9v. To behave like a toady (toward someone).
• today9adv. On the current day or date.
• toddy10n. The sweet sap from any of several tropical trees fermented to make an...
• tokay12n. A variety of grape grown in eastern Hungary and in eastern Slovakia.
• tommy12n. A British infantryman, especially one from World War I. Ellipsis of...
• tonya8n. A trade broker in Japan, usually a wholesaler, warehouse manager, or...
• toony8adj. Cartoony.
• toppy12adj. Top-heavy.
• tosyl8n. Toluenesulfonyl, phenylmethylsulfonyl.
• totty8n. Sexually attractive women considered collectively; usually connoting a...
• towny11adj. Characteristic of a town.
• toyon8n. A chiefly Californian ornamental evergreen shrub (Photinia arbutifolia...
• truly8adv. In accordance with the facts; truthfully, accurately.
• tryna8v. Future modal indicating intent.
• tryst8n. A prearranged meeting or assignation, now especially between lovers to...
• tubby12adj. Stout, rotund.
• tufty11adj. Having the form of or resembling a tuft (“a bunch of grass, hair, etc....
• tummy12n. The stomach or belly.
• tunny8n. Synonym of tuna.
• turny8adj. Characterized by turns or a turning motion.
• tusky12adj. Having tusks, especially prominent tusks.
• tutty8n. A powdered form of impure zinc oxide used for polishing.
• tying9n. Action of the verb to tie; ligature.
• typed11adj. Typewritten.
• typee10n. Intense lovesickness; infatuation, limerence.
• typer10n. A typewriter.
• typic12adj. Relating to a type.
• tyran8v. To act tyrannically towards.
• tyred9adj. Having a certain number, or type, of tyre.

U

• ukiyo12n. Hedonistic urban culture of the Edo period.
• unary8adj. Consisting of or involving a single element or component.
• unify11v. Cause to become one; make into a unit; consolidate; merge; combine.
• unity8n. Oneness: the state or fact of being one undivided entity.
• unsay8v. To withdraw, retract (something said).
• uplay10v. To lay up; hoard.
• usury8n. An exorbitant rate of interest, in excess of any legal rates or at...

V

• vacay13n. A vacation.
• vampy15adj. Resembling or characteristic of a vamp; tending toward indecency.
• vasty11adj. Vast.
• veery11n. An American thrush (Catharus fuscescens) common in the Northern United...
• veiny11adj. Having prominent veins.
• vibey13adj. Having a vibe; atmospheric and trendy.
• viddy13n. A video or video recording.
• vinny11adj. Vinewed, mouldy.
• vinyl11n. The univalent radical CH₂=CH−, derived from ethylene.

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