6-Letter Words Ending in Y

All 1,074 six-letter words ending in Y: page 1 of 3

A

• abbacy15n. The dignity, estate, term, or jurisdiction of an abbot or abbess.
• acidly12adv. Sourly; tartly.
• acuity11n. Sharpness or acuteness, as of a needle, wit, etc.
• affray15n. The act of suddenly disturbing anyone; an assault or attack.
• agency12n. The capacity, condition, or state of acting or of exerting power.
• airily9adv. In an airy manner.
• airway12n. The trachea.
• alkoxy20n. Any univalent radical R-O-, or anion R-O⁻, where R is an alkyl group.
• anally9adv. Involving the anus.
• anergy10n. Dilute or disorganized energy, which cannot be transformed into work...
• angely10adj. Like or resembling an angel; angellike.
• angsty10adj. Fraught with angst.
• anyway15adv. Regardless; anyhow.
• apathy14n. Lack of emotion or motivation; lack of interest or enthusiasm towards...
• apiary11n. A place where bees and their hives are kept.
• appley13adj. Resembling apples, apple-like.
• archly14adv. In an arch manner; slyly.
• argosy10n. A merchant ship.
• armory11n. American standard spelling of armoury.
• artery9n. Any of the muscular- and elastic-walled blood vessels forming part of...
• astray9adv. Away from the proper path; in a wrong or unknown direction.
• augury10n. A divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals.
• aviary12n. A house, enclosure, large cage, or other place for keeping birds...
• avidly13adv. In an avid manner; greedily; eagerly.
• aweary12adj. Weary, tired.
• azerty18adj. Having or using the layout of a French/Francophone keyboard.

B

• bagboy14n. A man or boy employed to put clients' purchases (e.g. groceries) into...
• bailey11n. The outer wall of a feudal castle.
• bakery15n. A place in which bread (and often other baked goods such as cakes) is...
• baldly12adv. In a bald (blunt, matter-of-fact, unembellished, or lacking supporting...
• barely11adv. By a small margin.
• barley11n. A cereal of the species Hordeum vulgare or its grains, often used as...
• barney11n. A noisy argument.
• barony11n. Synonym of hundred, an English administrative division originally...
• basely11adv. In a base manner.
• batboy13n. A boy employed to watch over the bats, and assist the players in...
• bawley14n. A small fishing boat, equipped with sails, used mainly in the estuary...
• beachy16adj. Pertaining to the material making up the edge of a seashore, as with...
• beardy12adj. Bearded.
• bearly11adj. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of bears; ursine.
• beasty11adj. Synonym of beastly.
• beauty11n. The quality of being (especially visually) attractive, pleasing, fine...
• beechy16adj. Of, relating to, or containing beech trees.
• belfry14n. A tower or steeple typically containing bells, especially as part of a...
• berley11n. Material (frequently rancid) used as bait to attract fish or other...
• betony11n. Any plant of the genus Stachys.
• betray11v. To deliver into the hands of an enemy by treachery or fraud, in...
• bigamy14n. The state of having two (legal or illegal) spouses simultaneously.
• binary11adj. Being in one of two mutually exclusive states.
• biopsy13n. The removal and examination of a sample of tissue, cells, or bodily...
• blakey15n. A shoe protector (metal stud or plate affixed to the sole or heel of a...
• blamey13adj. Tending to blame others.
• blanky15adj. A mild intensifier, expressing irritation.
• blasty11adj. Resembling or characteristic of a blast or explosion.
• bleary11adj. Tired, having senses dulled by exhaustion.
• blenny11n. Blenniidae (combtooth blennies).
• blimey13interj. Used to express anger, excitement, surprise, etc.
• blingy12adj. Extravagantly showy; shiny, glittery.
• blinky15adj. Of eyes or people/animals: blinking repeatedly, prone to blink.
• bloaty11adj. Characterized by bloat or bloating.
• blobby15adj. Similar in shape to blobs; amorphous and rounded in appearance...
• blocky17adj. Resembling a block in shape.
• bloggy13adj. Having the characteristics of a blog; resembling a blog.
• blokey15adj. Associated with the mainstream male culture, particularly blue-collar.
• bloody12adj. Covered in blood.
• bloomy13adj. Having or resembling a bloom (as on fruit).
• blousy11adj. Resembling or characteristic of a blouse; loose, flowing.
• blowsy14adj. Having a reddish, coarse complexion, especially with a pudgy face.
• bluesy11adj. Characteristic of, or similar to, blues music.
• blurry11adj. Not clear, crisp, or focused; having fuzzy edges.
• blushy14adj. Suffused with blushes or blushlike hues.
• bobbly15adj. Containing bobbles.
• bodily12adj. Of, relating to, or concerning the body.
• boldly12adv. In a bold manner; with confidence.
• bootsy11adj. Bad, not good; (by extension) ugly or crazy.
• bosomy13adj. Full of sheltered hollows or recesses.
• botany11n. A branch of biology concerned with the scientific study of plants.
• botfly14n. One of several dipterous insects of the family Oestridae, the larvae of...
• bouncy13adj. Easily bounced.
• bounty11n. Generosity; also (countable) an act of generosity.
• bowery14n. Structure with roof for shade but with no walls used for public...
• brachy16n. A breve, as applied to Ancient Greek <˘>.
• braggy13adj. Prone to brag.
• brainy11adj. Very intellectually capable.
• brandy12n. An alcoholic liquor distilled from wine or fermented fruit juice.
• brassy11adj. Resembling brass.
• bratty11adj. Characteristic of a brat; unruly and impolite.
• brawly14adj. Having or characterised by brawls.
• brawny14adj. Characterized by brawn; muscular, thewy; strong.
• bready12adj. Resembling bread.
• breaky15adj. Easily broken.
• breezy20adj. With a breeze blowing, with a lively wind, pleasantly windy.
• bricky17adj. Covered with brick.
• bridey12adj. Resembling or characteristic of a bride.
• briery11n. A place where briars grow.
• broady12n. Broadcloth.
• bronzy20adj. Resembling or suggestive of a bronze color.
• broody12adj. Of birds: sitting persistently and protectively on a nest, in order to...
• browny14adj. Somewhat brown; having a brownish tinge.
• bruery11n. Heathland for grazing animals.
• brumby15n. A wild or feral horse.
• brushy14adj. Having a similar texture to a fox’s tail; brushlike, bushy.
• bryony14n. A perennial herb of the genus Bryonia, especially the common wild...
• bubbly15adj. Full of bubbles.
• bumbly15adj. Bumbling; inept or clumsy.
• bunchy16adj. Having, or growing in bunches.
• burley11n. A tobacco grown mainly in Kentucky, used in making cigarettes.
• bursty11adj. Occurring in abrupt bursts, especially of information.
• busboy13n. An assistant waiter; one who clears plates from and cleans tables.
• busily11adv. In a busy manner; actively.
• busway14n. A right of way, roadway, or lane for the exclusive use of buses...
• butchy16adj. Like or characteristic of a butch.
• byplay16n. Any action, carried out onstage during a performance, apart from the...

C

• cagily12adv. In a cagy manner.
• cakery15n. A cake shop.
• calmly13adv. In a calm manner; coolly.
• calory11n. Dated spelling of calorie.
• canary11n. A small, usually yellow, finch (genus Serinus), a songbird native to...
• canopy13n. A high cover providing shelter, such as a cloth supported above an...
• cantly11adv. With the use of cant (slang, jargon).
• carboy13n. A large, rigid bottle, originally made of glass and mainly used for...
• carsey11n. A house.
• catboy13n. A boy or man who wears a cat costume and plays the role of a cat.
• catchy16adj. Instantly appealing and memorable.
• causey11n. A causeway across marshy ground, an area of sea etc.
• cavity14n. A hollow area within the body.
• celery11n. A European herb (Apium graveolens) of the carrot family.
• chaffy20adj. Like or containing chaff.
• chalky18adj. Consisting of or containing chalk.
• chancy16adj. Uncertain; risky; hazardous.
• chappy18n. A chap; a fellow.
• charry14adj. Relating to charcoal, or partaking of its qualities.
• chasey14n. Tag (the children's game).
• chatty14adj. Of a person, chatting a lot or fond of chatting.
• chavvy20adj. Of or pertaining to a chav or something that a chav might do or use.
• cheaty14adj. Prone to cheating.
• cheeky18adj. Impudent; impertinent; impertinently bold, often in a way that is...
• cheery14adj. In a good mood, happy, cheerful.
• cheesy14adj. Of or relating to cheese.
• cheffy20adj. Of food: elaborate and complex, like that prepared by an expert chef.
• chemmy18n. The card game called chemin de fer.
• cherry14n. A small fruit, usually red, black or yellow, with a smooth hard seed...
• cherty14adj. Containing chert.
• chesty14adj. Having large breasts; busty.
• chetty14n. A member of one of various South Indian castes of merchants...
• chicky20n. Chicken.
• chilly14adj. Cold enough to cause discomfort.
• chinky18adj. Full of chinks, laden with small cracks or openings.
• chinny14adj. Having a prominent chin.
• chippy18n. A carpenter.
• chirpy16adj. In a good mood; happy and energetic.
• chitty14adj. Full of chits or sprouts.
• chivvy20v. To coerce or hurry along, as by persistent request.
• choccy18n. Chocolate.
• chokey18adj. Reminiscent of choking.
• chompy18adj. Inclined to chomp; bitey.
• choosy14adj. Taking care when choosing that what is chosen best suits one's tastes...
• choppy18adj. Having many small, rough waves.
• chubby18adj. Of a person: slightly overweight, somewhat fat, and hence plump...
• chucky20n. Chicken.
• chuffy20adj. Fat or puffed out in the cheeks.
• chummy18adj. Friendly.
• chunky18adj. Having chunks.
• cicely13n. Myrrhis odorata, a plant in the genus Myrrhis, in the family Apiaceae.
• cidery12adj. Resembling, involving, or being cider.
• claggy13adj. Sticky or tacky.
• clammy15adj. Cold and damp, usually referring to hands or palms.
• clancy13n. An overflow or spillage.
• clanky15adj. Making a clanking metallic sound.
• clappy15adj. Resembling or characteristic of a clap of the hands.
• classy11adj. Elegant, highly stylish or fashionable.
• clayey14adj. Composed of clay or containing (much) clay; clayish.
• cleary11n. A clear marble (sphere used in games), usually colored, but without...
• clergy12n. A body of persons, such as priests, who are trained and ordained for...
• clicky17adj. Easily or frequently clicking or being clicked.
• cliffy17adj. Abounding in cliffs.
• clifty14adj. Characterised by cliffs; cliffy, craggy.
• clingy12adj. Having a tendency to cling.
• clitty11n. The clitoris; clit.
• cloudy12adj. Covered with or characterised by clouds.
• clowny14n. Someone who acts in a clownlike manner.
• clubby15adj. Congenial; welcoming people as guests.
• clucky17adj. Broody.
• clumpy15adj. Forming or tending to form clumps.
• clumsy13adj. Awkward, lacking coordination, not graceful, not dextrous.
• clunky15adj. Ungainly; awkward; inelegant; cumbersome.
• codify15v. To reduce to a code, to arrange into a code.
• coldly12adv. In a cold or uncaring manner; indifferently.
• colony11n. A geographical area under the remote control of a country; especially...
• comedy14n. A choric song of celebration or revel, especially in Ancient Greece.
• comely13adj. Of a person: attractive or pleasing to look at; beautiful, handsome...
• comity13n. Courtesy and considerate behaviour towards others; social harmony.
• comply15v. To yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree, consent; to adapt...
• convey14v. To move (something) from one place to another.
• convoy14n. One or more merchant ships sailing in company to the same general...
• coochy16n. Vagina or vulva.
• coolly11adv. At a moderately low temperature.
• cosily11adv. In a cosy manner.
• costly11adj. Of high cost; expensive.
• county11n. The land ruled by a count or a countess.
• cowboy16n. A man who tends free-range cattle, especially in the American West.
• crabby15adj. Relating to or resembling crabs; crablike.
• cracky17adj. Having lots of cracks.
• crafty14adj. Skillful at deceiving others.
• craggy13adj. Characterized by rugged, sharp, or coarse features.
• crampy15adj. Characterised by cramp.
• cranky15adj. Not in good working condition; defective, faulty.
• cranny11n. A small, narrow opening, fissure, crevice, or chink, as in a wall, or...
• crawly14adj. Crawling around.
• creaky15adj. Tending to creak.
• creamy13adj. Containing cream.
• creasy11adj. Full of creases.
• creepy13adj. Moving by creeping along.
• crepey13adj. Saggy and crinkly, like crepe paper.
• cressy11adj. Abounding in cresses.
• crikey15interj. An exclamation of astonishment.
• crispy13adj. Having a crisp texture; brittle yet tender.
• croaky15adj. Like that of a frog.
• crowdy15n. A thick gruel of oatmeal and milk or water.
• cruddy13adj. Full of crud.
• cruisy11adj. Suitable to listen to when driving leisurely.
• crumby15adj. Crumbly; inclined to break into crumbs.
• crummy15adj. Bad; poor.
• crusty11adj. Having a crust, especially a thick one.
• cuddly13adj. Suitable for cuddling; designed to be cuddled.
• curacy13n. The office or position of a curate.
• curtly11adv. In a curt manner; tersely, almost rudely.
• cushty14adj. Excellent, very good.
• cutely11adv. In a cute manner.
• cutesy11adj. Overly, affectedly or unnecessarily cute; too cute to be taken...

D

• dainty10adj. Elegant; delicately small and pretty.
• dangly11adj. Dangling; tending to dangle.
• darkly14adv. With insufficient light for easy discernment or comprehension.
• deadly11adj. Causing death; lethal.
• dearly10adv. In a dear or precious manner.
• deathy13adj. Relating to death.
• deejay17n. A disc jockey.
• deeply12adv. To a deep extent or degree; very greatly.
• defray13v. To pay or discharge (a debt, expense etc.); to meet (the cost of...
• deftly13adv. In a deft manner; quickly and neatly in action.
• deploy12v. To prepare and arrange (originally military unit or units, i.e., to...
• deputy12n. One appointed as the substitute of others, and empowered to act for...
• descry12v. To announce a discovery: to disclose; to reveal.
• diddly12n. A small amount of no worth.
• dimity12n. A light strong fabric with woven stripes or squares.
• dimply14adj. Dimpled.
• dinghy14n. A small open boat, propelled by oars or paddles, carried as a tender...
• dinkey14n. A small locomotive, especially with a switch engine.
• direly10adv. In a dire manner.
• dismay12v. To cause to feel apprehension; great sadness, or fear; to deprive of...
• donkey14n. A domestic animal, Equus asinus asinus, similar to a horse.
• doodly11adj. Like a doodle; scribbly.
• doubly12adv. In a double manner; with twice the severity or degree.
• doughy14adj. Pale and flabby,.
• dourly10adv. In a dour manner.
• drably12adv. In a drab manner.
• drafty13adj. Characterized by gusts of wind; windy.
• draggy12adj. Moving or developing very slowly; tending to drag on; dull.
• drapey12adj. Tending to form drape-like folds.
• dreamy12adj. As in a dream; resembling a dream.
• dreary10adj. Drab; dark, colorless, or cheerless.
• dressy10adj. Elegant, smart, or stylish.
• drifty13adj. Tending or seeming to drift.
• drinky14n. Drink.
• drippy14adj. Dripping or tending to drip.
• drolly10adv. In a droll, odd or humorous manner.
• droney10adj. Characterized by droning.
• drooly10adj. Producing an excess of drool.
• droopy12adj. Tending to droop; sagging; wilting.
• dropsy12n. Edema, swelling.
• drowsy13adj. Inclined to drowse; heavy with sleepiness.
• druggy12adj. Acting as if on drugs; torpid, uncoordinated, etc.
• drummy14adj. Resembling or characteristic of a drum.
• dually10adv. In a dual manner; doubly.
• dugway14n. A way or road dug through a hill, or sunk below the surface of the land.
• dumbly14adv. In a silent way.
• dutchy15adj. Difficult to understand, slurred, imprecisely articulated.

E

• earthy12adj. Resembling dirt or soil (i.e. earth).
• easily9adv. Comfortably, without discomfort or anxiety.
• eatery9n. A restaurant or café; a place to purchase and eat food.
• echoey14adj. That echoes; having an echoing quality.
• ectomy13n. Any operation involving surgical excision or removal.
• ectopy13n. Abnormal position of an organ or other body part.
• eerily9adv. In an eerie manner.
• effigy16n. A dummy or other crude representation of a person, group or object that...
• embody14v. To represent in a physical or concrete form; to incarnate or personify.
• emergy12n. The total energy used in the life cycle of some product; the available...
• empery13n. An empire; the status or dominion of an emperor.
• employ13v. To retain (someone) as an employee.
• energy10n. The impetus behind all motion and all activity.
• enmity11n. The quality of being an enemy; a hostile or unfriendly disposition.
• entity9n. That which has a distinct existence as an individual unit, often used...
• equity18n. Fairness, impartiality, or justice as determined in light of "natural...
• ethoxy19n. The univalent radical CH₃CH₂O- derived from ethanol.
• eulogy10n. An oration to honor a deceased person, usually at a funeral.
• evenly12adv. So as to form a flat surface.
• evilly12adv. In an evil manner.
• exergy17n. Concentrated or organized energy, which can be exported and do work in...
• expiry18n. End; termination; expiration.

F

• factly14adv. In a manner or tone that accords with a fact-based assertion.
• fairly12adv. In a fair manner; fair; not biased or skewed or favouring a certain...
• fakery16n. Fraud or forgery, or an individual instance of this.
• fambly16n. A family.
• family14n. A group of people who are closely related to one another (by blood...
• fanboy14v. To worship, support, drool over the object of affection; to be a fanboy.
• fartsy12adj. Only used in artsy-fartsy.
• fastly12adv. In a secure or firm manner; securely.
• faulty12adj. Having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable.
• fealty12n. Fidelity to one's lord or master; the feudal obligation by which the...
• feebly14adv. In a feeble manner.
• feisty12adj. Tenacious, energetic, spunky.
• felony12n. A serious criminal offense, which, under United States federal law, is...
• femboy16n. A (typically young) male or non-binary individual who adopts a feminine...
• fiddly14adj. Requiring dexterity to operate.
• fieldy13adj. Open, like a field; widespread.
• fighty16adj. Inclined or prone to fight.
• filthy15adj. Covered with filth; very dirty.
• finely12adv. So as to produce a fine texture; into small, thin, or delicate pieces.
• finery12n. Ornament; decoration; especially, excessive decoration; showy clothes...
• finity12n. The state or characteristic of being limited in number or scope.
• firmly14adv. In a firm or definite or strong manner.
• fixity19n. The state or condition of being fixed; Fixation.
• flabby16adj. Yielding to the touch, and easily moved or shaken; hanging loose by its...
• flaggy14adj. Tending to split into layers like flagstones.
• flappy16adj. That flaps.
• flashy15adj. Showy; visually impressive, attention-getting, or appealing.
• flatly12adv. In a physically flat or level manner.
• flatty12n. A flatfish.
• fleecy14adj. Resembling or covered in fleece.
• fleshy15adj. Of, related to, or resembling flesh.
• flicky18adj. Easily flicked; thus, light and fast.
• flimsy14adj. Likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged; frail...
• flinty12adj. Resembling or containing flint; hard like flint.
• flippy16adj. Having a tendency to flip.
• flirty12adj. Flirting, or seeming to flirt.
• floaty12adj. Tending to float on a liquid or to rise in air or a gas; buoyant.
• floody13adj. Pertaining to or characteristic of a flood or flooding.
• floofy15adj. Feathery; puffy, light, airy or windswept.
• floppy16adj. Limp, not hard, firm, or rigid; flexible.
• flopsy14adj. Synonym of floppy.
• flossy12adj. Resembling floss.
• floury12adj. Resembling flour.
• fluffy18adj. Covered with fluff.
• flukey16adj. Lucky.
• flunky16n. One performing menial or miscellaneous duties.
• flurry12n. A light, brief snowfall; a shower of snow.
• flyboy17n. An aircraft pilot, especially of a military combat aircraft.
• flyway18n. A migratory route used by birds between breeding areas.
• folksy16adj. Characteristic of common folk.
• fondly13adv. In a fond manner; affectionately; tenderly.
• foully12adv. In a foul manner; revoltingly.
• fraidy13adj. Afraid.
• franky16n. Synonym of Frankenstein.
• fratty12adj. Resembling or characteristic of a frat boy in behavior or appearance.
• freaky16adj. Resembling a freak.
• freely12adj. Free; frank.
• freezy21adj. Chilled to the point of freezing.
• frenzy21n. A state of wild activity or panic.
• fretty12adj. Covered with a lattice-like pattern of diagonally interlaced bendlets...
• friary12n. A house or convent where friars (members of certain religious...
• frilly12adj. Having frills; frilled.
• fringy13adj. Beyond the mainstream.
• frisky16adj. Abounding in energy or playfulness.
• frizzy30adj. Formed of a mass of small, tight, wiry curls; unruly or extending in...
• froggy14n. A frog.
• frosty12adj. Cold, chilly; icy.
• frothy15adj. Foamy or churned to the point of becoming infused with bubbles.
• frowny15adj. Frowning.
• fruity12adj. Containing fruit or fruit flavoring.
• frumpy16adj. Dowdy, unkempt, or unfashionable.
• furphy17n. An erroneous or improbable story; also, a rumour.

G

• gadfly14n. Any dipterous (“two-winged”) insect or fly of the family Oestridae...
• gaiety10n. The state of being happy or merry.
• galaxy17n. Any of the collections of many millions or billions of stars, galactic...
• galley10n. A long, slender ship propelled primarily by oars, whether having masts...
• gamely12adj. Sportive; lively; joyful.
• gamify15v. To convert into the form of a game.
• gangly11adj. Tall and thin, especially so as to cause physical awkwardness.
• gantry10n. A framework of steel bars resting on side supports to bridge over or...
• garvey13n. A type of boat which was originally flat-bottomed, reminiscent of a...
• gatsby12n. A snack consisting of a baguette filled with French fries, sauce, and...
• gently10adv. Without strong force or quickness: softly, lightly.
• gentry10n. Birth; condition; rank by birth.
• ghosty13adj. Ghostly.
• giggly12adj. Prone to giggling.
• girthy13adj. Of significant girth; wide.
• gladly11adv. In a glad manner; happily.
• glammy14adj. Having a glam style; glamorous.
• glassy10adj. Of or like glass, especially in being smooth and somewhat reflective.
• glibly12adv. In a glib manner.
• glitzy19adj. Brilliantly showy.
• glizzy28n. A Glock, a handgun.
• gloomy12adj. Not very illuminated; dim because of darkness, especially when...
• gloopy12adj. Having a glutinous, sloppy consistency.
• gloppy14adj. Gooey and viscous.
• glossy10adj. Having a smooth, silklike, reflective (shiny) surface.
• glumly12adv. In a glum manner.
• gnarly10adj. Having or characterized by gnarls; gnarled.
• goodly11adj. Good; pleasing in appearance; attractive; comely; graceful; pleasant...
• googly11n. A ball, bowled by a leg-break bowler, that spins from off to leg (to a...

Questions about these words

How many six-letter words ending in Y are there?

Word.ws lists 1,074 six-letter words ending in Y, plus 1,384 rare ones.

What are common six-letter words ending in Y?

really, family, pretty, energy, likely, county, policy and simply.

Which of the six-letter words ending in Y has the highest letter score?

whizzy scores 33 points with the standard letter tile values.

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