6-Letter Words Ending in Y: page 2

All 1,074 six-letter words ending in Y: page 2 of 3

G

• gooney10n. Any of several albatrosses, especially the black-footed albatross...
• grabby14adj. Tending to grab, especially rudely or greedily.
• grainy10adj. Resembling grains; granular.
• grammy14n. Grandmother.
• grampy14n. Grandfather.
• grandy11n. A grandparent: either a grandfather or a grandmother.
• granny10n. A grandmother.
• grapey12adj. Resembling grapes.
• graphy15n. A particular spelling or written form, in the context of the French...
• grassy10adj. Covered with grass.
• greasy10adj. Having a slippery surface; having a surface covered with grease.
• greedy11adj. Having greed; consumed by selfish desires.
• greeny10adj. Greenish; somewhat green.
• grimly12adv. In a grim manner.
• grindy11adj. Resembling or characteristic of grinding.
• grippy14adj. Having a tight grip, or tending to grip well.
• grisly10adj. Horrifyingly repellent; gruesome, terrifying.
• gritty10adj. Containing sand or grit; consisting of grit; caused by grit; full of...
• groggy12adj. Slowed or weakened, as by drink, sleepiness, etc.
• groovy13adj. Of, pertaining to, or having grooves.
• grotty10adj. Unpleasant, dirty, slovenly or offensive.
• growly13adj. Resembling the sound of a growl; throaty.
• grubby14adj. Dirty, unwashed, unclean.
• grumpy14adj. Dissatisfied and irritable.
• grundy11n. A narrow-minded person or group that is overly concerned with censoring...
• grungy11adj. Dirty; shabby; in disrepair.
• grunty10adj. Making grunting sounds.
• guilty10adj. Responsible for a dishonest act.
• gurney10n. A stretcher having wheeled legs.

H

• handly13adj. Synonym of handy.
• handsy13adj. Prone to touching other people with one's hands, especially in an...
• hangry13adj. Hungry and angry, especially when the anger is induced by the hunger.
• hardly13adv. Barely, only just, almost not.
• hawkey19n. A harvest supper.
• hazily21adv. In a hazy manner; unclearly, foggily.
• headly13adj. Chief; principal; capital; (of sins) deadly.
• hearty12adj. Warm and cordial towards another person.
• heathy15adj. Resembling heath.
• henley12n. A type of knit shirt with a front placket but no collar.
• hereby14adv. By this means, action or process.
• heresy12n. A doctrine held by a member of a religion at variance or conflict with...
• heyday16n. A period of success, popularity, or power; prime.
• hickey18n. A bruise-like mark made during petting by pressing the mouth to the...
• highly16adv. In a high or esteemed manner.
• hobday15v. To operate on the larynx of a horse in order to improve its breathing.
• hockey18n. Any of a family of sports in which hockey sticks are used to move a...
• homely14adj. Characteristic of, belonging to, or befitting a home; domestic, cosy.
• homily14n. A sermon, especially concerning a practical matter.
• hominy14n. A food made from hulled corn (maize) kernels soaked in lye water...
• hookey16n. A game in which rings are thrown at a board having numbered hooks.
• hooley12n. A noisy celebration or party; also, an evening of traditional music and...
• hooray12interj. Used to express approval, joy or victory.
• horary12adj. Pertaining to an hour or hours.
• hotkey16n. A keyboard shortcut.
• hourly12adj. Occurring every hour.
• housey12adj. Resembling or characteristic of house music; houselike.
• hugely13adv. Greatly; to a huge extent.
• humbly16adv. In a humble manner.
• humpty16n. Synonym of humpty-dumpty (“an inferior player”).
• hungry13adj. Affected by hunger; having the physical need for food.
• hurley12n. A stick used in the game of hurling.
• hurray12v. To cheer with a "hurray".

I

• idiocy12n. Lack of intelligence or sense; extremely foolish behaviour.
• infamy14n. The state of being infamous.
• injury16n. Damage to the body of a living thing.

J

• jackey22n. Gin (the drink).
• jalopy18n. An old, dilapidated or unpretentious automobile.
• jangly17adj. Accompanied by a jangling sound.
• janney16n. A mummer.
• jansky20n. A non-SI unit (symbol Jy) measuring electromagnetic flux density equal...
• jaunty16adj. Airy; showy; finical.
• jersey16n. A garment knitted from wool, worn over the upper body.
• jetway19n. Synonym of jet bridge: an elevated corridor connecting an airport to a...
• jiggly18adj. That jiggles.
• jiminy18interj. An expression of mild surprise or annoyance.
• jingly17adj. That jingles, having a jingling sound.
• jitney16n. Synonym of minibus, especially one with a scheduled fixed route.
• jockey22n. One who rides racehorses competitively.
• johnny19n. A condom.
• jolley16n. One who jigs.
• jubbly20n. Female breast.
• jungly17adj. Overgrown with jungle.
• justly16adv. In a just or fair manner; rightfully.

K

• keenly13adv. In a keen manner.
• kenkey17n. A West African staple food made from a ball of boiled and fermented...
• kersey13n. A type of rough woollen cloth.
• keyway19n. A slot into which a precision attachment (a key) is fitted.
• kidney14n. An organ in the body that filters the blood, producing urine.
• kindly14adj. Having a kind personality; kind, warmhearted, sympathetic.
• kingly14adj. Of or belonging to a king or kings; exercised by a king.
• kludgy15adj. Sloppy, hasty, shoddy, or inelegant.
• knobby17adj. Resembling a knob.
• knotty13adj. Of string or something stringlike: full of, or tied up, in knots.

L

• lackey15n. A footman, a liveried male servant.
• lamely11adv. In the manner of one who is lame.
• landay10n. A traditional Afghan poetic form consisting of a single couplet, with...
• lastly9adv. Used to mark the beginning of the last in a list of items or...
• lately9adv. Recently; not long ago; of late; not long since.
• laxity16n. The state of being lax; looseness, lack of tension.
• lazily18adv. In a lazy manner.
• leeway12n. The drift of a ship or aeroplane in a leeward direction.
• legacy12n. Money or property bequeathed to someone in a will.
• lemony11adj. Resembling or characteristic of lemons, especially in terms of aroma...
• lenity9n. Leniency, mercy, forgiveness.
• levity12n. A lightness of manner or speech, frivolity; flippancy; a lack of...
• lewdly13adv. In a lewd manner.
• lighty13n. A young man; a boy.
• likely13adj. Probable; having a greater-than-even chance of occurring.
• limply13adv. In a limp manner, without support or resistance.
• linsey9n. A cloth made of linen and wool.
• litany9n. A ritual liturgical prayer in which a series of prayers recited by a...
• lively12adj. Full of life; energetic, vivacious.
• livery12n. Any distinctive identifying uniform worn by a group, such as the...
• livity12n. Harmony in a natural world and living faith.
• lonely9adj. Unhappy due to feeling isolated from contact with other people.
• loosey9n. A single cigarette, especially one sold individually.
• lordly10adj. Of or relating to a lord.
• loudly10adv. In a loud manner; at a high volume.
• lovely12adj. Delightful for beauty, harmony, or grace.
• lowboy14n. A low chest of drawers.
• lowery12adj. Dark and gloomy; threatening; lowering.
• lunacy11n. A cyclical mental disease, apparently linked to the lunar phases.
• lushly12adv. In a lush way.
• luxury16n. Very wealthy and comfortable surroundings; the state of being that they...

M

• maguey12n. Any of various large agaves of Mexico and the southern US, especially...
• mainly11adv. Of a person or thing being the driving force influencing the outcome of...
• malady12n. Any ailment or disease of the body; especially, a lingering or...
• malley11n. A gardener.
• manboy13n. An emotionally immature man.
• marchy16adj. Having the character of a march.
• margay12n. Leopardus wiedii, a spotted cat native to Central and South America.
• marshy14adj. Of, or resembling a marsh; boggy.
• matchy16adj. Color-coordinated, matching, especially to an excess.
• mauley11n. The fist.
• maundy12n. The ceremony of washing the feet of poor persons or inferiors...
• mayday15n. An international distress signal used by shipping and aircraft.
• mayfly17n. Any of the many fragile insects of the order Ephemeroptera that develop...
• maymay16n. Meme.
• meanly11adv. Humbly, of or from low social status; basely.
• measly11adj. Particularly of pigs or pork: infected with larval tapeworms or...
• medfly15n. Synonym of Mediterranean fruit fly.
• medley12n. A collection or mixture of miscellaneous things.
• meekly15adv. In a meek manner; quietly and humbly.
• melody12n. A sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase.
• melony11adj. Resembling or having the characteristics of a melon.
• memory13n. The ability of the brain to record information or impressions with the...
• merely11adv. Without any other reason etc.; only, just, and nothing more.
• mickey17n. The smallest distance that a computer mouse can move a cursor on a...
• midday13n. Noon; twelve o'clock during the day.
• midway15n. The middle; the midst.
• mighty15adj. Very strong; possessing might.
• milady12n. An English noblewoman or gentlewoman; the form of address to such a...
• mildly12adv. In a mild manner.
• minify14v. To make smaller.
• misery11n. Great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; wretchedness...
• mislay11v. To leave or lay something in the wrong place and then forget where one...
• mistry11v. To declare a mistrial in (a court case).
• modify15v. To change part of.
• moiety11n. A half.
• moisty11adj. Moist.
• monkey15n. A member of the clade Simiiformes other than those in the clade...
• monody12n. An ode, as in Greek drama, for a single voice, often specifically a...
• moosey11adj. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a moose.
• mornay11adj. Served with a white sauce containing cheese.
• mostly11adv. Mainly or chiefly; for the most part; usually, generally, on the whole.
• motley11adj. Comprising greatly varied elements, to the point of incongruity.
• mouldy12adj. Covered with mould.
• mouthy14adj. Of a dog: inclined to bite or nip.
• muchly16adv. Very much, very.
• mulley11n. A hornless or polled animal.
• mumbly15adj. Prone to mumbling.
• munchy16adj. Suitable for munching; characteristic of a snack.
• munity11n. Immunity; freedom; security.
• murphy16n. An Irish or white potato.
• murrey11n. The mulberry fruit.
• muscly13adj. Thewy, muscled.
• mutely11adv. In a mute manner.
• mutiny11n. An organized rebellion against a legally constituted authority...

N

• namely11adv. Specifically; that is to say.
• napery11n. Household linen, especially table linen.
• nearby11adj. Adjacent, near, close by.
• nearly9adv. In close approximation; almost, virtually.
• neatly9adv. In a neat manner.
• nibbly13adj. Prone to, or suitable for, nibbling.
• nicely11adv. Precisely; with fine discernment or judgement.
• nicety11n. A small detail or distinction.
• nimbly13adv. In a nimble manner.
• nobody12pron. Not any person; the logical negation of somebody.
• nonary9adj. Of ninth rank or order.
• noodly10adj. Of or pertaining to noodles (the food).
• nopony11pron. Nobody.
• notary9n. A lawyer of noncontentious private civil law who drafts, takes, and...
• notify12v. To give (someone) notice (of some event).
• nubbly13adj. Rough or lumpy.
• nudity10n. The state or quality of being without clothing on the body...
• numbly13adv. In a numb manner; without feeling.

O

• occupy15v. To fill.
• ocracy13n. Any of various forms of government or rule as designated by words...
• oddity11n. An odd or strange thing or opinion.
• odelay10interj. Expressing approval or encouragement.
• oniony9adj. Resembling an onion or onions, especially in terms of smell.
• openly11adv. In an open manner; visibly.
• orally9adv. By mouth.
• ornery9adj. Disagreeable, stubborn, and troublesome to deal with; cantankerous.
• orrery9n. A clockwork model of any given solar system.
• osprey11n. A bird of prey of genus Pandion that feeds on fish and has white...
• ossify12v. To transform (or cause to transform) from a softer animal substance...
• ostomy11n. A surgical procedure to provide an exit point for the waste of an...
• ottery9adj. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of an otter.
• outcry11n. A loud cry or uproar.
• outlay9n. A laying out or expending; that which is laid out or expended.
• overby14adv. A little way over.
• overly12adv. To an excessive degree.

P

• pacify16v. To bring peace to (a place or situation), by ending (or suppressing)...
• painty11adj. Covered or smeared with paint.
• palely11adv. In a pale manner; lightly.
• paltry11adj. Trashy, trivial, of little value.
• pantry11n. A small room, closet, or cabinet usually located in or near the...
• papacy15n. The office of a pope.
• papery13adj. Of, similar to, or related to paper.
• parity11n. Equality; comparability of strength or intensity.
• parlay11v. To carry forward the stake and winnings from a bet on to a subsequent...
• parley11n. A conference, especially one between enemies.
• parody12n. A work or performance that imitates another work or performance with...
• partay11n. A party (organised gathering of people for dancing and having fun).
• partly11adv. In part, or to some degree, but not completely.
• pastry11n. A baked food item made from flour and fat pastes such as pie crust...
• patchy16adj. Full of, or covered with, patches; abounding in patches.
• payday15n. The day of the week or month, or the specific day, on which an...
• peachy16adj. Resembling a peach, peach-like.
• pearly11n. A pale greyish white colour, tinted with blue.
• pebbly15adj. Of or containing pebbles.
• penury11n. Extreme need or want; destitution, poverty; (countable) an instance of...
• peroxy18n. The divalent radical -O-O- derived from a peroxide.
• pertly11adv. In a manner that is lively or high-spirited.
• phooey14interj. An expression of disgust, rejection, or disappointment.
• piddly13adj. Small, inconsequential, or not worth spending time on.
• pigsty12n. An enclosure where pigs are kept, either a building or part of one.
• pimply15adj. Having pimples; pimpled.
• pinchy16adj. Slightly painful, akin to being pinched.
• pinery11n. A hothouse or (tropical) area used as a plantation for the cultivation...
• piracy13n. Robbery at sea, a violation of international law; taking a ship away...
• pitchy16adj. Of, pertaining to, or resembling pitch.
• planty11adj. Vegetal, plant-related, or associated with plants.
• plenty11n. A more-than-adequate amount; plenitude; a great deal.
• plinky15adj. Characterized by plink sounds.
• ploidy12n. The number of homologous sets of chromosomes in a cell.
• plucky17adj. Having or showing pluck, courage or spirit in trying circumstances.
• plummy15adj. Of, pertaining to, containing, or characteristic of plums.
• plumpy15adj. Plump; fat; sleek.
• plushy14n. Synonym of plushie.
• poetry11n. Literature composed in verse or language exhibiting conscious attention...
• pointy11adj. Pointed in shape; having a point or points.
• policy13n. A principle of behaviour, conduct which an entity (government...
• polity11n. Organizational structure and governance, especially of a state or a...
• polony11n. A kind of sausage made of meat that has been only partly cooked.
• poochy16adj. Bulging outward.
• poorly11adv. In a poor manner or condition; without plenty, or sufficiency, or...
• portly11adj. Somewhat fat, pudgy, overweight.
• pouncy13adj. Punchy, aggressive.
• prepay13v. To pay in advance, or beforehand.
• preppy15n. A student of a prep school.
• pretty11adj. Pleasant to the sight or other senses; attractive, especially of women...
• pricey13adj. Expensive, dear.
• primly13adv. In a prim manner.
• priory11n. A monastery or convent governed by a prior or prioress.
• prissy11adj. Prim and fussy; too precise; overparticular.
• proggy13adj. Characteristic of progressive rock music.
• prolly11adv. Probably.
• pulley11n. One of the simple machines; a sheave, a wheel with a grooved rim, in...
• punchy16adj. Having a punch; effective; forceful; spirited; vigorous.
• purely11adv. Wholly; really, completely.
• purify14v. To cleanse, or rid of impurities.
• purity11n. The state or degree of being pure.
• purply13adj. Of or having somewhat of a purple color or hue.
• purvey14v. To furnish or provide.

Q

• quacky24adj. That resembles the quack of a duck.
• quarry18n. A site for mining stone, such as limestone, or slate.
• queasy18adj. Experiencing or causing nausea or uneasiness, often characterized by an...
• queeny18adj. Like a (royal) queen; queenly; queenish.
• quilly18adj. Pertaining to or resembling a quill.
• quilty18adj. Resembling or characteristic of a quilt.
• quinsy18n. A peritonsillar abscess; a painful pus-filled inflammation or abscess...
• quippy22adj. Jokey; inclined to or characterised by quipping.
• quirky22adj. Given to quirks or idiosyncrasies; strange in a somewhat silly, awkward...
• quoddy20n. Herring, especially if caught and cured (or smoked) near any of the...

R

• rambly13adj. Tending to ramble, to wander aimlessly or to make meandering...
• ramify14v. To divide into branches or subdivisions.
• raptly11adv. In a rapt manner.
• rarely9adv. Not occurring at a regular interval; seldom; not often.
• rarity9n. A measure of the scarcity of an object.
• rashly12adv. In a rash manner; hastily or without due consideration; with...
• ratify12v. To give formal consent to; make officially valid, to sign off on.
• rattly9adj. That rattles.
• really9adv. In a way or manner that is real, not unreal.
• realty9n. Real estate; a piece of real property; land.
• rebury11v. To bury again.
• recopy13v. To copy again.
• redway13n. A kind of path for use by cyclists and pedestrians in Milton Keynes...
• remedy12n. Something that corrects or counteracts.
• replay11v. To play again.
• rheumy14adj. Of, relating to, or made of rheum (“thin or watery discharge of mucus...
• richly14adv. In an attractive or manner; full of colour or detail.
• ridley10n. Any of the marine turtles of the genus Lepidochelys, found in the...
• righty13n. A right-handed person.
• ripely11adv. In a ripe way.
• roasty9adj. Having a taste that suggests roasted ingredients.
• rodney10n. A small Newfoundland wooden boat typically used by one person.
• rolley9n. A horse-drawn wheeled vehicle used in a mine.
• rootsy9adj. Unadorned; suggestive of earlier times.
• rosary9n. Prayer beads, a string of beads used to keep track of repetitions in...
• rosily9adv. In a rosy manner; optimistically.
• rotary9adj. Capable of rotation.
• roughy13n. The orange roughy, Hoplostethus atlanticus.
• rowney12n. A carthorse, load horse, or sumpter horse; a packhorse.
• rudely10adv. In a rude manner.
• ruffly15adj. Having many ruffles.
• rumbly13adj. Making a rumbling noise.
• rumney11n. A form of Greek wine popular in England and Europe during the 14th to...
• runway12n. A defined, narrow section of land or an artificial structure used for...

S

• safely12adv. In a safe manner; without risk; using caution above all else.
• safety12n. The condition or feeling of being safe; security; certainty.
• sagely10adv. In the manner of a sage, with wisdom, wisely; sagacious.
• sainty9adj. Characteristic of a saint.
• salary9n. A fixed amount of money paid to a worker, usually calculated on a...
• salesy9adj. Characteristic of the language or techniques used to sell goods and...
• sanely9adv. In a sane manner; sensibly; logically; rationally.
• sanity9n. The condition of being sane.
• sashay12n. A chassé.
• satiny9adj. Like satin, smooth and shiny, glossy.
• savory12adj. Tasty, attractive to the palate.
• sawfly15n. Any of various flying insects of the suborder Symphyta, within the...
• sawney12n. A fool, an idiot.
• scabby15adj. Affected with scabs; full of scabs.
• scally11n. A flat cap or driving cap.
• scammy15adj. Of or relating to a scam; fraudulent.
• scanty11adj. Somewhat less than is needed in amplitude or extent.
• scarry11adj. Like a scar, or rocky eminence.
• scatty11adj. Scatterbrained; flighty.
• scoopy13adj. Resembling a scoop; shaped like a scoop.
• scooty11n. A scooter or moped.
• scrapy13adj. Characteristic of a scraping sound or motion.
• screwy14adj. Crazy; silly; ridiculous.
• scully11n. An obstacle set up against military vehicles; a Czech hedgehog.
• scummy15adj. Covered in scum.
• scurfy14adj. Characterized by scurf; covered with scurf.
• scurry11v. To run with quick light steps, to scamper.
• scurvy14n. A disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C, leading to the...
• scuzzy29adj. Dirty or grimy.
• seaway12n. A lane or route at sea that is regularly used by ships; a sea lane or...
• seemly11adj. Of behavior, appropriate; suited to the occasion or purpose; becoming.
• sentry9n. A guard, particularly on duty at the entrance to a military base.
• shabby16adj. Of clothing, a place, etc.: unkempt and worn or otherwise in poor...
• shaggy14adj. Having long, thick, and uncombed hair, fur or wool.
• shammy16n. Chamois leather.
• shandy13n. A drink made by mixing beer and lemonade.
• shanny12n. A fish, the prickleback.
• shanty12n. A roughly-built hut or cabin.
• sharky16adj. Resembling or characteristic of a shark.
• shawty15pron. She or her.
• sheely12n. A shilfa, or chaffinch.
• sheeny12n. A cheat or fraudster.
• sheepy14adj. Resembling or characteristic of a sheep.
• shelly12adj. Composed of the shells of dead marine creatures.
• sheppy16n. A sheepcote.
• sherry12n. A fortified wine produced in Jerez de la Frontera in Spain, or a...
• shifty15adj. Subject to frequent changes in direction.
• shimmy16n. A dance move involving thrusting the shoulders back and forth...
• shindy13n. A shindig.
• shinny12v. To climb in an awkward manner.
• shinty12n. A game derived from hurling, and resembling hockey, played in Scotland.
• shippy16adj. Related to or characteristic of a ship (vessel).
• shirky16adj. Disposed to shirk; tending to avoid work, obligations, etc.
• shirty12adj. Ill-tempered or annoyed.
• shocky18adj. In a state of shock; suffering from shock.
• shoddy14adj. Of poor quality or construction.
• shonky16adj. Of poor or dubious quality, shoddy, unreliable; deviously dishonest...
• shooty12adj. Involving the shooting of weapons.
• shorty12n. A term of endearment for a child, younger sibling, shorter person, etc.
• shotty12n. A gauzeless pipe for smoking cannabis, more like a Vietnamese Duc Lau...
• shouty12adj. Characterized by shouting; prone to shouting.
• sickly15adj. Frequently ill or in poor health; weakly.
• simony11n. The buying or selling of spiritual or sacred things, such as...
• simply13adv. In a simple way or state; considered in or by itself; without addition...
• sinewy12adj. Tough; having strong sinews.
• singly10adv. In a single or unaccompanied manner; without a companion.
• skanky17adj. Dirty; smutty or scabby.
• skeevy16adj. Disgusting or distasteful.
• skeezy22adj. Despicable, tasteless.
• skelly13v. To squint.
• skerry13n. A small rocky island which may be covered by the sea at high tide or...
• skiddy15adj. Likely to skid, or cause skidding.
• skimpy17adj. Small or inadequate; not generous; diminutive.
• skinny13adj. Thin, generally in a negative sense (as opposed to slim, which is thin...
• skippy17adj. Characterized by skipping movements.
• skitty13adj. Skittish.
• skivvy19n. A female domestic servant, especially one employed for menial work.
• skully13n. A street game in which players attempt to flick caps into a series of...
• skunky17adj. Mean, contemptible.
• skyway19n. An aeroplane route.

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