Words Ending in AY

2-letter words ending in AY

• ay5interj. Ah! alas! Expressing anger, alarm, frustration, pain, etc.

3-letter words ending in AY

• bay8n. A body of water (especially the sea) contained by a concave shoreline.
• cay8n. A small, low island largely made of sand or coral.
• day7n. The time when the Sun is above the horizon and it lights the sky.
• fay9v. To join (pieces of timber) tightly. The long edges of the staves of a...
• gay7adj. Only possessing sexual and/or romantic attraction towards people one...
• hay9n. Grass cut and dried for use as animal fodder.
• jay13n. Any of the numerous species of birds belonging to several genera within...
• kay10n. The name of the Latin script letter K/k.
• lay6v. To place down in a position of rest, or in a horizontal position.
• may8v. To be able to go.
• nay6n. A vote against.
• pay8v. To give money or other compensation to in exchange for goods or...
• ray6n. A beam of light or radiation.
• say6v. To pronounce.
• tay6n. Tea.
• way9n. A road, a direction, a (physical or conceptual) path from one place to...
• yay9interj. An expression of happiness.
• zay15n. Zayin, the seventh letter of many Semitic alphabets.

4-letter words ending in AY

• abay9n. Barking or baying of dogs at their prey.
• amay9v. To dismay; confound; be dismayed.
• away10adv. From a place, hence.
• blay9n. The bleak (fish).
• bray9v. Of an animal (now chiefly of animals related to the ass or donkey, and...
• chay12n. The letter ⟨/⟩, which stands for the ch sound /tʃ/, in Pitman shorthand.
• clay9n. A mineral substance made up of small crystals of silica and alumina...
• cray9n. A crayfish or lobster.
• dray8n. Any of various forms of low horse-drawn cart or wagon, often without...
• flay10v. To cause to fly; put to flight; drive off (by frightening).
• fray10v. To rub or wear away (something); to cause (something made of strands...
• gray8adj. Of a color between black and white, having neutral hue and intermediate...
• olay7n. Palm leaves, prepared for being written upon with a steel-tipped stylus.
• play9v. To act in a manner such that one has fun; to engage in activities...
• pray9v. To direct words, thoughts, or one's attention to a deity or any higher...
• quay16n. A stone or concrete structure on navigable water used for loading and...
• shay10n. A chaise.
• slay7v. To kill; to murder.
• spay9v. To destroy or remove the ovaries or uterus (of a female animal) to...
• stay7v. To remain in a particular place, especially for a definite or short...
• suay7adj. Unlucky, unfortunate.
• sway10n. The act of swaying; a swaying motion; a swing or sweep of a weapon.
• tray7n. A small, typically rectangular or round, flat, and rigid object upon...

5-letter words ending in AY

• alday9adv. For the whole day; all day.
• allay8v. To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm.
• array8n. Clothing and ornamentation; raiment.
• assay8n. Trial, attempt.
• begay11v. To make cheerful or merry.
• belay10v. To make (a rope) fast by turning it around a fastening point such as a...
• byway16n. A road or track not following a main route; a secondary or minor road...
• copay12v. To jointly pay with another or others.
• decay11n. Rot; any processes or result of organic matter being gradually...
• delay9n. A period of time before an event occurs; the act of delaying...
• deray9n. Impetuosity, prowess, vigour.
• essay8n. A written composition of moderate length, exploring a particular issue...
• foray11n. A sudden or irregular incursion in border warfare; hence, any irregular...
• howay14interj. A general cry of encouragement.
• inlay8v. To place (pieces of a foreign material) within another material to form...
• islay8n. Prunus ilicifolia, a traditional Native American food plant in southern...
• ixnay15interj. No.
• moray10n. Any of the large cosmopolitan carnivorous eels of the family Muraenidae.
• noway11adv. In no manner or degree; not at all; nowise; no way.
• onlay8v. To lay or place something on a surface.
• palay10n. Paddy.
• 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.
• repay10v. Synonym of pay back in all senses.
• satay8n. A dish made from small pieces of meat or fish grilled on a skewer and...
• scray10n. A tern; the sea swallow.
• splay10v. To spread, spread apart, or spread out (something); to expand.
• spray10n. A fine, gentle, dispersed mist of liquid.
• stray8n. Any domestic animal that lacks an enclosure, proper place, or company...
• today9adv. On the current day or date.
• tokay12n. A variety of grape grown in eastern Hungary and in eastern Slovakia.
• unsay8v. To withdraw, retract (something said).
• uplay10v. To lay up; hoard.
• vacay13n. A vacation.
• waaay11adv. Elongated form of way.
• yaaay11interj. Elongated form of yay.

6-letter words ending in AY

• affray15n. The act of suddenly disturbing anyone; an assault or attack.
• airway12n. The trachea.
• anyway15adv. Regardless; anyhow.
• astray9adv. Away from the proper path; in a wrong or unknown direction.
• betray11v. To deliver into the hands of an enemy by treachery or fraud, in...
• busway14n. A right of way, roadway, or lane for the exclusive use of buses...
• byplay16n. Any action, carried out onstage during a performance, apart from the...
• deejay17n. A disc jockey.
• defray13v. To pay or discharge (a debt, expense etc.); to meet (the cost of...
• dismay12v. To cause to feel apprehension; great sadness, or fear; to deprive of...
• dugway14n. A way or road dug through a hill, or sunk below the surface of the land.
• flyway18n. A migratory route used by birds between breeding areas.
• heyday16n. A period of success, popularity, or power; prime.
• hobday15v. To operate on the larynx of a horse in order to improve its breathing.
• hooray12interj. Used to express approval, joy or victory.
• hurray12v. To cheer with a "hurray".
• jetway19n. Synonym of jet bridge: an elevated corridor connecting an airport to a...
• keyway19n. A slot into which a precision attachment (a key) is fitted.
• landay10n. A traditional Afghan poetic form consisting of a single couplet, with...
• leeway12n. The drift of a ship or aeroplane in a leeward direction.
• margay12n. Leopardus wiedii, a spotted cat native to Central and South America.
• mayday15n. An international distress signal used by shipping and aircraft.
• maymay16n. Meme.
• midday13n. Noon; twelve o'clock during the day.
• midway15n. The middle; the midst.
• mislay11v. To leave or lay something in the wrong place and then forget where one...
• mornay11adj. Served with a white sauce containing cheese.
• odelay10interj. Expressing approval or encouragement.
• outlay9n. A laying out or expending; that which is laid out or expended.
• parlay11v. To carry forward the stake and winnings from a bet on to a subsequent...
• partay11n. A party (organised gathering of people for dancing and having fun).
• payday15n. The day of the week or month, or the specific day, on which an...
• prepay13v. To pay in advance, or beforehand.
• redway13n. A kind of path for use by cyclists and pedestrians in Milton Keynes...
• replay11v. To play again.
• runway12n. A defined, narrow section of land or an artificial structure used for...
• sashay12n. A chassé.
• seaway12n. A lane or route at sea that is regularly used by ships; a sea lane or...
• skyway19n. An aeroplane route.
• subway14n. An underground railway, especially for mass transit of people in urban...
• sunray9n. A beam of sunlight; a sunbeam.
• tambay13n. An idler; a layabout.
• teejay16n. At Winchester College, a new boy placed under the care of older pupils.
• veejay19n. Someone who presents a television programme of videos; a video jockey.
• waylay15v. To lie in wait for and attack from ambush.

7-letter words ending in AY

• airplay12n. The playing of a particular song, band or genre on the radio, or the...
• archway18n. A passageway covered by an arch, particularly one made of masonry.
• ashtray13n. A receptacle for ash and butts from cigarettes and cigars.
• beltway15n. A freeway that encircles a city.
• caraway15n. A biennial plant of species Carum carvi, native to Europe and Asia...
• cosplay14n. The art or practice of costuming oneself as a (usually fictional)...
• cutaway15n. A men's coat with the front cut back away from the waist, as worn on...
• daresay11v. Chiefly in the form I daresay: to venture to say (as the speaker...
• display13n. A show or spectacle.
• doorway14n. The passage of a door; a door-shaped entrance into a house or a room.
• fairway16n. The area between the tee and the green, where the grass is cut short.
• faraday14n. The quantity of electricity required to deposit or liberate 1 gram...
• faraway16adj. Distant.
• freeway16n. A highway with grade-separated crossings (rather than level crossings)...
• gameday14n. The day on which a sports team plays a game.
• gangway15n. An aisle between rows of seating (especially in a train, aircraft or...
• gateway14n. A passage that can be closed by use of a gate.
• getaway14n. A means of escape.
• gunplay13n. The discharge of firearms, usually with violent intent and in...
• halfway19adv. Half of the way between two points.
• hallway16n. A corridor in a building that connects rooms.
• headway17n. A movement ahead or forward.
• hearsay13n. Information that was heard by one person about another that cannot be...
• highway20n. A main public road, especially a multi-lane, high-speed thoroughfare.
• holiday14n. A day on which a religious event or secular celebration is...
• laneway13n. A narrow roadway; a lane.
• layaway16n. A pit in which hides are stored.
• loveday14n. A day appointed for a meeting intended to amicably resolve a dispute...
• noonday11n. The time of noon; the time of day when the sun is highest in the sky...
• overlay13v. To lay, spread, or apply (something) over or across (something else)...
• overpay15v. To pay too much.
• parkway19n. A path, carriage-way, or road through a park or a landscaped right of...
• partway15adv. To some extent.
• pathway18n. A footpath or other path or track.
• portray12v. To paint or draw the likeness of.
• raceway15n. A place where races are held; a racetrack.
• railway13n. A transport system using rails used to move passengers or goods.
• roadway14n. A way used as a road.
• runaway13n. A person or animal that runs away or has run away; a person, animal, or...
• slipway15n. A sloping surface, leading down to the shore or to a river, on which...
• someday13adv. Sometime; at some unspecified time in the future.
• someway15adv. Somehow.
• taxiway20n. A road or path within an airport designated for the taxiing of aircraft...
• tollway13n. A toll road or toll highway, where a fee is charged in order to travel...
• tramway15n. The track on which a tram (streetcar) runs.
• walkway20n. A clearly defined path for pedestrians.
• weekday18n. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday, but not Saturday or...
• workday18n. Any of the days of a week on which work is done; any day in a workweek.

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8-letter words ending in AY

• alleyway17n. A narrow street formed by the proximity of adjacent buildings.
• autoplay13n. Any software feature that plays (a video, a compact disc, etc.)...
• barangay14n. The smallest local government unit in the Philippines, a subdivision of...
• bioassay13n. The analysis of the biological activity of a substance, with reference...
• birthday17n. The anniversary of the day on which someone is born.
• broadway17n. An esplanade.
• castaway16adj. Cast adrift or ashore; marooned.
• causeway16n. A road that is raised so as to be above water, marshland, and similar...
• chambray20n. A soft fabric woven with a white weft and coloured warp.
• colorway16n. Any of the schemes of two or more colors in which a design is available.
• cycleway21n. Cycle path, cycle lane.
• disarray12v. To throw into disorder; to break the array of.
• doomsday15n. The day when God is expected to judge the world; the end times.
• downplay17v. To de-emphasize; to present or portray as less important or...
• driveway18n. A short private road that leads to a house or garage.
• entryway17n. An opening or hallway allowing entry into a structure; a pathway...
• everyday18adj. Appropriate for ordinary use, rather than for special occasions.
• fadeaway18n. An instance of fading away, of diminishing in proximity or intensity.
• floodway18n. An engineered path to channel floodwaters away from areas to be...
• foreplay16n. The acts at the beginning of a (usually human) sexual encounter that...
• galloway15n. A kind of small horse originally bred in Galloway, Scotland.
• gameplay16n. The totality of player experiences during a game, such as the gaming...
• giveaway18n. Something that is given away or handed out for free.
• greenway15n. A corridor of undeveloped land or parkland, set aside for environmental...
• guideway16n. A track along which something is guided, such as a component in a...
• hideaway18n. A hiding place, somewhere one can go to get away from other people.
• holloway17n. A road or track that is significantly lower than the land on either...
• homestay16n. A system whereby students, visiting a foreign country to study, board...
• intraday12adj. Occurring during a single day.
• mainstay13n. A chief support.
• motorway16n. A highway with grade-separated crossings (rather than level crossings)...
• overplay16v. To overdo or overact one's effect or role.
• overstay14v. To remain present after the agreed or appropriate departure time.
• ridgeway16n. A track or path that follows the highest part of the landscape.
• rockaway20n. A light, low, four-wheeled carriage with standing top, open at the...
• roleplay13v. To act out a scenario or fantasy with another person or other people.
• speedway17n. A form of motorcycle racing on flat (without camber) oval dirt tracks...
• spillway16n. A path designed to take away overflow safely.
• stairway14n. A set of steps, with or without a case, that allow one to walk up or...
• stingray12n. Any of various large, venomous rays, of the orders Rajiformes and...
• stowaway17n. A person who hides on board a ship, train, etc. so as to get a free...
• takeaway18adj. (Of food) intended to be eaten off the premises from which it was...
• underlay12v. To lay (something) underneath something else; to put under.
• underway15adv. In motion, in progress; being done or carried out; on a journey.
• walkaway21n. A case of a person walking away (e.g. an inmate from a facility, a cult...
• waterway17n. A body of water, such as a river, channel or canal, that is navigable.
• wordplay17n. A humorous play on words; such plays on words collectively.
• workaday19adj. Suitable for everyday use.

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9-letter words ending in AY

• breakaway21adj. Having broken away from a larger unit.
• breezeway26n. A covered walkway, with open sides, that connects two buildings.
• bridleway18n. A path for riding a horse (which is controlled by a bridle).
• crossplay16n. The ability to record data with one device and play back the data on a...
• driveaway19n. Sale price including all dealer fees, and all legally required fees...
• horseplay17n. Rough or rowdy play that can often result in unintentional physical...
• interplay14n. Interaction; reciprocal relationship.
• multiplay16adj. Describing a CD player (or similar) that can be preloaded with a stack...
• overspray17n. In spray painting, the spray that goes outside the area being painted...
• photoplay19n. A theatrical play that has been filmed for showing as a movie.
• quickplay29n. A style of play in which each player has a fixed amount of time...
• radioplay15n. A script for a story to be produced as a radio show, such as a radio...
• redisplay15v. To display again.
• roundelay13n. A poem or song having a line or phrase repeated at regular intervals.
• schoolday18n. A day during which the public schools are open, usually synonymous with...
• sleepaway17adj. Of a camp or event in which participants sleep away from home.
• swordplay18n. Fighting with a sword.
• throwaway21adj. Disposable; intended for a single use prior to being discarded.
• underplay15n. The act of underplaying.
• yesterday16n. The day immediately before today; one day ago.

10-letter words ending in AY

• expressway25n. A divided highway, especially one whose intersections and direct access...
• microarray17n. Any of several devices, containing a two-dimensional array of small...
• passageway19n. A covered walkway, between rooms or buildings.
• screenplay17n. A script for a movie or (less commonly) a television show.
• throughway23n. (Normally and officially spelled thruway) A broad highway fit for...
• transitway16n. A route designed for use by public transport, such as a busway or light...
• unbirthday19n. A day that is not one's birthday but is celebrated as though it were.

11-letter words ending in AY

• carriageway20n. The part of a road that carries traffic.
• counterplay18n. A game move made as a response.
• entranceway19n. Something that provides access to an entrance; an entryway.
• immunoassay18n. A test for the presence of a substance using the reaction of an...
• straightway21n. A straight section of a racetrack.

12-letter words ending in AY

• companionway24n. A staircase or ladder from one deck to another on a ship.
• electrospray19n. A method of ionizing delicate macromolecules for analysis in a mass...
• straightaway22adj. Extending into the distance in a straight line.
• superhighway27n. An expressway, especially one designed for high speeds.

13-letter words ending in AY

• superspeedway24n. A motor speedway that is at least two miles in length.

Questions about these words

How many words ending in AY are there?

Word.ws lists 318 words ending in AY, plus 534 rare ones.

What are common words ending in AY?

way, may, day, say, away, play, today and pay.

Which of the words ending in AY has the highest letter score?

quickplay scores 29 points with the standard letter tile values.

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