Words Ending in XY
There are 39 words ending in XY on Word.ws, from 3 to 14 letters. The most common length is 4 letters (7 words). The words used most often are galaxy, proxy, orthodoxy, epoxy and foxy.
Meanings from Wiktionary. Not an official Scrabble, Words With Friends or Wordle word list.
3-letter words ending in XY
4-letter words ending in XY
- boxy16adj. Box-shaped, boxlike, or otherwise suggestive of boxes (with right...
- coxy16n. Coccidiosis.
- dexy15n. A tablet of dexedrine.
- doxy15n. A defined opinion.
- foxy17n. The recreational drug 5-methoxy-dimethyltryptamine (5-MeO-DMT).
- poxy16adj. Suffering from pox.
- waxy17adj. Resembling wax in texture or appearance.
5-letter words ending in XY
- deoxy16adj. Describing any compound formally derived from another by replacement of...
- epoxy17adj. Derived from an epoxide.
- flexy18adj. Implying or indicating an ability, capacity, or tendency to flex...
- prexy17n. A president, especially of a college or university.
- proxy17adj. Used as a proxy or acting as a proxy.
- smexy17adj. Embodying the qualities of sex appeal and intelligence.
6-letter words ending in XY
- alkoxy20n. Any univalent radical R-O-, or anion R-O⁻, where R is an alkyl group.
- ethoxy19n. The univalent radical CH₃CH₂O- derived from ethanol.
- galaxy17n. Any of the collections of many millions or billions of stars, galactic...
- peroxy18n. The divalent radical -O-O- derived from a peroxide.
- unsexy16adj. Not sexy.
7-letter words ending in XY
- acetoxy19n. The univalent radical, CH₃-COO-, derived from acetic acid by loss of a...
- carboxy21n. The carboxyl group.
- dideoxy19adj. Lacking two hydroxyl groups.
- epitaxy19n. An overgrowth in which the overlying crystal is either induced into the...
- hydroxy24adj. Being, or containing a hydroxyl radical.
- methoxy22n. The univalent radical CH₃-O- derived from methanol.
- phenoxy22n. The univalent radical C₆H₅O- derived from phenol by loss of a hydrogen...
8-letter words ending in XY
- apoplexy22n. Unconsciousness or incapacity resulting from a cerebral hemorrhage or...
9-letter words ending in XY
- cataplexy23n. An abrupt loss of muscle tone, sometimes associated with narcolepsy.
- dihydroxy27adj. Containing two hydroxy functional groups.
- dimethoxy25n. Two methoxy groups in a molecule.
- mastopexy23n. Any operation designed to lift or reshape a woman's breast.
- orthodoxy23n. Correctness of doctrine and belief in regard to any doctrinal (i.e....
10-letter words ending in XY
- heterodoxy24n. The quality of being heterodox.
- orthopraxy25n. Correctness of practice or action in regard to religion and especially...
- trihydroxy27n. Three hydroxy groups in a molecule.
11-letter words ending in XY
- polyhydroxy33adj. Having three or more hydroxy functional groups.
- unorthodoxy25n. Lack of orthodoxy; the quality or state of being unorthodox.
14-letter words ending in XY
- methylenedioxy33n. A functional group with the structural formula R-O-CH₂-O-R', connected...
197 rare words ending in XY
- abomasopexy
- acetyloxy
- acryloxy
- acyloxy
- adelphotaxy
- allyloxy
- aminoalkoxy
- aminoethoxy
- aminomethoxy
- aminooxy
- anthotaxy
- antigalaxy
- antroconchopexy
- aortopexy
- apyrexy
- aryloxy
- arytenoidopexy
- asexy
- asphyxy
- ataraxy
- ataxy
- azoxy
- bandboxy
- benzoyloxy
- benzyloxy
- biotaxy
- bisexy
- braxy
- browpexy
- broxy
- butoxy
- cachexy
- cacodoxy
- caecopexy
- canthopexy
- carbethoxy
- carboalkoxy
- carbobenzoxy
- carboethoxy
- carbomethoxy
- carbonmonoxy
- carbonyloxy
- cardiopexy
- catallaxy
- chaetotaxy
- chiropraxy
- chlorophenoxy
- chromopexy
- chromoplexy
- coaxy
- colonopexy
- colopexy
- colpopexy
- cordopexy
- cruxy
- cryopexy
- cyanoethoxy
- cybersexy
- cycloalexy
- cystopexy
- decahydroxy
- dehydroxy
- desoxy
- diepoxy
- diethoxy
- distaxy
- diverticulopexy
- druxy
- earwaxy
- entaxy
- enteropexy
- entomotaxy
- epiplopexy
- eupraxy
- eutaxy
- flaxy
- flummoxy
- fluxy
- gastropexy
- gixy
- granulopexy
- graphoepitaxy
- haloalkoxy
- hemorrhoidopexy
- hepatopexy
- heptahydroxy
- heteroepitaxy
- heteropraxy
- heterotaxy
- hexadecahydroxy
- hexahydroxy
- hexyloxy
- hoaxy
- homodoxy
- homoepitaxy
- hydroperoxy
- hypergalaxy
- hyperorthodoxy
- hysteropexy
- iminooxy
- iminoxy
- intersexy
- isopropoxy
- isopropyloxy
- isotaxy
- kyriolexy
- letterboxy
- litholapaxy
- lummoxy
- meiotaxy
- metagalaxy
- metaxy
- methoxyethoxy
- methylazoxy
- methyloxy
- mexxy
- minxy
- mixy
- monohydroxy
- monomethoxy
- mucopexy
- mucosopexy
- multiproxy
- muxy
- myoenteropexy
- myopexy
- myxy
- neopentoxy
- nephropexy
- nitrophenoxy
- nonahydroxy
- nonsexy
- nonwaxy
- octahydroxy
- octyloxy
- oligotaxy
- omentopexy
- onomatodoxy
- oophoropexy
- orchiopexy
- organoperoxy
- ovariopexy
- oversexy
- oxepinoxy
- paleoproxy
- pansexy
- paradoxy
- pectopexy
- pentahydroxy
- perfluoroalkoxy
- phenyloxy
- phototaxy
- phyllotaxy
- piperidinyloxy
- plectrotaxy
- pleiotaxy
- pneumatotaxy
- pneumopexy
- porotaxy
- protogalaxy
- pseudodoxy
- pseudoproxy
- pyrrolidinyloxy
- rectopexy
- refluxy
- retinopexy
- rheopexy
- rixy
- sacrocolpopexy
- seeexy
- semisexy
- shmexy
- sigmoidopexy
- siloxy
- silyloxy
- soapboxy
- splenopexy
- stereotaxy
- supergalaxy
- supersexy
- syntaxy
- tachydidaxy
- tetrahydroxy
- thanatopraxy
- topotaxy
- transexy
- triethoxy
- trimethoxy
- tuxy
- ultraorthodoxy
- unboxy
- undecahydroxy
- unfoxy
- unwaxy
- urethropexy
- urotoxy
- zootaxy
Questions about these words
- How many words ending in XY are there?
- Word.ws lists 39 words ending in XY, plus 197 rare ones.
- What are common words ending in XY?
- galaxy, proxy, orthodoxy, epoxy, foxy, oxy, hydroxy and waxy.
- Which of the words ending in XY has the highest letter score?
- polyhydroxy scores 33 points with the standard letter tile values.
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Word lists and meanings adapted from the Wiktionary entry of each word. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out names, abbreviations, misspellings and offensive words, and ordered the most common words by how often they appear in English (wordfreq). Meanings from Wiktionary; this is not an official Scrabble, Words With Friends or Wordle word list. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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