Words Ending in YA
There are 81 words ending in YA on Word.ws, from 2 to 12 letters. The most common length is 4 letters (23 words). The words used most often are ya, maya, playa, hiya and yaya.
Meanings from Wiktionary. Not an official Scrabble, Words With Friends or Wordle word list.
2-letter words ending in YA
- ya5interj. Yeah; yes.
3-letter words ending in YA
4-letter words ending in YA
- aiya7interj. Ah; oh; exclamation of surprise, blame, dismay, shock, or fear.
- baya9n. A baya weaver (Ploceus philippinus), of southern Asia.
- coya9n. The wife of the Sapa Inca in the Inca Empire.
- diya8n. A small bowl-shaped oil lamp, usually made from clay, with a cotton...
- goya8n. Bitter melon (edible fruit, especially as it is eaten by Okinawans).
- haya10n. A beech tree, especially a Mexican beech (Fagus mexicana).
- heya10n. The so-called "stable" of rikishi who train under the instruction of a...
- hiya10interj. An informal greeting, hi, hello.
- hoya10n. Any plant of the genus Hoya.
- kaya11n. Torreya nucifera, the Japanese nutmeg tree.
- kuya11n. An elder brother.
- laya7n. Tempo in Indian music.
- maya9n. Magic; supernatural power as held by the gods.
- miya9n. A Japanese shrine.
- moya9n. Flowing mud associated with a volcanic eruption (especially in South...
- onya7interj. Good on you.
- paya9n. A dish from the Indian subcontinent, made from an animal's trotters...
- puya9n. Any of a group of books written in the Old Manipuri language, mostly...
- raya7n. A former territory of the mediaeval principalities of Wallachia and...
- saya7n. A skirt.
- suya7n. A marinated spicy kebab from Nigeria.
- tuya7n. Table mountain formed during subglacial volcanic eruptions, consisting...
- yaya10n. A nanny; female caregiver; nursemaid.
5-letter words ending in YA
- abaya10n. Synonym of aba.
- ayaya11n. The roseate spoonbill, Platalea ajaja.
- banya10n. A type of steam bath, popular in Russia (and in some parts of Alaska as...
- bunya10n. The bunya pine, Araucaria bidwillii, native to Queensland.
- chaya13n. A teahouse in Japan.
- haiya11interj. An exclamation of exasperation, said especially when a bad event occurs.
- jizya24n. A per capita tax levied on a section of an Islamic state's non-Muslim...
- kavya15n. A highly artificial Sanskrit literary style used by Indian court poets...
- khaya15n. A native house or hut.
- kriya12n. A technique or practice within a yoga discipline.
- munya10adj. Good.
- natya8n. The classical Indian forms of dance, singing, and dramatics.
- okiya12n. The lodging-house of a geisha.
- oroya8n. A hanging basket attached to a cable, anciently used in South America...
- panya10n. A large earthenware jar.
- playa10n. A level area which habitually fills with water that evaporates entirely.
- praya10n. A promenade or drive located beside the seashore in Hong Kong.
- tonya8n. A trade broker in Japan, usually a wholesaler, warehouse manager, or...
6-letter words ending in YA
- avidya13n. Ignorance or delusion.
- bhaiya14n. Elder brother.
- kaliya13n. A Sri Lankan curry made with eggplant, plantain, and potato.
- kebaya15n. A traditional blouse worn by women in Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore...
- papaya13n. A tropical American evergreen tree, Carica papaya, having large...
- pitaya11n. Certain cactuses native to the Americas, of genera Selenicereus or...
- seraya9n. Meranti.
- vaidya13n. A practitioner of Ayurvedic medicine.
- vinaya12n. The rules that regulate Buddhist monastic life.
- wilaya12n. A province or administrative division in some Arabic countries.
- zawiya21n. In North and West Africa, a Muslim religious school or community, or...
7-letter words ending in YA
- acharya15n. An individual who practices or is knowledgeable on any of the prevalent...
- chaitya15n. A Buddhist or Jain shrine including a stupa.
- dandiya12n. A stick, representing a sword, used in the dandiya raas dance.
- izakaya23n. A Japanese bar that also sells snacks.
- kumbaya18n. Used to evoke spiritual unity and interpersonal harmony, with varying...
- polynya15n. A naturally formed transient area of open water surrounded by sea ice...
- pralaya12n. Destruction, apocalypse.
- sandhya14n. Morning or evening prayers.
- shishya16n. In Indian traditions: a disciple who receives spiritual knowledge from...
- taqiyya22n. Religious dissimulation while under threat or persecution.
- torreya10n. Any plant of the genus Torreya.
8-letter words ending in YA
- abhinaya16n. Use of the face and hands, in an expressive manner, similar to the...
- cattleya13n. Any plant of the genus Cattleya, a genus of orchids.
- diwaniya15n. In Kuwait, a guest room where men gather to chat, eat and drink.
- moyamoya18n. A disease in which certain arteries in the brain are constricted.
- vairagya15n. Detachment from the material world.
9-letter words ending in YA
- cherimoya19n. A subtropical tree, of species Annona cherimola, native to mountainous...
- jambalaya23n. Any of various of rice-based dishes common in Louisiana Cajun or Creole...
- kshatriya19n. A member of the second-highest of the four castes or varnas in...
- sarvodaya16n. A philosophy that emphasises socioeconomic equality, non-violence and...
10-letter words ending in YA
- dharmakaya23n. One of the three bodies of a Buddha in Mahāyāna Buddhism, constituting...
- sampradaya18n. Any of several Hindu sects or denominations.
11-letter words ending in YA
- chikungunya24n. A viral fever caused by the Chikungunya virus, an alphavirus spread by...
12-letter words ending in YA
- brahmacharya27n. The first (student) ashrama in Hindu culture in which a person is...
121 rare words ending in YA
- aavakaaya
- amagogotya
- ampalaya
- angiya
- anitya
- apadravya
- atemoya
- babulya
- babusya
- bandhaniya
- bedhaya
- bisteeya
- botvinya
- breelya
- cabaya
- calisaya
- chichicoya
- choisya
- dahabeeya
- dezinformatsiya
- dinacharya
- diyya
- dombeya
- dondakaya
- dravya
- farariya
- fenya
- ganthiya
- garaya
- garrya
- ghiya
- girmitya
- girya
- guberniya
- gujiya
- hashiya
- howaya
- husayniyya
- isicathamiya
- jahilliya
- jakhya
- jambiya
- jandaya
- jariya
- jeliya
- jiboya
- jivadaya
- juccuya
- kabaragoya
- kadaya
- kaivalya
- kalipaya
- kamarinskaya
- kardiya
- karmadharaya
- kartavya
- kasaya
- kashaya
- kehya
- khatiya
- khramulya
- kifaya
- knyaginya
- kunya
- kurumaya
- laeliocattleya
- laoya
- lasya
- mabouya
- macleaya
- macoya
- mafiya
- magwinya
- makakunya
- manusya
- marjaiya
- marsiya
- mashrabiyya
- mukhiya
- mummiya
- neeramulliya
- nirmanakaya
- nkunya
- nsambya
- osthya
- ouguiya
- parakeelya
- pastalaya
- provokatsiya
- quya
- ramenya
- romneya
- sakulya
- samasya
- sambhogakaya
- sarodiya
- shashiya
- shemaya
- siguiriya
- sochineniya
- sokaiya
- sollya
- soncoya
- sophrocattleya
- sravya
- stolovaya
- sugya
- sushiya
- tabiya
- tachinomiya
- takiyya
- takya
- tarhonya
- taungya
- tawriya
- thuya
- titihoya
- tyurya
- vishaya
- xenophya
- zalabiya
Questions about these words
- How many words ending in YA are there?
- Word.ws lists 81 words ending in YA, plus 121 rare ones.
- What are common words ending in YA?
- ya, maya, playa, hiya, yaya, kaya, aya and papaya.
- Which of the words ending in YA has the highest letter score?
- brahmacharya scores 27 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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