Words Ending in YS
There are 40 words ending in YS on Word.ws, from 4 to 10 letters. The most common length is 4 letters (10 words). The words used most often are always, days, guys, ways and boys.
Meanings from Wiktionary. Not an official Scrabble, Words With Friends or Wordle word list.
4-letter words ending in YS
- bays9n. Baize.
- boys9n. The testicles.
- days8n. A particular time or period of vague extent.
- emys9n. Any member of the small Emys genus of freshwater pond tortoises.
- guys8n. Used to address a group of people regardless of gender.
- keys11n. Keyboard.
- loys7n. "Some kind of stone.".
- phys12adj. Physical.
- reys7n. A journey or a military expedition.
- ways10n. A distance.
5-letter words ending in YS
6-letter words ending in YS
7-letter words ending in YS
- anyways16adv. Anyway, anyhow, in any case.
- chlamys17n. A short poncho-like cloak caught up on the shoulder, worn by hunters...
- cowboys17n. A pair of kings as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em.
- ichthys18n. A stylized representation of a fish, used as a Christian symbol.
- jockeys23n. Synonym of jockey shorts.
- whiteys16n. Men's or boys’ traditionally white briefs.
8-letter words ending in YS
- dracarys14interj. Used to underscore the act, intent, or desire to start a fire or burn...
- edgeways16adv. With the edge facing in the direction of movement.
- holidays15n. (usually after possessive) holiday, vacation; time off work, especially...
- longways15adv. Lengthwise, in the longer direction.
- nowadays15adv. At the present time; in the current era.
- sideways15adj. Moving or directed toward one side.
- somedays14adv. On certain days, or at certain times; sometimes.
- someways16adv. Somehow, in an unspecified manner; someway.
- weekdays19adv. On weekdays.
9-letter words ending in YS
- corduroys15n. Trousers made from corduroy.
- crossways17adv. Transversely; crosswise.
- everydays19n. A softball drill in which players practise skills relating to their...
- leastways15adv. At least.
- otherways18adv. Otherwise; by another means; in other respects.
- tetractys14n. A triangular figure consisting of ten points arranged in four rows...
10-letter words ending in YS
- lengthways20adj. Lengthwise.
- schooldays19n. The period of one's life when one attends school, particularly, primary...
52 rare words ending in YS
- abackstays
- afterdays
- barways
- bendways
- bothways
- breadthways
- burramys
- chelys
- cornerways
- didelphys
- drimys
- duroys
- elseways
- endways
- fessways
- frontways
- gonys
- halfways
- hendiadys
- kandys
- kerseys
- kickseys
- lamboys
- leastaways
- likeways
- lozengeways
- melomys
- midways
- needways
- paleways
- partways
- pathophys
- peejays
- pentekostys
- reverseways
- rightways
- sideyways
- slantingways
- slopeways
- spoonways
- straightways
- strideways
- sunways
- synophrys
- thenadays
- thwartways
- trittys
- upways
- whichways
- widthways
- wrongways
- yanways
Questions about these words
- How many words ending in YS are there?
- Word.ws lists 40 words ending in YS, plus 52 rare ones.
- What are common words ending in YS?
- always, days, guys, ways, boys, keys, stays and holidays.
- Which of the words ending in YS has the highest letter score?
- jockeys scores 23 points with the standard letter tile values.
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Source and license
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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