Word.ws English Dictionary

Words That Start with MY

There are 132 words that start with MY on Word.ws, from 2 to 15 letters. The most common length is 10 letters (26 words). The words used most often are my, myself, mystery, mysterious and myth.

Meanings from Wiktionary. Not an official Scrabble, Words With Friends or Wordle word list.

2-letter words that start with MY

  • my7det. Belonging to me.

3-letter words that start with MY

  • myn8n. Feminist spelling of men (plural of man).

4-letter words that start with MY

  • mylk13n. A vegan substitute for milk.
  • myna9n. One of the South and East Asian birds of the starling family Sturnidae.
  • myth12n. A traditional story which embodies a belief regarding some fact or...

5-letter words that start with MY

  • myall10n. An Aboriginal person living according to tradition.
  • mycin12n. Any -mycin compound.
  • myeon10n. An administrative unit in South Korea, corresponding to a small rural...
  • mylar10n. A polyester film.
  • myoma12n. A tumor composed of muscle tissue, usually benign and commonly...
  • myron10n. Chrism; myrrh.
  • myrrh13n. A red-brown resinous material, the dried sap of a tree of the genus...
  • mysen10pron. Myself.
  • mysid11n. Any crustacean of the order Mysida.
  • mysis10n. A set of growth stages in the larvae of Decapoda after protozoea and...

6-letter words that start with MY

  • myelin11n. A white, fatty material, composed of lipids and lipoproteins, that...
  • mykiss15n. Salmo mykiss, a salmon marked with black spots and a red throat.
  • myopia13n. A disorder of the vision where distant objects appear blurred because...
  • myopic15adj. Near-sighted; unable to see distant objects unaided.
  • myosin11n. Any of a large family of motor proteins found in eukaryotic tissues...
  • myotis11n. A mouse-eared bat.
  • myriad12n. Ten thousand; 10,000.
  • myrica13n. Any member of the genus Myrica of shrubs and trees.
  • myrrha14n. Myrrh.
  • myrtle11n. An evergreen shrub or small tree of the genus Myrtus, native to...
  • myself14pron. Me, as direct or indirect object the speaker as the object of a verb or...
  • mystic13adj. Of, or relating to mystics, mysticism or occult mysteries; mystical.
  • mythic16adj. Mythical; existing in myth.
  • mythos14n. Anything transmitted by word of mouth, such as a fable, legend...
  • myxoid19adj. Synonym of mucoid.
  • myxoma20n. A tumor consisting of primitive connective tissue and mucous elements.

7-letter words that start with MY

  • myalgia13n. Muscular pain or tenderness.
  • myalgic15adj. Pertaining to myalgia.
  • mycosis14n. An infection caused by a fungus.
  • mycotic16adj. Of or relating to a fungus.
  • myeloid13adj. Of or pertaining to bone marrow.
  • myeloma14n. A malignant tumour arising from cells of the bone marrow, specifically...
  • myiasis12n. The infestation of a living vertebrate by maggots.
  • myocyte17n. A single muscle fiber cell.
  • myotomy17n. The surgical procedure of cutting or making an incision in a muscle or...
  • myrcene14n. An olefinic natural organic compound, a hydrocarbon and monoterpene...
  • mystery15n. Something secret or unexplainable; an unknown.
  • mystify18v. To thoroughly confuse, befuddle, or bewilder.

8-letter words that start with MY

  • mycelial15adj. Of or pertaining to the mycelium.
  • mycelium17n. The vegetative part of any fungus, consisting of a mass of branching...
  • mycetoma17n. Chronic subcutaneous inflammation caused by infection with certain...
  • mycology19n. The study of fungi.
  • myelitis13n. Inflammation of the spinal cord or of bone marrow.
  • myoblast15n. An undifferentiated stem cell that develops into muscle tissue.
  • myogenic16adj. Forming muscle fibres; pertaining to myogenesis.
  • myopathy21n. Any of several diseases of muscle that are not caused by nerve...
  • myositis13n. Inflammation of the muscles.
  • myosotis13n. Any plant of the genus Myosotis, the forget-me-nots.
  • myotonia13n. A symptom of several muscular disorders characterized by the slow...
  • myotonic15adj. Of or pertaining to myotonia.
  • myriapod16n. Any arthropod (such as centipedes and millipedes) of the subphylum...
  • myristic15adj. Pertaining to nutmeg.
  • myrmidon16n. A soldier or a subordinate civil officer who executes orders of a...
  • mystical15adj. Relating to mystics or mysticism.
  • mystique22n. An aura of heightened interest, meaning or mystery surrounding a person...
  • mythical18adj. Existing in myth.
  • myxedema23n. A form of cutaneous and dermal edema that is secondary to increased...

9-letter words that start with MY

  • mycotoxin23n. Any substance, produced by a mold or fungus, that is injurious to...
  • mydriasis15n. The condition of having abnormally large and dilated pupils due to...
  • mydriatic17adj. Pertaining to or causing mydriasis (the dilation of the pupil of the...
  • myelogram17n. A radiographic image produced by myelography.
  • mylohyoid21adj. Relating to or in the region of the lower jaw and the hyoid apparatus...
  • myoclonic18adj. Of or pertaining to myoclonus; consisting of or characterized by sudden...
  • myoclonus16n. The brief, involuntary twitching of a muscle or group of muscles.
  • myoglobin17n. A small globular protein, containing a heme group, that carries oxygen...
  • myopathic21adj. Pertaining to myopathy.
  • myostatin14n. A protein that acts as an inhibitor to the growth of muscle tissue.
  • myristate14n. Any salt or ester of myristic acid.
  • myristica16n. Any member of the genus Myristica of nutmegs.
  • mysteries14n. A number of secret societies or cults.
  • mysterium16n. Any of various unknown elements thought to make up existing forms of...
  • mysticism18n. The beliefs, ideas, or thoughts of mystics.
  • mystified18adj. Puzzled or confused.
  • mythology21n. The collection of myths of a people, concerning the origin of the...

10-letter words that start with MY

  • myasthenia18n. Abnormal weakness of the muscles; but especially myasthenia gravis.
  • myasthenic20adj. Of, pertaining to, or suffering from myasthenia.
  • mycologist18n. A person who studies, professes or practices mycology.
  • mycoplasma21n. Any infectious bacterium of the genus Mycoplasma, often specifically...
  • mycorrhiza29n. A plant root formed in symbiosis with a fungus; the symbiosis between...
  • myelinated16adj. Of nerves, having a coating of myelin.
  • myelopathy23n. A disorder in which the tissue of the spinal cord is diseased or...
  • myocardial18adj. Relating to the myocardium, the thick muscular wall of the heart.
  • myocardium20n. The muscular substance of the heart; the middle of the three layers...
  • myofascial20adj. Of or relating to the layer of loose tissue (fascia) surrounding the...
  • myogenesis16n. The formation of muscle tissue during the development of an embryo.
  • myomectomy24n. The removal of the uterine myomas.
  • myometrial17adj. Of or pertaining to the myometrium.
  • myometrium19n. The smooth muscle forming the wall of the uterus.
  • myopically22adv. As if suffering from myopia.
  • myrosinase15n. Any of several defense-related enzymes, in plants such as mustard, that...
  • mysterioso15adj. Mysterious.
  • mysterious15adj. Of unknown origin.
  • mystically20adv. In a mystical manner.
  • mystifying22adj. Very hard to understand; baffling.
  • mythbuster20n. A person who debunks misconceptions.
  • mythically23adv. In relation to or by means of myth.
  • mythmaking25n. The production or composing of myths.
  • mythologic21adj. Of or pertaining to mythology.
  • mythopoeia20n. Creation of any myth.
  • mythopoeic22adj. Giving rise to myths; pertaining to the creation of myth.

11-letter words that start with MY

  • mycological21adj. Of or pertaining to mycology or to fungi.
  • mycorrhizal30adj. Of or pertaining to a mycorrhiza.
  • myelination16n. The production of a coating of myelin around an axon.
  • myelogenous17adj. Originating in, or produced by, bone marrow.
  • myelography25n. A type of radiographic examination that uses a contrast medium to...
  • myocarditis19n. Inflammation of the myocardium.
  • myoelectric20adj. Using, or pertaining to, myoelectricity.
  • mythologist20n. A person who studies mythology.
  • mythologize29v. To construct a myth or mythology.
  • mythopoetic23adj. Giving rise to myths; pertaining to the creation of myth.
  • myxomatosis25n. A usually fatal viral disease of rabbits, causing skin tumors.

12-letter words that start with MY

13-letter words that start with MY

  • mycobacterial24adj. Of or pertaining to mycobacteria.
  • mycobacterium26n. Any of many rod-shaped, aerobic bacteria, of the genus Mycobacterium...
  • mycophenolate25n. Any salt or ester of mycophenolic acid.
  • myelofibrosis23n. Collagen deposition by fibroblasts in the bone marrow, whether primary...
  • myoepithelial23adj. Of or pertaining to the myoepithelium.
  • mystification23n. The act of mystifying or the condition of being mystified.

14-letter words that start with MY

15-letter words that start with MY

  • myelodysplastic28adj. Of, pertaining to, or showing evidence of myelodysplasia.
  • myeloperoxidase30n. A peroxidase enzyme most abundantly present in neutrophil granulocytes...
983 rare words that start with MY

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Questions about these words

How many words that start with MY are there?
Word.ws lists 132 words that start with MY, plus 983 rare ones.
What are common words that start with MY?
my, myself, mystery, mysterious, myth, mysteries, mythology and mystic.
Which of the words that start with MY has the highest letter score?
mycorrhizal scores 30 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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