Words That Start with NY

There are 27 words that start with NY on Word.ws, from 3 to 12 letters. The most common length is 4 letters (7 words). The words used most often are nylon, nymph, nya, nyssa and nylons.

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

3-letter words that start with NY

nya6interj. The cry of a cat: meow, miaow.
nyo6part. Pronunciation or cutesy spelling of no.

4-letter words that start with NY

nyaa7interj. The cry of a cat; meow, miaow.
nyah10interj. Expressing smug triumph.
nyam9v. To eat.
nyan7interj. The cry of a cat; meow, miaow.
nyas7n. An eyas (a fledgling falcon).
nyet7n. A no; a negative response (in a Russian context).
nyuk11interj. An exaggerated laugh.

5-letter words that start with NY

nyala8n. A southern African antelope, Tragelaphus angasii (syn. Nyala angasii)...
nyasa8n. The touching of various parts of one's body while chanting specific...
nyayo11n. A person's precedent or example.
nygma11n. A spot on the wings of certain endopterygotes, having a peculiar dense...
nylon8n. Originally, the DuPont company trade name for polyamide, a copolymer...
nymph15n. Any female nature spirit associated with water, forests, grottos, wind...
nyssa8n. A tree of the genus Nyssa.

6-letter words that start with NY

nyanza18n. A lake (in Africa).
nylons9n. Stockings made from nylon.
nympha16n. A nymph.

7-letter words that start with NY

nymphal17adj. Of or pertaining to a nymph or nymphs.
nymphet17n. A sexually attractive girl or young woman.

8-letter words that start with NY

nymphaea18n. The European white water lily.
nystatin11n. An antifungal drug that is derived from a soil actinomycete...

9-letter words that start with NY

nymphaeum21n. A shrine consecrated to water nymphs, often with a fountain.
nystagmus15n. Rapid and excessive involuntary eye movement, usually lateral.

11-letter words that start with NY

nymphomania23n. Excess of sexual behaviour or desire in women.

12-letter words that start with NY

nymphomaniac26n. A woman who has an excessive libido.

105 rare words that start with NY

Questions about these words

How many words that start with NY are there?: Word.ws lists 27 words that start with NY, plus 105 rare ones.
What are common words that start with NY?: nylon, nymph, nya, nyssa, nylons, nymphomaniac, nyan and nyo.
Which of the words that start with NY has the highest letter score?: nymphomaniac scores 26 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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