Four-letter words ending in Y
193 four-letter words end with the letter Y. Here is the full list, grouped by first letter — handy when a crossword gives you the last square and nothing else.
Most common four-letter words ending in Y
Ranked by how often they appear in written English.
- they
- only
- city
- very
- many
- play
- body
- easy
- baby
- away
- stay
- copy
- sexy
- army
- duty
- lady
- tony
- holy
- navy
- gray
- vary
- grey
- busy
- tiny
Highest-scoring four-letter words ending in Y
Standard Scrabble tile values, before any board multipliers.
- fozy 19
- hazy 19
- cozy 18
- joky 18
- mazy 18
- dozy 17
- foxy 17
- waxy 17
- boxy 16
- lazy 16
- oozy 16
- pixy 16
- quay 16
- quey 16
- sizy 16
- zany 16
- dexy 15
- doxy 15
- joey 14
- jury 14
- nixy 14
- sexy 14
- caky 13
- icky 13
All 193 four-letter words ending in Y
A 14
- ably
- achy
- aery
- agly
- ahoy
- airy
- alky
- ally
- army
- arty
- ashy
- away
- awny
- awry
B 10
- baby
- bevy
- body
- bogy
- bony
- boxy
- bray
- buoy
- bury
- busy
C 14
- cagy
- caky
- cavy
- chay
- city
- clay
- cloy
- coly
- cony
- copy
- cory
- cosy
- cowy
- cozy
D 17
- davy
- defy
- demy
- deny
- dewy
- dexy
- didy
- doby
- dogy
- dopy
- dory
- doty
- doxy
- dozy
- dray
- duly
- duty
E 10
- easy
- eddy
- edgy
- eely
- eery
- eggy
- elmy
- envy
- espy
- eyry
F 8
- flay
- fley
- fogy
- foxy
- fozy
- fray
- fumy
- fury
G 8
- gaby
- gamy
- gapy
- gley
- goby
- gory
- gray
- grey
H 3
- hazy
- holy
- homy
I 8
- icky
- idly
- iffy
- illy
- immy
- inby
- inky
- inly
J 3
- joey
- joky
- jury
L 11
- lacy
- lady
- laky
- lazy
- levy
- lily
- limy
- liny
- logy
- lory
- luny
M 7
- many
- mazy
- miry
- mity
- moly
- mony
- mopy
N 4
- nary
- navy
- nixy
- nosy
O 9
- obey
- ofay
- oily
- okay
- oldy
- only
- oozy
- orby
- orgy
P 17
- paly
- paty
- pily
- piny
- pipy
- pity
- pixy
- play
- ploy
- pogy
- poky
- poly
- pony
- posy
- pray
- prey
- puny
Q 2
- quay
- quey
R 7
- racy
- rely
- rimy
- ropy
- rosy
- ruby
- ruly
S 11
- sagy
- scry
- sexy
- shay
- sizy
- slay
- spay
- spry
- stay
- stey
- sway
T 13
- they
- tidy
- tiny
- tivy
- toby
- tody
- tony
- tory
- towy
- tray
- trey
- troy
- typy
U 3
- ugly
- undy
- upby
V 3
- vary
- very
- viny
W 10
- wady
- waly
- wany
- wary
- wavy
- waxy
- whey
- wily
- winy
- wiry
Z 1
- zany
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Common questions
How many four-letter words end in Y?
There are 193 four-letter words ending in Y, all listed on this page in alphabetical order.
What are the most common four-letter words ending in Y?
Ranked by how often they appear in written English, the most common are: they, only, city, very, many, play, body, easy. The full "most common" list is near the top of this page.
What is the highest-scoring four-letter word ending in Y in Scrabble?
fozy scores 19 points on plain tiles, before any double- or triple-word squares. Premium squares and the 50-point bingo bonus can change the ranking completely.
Are proper nouns and abbreviations included?
No. The list only contains words from the ENABLE lexicon, which excludes proper nouns, abbreviations and hyphenated forms — the same rule tournament Scrabble and most word games follow. Read more on the methodology page.
Counted from a 172,749-word public-domain lexicon, last reviewed 2026-08-01. How this list was built.