Six-letter words ending in Y
1,174 six-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 six-letter words ending in Y
Ranked by how often they appear in written English.
- policy
- family
- county
- really
- memory
- energy
- safety
- beauty
- agency
- supply
- survey
- simply
- valley
- likely
- pretty
- theory
- jersey
- weekly
- highly
- easily
- nearly
- equity
- injury
- turkey
Highest-scoring six-letter words ending in Y
Standard Scrabble tile values, before any board multipliers.
- frizzy 30
- mizzly 29
- scuzzy 29
- queazy 27
- snazzy 27
- exequy 25
- syzygy 25
- frowzy 24
- wheezy 24
- zincky 24
- blowzy 23
- schizy 23
- jockey 22
- klutzy 22
- quirky 22
- floozy 21
- frenzy 21
- frouzy 21
- hazily 21
- nazify 21
- qwerty 21
- whacky 21
- alkoxy 20
- breezy 20
All 1,174 six-letter words ending in Y
A 35
- abbacy
- acidly
- acuity
- aerify
- aerily
- affray
- agedly
- agency
- agouty
- airily
- airway
- alkoxy
- ambary
- ambery
- anally
- anergy
- angary
- anyway
- apathy
- apiary
- archly
- argosy
- argufy
- aridly
- armory
- arrowy
- artery
- artily
- astony
- astray
- augury
- auntly
- aviary
- avidly
- aweary
B 87
- bailey
- bakery
- baldly
- ballsy
- barely
- barfly
- barley
- barony
- basely
- basify
- bassly
- batboy
- baulky
- bawdry
- beachy
- beauty
- beechy
- belady
- belfry
- benday
- betony
- betray
- bewray
- bigamy
- binary
- biopsy
- bitchy
- blabby
- blasty
- bleary
- blebby
- blenny
- blimey
- blocky
- bloody
- blooey
- bloomy
- blotty
- blousy
- blowby
- blowsy
- blowzy
- bluely
- bluesy
- blurry
- bodily
- boldly
- bolshy
- boogey
- bosomy
- botany
- botchy
- botfly
- bouncy
- bounty
- bowery
- braggy
- brainy
- brandy
- branny
- brashy
- brassy
- bratty
- brawly
- brawny
- bready
- breezy
- briary
- bricky
- briery
- briony
- brolly
- bronzy
- broody
- broomy
- brothy
- browny
- brumby
- brushy
- bryony
- bubbly
- bunchy
- burbly
- burley
- busboy
- busily
- byplay
C 111
- cagily
- cairny
- calmly
- calory
- canary
- canopy
- carboy
- carney
- casefy
- catchy
- causey
- cavity
- celery
- chaffy
- chalky
- chally
- chammy
- champy
- chancy
- chanty
- charry
- chasmy
- chatty
- cheeky
- cheery
- cheesy
- cherry
- cherty
- chesty
- chicly
- chilly
- chinky
- chippy
- chirpy
- chitty
- chivvy
- chokey
- choosy
- choppy
- chubby
- chucky
- chuffy
- chummy
- chunky
- cicely
- citify
- clammy
- classy
- clayey
- clergy
- cliffy
- clingy
- cliquy
- cloddy
- cloggy
- clotty
- cloudy
- clubby
- clumpy
- clumsy
- clunky
- codify
- cogway
- coldly
- colony
- comedy
- comely
- comity
- comply
- conchy
- convey
- convoy
- cookey
- coolly
- corody
- cosily
- costly
- county
- cowboy
- cozily
- crabby
- cracky
- crafty
- craggy
- cranky
- cranny
- crappy
- crawly
- creaky
- creamy
- creasy
- creepy
- crepey
- crikey
- crimpy
- crispy
- croaky
- croupy
- crowdy
- cruddy
- crumby
- crummy
- crusty
- cuddly
- cullay
- curacy
- curtly
- curtsy
- curvey
- cutely
- cutesy
D 70
- daftly
- dainty
- damply
- dankly
- darkey
- darkly
- datary
- daubry
- dayfly
- deadly
- deafly
- dearly
- deathy
- decury
- deejay
- deeply
- defray
- deftly
- denary
- deploy
- deputy
- descry
- desoxy
- dewily
- dhooly
- dickey
- diddly
- digamy
- dimity
- dimply
- dingey
- dinghy
- dinkey
- dinkly
- dioecy
- dipody
- direly
- dismay
- djinny
- donkey
- doubly
- doughy
- dourly
- dowery
- doyley
- dozily
- drably
- draffy
- drafty
- draggy
- drapey
- drawly
- dreamy
- dreary
- drecky
- dreggy
- dressy
- drifty
- drippy
- drolly
- droopy
- dropsy
- drosky
- drossy
- drowsy
- druggy
- drumly
- dually
- dumbly
- dupery
E 25
- earthy
- easily
- eatery
- echoey
- edgily
- eerily
- effigy
- eighty
- embody
- emboly
- empery
- employ
- energy
- enmity
- entity
- equity
- estray
- ethoxy
- eulogy
- euroky
- eutaxy
- evenly
- evilly
- exequy
- expiry
F 73
- fairly
- fakery
- family
- faulty
- fealty
- featly
- feckly
- feebly
- feisty
- felony
- ferity
- fickly
- fiddly
- filthy
- finely
- finery
- firmly
- fitchy
- fixity
- flabby
- flaggy
- flakey
- flappy
- flashy
- flatly
- flecky
- fledgy
- fleecy
- fleshy
- fleury
- flimsy
- flinty
- flippy
- flirty
- floaty
- flocky
- flooey
- floosy
- floozy
- floppy
- flossy
- floury
- fluffy
- flukey
- flunky
- flurry
- flutey
- flyboy
- flyway
- folksy
- fondly
- footsy
- foreby
- forwhy
- foully
- foxily
- freaky
- freely
- frenzy
- fretty
- friary
- frilly
- fringy
- frisky
- frizzy
- froggy
- frosty
- frothy
- frouzy
- frowsy
- frowzy
- fruity
- frumpy
G 73
- gadfly
- gaiety
- gainly
- galaxy
- galley
- gamely
- gamily
- gangly
- gantry
- garvey
- gasify
- gayety
- gently
- gentry
- gharry
- ghosty
- giggly
- gladly
- glairy
- glassy
- gleamy
- gleety
- glegly
- glibly
- glitzy
- globby
- gloomy
- gloppy
- glossy
- gluily
- glumly
- glumpy
- gnarly
- gnatty
- gobony
- goggly
- goodby
- goodly
- googly
- gooney
- goosey
- gorily
- gowany
- grabby
- grainy
- granny
- grapey
- grassy
- grayly
- greasy
- greedy
- greeny
- gremmy
- greyly
- grimly
- gripey
- grippy
- grisly
- gritty
- groggy
- groovy
- groszy
- grotty
- grouty
- growly
- grubby
- gruffy
- grumpy
- grungy
- guanay
- guilty
- gulley
- gurney
H 31
- hackly
- hardly
- haulmy
- hawkey
- hazily
- hearty
- heathy
- hereby
- heresy
- heyday
- heydey
- hickey
- highly
- hockey
- hokily
- holily
- homely
- homily
- hominy
- hookey
- hooray
- horary
- horsey
- hostly
- hourly
- hubbly
- hugely
- humbly
- hungry
- hurley
- hurray
I 7
- ickily
- idiocy
- ignify
- imbody
- incony
- infamy
- injury
J 17
- jalopy
- jangly
- japery
- jarvey
- jaunty
- jersey
- jiggly
- jiminy
- jimply
- jingly
- jitney
- jockey
- johnny
- jokily
- jouncy
- jungly
- justly
K 14
- keenly
- kersey
- keyway
- kidney
- kindly
- kingly
- klutzy
- knarry
- knobby
- knolly
- knotty
- knubby
- knurly
- koruny
L 42
- lacily
- lackey
- lamely
- lanely
- lankly
- lastly
- lately
- laxity
- lazily
- leachy
- leally
- lealty
- leanly
- leeway
- legacy
- lemony
- lenity
- levity
- lewdly
- liefly
- likely
- limply
- limpsy
- lineny
- linsey
- litany
- lively
- livery
- logily
- logway
- lonely
- longly
- looney
- lordly
- loudly
- loungy
- lovely
- lowboy
- lowery
- lunacy
- lushly
- luxury
M 53
- maguey
- mainly
- malady
- mammey
- mangey
- marbly
- margay
- marshy
- maundy
- mayday
- mayfly
- mazily
- meanly
- measly
- medfly
- medley
- meekly
- meetly
- melody
- memory
- merely
- mickey
- midday
- midway
- mighty
- milady
- mildly
- minify
- misery
- mislay
- missay
- mizzly
- modify
- moiety
- monkey
- monody
- mooley
- mopery
- mostly
- motley
- mouldy
- mousey
- mouthy
- muchly
- muddly
- mulley
- mumbly
- murkly
- murphy
- murrey
- muscly
- mutely
- mutiny
N 24
- namely
- napery
- nazify
- nearby
- nearly
- neatly
- nebuly
- nettly
- nicely
- nicety
- nidify
- nighty
- nimbly
- ninety
- nitery
- nobody
- nongay
- nosily
- notary
- notify
- nubbly
- nudely
- nudity
- numbly
O 27
- occupy
- ochery
- oddity
- offkey
- oilily
- oilway
- oniony
- oogamy
- oogeny
- oology
- oozily
- openly
- orally
- orangy
- orfray
- ornery
- orrery
- osprey
- ossify
- ostomy
- otalgy
- outbuy
- outcry
- outfly
- outlay
- ovally
- overly
P 77
- pacify
- packly
- painty
- palely
- paltry
- panfry
- pantry
- papacy
- papery
- parity
- parlay
- parley
- parody
- partly
- pastry
- patchy
- payday
- peachy
- pearly
- peavey
- pebbly
- peltry
- penury
- peroxy
- pertly
- phoney
- phooey
- piddly
- pigsty
- pimply
- pinery
- pinkey
- pinkly
- piracy
- pitchy
- plaguy
- plashy
- plenty
- plisky
- ploidy
- plotty
- plucky
- plummy
- plushy
- poachy
- poetry
- pointy
- pokily
- policy
- polity
- poorly
- popery
- portly
- poshly
- potboy
- pouchy
- prepay
- preppy
- pretty
- pricey
- pricky
- primly
- priory
- prissy
- puddly
- puggry
- pulley
- punchy
- punily
- punkey
- purely
- purify
- purity
- purply
- purvey
- pusley
- pussly
Q 8
- quaggy
- qualmy
- quarry
- queasy
- queazy
- quinsy
- quirky
- qwerty
R 46
- racily
- ramify
- rankly
- raptly
- rarefy
- rarely
- rarify
- rarity
- rashly
- ratany
- ratify
- rattly
- really
- realty
- rebody
- rebury
- recopy
- redbay
- redefy
- redeny
- reechy
- remedy
- replay
- resiny
- revery
- rheumy
- richly
- rickey
- ridley
- rifely
- righty
- ripely
- ripply
- ropery
- ropily
- rosary
- rosery
- rosily
- rosiny
- rotary
- rubbly
- rudely
- ruffly
- rumbly
- rumply
- runway
S 198
- safely
- safety
- sagely
- salary
- salify
- sanely
- sanity
- sashay
- satiny
- saughy
- savory
- sawfly
- sawney
- saxony
- scabby
- scanty
- scarey
- scarry
- scatty
- schizy
- screwy
- scummy
- scurfy
- scurry
- scurvy
- scuzzy
- seaway
- seemly
- senary
- sentry
- sexily
- shabby
- shaggy
- shaley
- shammy
- shamoy
- shandy
- shanny
- shanty
- sharny
- sharpy
- sheeny
- shelly
- shelty
- shelvy
- sherry
- shifty
- shimmy
- shindy
- shinny
- shirty
- shoaly
- shoddy
- shorty
- sickly
- simony
- simply
- sinewy
- singly
- sirupy
- skerry
- skiddy
- skimpy
- skinny
- skivvy
- skyway
- slaggy
- slangy
- slanty
- slatey
- slavey
- sleazy
- sleeky
- sleepy
- sleety
- slimly
- slimsy
- slinky
- slippy
- slobby
- sloppy
- sloshy
- slowly
- sludgy
- sluicy
- slummy
- slurry
- slushy
- slutty
- smarmy
- smarty
- smeary
- smelly
- smiley
- smirky
- smithy
- smoggy
- smokey
- smudgy
- smugly
- smutty
- snaggy
- snakey
- snappy
- snarky
- snarly
- snazzy
- sneaky
- sneezy
- sniffy
- snippy
- snobby
- snoopy
- snooty
- snoozy
- snotty
- snouty
- snubby
- snuffy
- snugly
- sodomy
- softly
- solely
- sorely
- sourly
- spacey
- sparky
- sparry
- speedy
- sphery
- spicey
- spiffy
- spikey
- spinny
- spongy
- spoofy
- spooky
- spoony
- sporty
- spotty
- sprucy
- spryly
- spunky
- spurry
- stably
- stagey
- staggy
- stalky
- starry
- steady
- steamy
- steely
- stemmy
- sticky
- stilly
- stingy
- stinky
- stithy
- stocky
- stodgy
- stogey
- stoney
- storey
- stormy
- stoury
- strawy
- stripy
- stubby
- studly
- stuffy
- stumpy
- sturdy
- suably
- subtly
- subway
- sudary
- sugary
- sultry
- sundry
- supply
- surely
- surety
- surrey
- survey
- swabby
- swampy
- swanky
- swarty
- sweaty
- sweeny
- sweepy
- swimmy
- swingy
- swirly
- swishy
- sylphy
- syrupy
- syzygy
T 61
- tackey
- talcky
- tamely
- tangly
- tartly
- tautly
- tawdry
- tawney
- teapoy
- teensy
- tepefy
- termly
- tetany
- tetchy
- theory
- thinly
- thirty
- thorny
- thusly
- thymey
- tiddly
- tidily
- timely
- tingly
- tinily
- tinkly
- toasty
- tomboy
- toothy
- tootsy
- torchy
- touchy
- toughy
- towery
- trashy
- treaty
- trebly
- trendy
- tressy
- tricky
- trigly
- trilby
- trimly
- triply
- trippy
- trolly
- trophy
- trouty
- trusty
- tumefy
- turkey
- twangy
- twanky
- tweaky
- tweedy
- tweeny
- twenty
- twiggy
- twirly
- twisty
- typify
U 13
- ubiety
- uglify
- uglily
- unbusy
- unduly
- uneasy
- unholy
- unruly
- unsexy
- untidy
- unwary
- uppity
- usably
V 24
- vagary
- vainly
- valley
- vanity
- vapory
- vastly
- vaulty
- vaunty
- veejay
- venery
- verify
- verily
- verity
- vestry
- viably
- vilely
- vilify
- vinery
- vinify
- vivary
- vivify
- volery
- volley
- votary
W 52
- wabbly
- waddly
- wafery
- waggly
- wambly
- warily
- warmly
- wastry
- watery
- wavery
- wavily
- waxily
- waylay
- weakly
- weekly
- weensy
- weirdy
- whacky
- whammy
- wheezy
- whelky
- wherry
- wheyey
- whimsy
- whiney
- whinny
- whippy
- whirly
- whirry
- whisky
- whitey
- wholly
- wicopy
- widely
- wieldy
- wifely
- wiggly
- wildly
- wilily
- wincey
- winery
- wintry
- wirily
- wisely
- witchy
- witney
- wobbly
- woodsy
- woolly
- worthy
- wrathy
- wristy
Y 3
- yarely
- yearly
- yeasty
Z 3
- zanily
- zincky
- zonary
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Common questions
How many six-letter words end in Y?
There are 1,174 six-letter words ending in Y, all listed on this page in alphabetical order.
What are the most common six-letter words ending in Y?
Ranked by how often they appear in written English, the most common are: policy, family, county, really, memory, energy, safety, beauty. The full "most common" list is near the top of this page.
What is the highest-scoring six-letter word ending in Y in Scrabble?
frizzy scores 30 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.