Words Containing AY
Explore a range of words that include the letter AY, showcasing the diversity and richness of the English language. Enhance your vocabulary with interesting and unique terms featuring AY.
2 letter words
Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
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ay | 5 | - | - |
3 letter words
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say | 6 | have or contain a certain wording or form | What does the law say? |
way | 9 | space for movement | make way for |
day | 7 | the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside | the dawn turned night into day |
may | 8 | thorny Eurasian shrub of small tree having dense clusters of white to scarlet flowers followed by deep red berries; established as an escape in eastern North America | - |
pay | 8 | cancel or discharge a debt | pay up, please! |
gay | 7 | homosexual or arousing homosexual desires | - |
ray | 6 | a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation | - |
lay | 6 | a narrative poem of popular origin | - |
aye | 6 | - | - |
jay | 13 | United States diplomat and jurist who negotiated peace treaties with Britain and served as the first chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1745-1829) | - |
bay | 8 | a small recess opening off a larger room | - |
yay | 9 | a branch of the Tai languages | - |
kay | 10 | - | - |
hay | 9 | convert (plant material) into hay | - |
nay | 6 | a negative | the nays have it |
fay | 9 | a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers | - |
tay | 6 | a branch of the Tai languages | - |
cay | 8 | a coral reef off the southern coast of Florida | - |
ays | 6 | - | - |
ayu | 6 | - | - |
4 letter words
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okay | 11 | in a satisfactory or adequate manner | she'll do okay on her own |
away | 10 | out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts) | pushed all doubts away |
stay | 7 | hang on during a trial of endurance | - |
play | 9 | contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle | Princeton plays Yale this weekend |
days | 8 | the time during which someone's life continues | the monarch's last days |
says | 7 | - | - |
ways | 10 | structure consisting of a sloping way down to the water from the place where ships are built or repaired | - |
pray | 9 | call upon in supplication; entreat | - |
maya | 9 | a family of American Indian languages spoken by Mayas | - |
gray | 8 | make grey | - |
clay | 9 | the dead body of a human being | honor comes to bless the turf that wraps their clay |
tray | 7 | an open receptacle for holding or displaying or serving articles or food | - |
sway | 10 | move back and forth or sideways | the tall building swayed |
slay | 7 | kill intentionally and with premeditation | - |
mayo | 9 | egg yolks and oil and vinegar | - |
mays | 9 | United States baseball player (born in 1931) | - |
shay | 10 | a carriage consisting of two wheels and a calash top; drawn by a single horse | - |
fray | 10 | a noisy fight | - |
raya | 7 | - | - |
quay | 16 | wharf usually built parallel to the shoreline | - |
hays | 10 | United States lawyer and politician who formulated a production code that prescribed the moral content of United States films from 1930 to 1966 (1879-1954) | - |
cray | 9 | - | - |
flay | 10 | strip the skin off | - |
bray | 9 | reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading | - |
kayo | 11 | a blow that renders the opponent unconscious | - |
ofay | 10 | - | - |
spay | 9 | remove the ovaries of | Is your cat spayed? |
dray | 8 | a low heavy horse cart without sides; used for haulage | - |
chay | 12 | - | - |
rays | 7 | - | - |
pays | 9 | - | - |
tays | 7 | - | - |
tway | 10 | - | - |
yays | 10 | - | - |
ayus | 7 | - | - |
ayre | 7 | - | - |
ayin | 7 | the 16th letter of the Hebrew alphabet | - |
ayes | 7 | - | - |
ayah | 10 | (in India) a native nursemaid who looks after children | - |
bayt | 9 | - | - |
bays | 9 | - | - |
baye | 9 | - | - |
blay | 9 | - | - |
alay | 7 | - | - |
apay | 9 | - | - |
cays | 9 | - | - |
nays | 7 | - | - |
lays | 7 | - | - |
gays | 8 | - | - |
fays | 10 | - | - |
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5 letter words
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maybe | 12 | by chance | - |
today | 9 | in these times | today almost every home has television |
mayor | 10 | the head of a city government | - |
stays | 8 | a woman's close-fitting foundation garment | - |
delay | 9 | cause to be slowed down or delayed | Traffic was delayed by the bad weather |
spray | 10 | a dispenser that turns a liquid (such as perfume) into a fine mist | - |
repay | 10 | make repayment for or return something | - |
layer | 8 | an abstract place usually conceived as having depth | a simile has at least two layers of meaning |
stray | 8 | move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment | - |
essay | 8 | make an effort or attempt | The infant had essayed a few wobbly steps |
decay | 11 | the spontaneous disintegration of a radioactive substance along with the emission of ionizing radiation | - |
relay | 8 | electrical device such that current flowing through it in one circuit can switch on and off a current in a second circuit | - |
array | 8 | align oneself with a group or a way of thinking | - |
mayan | 10 | a family of American Indian languages spoken by Mayas | - |
sayid | 9 | - | - |
bayou | 10 | a swampy arm or slow-moving outlet of a lake (term used mainly in Mississippi and Louisiana) | - |
playa | 10 | - | - |
belay | 10 | fasten a boat to a bitt, pin, or cleat | - |
alway | 11 | - | - |
tokay | 12 | Hungarian wine made from Tokay grapes | - |
kayak | 16 | a small canoe consisting of a light frame made watertight with animal skins; used by Eskimos | - |
rayne | 8 | - | - |
moray | 10 | family of brightly colored voracious eels of warm coastal waters; generally nonaggressive to humans but larger species are dangerous if provoked | - |
payer | 10 | a person who pays money for something | - |
noway | 11 | - | - |
foray | 11 | a sudden short attack | - |
chaya | 13 | - | - |
rayon | 8 | a synthetic silklike fabric | - |
assay | 8 | an appraisal of the state of affairs | they made an assay of the contents |
dayan | 9 | Israeli general and statesman (1915-1981) | - |
bayer | 10 | the acetylated derivative of salicylic acid; used as an analgesic anti-inflammatory drug (trade names Bayer, Empirin, and St. Joseph) usually taken in tablet form; used as an antipyretic; slows clotting of the blood by poisoning platelets | - |
allay | 8 | satisfy (thirst) | - |
satay | 8 | - | - |
sayer | 8 | - | - |
layup | 10 | a basketball shot made with one hand from a position under or beside the basket (and usually banked off the backboard) | - |
payee | 10 | a person to whom money is paid | - |
mayst | 10 | - | - |
splay | 10 | move out of position | - |
scray | 10 | - | - |
inlay | 8 | a decoration made by fitting pieces of wood into prepared slots in a surface | - |
tayra | 8 | long-tailed arboreal mustelid of Central America and South America | - |
byway | 16 | a side road little traveled (as in the countryside) | - |
trayf | 11 | - | - |
xrays | 15 | - | - |
ixnay | 15 | - | - |
krays | 12 | - | - |
ayaya | 11 | - | - |
booay | 10 | - | - |
zayin | 17 | the 7th letter of the Hebrew alphabet | - |
wayed | 12 | - | - |
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6 letter words
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always | 12 | at all times; all the time and on every occasion | I will always be there to help you |
saying | 10 | a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations | - |
anyway | 15 | in any way whatsoever | get it done anyway you can |
played | 12 | (of games) engaged in | the loosely played game |
paying | 12 | yielding a fair profit | - |
player | 11 | someone who takes part in an activity | he was a major player in setting up the corporation |
prayer | 11 | earnest or urgent request | - |
betray | 11 | disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake | - |
subway | 14 | an electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city) | in Paris the subway system is called the `metro' and in London it is called the `tube' or the `underground' |
laying | 10 | the production of eggs (especially in birds) | - |
murray | 11 | Scottish philologist and the lexicographer who shaped the Oxford English Dictionary (1837-1915) | - |
runway | 12 | a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll | - |
hooray | 12 | a victory cheer | - |
mayday | 15 | an internationally recognized distress signal via radiotelephone (from the French m'aider) | - |
hurray | 12 | - | - |
mayhem | 16 | violent and needless disturbance | - |
astray | 9 | far from the intended target | a bullet went astray and killed a bystander |
layout | 9 | a plan or design of something that is laid out | - |
midday | 13 | the middle of the day | - |
papaya | 13 | tropical American shrub or small tree having huge deeply palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow fruit | - |
slayer | 9 | someone who causes the death of a person or animal | - |
payday | 15 | the day on which you receive pay for your work | - |
midway | 15 | naval battle of World War II (June 1942); American planes based on land and on carriers decisively defeated a Japanese fleet on its way to invade the Midway Islands | - |
replay | 11 | the immediate rebroadcast of some action (especially sports action) that has been recorded on videotape | - |
cayman | 13 | a semiaquatic reptile of Central and South America that resembles an alligator but has a more heavily armored belly | - |
payoff | 17 | the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property | - |
strays | 9 | - | - |
layman | 11 | someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person | - |
dismay | 12 | fear resulting from the awareness of danger | - |
deejay | 17 | - | - |
airway | 12 | the passages through which air enters and leaves the body | - |
leeway | 12 | a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits | - |
heyday | 16 | the period of greatest prosperity or productivity | - |
crayon | 11 | writing implement consisting of a colored stick of composition wax used for writing and drawing | - |
frayed | 13 | worn away or tattered along the edges | frayed cuffs |
parlay | 11 | stake winnings from one bet on a subsequent wager | - |
sayers | 9 | English writer of detective fiction (1893-1957) | - |
layoff | 15 | the act of laying off an employee or a work force | - |
prepay | 13 | pay for something before receiving it | - |
sunray | 9 | a ray of sunlight | - |
skyway | 19 | a designated route followed by airplanes in flying from one airport to another | - |
outlay | 9 | the act of spending or disbursing money | - |
mayfly | 17 | slender insect with delicate membranous wings having an aquatic larval stage and terrestrial adult stage usually lasting less than two days | - |
affray | 15 | a noisy fight | - |
bayard | 12 | French soldier said to be fearless and chivalrous (1473-1524) | - |
mayest | 11 | - | - |
spayed | 12 | (of a female animal) having the ovaries removed | - |
payola | 11 | a bribe given to a disc jockey to induce him to promote a particular record | - |
seaway | 12 | a lane at sea that is a regularly used route for vessels | - |
cayuse | 11 | a small native range horse | - |
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7 letter words
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playing | 13 | the performance of a part or role in a drama | - |
staying | 11 | - | - |
holiday | 14 | leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure | we took a short holiday in Puerto Rico |
someday | 13 | - | - |
highway | 20 | a major road for any form of motor transport | - |
payment | 14 | the act of paying money | - |
anyways | 16 | used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement | - |
halfway | 19 | equally distant from the extremes | - |
display | 13 | to show, make visible or apparent | National leaders will have to display the highest skills of statesmanship |
railway | 13 | line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight | - |
hallway | 16 | an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open | - |
delayed | 12 | not as far along as normal in development | - |
playboy | 17 | a man devoted to the pursuit of pleasure | - |
daytime | 13 | the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside | it is easier to make the repairs in the daytime |
freeway | 16 | a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic | - |
runaway | 13 | someone who flees from an uncongenial situation | - |
payback | 20 | the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life | - |
payroll | 12 | a list of employees and their salaries | the company had a long payroll |
doorway | 14 | the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close | he stuck his head in the doorway |
ashtray | 13 | a receptacle for the ash from smokers' cigars or cigarettes | - |
getaway | 14 | the attribute of being capable of rapid acceleration | - |
playful | 15 | full of fun and high spirits | playful children just let loose from school |
gateway | 14 | an entrance that can be closed by a gate | - |
faraway | 16 | very far away in space or time | faraway mountains |
faraday | 14 | the English physicist and chemist who discovered electromagnetic induction (1791-1867) | - |
daycare | 13 | childcare during the day while parents work | - |
hearsay | 13 | gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth | - |
portray | 12 | assume or act the character of | The actor portrays an elderly, lonely man |
bayonet | 12 | a knife that can be fixed to the end of a rifle and used as a weapon | - |
haywire | 16 | not functioning properly | has gone completely haywire |
wayward | 17 | resistant to guidance or discipline | wayward behavior |
slaying | 11 | unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being | - |
gangway | 15 | a temporary bridge for getting on and off a vessel at dockside | - |
payload | 13 | goods carried by a large vehicle | - |
hayride | 14 | - | - |
cayenne | 12 | plant bearing very hot and finely tapering long peppers; usually red | - |
pathway | 18 | a trodden path | - |
payable | 14 | a liability account showing how much is owed for goods and services purchased on credit | the problem was to match receivables and payables in the same currency |
layered | 11 | with one layer on top of another | - |
parkway | 19 | a wide scenic road planted with trees | - |
decayed | 14 | damaged by decay; hence unsound and useless | a decayed foundation |
headway | 17 | vertical space available to allow easy passage under something | - |
beltway | 15 | a highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does not have to pass through the center | - |
daresay | 11 | - | - |
weekday | 18 | any day except Sunday (and sometimes except Saturday) | - |
walkway | 20 | a path set aside for walking | - |
hayward | 17 | - | - |
wayside | 14 | edge of a way or road or path | flowers along the wayside |
layover | 13 | a brief stay in the course of a journey | - |
playoff | 18 | any final competition to determine a championship | - |
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8 letter words
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birthday | 17 | the date on which a person was born | - |
everyday | 18 | appropriate for ordinary or routine occasions | everyday clothes |
nowadays | 15 | the period of time that is happening now; any continuous stretch of time including the moment of speech | - |
daylight | 16 | the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside | - |
betrayal | 13 | an act of deliberate betrayal | - |
broadway | 17 | a street in Manhattan that passes through Times Square; famous for its theaters | - |
paycheck | 24 | a check issued in payment of wages or salary | - |
sideways | 15 | to, toward or at one side | - |
driveway | 18 | a road leading up to a private house | they parked in the driveway |
underway | 15 | currently in progress | preparations for the trial are underway |
foreplay | 16 | mutual sexual fondling prior to sexual intercourse | - |
betrayer | 13 | one who reveals confidential information in return for money | - |
spraying | 14 | a quantity of small objects flying through the air | - |
stairway | 14 | a way of access (upward and downward) consisting of a set of steps | - |
doomsday | 15 | (New Testament) day at the end of time following Armageddon when God will decree the fates of all individual humans according to the good and evil of their earthly lives | - |
stingray | 12 | large venomous ray with large barbed spines near the base of a thin whiplike tail capable of inflicting severe wounds | - |
daybreak | 18 | the first light of day | - |
haystack | 20 | a stack of hay | - |
playtime | 15 | time for play or diversion | - |
sayonara | 11 | a farewell remark | - |
daydream | 15 | absentminded dreaming while awake | - |
motorway | 16 | a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic | - |
playback | 21 | electronic equipment comprising the part of a tape recorder that reproduces the recorded material | - |
taxpayer | 20 | someone who pays taxes | - |
alleyway | 17 | a narrow street with walls on both sides | - |
hideaway | 18 | a hiding place; usually a remote place used by outlaws | - |
giveaway | 18 | a television or radio program in which contestants compete for awards | - |
playbook | 19 | a book containing the scripts of one or more dramatic plays | the 1963 playbook leaves out the whole first scene |
stowaway | 17 | a person who hides aboard a ship or plane in the hope of getting free passage | - |
disarray | 12 | bring disorder to | - |
playmate | 15 | a companion at play | - |
speedway | 17 | a racetrack for racing automobiles or motorcycles | - |
weekdays | 19 | - | - |
crayfish | 19 | tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly | - |
causeway | 16 | a road that is raised above water or marshland or sand | - |
straying | 12 | unable to find your way | found the straying sheep |
castaway | 16 | a shipwrecked person | - |
takeaway | 18 | prepared food that is intended to be eaten off of the premises | in England they call takeout food `takeaway' |
claymore | 15 | an antipersonnel land mine whose blast is aimed at the oncoming enemy | - |
greenway | 15 | a belt of parks or rural land surrounding a town or city | - |
playroom | 15 | a recreation room for noisy activities (parties or children's play etc) | - |
dismayed | 15 | struck with fear, dread, or consternation | - |
playgirl | 14 | - | - |
wordplay | 17 | a humorous play on words | - |
relaying | 12 | - | - |
overstay | 14 | stay too long | overstay or outstay one's welcome |
playlist | 13 | a list of musical selections for performance or for broadcast by radio | - |
layabout | 13 | person who does no work | - |
rockaway | 20 | - | - |
waterway | 17 | a conduit through which water flows | - |
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9 letter words
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yesterday | 16 | the day immediately before today | it was in yesterday's newspapers |
displayed | 16 | - | - |
portrayed | 15 | represented graphically by sketch or design or lines | - |
daylights | 17 | - | - |
mayflower | 20 | low-growing evergreen shrub of eastern North America with leathery leaves and clusters of fragrant pink or white flowers | - |
playhouse | 17 | plaything consisting of a small model of a house that children can play inside of | - |
repayment | 16 | the act of returning money received previously | - |
portrayal | 14 | representation by drawing or painting etc | - |
plaything | 18 | an artifact designed to be played with | - |
swordplay | 18 | the act using a sword (or other weapon) vigorously and skillfully | - |
playfully | 20 | in a playful manner | she loosened the half-hoop of diamonds on her left hand third finger and held it out to him playfully |
ayatollah | 15 | a high-ranking Shiite religious leader who is regarded as an authority on religious law and its interpretation and who has political power as well | - |
hairspray | 17 | - | - |
throwaway | 21 | thrown away | throwaway children living on the streets |
horseplay | 17 | rowdy or boisterous play | - |
breakaway | 21 | the act of breaking away or withdrawing from | there was a breakaway by the discontented members |
panchayat | 19 | a village council in India or southern Pakistan | - |
ayurvedic | 18 | - | - |
jambalaya | 23 | spicy Creole dish of rice and ham, sausage, chicken, or shellfish with tomatoes, peppers, onions, and celery | - |
ayahuasca | 17 | - | - |
interplay | 14 | reciprocal action and reaction | - |
playmaker | 20 | a player in a team sport who leads attacks or maneuvers in such a way that a teammate can score | - |
bayoneted | 15 | - | - |
paymaster | 16 | a person in charge of paying wages | - |
leastways | 15 | if nothing else (`leastwise' is informal and `leastways' is colloquial) | - |
haymaking | 22 | cutting grass and curing it to make hay | - |
layperson | 14 | someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person | - |
waylaying | 19 | - | - |
photoplay | 19 | - | - |
repayable | 16 | subject to repayment | business loans are usually repayable in regular installments |
dayshifts | 19 | - | - |
daytrader | 14 | - | - |
balayaged | 16 | - | - |
balayages | 15 | - | - |
barrasway | 17 | - | - |
bayfronts | 17 | - | - |
flysprays | 20 | - | - |
graystone | 13 | - | - |
graylists | 13 | - | - |
grayheads | 17 | - | - |
haycation | 17 | - | - |
galloways | 16 | - | - |
fourplays | 17 | - | - |
gaycation | 15 | - | - |
daysailor | 13 | - | - |
daysailer | 13 | - | - |
daysailed | 14 | - | - |
daycation | 15 | - | - |
traycloth | 17 | - | - |
traybakes | 18 | - | - |
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10 letter words
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screenplay | 17 | a script for a film including dialogue and descriptions of characters and sets | - |
playground | 17 | an area where many people go for recreation | - |
mayonnaise | 15 | egg yolks and oil and vinegar | - |
chardonnay | 19 | white wine grape | - |
expressway | 25 | a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic | - |
playwright | 22 | someone who writes plays | - |
bricklayer | 21 | a craftsman skilled in building with bricks | - |
passageway | 19 | a path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass | - |
ballplayer | 17 | an athlete who plays baseball | - |
portraying | 16 | a representation by picture or portraiture | - |
soothsayer | 16 | someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge) | - |
overstayed | 17 | - | - |
daydreamer | 17 | someone who indulges in idle or absentminded daydreaming | - |
schooldays | 19 | the time of life when you are going to school | - |
highwayman | 25 | a holdup man who stops a vehicle and steals from it | - |
overlaying | 17 | - | - |
cardplayer | 18 | - | - |
nonpayment | 17 | the deliberate act of failing to pay money | he was indicted for nonpayment |
prepayment | 19 | payment in advance | - |
playacting | 18 | the performance of a part or role in a drama | - |
unplayable | 17 | not capable of or suitable for being played or played on | the golf ball was in an unplayable lie |
playschool | 20 | a small informal nursery group meeting for half-day sessions | - |
railwayman | 18 | an employee of a railroad | - |
throughway | 23 | a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic | - |
disarrayed | 15 | in disarray | disarrayed bedclothes |
gainsayers | 14 | - | - |
gainsaying | 15 | - | - |
foresaying | 17 | - | - |
forelaying | 17 | - | - |
essayistic | 15 | - | - |
essayettes | 13 | - | - |
endplaying | 17 | - | - |
embayments | 19 | - | - |
drainlayer | 14 | - | - |
drayhorses | 17 | - | - |
doomsdayer | 17 | - | - |
doomsaying | 17 | - | - |
doomsayers | 16 | - | - |
downplayed | 20 | - | - |
dismayling | 17 | - | - |
displayers | 16 | - | - |
displaying | 17 | - | - |
manslayers | 15 | - | - |
panchayats | 20 | - | - |
overswayed | 20 | - | - |
overstayer | 16 | - | - |
overplayed | 19 | - | - |
overpaying | 19 | - | - |
outstaying | 14 | - | - |
outplaying | 16 | - | - |
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