4-letter words ending with Y
Dive into the specific realm of 4-letter words that conclude with the letter Y. This focused section reveals the fascinating ways in which words of this particular length, ending with Y, contribute to the richness of the English language. Whether it's for expanding your vocabulary, solving puzzles, or simply for the love of words, discover how these terms uniquely blend length and ending sound.
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| they | 10 | The plural of he, she, or it. They is never used adjectively, but always as a pronoun proper, and sometimes refers to persons without an antecedent expressed. | - |
| okay | 11 | in a satisfactory or adequate manner | she'll do okay on her own |
| very | 10 | being the exact same one; not any other: | on this very spot |
| only | 7 | without any others being included or involved | a privilege granted only to him |
| 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 | - |
| many | 9 | a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by `as' or `too' or `so' or `that'; amounting to a large but indefinite number | many temptations |
| baby | 11 | a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk | the baby began to cry again |
| play | 9 | contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle | Princeton plays Yale this weekend |
| easy | 7 | not hurried or forced | an easy walk around the block |
| body | 10 | the property of holding together and retaining its shape | wool has more body than rayon |
| city | 9 | people living in a large densely populated municipality | the city voted for Republicans in 1994 |
| lady | 8 | a woman of refinement | a chauffeur opened the door of the limousine for the grand lady |
| busy | 9 | (of facilities such as telephones or lavatories) unavailable for use by anyone else or indicating unavailability; (`engaged' is a British term for a busy telephone line) | her line is busy |
| army | 9 | the army of the United States of America; the agency that organizes and trains soldiers for land warfare | - |
| holy | 10 | a sacred place of pilgrimage | - |
| mary | 9 | the mother of Jesus; Christians refer to her as the Virgin Mary; she is especially honored by Roman Catholics | - |
| duty | 8 | the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force | we must instill a sense of duty in our children |
| ugly | 8 | inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace | an ugly frame of mind |
| pray | 9 | call upon in supplication; entreat | - |
| copy | 11 | a reproduction of a written record (e.g. of a legal or school record) | - |
| tony | 7 | - | - |
| tiny | 7 | very small | tiny feet |
| sexy | 14 | stimulating sexual desire | - |
| pity | 9 | a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others | the blind are too often objects of pity |
| bury | 9 | place in a grave or tomb | - |
| jury | 14 | a committee appointed to judge a competition | - |
| lily | 7 | any liliaceous plant of the genus Lilium having showy pendulous flowers | - |
| deny | 8 | deny formally (an allegation of fact by the opposing party) in a legal suit | - |
| joey | 14 | - | - |
| lazy | 16 | disinclined to work or exertion | too lazy to wash the dishes |
| obey | 9 | be obedient to | - |
| gray | 8 | make grey | - |
| troy | 7 | an ancient city in Asia Minor that was the site of the Trojan War | - |
| navy | 10 | a dark shade of blue | - |
| envy | 10 | spite and resentment at seeing the success of another (personified as one of the deadly sins) | - |
| grey | 8 | make grey | The painter decided to grey the sky |
| ruby | 9 | of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies | - |
| prey | 9 | profit from in an exploitatory manner | - |
| toby | 9 | a drinking mug in the shape of a stout man wearing a three-cornered hat | - |
| rely | 7 | have faith or confidence in | - |
| clay | 9 | the dead body of a human being | honor comes to bless the turf that wraps their clay |
| judy | 15 | - | - |
| tidy | 8 | put (things or places) in order | - |
| rudy | 8 | - | - |
| trey | 7 | the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one | - |
| pony | 9 | a literal translation used in studying a foreign language (often used illicitly) | - |
| fury | 10 | state of violent mental agitation | - |
| ally | 7 | an associate who provides cooperation or assistance | he's a good ally in fight |
| cozy | 18 | having or fostering a warm or friendly and informal atmosphere | had a cozy chat |
| gaby | 10 | - | - |
| rory | 7 | - | - |
| 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 |
| nosy | 7 | offensively curious or inquisitive | he flipped through my letters in his nosy way |
| dory | 8 | pike-like freshwater perches | - |
| eddy | 9 | flow in a circular current, of liquids | - |
| defy | 11 | resist or confront with resistance | - |
| slay | 7 | kill intentionally and with premeditation | - |
| rosy | 7 | having the pinkish flush of health | - |
| davy | 11 | English chemist who was a pioneer in electrochemistry and who used it to isolate elements sodium and potassium and barium and boron and calcium and magnesium and chlorine (1778-1829) | - |
| orgy | 8 | any act of immoderate indulgence | an orgy of shopping |
| cosy | 9 | a padded cloth covering to keep a teapot warm | - |
| foxy | 17 | marked by skill in deception | a foxy scheme |
| ploy | 9 | a maneuver in a game or conversation | - |
| edgy | 9 | being in a tense state | - |
| tory | 7 | a member of political party in Great Britain that has been known as the Conservative Party since 1832; was the opposition party to the Whigs | - |
| wary | 10 | openly distrustful and unwilling to confide | - |
| vary | 10 | become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence | - |
| oily | 7 | unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech | an oily sycophantic press agent |
| buoy | 9 | keep afloat | The life vest buoyed him up |
| emmy | 11 | an annual award by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for outstanding achievements in television | - |
| ahoy | 10 | - | - |
| bony | 9 | having bones especially many or prominent bones | a bony shad fillet |
| icky | 13 | soft and sticky | - |
| puny | 9 | (used especially of persons) of inferior size | - |
| duly | 8 | in accordance with what is appropriate or suitable for the circumstances | I met the junior senator from Illinois and I was duly impressed |
| moly | 9 | - | - |
| levy | 10 | cause to assemble or enlist in the military | - |
| shay | 10 | a carriage consisting of two wheels and a calash top; drawn by a single horse | - |
| addy | 9 | - | - |
| idly | 8 | in an idle manner | this is what I always imagined myself doing in the south of France, sitting idly, drinking coffee, watching the people |
| hazy | 19 | indistinct or hazy in outline | - |
| arty | 7 | showily imitative of art or artists | - |
| dewy | 11 | wet with dew | - |
| poly | 9 | - | - |
| wavy | 13 | uneven by virtue of having wrinkles or waves | - |
| racy | 9 | marked by richness and fullness of flavor | - |
| airy | 7 | not practical or realizable; speculative | airy theories about socioeconomic improvement |
| poxy | 16 | - | - |
| fray | 10 | a noisy fight | - |
| gory | 8 | covered with blood | a gory dagger |
| awry | 10 | turned or twisted to one side | with his necktie twisted awry |
| quay | 16 | wharf usually built parallel to the shoreline | - |
| posy | 9 | an arrangement of flowers that is usually given as a present | - |
| cray | 9 | - | - |
| flay | 10 | strip the skin off | - |
| dozy | 17 | half asleep | a tired dozy child |
| drey | 8 | the nest of a squirrel | - |
| bray | 9 | reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading | - |
| lacy | 9 | made of or resembling lace | a lacy gown |
| iffy | 13 | subject to accident or chance or change | an iffy proposition |
| wiry | 10 | lean and sinewy | - |
| nary | 7 | (used with singular count nouns) colloquial for `not a' or `not one' or `never a' | heard nary a sound |
| whey | 13 | the serum or watery part of milk that is separated from the curd in making cheese | - |
| zany | 16 | a man who is a stupid incompetent fool | - |
| waxy | 17 | easily impressed or influenced | a waxy mind |
| wily | 10 | marked by skill in deception | a wily old attorney |
| nowy | 10 | - | - |
| inky | 11 | of the color of black ink | - |
| espy | 9 | catch sight of | - |
| doxy | 15 | a woman who cohabits with an important man | - |
| demy | 10 | - | - |
| alky | 11 | a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually | - |
| achy | 12 | causing a dull and steady pain | her old achy joints |
| bevy | 12 | a flock of birds (especially when gathered close together on the ground) | we were visited at breakfast by a bevy of excited ducks |
| poky | 13 | small and remote and insignificant | passed a series of poky little one-horse towns |
| ashy | 10 | of a light grey | - |
| spry | 9 | moving quickly and lightly | the old dog was so spry it was halfway up the stairs before we could stop it |
| ably | 9 | with competence; in a competent capable manner | - |
| tody | 8 | tiny insectivorous West Indian bird having red-and-green plumage and a long straight bill | - |
| mony | 9 | - | - |
| lory | 7 | small brightly colored Australasian parrots having a brush-tipped tongue for feeding on nectar and soft fruits | - |
| ofay | 10 | - | - |
| goby | 10 | small spiny-finned fish of coastal or brackish waters having a large head and elongated tapering body having the ventral fins modified as a sucker | - |
| ropy | 9 | (British informal) very poor in quality | - |
| homy | 12 | having a feeling of home; cozy and comfortable | - |
| fogy | 11 | someone whose style is out of fashion | - |
| spay | 9 | remove the ovaries of | Is your cat spayed? |
| paty | 9 | - | - |
| luny | 7 | - | - |
| dray | 8 | a low heavy horse cart without sides; used for haulage | - |
| paly | 9 | - | - |
| pixy | 16 | creeping evergreen shrub having narrow overlapping leaves and early white star-shaped flowers; of the pine barrens of New Jersey and the Carolinas | - |
| cloy | 9 | cause surfeit through excess though initially pleasing | Too much spicy food cloyed his appetite |
| boxy | 16 | resembling a box in rectangularity | - |
| toey | 7 | - | - |
| illy | 7 | - | - |
| coly | 9 | - | - |
| chay | 12 | - | - |
| oozy | 16 | leaking out slowly | - |
| puky | 13 | - | - |
| offy | 13 | - | - |
| oaty | 7 | - | - |
| xray | 14 | - | - |
| awfy | 13 | - | - |
| kray | 11 | - | - |
| hugy | 11 | - | - |
| inby | 9 | - | - |
| inly | 7 | - | - |
| immy | 11 | - | - |
| hery | 10 | - | - |
| laky | 11 | - | - |
| jivy | 17 | - | - |
| joky | 18 | - | - |
| jaxy | 21 | - | - |
| jazy | 23 | - | - |
| jasy | 14 | - | - |
| fiky | 14 | - | - |
| fley | 10 | - | - |
| elmy | 9 | - | - |
| eely | 7 | - | - |
| eery | 7 | inspiring a feeling of fear; strange and frightening | - |
| eggy | 9 | - | - |
| eyry | 10 | the lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle) | - |
| fady | 11 | - | - |
| esky | 11 | - | - |
| goey | 8 | - | - |
| gley | 8 | - | - |
| guly | 8 | - | - |
| gyny | 11 | - | - |
| gamy | 10 | (used of the smell of meat) smelling spoiled or tainted | - |
| fozy | 19 | - | - |
| fumy | 12 | - | - |
| gapy | 10 | - | - |
| gazy | 17 | - | - |
| maty | 9 | - | - |
| mazy | 18 | resembling a labyrinth in form or complexity | - |
| logy | 8 | stunned or confused and slow to react (as from blows or drunkenness or exhaustion) | - |
| liny | 7 | - | - |
| limy | 9 | - | - |
| nixy | 14 | - | - |
| miny | 9 | - | - |
| mopy | 11 | - | - |
| miry | 9 | (of soil) soft and watery | miry roads |
| moby | 11 | - | - |
| mixy | 16 | - | - |
| mity | 9 | - | - |
| cony | 9 | any of various burrowing animals of the family Leporidae having long ears and short tails; some domesticated and raised for pets or food | - |
| cory | 9 | - | - |
| coky | 13 | - | - |
| cowy | 12 | - | - |
| coxy | 16 | - | - |
| cany | 9 | - | - |
| caky | 13 | - | - |
| cagy | 10 | showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others | - |
| cavy | 12 | short-tailed rough-haired South American rodent | - |
| doty | 8 | - | - |
| domy | 10 | - | - |
| dogy | 9 | motherless calf in a range herd of cattle | - |
| dopy | 10 | having or revealing stupidity | - |
| doby | 10 | - | - |
| dixy | 15 | - | - |
| dexy | 15 | - | - |
| didy | 9 | - | - |
| apay | 9 | - | - |
| awny | 10 | having awns i.e. bristlelike or hairlike appendages on the flowering parts of some cereals and grasses | - |
| arsy | 7 | - | - |
| aery | 7 | the lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle) | - |
| adry | 8 | - | - |
| affy | 13 | - | - |
| agly | 8 | - | - |
| alay | 7 | - | - |
| bley | 9 | - | - |
| blay | 9 | - | - |
| bogy | 10 | an unidentified (and possibly enemy) aircraft | - |
| brey | 9 | - | - |
| yuky | 14 | - | - |
| yawy | 13 | - | - |
| towy | 10 | - | - |
| tway | 10 | - | - |
| typy | 12 | - | - |
| tuny | 7 | - | - |
| tedy | 8 | - | - |
| tivy | 10 | - | - |
| waly | 10 | - | - |
| wany | 10 | - | - |
| winy | 10 | having the taste of wine | a rich winy taste |
| undy | 8 | - | - |
| upby | 11 | - | - |
| umpy | 11 | - | - |
| upsy | 9 | - | - |
| urdy | 8 | - | - |
| vizy | 19 | - | - |
| wady | 11 | - | - |
| viny | 10 | - | - |
| scry | 9 | divine by gazing into crystals | - |
| sagy | 8 | - | - |
| roky | 11 | - | - |
| ricy | 9 | - | - |
| rimy | 9 | covered with frost | - |
| ruly | 7 | neat and tidy | a small ruly beard |
| stey | 7 | - | - |
| taky | 11 | - | - |
| sumy | 9 | - | - |
| swey | 10 | - | - |
| skry | 11 | - | - |
| sley | 7 | - | - |
| sizy | 16 | - | - |
| somy | 9 | - | - |
| pacy | 11 | - | - |
| owly | 10 | - | - |
| oaky | 11 | - | - |
| oary | 7 | - | - |
| occy | 11 | - | - |
| oosy | 7 | - | - |
| orby | 9 | - | - |
| oofy | 10 | - | - |
| oldy | 8 | - | - |
| quey | 16 | - | - |
| pumy | 11 | - | - |
| puly | 9 | - | - |
| reny | 7 | - | - |
| pogy | 10 | money received from the state | - |
| piny | 9 | - | - |
| pily | 9 | - | - |
| pioy | 9 | - | - |
| pipy | 11 | - | - |
| pory | 9 | - | - |
