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4 Letter Words Ending in Y
Most people think of they, only, very, many first. The full list of four-letter words that end in Y is longer: 208 words. Of those, 66 are common words that can be a daily answer; the other 142 are valid guesses only.
Tip: test the vowels first, starting with A. Once they are in place, the consonants around them usually follow. A guess that covers common letters here: airy.
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Common 4-letter words ending in Y (66)
Everyday words, most common first. Only these can be the answer in our daily puzzle.
- they
- only
- very
- many
- away
- city
- play
- body
- stay
- easy
- baby
- army
- lady
- holy
- copy
- busy
- duty
- tiny
- navy
- jury
- gray
- pray
- deny
- clay
- rely
- vary
- lazy
- ally
- pity
- prey
- ruby
- lily
- fury
- bury
- levy
- envy
- obey
- pony
- tray
- sway
- cozy
- wary
- tidy
- eddy
- defy
- edgy
- oily
- bray
- fray
- rosy
- quay
- bony
- wavy
- lacy
- ploy
- airy
- hazy
- dory
- whey
- buoy
- foxy
- arty
- awry
- nosy
- puny
- wily
The letter right before the final Y is most often L: 23 of these words end in LY. On average a word here has 1.0 vowels, and the most frequent vowel is A (in 67 words). 8% repeat a letter, like away. The most common first letter is P (20 words).
All 4-letter words ending in Y (208)
From A to Z, including plurals and other forms that count as guesses.
ably achy aery agcy agly ahoy airy alky ally ancy army arty ashy atty away awny awry baby bevy body bogy bony boxy bray btry buoy bury busy cagy caky cavy chay city clay cloy coly cony copy cory cosy cowy cozy davy defy demy deny dewy dexy didy doby dogy dopy dory doty doxy dozy dray drey duly duty easy eddy edgy eely eery eggy elmy ency envy espy eyry flay fley fogy foxy fozy fray fumy fury gaby gamy gapy gley goby gory gray grey hazy hgwy holy homy icky idly iffy illy immy inby inky inly jivy joey joky jury lacy lady laky lazy levy lily limy liny logy lory luny many mazy miry mity mkay moly mony mopy nary navy nixy nosy obey ofay oily okay oldy only oozy orby orgy pacy paly paty pily piny pipy pity pixy pkwy play ploy pogy poky poly pony posy poxy pray prey puny quay quey racy rely rimy ropy rosy ruby ruly sagy scry secy sexy shay sizy slay spay spry stay stey sway they tidy tiny tivy toby tody toey tony tory towy tray trey troy typy ugly undy upby vary very viny wady waly wany wary wavy waxy whey wily winy wiry wkly zany
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Frequently asked questions
How many four-letter words end in Y?
Our dictionary has 208, which is 4.9% of all four-letter words. 66 of them are common words that can be the daily answer; the rest are valid guesses.
What is a good guess from this list?
Try airy. It has 4 different letters, all common in this group, so one guess tells you a lot. 8% of these words repeat a letter, so keep doubles in mind later.
Which letter most often comes before the final Y?
The letter right before the final Y is most often L: 23 of these words end in LY.