12,780 words

Words ending with Y

12,780 words end in Y, and 2,174 of those are everyday words. Endings matter more than beginnings in both crosswords and word games, because the last letter is usually the one a crossing answer confirms first.

12,780
Words ending in Y
2,174
Everyday words among them
7.5%
Share of the whole dictionary
44 pts
Best score, from QUIZZICALITY

Why the last letter is the useful one

In a crossword, the final square is very often the first one a crossing answer fills in. In Scrabble, the last letter is what lets you hook onto something already on the board. Either way you tend to know how a word ends before you know how it starts, which makes this list more practically useful than the equivalent list of beginnings.

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The list

15 letter words

420

Showing 80 of 420, most familiar first.

14 letter words

632

Showing 80 of 632, most familiar first.

13 letter words

940

Showing 80 of 940, most familiar first.

12 letter words

1,244

Showing 80 of 1,244, most familiar first.

11 letter words

1,404

Showing 80 of 1,404, most familiar first.

10 letter words

1,428

Showing 80 of 1,428, most familiar first.

9 letter words

1,304

Showing 80 of 1,304, most familiar first.

8 letter words

1,711

Showing 80 of 1,711, most familiar first.

7 letter words

1,365

Showing 80 of 1,365, most familiar first.

Every other letter

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