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3-letter words ending in Y
There are 53 3-letter words ending in Y in the standard word-game list. The most common are why, say, hey, way, any, day.
Most common, with meanings
| Word | Meaning | Points |
|---|---|---|
| why | the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase ‘the whys and wherefores’ | 12 |
| say | the chance to speak | 6 |
| hey | An exclamation to get attention. | 9 |
| way | how something is done or how it happens | 9 |
| any | one or some or every or all without specification; entity, elective existential pronoun; quantifier,… | 6 |
| day | time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis | 7 |
| guy | an effigy of Guy Fawkes that is burned on a bonfire on Guy Fawkes Day | 7 |
| may | the month following April and preceding June | 8 |
| try | earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something | 6 |
| boy | a youthful male person | 8 |
| pay | something that remunerates | 8 |
| buy | an advantageous purchase | 8 |
| key | serving as an essential component | 10 |
| fly | (British informal) not to be deceived or hoodwinked | 9 |
| cry | a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition | 8 |
| gay | bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer | 7 |
| sky | the atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth | 10 |
| ray | a column of light (as from a beacon) | 6 |
| lay | characteristic of those who are not members of the clergy | 6 |
| dry | free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet | 7 |
| joy | the emotion of great happiness | 13 |
| thy | Possessive form of thou: that which belongs to thee; which belongs to you (singular). | 9 |
| spy | (military) a secret agent hired by a state to obtain information about its enemies or by a business to… | 8 |
| bay | (used of animals especially a horse) of a moderate reddish-brown color | 8 |
| shy | lacking self-confidence | 9 |
| jay | crested largely blue bird | 13 |
| toy | an artifact designed to be played with | 6 |
| yay | a branch of the Tai languages, spoken in South and southwest Guizhou Province, Guizhou-Yunnan plateau,… | 9 |
| fry | a young person of either sex | 9 |
| kay | The name of the Latin-script letter K. | 10 |
| ivy | Old World vine with lobed evergreen leaves and black berrylike fruits | 9 |
| hay | grass mowed and cured for use as fodder | 9 |
| sly | marked by skill in deception | 6 |
| nay | used to express negation | 6 |
| soy | a source of oil; used for forage and soil improvement and as food | 6 |
| pry | a heavy iron lever with one end forged into a wedge | 8 |
| icy | devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain | 8 |
| fay | a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers | 9 |
| bey | (formerly) a title of respect for a man in Turkey or Egypt | 8 |
| coy | affectedly modest or shy especially in a playful or provocative way | 8 |
| oxy | The bivalent R-O-R functional group found in ethers. | 13 |
| fey | slightly insane | 9 |
| ply | one of the strands twisted together to make yarn or rope or thread; often used in combination | 8 |
| hoy | a flatbottom boat for carrying heavy loads (especially on canals) | 9 |
| wry | humorously sarcastic or mocking | 9 |
| ley | a field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock | 6 |
| sty | an infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid | 6 |
| foy | Faith, allegiance. | 9 |
| dey | A servant who has charge of the dairy; a dairymaid. | 7 |
| goy | a Christian as contrasted with a Jew | 7 |
| aby | make amends for | 8 |
| cay | a coral reef off the southern coast of Florida | 8 |
| gey | Very. | 7 |