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8-letter words ending in DY
There are 35 8-letter words ending in DY in the standard word-game list. The most common are somebody, jeopardy, landlady, burgundy, busybody, rhapsody.
Most common, with meanings
| Word | Meaning | Points |
|---|---|---|
| somebody | an individual with personhood; a being characterized by consciousness, agency, and moral or legal standing | 16 |
| jeopardy | a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune | 21 |
| landlady | a landlord who is a woman | 13 |
| burgundy | red table wine from the Burgundy region of France (or any similar wine made elsewhere) | 15 |
| busybody | a person who meddles in the affairs of others | 19 |
| rhapsody | an enthusiastic expression of emotion | 17 |
| unsteady | subject to change or variation | 12 |
| antibody | any of a large variety of proteins normally present in the body or produced in response to an antigen which… | 14 |
| bastardy | the status of being born to parents who were not married | 14 |
| charlady | A woman who cleans houses and offices as an occupation. | 17 |
| diploidy | the condition of being diploid | 15 |
| dogsbody | a worker who has to do all the unpleasant or boring jobs that no one else wants to do | 16 |
| euploidy | The condition of having a chromosome number that is an exact multiple of the haploid number for the species. | 14 |
| forebody | The forepart of a vehicle. | 17 |
| forelady | a woman who is foreperson of a jury | 15 |
| haploidy | the condition of being haploid | 17 |
| hexapody | A verse or measure of six metrical feet. | 24 |
| homebody | a person who seldom goes anywhere; one not given to wandering or travel | 19 |
| monopody | A measure of a single metrical foot. | 16 |
| nonhardy | Not hardy. | 15 |
| nonwoody | not woody; not consisting of or resembling wood | 15 |
| outstudy | To surpass in studying. | 12 |
| pandowdy | deep-dish apple dessert covered with a rich crust | 18 |
| petalody | The metamorphosis of various floral organs, usually stamens, into petals. | 14 |
| polypody | any of numerous ferns of the genus Polypodium | 19 |
| psalmody | the act of singing psalms or hymns | 16 |
| reembody | To embody again. | 16 |
| threnody | a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person | 15 |
| unbloody | achieved without bloodshed | 14 |
| ungreedy | Not greedy. | 13 |
| unwieldy | difficult to use or handle or manage because of size or weight or shape | 15 |