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Words ending in YA
There are 25 words ending in YA in the standard word-game list. The most common are maya, papaya, playa, soya, jambalaya, atemoya.
Most common, with meanings
| Word | Meaning | Points |
|---|---|---|
| maya | a member of an American Indian people of Yucatan and Belize and Guatemala who had a culture (which reached… | 9 |
| papaya | tropical American shrub or small tree having huge deeply palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow fruit | 13 |
| playa | A level area which habitually fills with water that evaporates entirely. | 10 |
| soya | erect bushy hairy annual herb having trifoliate leaves and purple to pink flowers; extensively cultivated… | 7 |
| jambalaya | spicy Creole dish of rice and ham, sausage, chicken, or shellfish with tomatoes, peppers, onions, and celery | 23 |
| atemoya | A hybrid between a cherimoya and a sweetsop | 12 |
| bunya | The bunya pine, Araucaria bidwillii, native to Queensland. | 10 |
| calisaya | Peruvian shrub or small tree having large glossy leaves and cymes of fragrant yellow to green or red… | 13 |
| cattleya | any orchid of the genus Cattleya characterized by a three-lobed lip enclosing the column; among the most… | 13 |
| cherimoya | small tropical American tree bearing round or oblong fruit | 19 |
| hoya | any plant of the genus Hoya having fleshy leaves and usually nectariferous flowers | 10 |
| ouguiya | the basic unit of money in Mauritania | 11 |
| polynya | a stretch of open water surrounded by ice (especially in Arctic seas) | 15 |
| pya | 100 pyas equal 1 kyat in Myanmar | 8 |
| rya | a shag rug made in Sweden | 6 |
| thuya | Any member of the genus Thuya. | 11 |