Common 9-letter words that end in Y
With their Scrabble points and, for the first 16, a short meaning, most used first.
- community★18a unified group of people
- directory★15an alphabetical list of names and addresses
- currently★14in a current manner
- necessary★14absolutely essential
- authority★15the power or right to give orders or make decisions
- secretary★14a person who is head of an administrative department of government
- emergency★17the quality of being emergent
- generally★13in a general manner
- yesterday★16the day before today
- frequency★26the quality of being frequent
- secondary★15being of second rank or importance or value
- certainly★14in a certain manner
- liability★14the quality of being liable
- extremely★21in an extreme manner
- chemistry★19the study of how atoms and molecules interact
- celebrity★16fame
All 2,326 words
9-letter words ending in LY (1,052)
Top score: BUZZINGLY, 33 points (tied with one other). in a buzzing manner
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9-letter words ending in HY (47)
Top score: ZOOMORPHY, 28 points
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9-letter words ending in CY (122)
Top score: FREQUENCY, 26 points. the quality of being frequent
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9-letter words ending in TY (300)
Top score: JEQUERITY, 28 points (tied with one other)
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9-letter words ending in RY (368)
Top score: RAZZBERRY, 32 points
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9-letter words ending in GY (119)
Top score: GIZMOLOGY, 25 points (tied with two others)
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9-letter words ending in NY (72)
Top score: ZOOTECHNY, 26 points
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9-letter words ending in DY (24)
Top score: BLIZZARDY, 33 points. resembling a blizzard
9-letter words ending in AY (29)
Top score: BREEZEWAY, 26 points. a roofed outdoor passageway
9-letter words ending in PY (34)
Top score: CHEMITYPY, 24 points (tied with one other)
9-letter words ending in MY (53)
Top score: RHIZOTOMY, 26 points. surgical procedure in which spinal nerve roots are cut
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9-letter words ending in XY (6)
Top score: PHOTOTAXY, 24 points
9-letter words ending in BY (5)
Top score: XENOPHOBY, 26 points
9-letter words ending in EY (14)
Top score: OUTJOCKEY, 25 points. to surpass in jockeying
9-letter words ending in SY (16)
Top score: XEROCHASY, 24 points
9-letter words ending in KY (8)
Top score: POCKMANKY, 26 points
9-letter words ending in FY (44)
Top score: EXEMPLIFY, 26 points (tied with two others). be characteristic of
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9-letter words ending in OY (9)
Top score: ZIRCALLOY, 23 points
9-letter words ending in ZY (2)
Top score: SHOWBIZZY, 38 points. showy, in the style of show business
9-letter words ending in UY (2)
Top score: SOLILOQUY, 21 points. the act of speaking aloud to oneself
About these words
- 2,326 of the 43,178 9-letter words end in Y (5%).
- 1,768 are good in NWL2023, 2,326 in Collins Scrabble Words, 1,768 in WOW24 and 1,303 in the Words With Friends list. 196 are everyday words.
- In Scrabble points, showbizzy scores the most (38), then blizzardy, buzzingly and puzzledly (33 each), then razzberry (32).