Words Ending In EY

Last updated: October 1, 2026

Counting only the ENABLE word list, 252 entries are words that end in EY. That is about 0.15% of the list. The longest is INTERVALLEY; the shortest are BEY, DEY and FEY. Using commonly used tile values, HOKEYPOKEY (29 points) scores the most. 168 of them use no letter twice, which matters in games where every tile is separate. This is a general word list, not any game's official one; always check the rules of your game.

At a glance

Fact	Value
Words in this list	252
Share of the ENABLE list shown on this site	0.15%
Longest	`INTERVALLEY` (11 letters)
Shortest	`BEY`, `DEY` and `FEY` and 4 more (3 letters)
Highest base score (common values)	`HOKEYPOKEY`, 29
No repeated letters	168

Most common letter before EY

Letter	Words
K	44
L	41
N	40
S	17
R	14

Useful observations

None of these words is a palindrome (the same backward and forward).
84 leave another word when the final EY is taken off, for example ALLEY, ATTORNEY, BAILEY, BOGEY and BURLEY → ALL, ATTORN, BAIL, BOG and BURL.
The most common number of vowels (A, E, I, O, U) is 2, found in 175 of these words.
The average length is 6.1 letters.
Before EY, the letter K appears most often (44 words).

All -EY words

3 letters 7

bey dey fey gey hey key ley

4 letters 11

fley gley grey joey obey prey quey stey they trey whey

5 letters 56

abbey agley alley bluey bogey boney cagey cakey coney cooey cosey covey cozey cutey dicey dikey dogey dopey fakey fogey gamey gluey gooey hokey holey homey honey hooey jivey jokey lacey limey liney looey mamey matey money mopey mosey motey muley nosey piney pogey pokey rekey riley ropey skiey skyey sooey toney typey waney wavey winey

6 letters 103

bailey barley blimey blooey boogey burley carney causey chokey clayey convey cookey crepey crikey curvey dickey dingey dinkey donkey doyley drapey echoey flakey flooey flukey flutey galley garvey gooney goosey grapey gripey gulley gurney hawkey heydey hickey hockey hookey horsey hurley jarvey jersey jitney jockey kersey kidney lackey linsey looney maguey mammey mangey medley mickey monkey mooley motley mousey mulley murrey offkey osprey parley peavey phoney phooey pinkey pricey pulley punkey purvey pusley rickey ridley sawney scarey shaley slatey slavey smiley smokey snakey spacey spicey spikey stagey stogey stoney storey surrey survey tackey tawney thymey turkey valley volley wheyey whiney whitey wincey witney

7 letters 51

baloney blarney boloney chantey charley chimley chimney choosey chutney cliquey cockney comfrey crickey curtsey diddley disobey dovekey flunkey hackney jeepney journey kouprey lacquey lamprey langley limpsey malmsey odyssey orangey orphrey paisley palfrey parsley passkey pigsney plaguey pussley shantey sheeney shinney spinney spooney spurrey swinney tissuey tourney trawley trolley turnkey whimsey whiskey

8 letters 16

attorney chimbley costumey cottagey garganey gingeley guernsey latchkey malarkey mangabey nonmoney reconvey resurvey tabooley tomalley tomatoey

9 letters 2

doohickey okeydokey

10 letters 5

chocolatey hokeypokey housewifey mosquitoey strathspey

11 letters 1

intervalley

Using these words

To find words ending in EY from your own letters, use the Word Unscrambler with EY in Ends with, or try a pattern such as ???EY in the Crossword Solver. Words come from the open ENABLE word list. Different games use different dictionaries, so always check the rules of your game.