Words Ending In FY
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There are 221 words that end in FY in the ENABLE list, which is roughly 0.13% of the words Letterpile uses. The longest is INTERSTRATIFY; the shortest are DEFY and IFFY. By common tile values the top scorer is COMPLEXIFY (29 points); board bonuses aren't counted. 83 of them use no letter twice, which matters in games where every tile is separate. Games use their own dictionaries, so a word here isn't automatically playable everywhere.
At a glance
| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Words in this list | 221 |
| Share of the ENABLE list shown on this site | 0.13% |
| Longest | INTERSTRATIFY (13 letters) |
| Shortest | DEFY and IFFY (4 letters) |
| Highest base score (common values) | COMPLEXIFY, 29 |
| No repeated letters | 83 |
Most common letter before FY
| Letter | Words |
|---|---|
| I | 169 |
| F | 25 |
| E | 13 |
| O | 3 |
| R | 3 |
Useful observations
- None of these words is a palindrome (the same backward and forward).
- 28 leave another word when the final
FYis taken off, for exampleALKALIFY,BEEFY,CASEFY,COCKNEYFYandDEFY→ALKALI,BEE,CASE,COCKNEYandDE. - The most common number of vowels (A, E, I, O, U) is 2, found in 108 of these words.
- The average length is 7.4 letters.
- Before FY, the letter
Iappears most often (169 words).
All -FY words
4 letters 2
defy iffy
5 letters 22
baffy beefy biffy buffy comfy daffy deify edify goofy gulfy huffy jiffy leafy miffy puffy reefy reify surfy taffy toffy turfy unify
6 letters 42
aerify argufy basify casefy chaffy chuffy citify cliffy codify draffy fluffy gasify gruffy ignify minify modify nazify nidify notify ossify pacify purify ramify rarefy rarify ratify redefy salify scurfy sniffy snuffy spiffy spoofy stuffy tepefy tumefy typify uglify verify vilify vinify vivify
7 letters 68
acetify acidify amplify beatify brutify calcify carnify certify clarify coalify crucify damnify dandify densify dignify dulcify falsify fancify fortify glorify gratify horrify introfy jellify jollify justify lignify liquefy liquify lithify magnify metrify micrify mollify mortify mummify mystify nigrify nitrify nullify opacify petrify putrefy qualify rectify reedify reunify russify salsify satisfy scarify scorify scruffy signify specify squiffy stupefy tackify terrify testify torrefy torrify verbify versify vitrify zincify zinkify zombify
8 letters 37
alkalify ammonify beautify classify copurify denazify detoxify emulsify esterify etherify fructify gentrify humidify identify lapidify nonleafy opsonify prettify quantify recodify remodify renotify repacify repurify resinify reverify revivify rigidify sanctify saponify silicify simplify solidify stellify stratify stultify unstuffy
9 letters 28
cockneyfy commodify dandruffy deacidify decalcify decertify demystify denitrify devitrify diversify electrify exemplify frenchify indemnify intensify objectify personify preachify premodify prenotify recertify refortify reliquefy requalify semideify solemnify speechify syllabify
10 letters 13
complexify declassify dehumidify disqualify dissatisfy precertify prequalify presignify prespecify reclassify reidentify resolidify saccharify
11 letters 3
misclassify misidentify subclassify
12 letters 5
bourgeoisify overclassify overidentify oversimplify transmogrify
13 letters 1
interstratify
Using these words
To find words ending in FY from your own letters, use the Word Unscrambler with FY in Ends with, or try a pattern such as ???FY 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.