Words Ending In KY
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166 of the 172,434 ENABLE words shown on this site are words that end in KY (about 0.096%). They run from SKY at the short end to JABBERWOCKY at the long end. By common tile values the top scorer is JABBERWOCKY (34 points); board bonuses aren't counted. 122 have no repeated letter at all. Games use their own dictionaries, so a word here isn't automatically playable everywhere.
At a glance
| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Words in this list | 166 |
| Share of the ENABLE list shown on this site | 0.096% |
| Longest | JABBERWOCKY (11 letters) |
| Shortest | SKY (3 letters) |
| Highest base score (common values) | JABBERWOCKY, 34 |
| No repeated letters | 122 |
Most common letter before KY
| Letter | Words |
|---|---|
| C | 50 |
| N | 24 |
| A | 18 |
| R | 18 |
| S | 16 |
Patterns in this list
- None of these words is a palindrome (the same backward and forward).
- 60 leave another word when the final
KYis taken off, for exampleALKY,BALKY,BARKY,BLOCKYandBOSKY→AL,BAL,BAR,BLOCandBOS. - The most common number of vowels (A, E, I, O, U) is 1, found in 107 of these words.
- The average length is 5.8 letters.
- Before KY, the letter
Cappears most often (50 words).
All -KY words
3 letters 1
sky
4 letters 7
alky caky icky inky joky laky poky
5 letters 77
balky barky beaky bosky braky bulky casky choky conky cooky corky dinky dorky ducky dumky dusky ensky flaky fluky folky forky funky gawky geeky gunky hanky hooky hulky hunky husky jacky jerky junky kicky kinky kooky lanky larky leaky linky lucky milky mirky mucky murky musky narky nooky pawky peaky pecky perky pesky picky pinky pocky porky punky quaky reeky risky rocky rooky sarky shaky silky smoky snaky sulky tacky talky wacky wonky yeuky yolky yucky zinky
6 letters 44
baulky blocky bricky chalky cheeky chinky chucky chunky clunky cracky cranky creaky croaky drecky drosky euroky flecky flocky flunky freaky frisky plisky plucky quirky sleeky slinky smirky snarky sneaky sparky spooky stalky sticky stinky stocky swanky talcky tricky twanky tweaky whacky whelky whisky zincky
7 letters 15
autarky colicky droshky euryoky finicky kolacky malarky panicky screaky shrieky squeaky stenoky streaky unbulky unlucky
8 letters 18
bullocky finnicky frolicky garlicky gimmicky hillocky hokypoky hummocky kazatsky kolinsky mullocky nitpicky peacocky picnicky rollicky schlocky staticky tussocky
9 letters 2
buttinsky plasticky
10 letters 1
ungimmicky
11 letters 1
jabberwocky
Using these words
To find words ending in KY from your own letters, use the Word Unscrambler with KY in Ends with, or try a pattern such as ???KY 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.