Words Ending In YS
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The open ENABLE word list has 554 words that end in YS, about 0.32% of the 172,434 words this site shows. They run from AYS and BYS at the short end to RADIOIMMUNOASSAYS at the long end. The highest base score belongs to HOKEYPOKEYS (30 points), using commonly used tile values. 221 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 | 554 |
| Share of the ENABLE list shown on this site | 0.32% |
| Longest | RADIOIMMUNOASSAYS (17 letters) |
| Shortest | AYS and BYS (3 letters) |
| Highest base score (common values) | HOKEYPOKEYS, 30 |
| No repeated letters | 221 |
Most common letter before YS
| Letter | Words |
|---|---|
| A | 285 |
| E | 164 |
| O | 75 |
| B | 7 |
| U | 6 |
What stands out
- None of these words is a palindrome (the same backward and forward).
- 56 leave another word when the final
YSis taken off, for exampleABBEYS,ABYS,BAYS,BENDYSandBEYS→ABBE,AB,BA,BENDandBE. - The most common number of vowels (A, E, I, O, U) is 2, found in 267 of these words.
- The average length is 7.5 letters.
- Before YS, the letter
Aappears most often (285 words).
All -YS words
3 letters 2
ays bys
4 letters 33
abys bays beys boys buys cays coys days deys drys fays foys gays goys guys hays hoys jays joys kays keys lays leys mays nays pays rays says soys toys ways whys yays
5 letters 33
brays buoys chays clays cloys drays flays fleys frays gleys grays greys joeys kumys obeys ofays okays plays ploys polys prays preys quays queys shays slays spays stays sways trays treys troys wheys
6 letters 70
abbeys allays alleys alloys always annoys arrays assays belays bendys bialys blueys bogeys byways coneys cooeys coseys coveys cozeys cuteys decays decoys delays derays dogeys embays enjoys envoys essays flybys fogeys forays gamays henrys honeys hooeys inlays koumys limeys looeys mameys mateys moneys morays moseys muleys noways platys pogeys pokeys rebuys rekeys relays repays resays satays savoys sepoys splays sprays strays stroys tellys tepoys todays tokays unlays unsays waveys zlotys
7 letters 129
affrays airways anyways baileys barleys batboys bendays betrays bewrays blowbys boogeys burleys busboys byplays carboys carneys causeys chlamys cogways conveys convoys cookeys cowboys cullays deejays defrays deploys dickeys dingeys dinkeys dismays donkeys doyleys employs endways estrays flyboys flyways galleys garveys goodbys gooneys guanays gulleys gurneys hawkeys heydays heydeys hickeys hockeys hookeys hoorays hurleys hurrays jarveys jerseys jitneys jockeys kerseys keyways kidneys lackeys leeways linseys logways looneys lowboys magueys mammeys margays maydays medleys mickeys middays midways mislays missays monkeys mooleys motleys mulleys murreys nongays oilways orfrays ospreys outbuys outlays parlays parleys paydays peaveys phoneys pinkeys potboys prepays pulleys punkeys purveys pusleys qwertys redbays replays rickeys ridleys runways sashays sawneys seaways shamoys shindys skyways slaveys stogeys storeys subways surreys surveys tawneys teapoys tomboys turkeys valleys veejays volleys waylays whiteys winceys witneys
8 letters 154
abhenrys airplays archways areaways ashtrays baloneys bellboys beltways bendways bikeways blarneys bluejays bobstays boloneys callboys caraways chanteys charleys charpoys chimleys chimneys chutneys cockneys comfreys copyboys curtseys cutaways destroys diddleys disobeys displays doorways dovekeys edgeways fairways faradays fishways flatways flunkeys flyaways folkways foodways footboys footways forebays freeways gainsays gangways gateways getaways goombays gunplays hackneys hallways hautboys headways hearsays highboys highways holidays holydays homeboys jeepneys journeys killjoys koupreys lacqueys lampreys laneways langleys layaways lifeways linkboys longways malmseys misplays newsboys nonplays noondays nosegays nowadays odysseys orphreys outplays outprays outstays overbuys overjoys overlays overpays pageboys paisleys paleways palfreys parkways parsleys passkeys pathways pigsneys playdays plowboys portrays postboys pussleys raceways railways reenjoys resprays roadways rollways ropeways rosebays runaways saveloys shanteys sheeneys shinneys shipways shopboys sickbays sideways skidways slipways someways spinneys spooneys spurreys standbys swingbys swinneys tallboys tatouays taxiways thruways tideways tollways tourneys towaways tramways trawleys trolleys turnkeys viceroys virelays vouvrays walkways washdays weekdays whimseys whiprays whiskeys windways wireways workdays
9 letters 94
aisleways alleyways attorneys backstays beachboys bioassays birthdays blackboys bullyboys cableways castaways causeways chambrays chimbleys choirboys coemploys corduroys crawlways crossways disarrays domesdays doomsdays doughboys downplays driveways entryways fadeaways fallaways fireclays floodways foreplays forestays garganeys gingeleys giveaways greenways guernseys guideways hatchways headstays hendiadys hereaways hideaways hogmanays hogmenays homestays houseboys interlays jackstays latchkeys leastways maccaboys maccoboys mainstays malarkeys mangabeys misassays motorways overplays overstays paduasoys paperboys popinjays reconveys redeploys reemploys resurveys rockaways routeways slantways slideways sonobuoys soothsays speedways spillways stairways sternways stingrays stowaways tabooleys tearaways teleplays tomalleys trackways trainways underbuys underlays underpays walkaways wasteways waterways welladays wellaways wordplays
10 letters 17
breakaways breezeways cornerways doohickeys horseplays interplays lengthways misemploys photoplays redisplays roundelays schoolboys sluiceways swordplays throwaways underplays yesterdays
11 letters 10
chardonnays expressways hokeypokeys millihenrys passageways screenplays strathspeys superalloys thoughtways throughways
12 letters 8
carriageways counterplays counterploys entranceways hobbledehoys immunoassays intervalleys steerageways
13 letters 3
companionways straightaways superhighways
17 letters 1
radioimmunoassays
Using these words
To find words ending in YS from your own letters, use the Word Unscrambler with YS in Ends with, or try a pattern such as ???YS 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.