5-Letter Words Ending in YS
There are 33 five-letter words ending in YS in our dictionary; 25 of them are common words.
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All 33 words
- plays10 points
- stays8 points
- obeys10 points
- prays10 points
- quays17 points
- okays12 points
- frays11 points
- sways11 points
- brays10 points
- buoys10 points
- ploys10 points
- preys10 points
- spays10 points
- grays9 points
- greys9 points
- slays8 points
- trays8 points
- flays11 points
- cloys10 points
- drays9 points
- troys8 points
- joeys15 points
- polys10 points
- shays11 points
- treys8 points
- clays10 points
- queys17 points
- kumys14 points
- wheys14 points
- chays13 points
- fleys11 points
- ofays11 points
- gleys9 points
Quick facts
- Total words: 33
- By usage: 17 very common, 8 common, 8 rare
Highest scoring (classic tiles)
- quays 17
- queys 17
- joeys 15
- kumys 14
- wheys 14
- chays 13
- okays 12
- flays 11
- fleys 11
- frays 11
Most common
- plays
- stays
- obeys
- prays
- quays
- okays
- frays
- sways
- brays
- buoys
Definitions
- stays (noun)
- A woman's close-fitting foundation garment.
Looking for five-letter words ending in YS? You are in the right place. This list has 33 of them, sorted so the familiar words such as PLAYS and STAYS appear before the obscure ones. Every entry is a real dictionary word, and every score badge is computed from standard tile values. Use the filters in the search box to keep only the words that also fit the other letters on your rack or the pattern in your puzzle.
How to use this page
Read the list from the top if you want the everyday words, or jump to the quick facts for the highest scorers. Click any word with a link to see every shorter word hidden inside it. When you have a specific rack, the search box at the top filters the list down to the words you can play right now.
Tips
If you know some letters of a word and their positions, a pattern search finds it faster than scanning a list. Open the word finder, type the word with question marks for the unknown letters, and every match appears immediately. You can combine a pattern with the starts-with and ends-with filters to narrow the set further. This works for crosswords, for daily five-letter puzzles and for any tile game where a board word gives you two or three fixed letters.
Questions
How many five-letter words ending in YS are there?
Our dictionary has 33 five-letter words ending in YS, of which 25 are common English words. The count comes from the public-domain ENABLE list, so it can differ slightly from the dictionary a particular game uses.
What is the highest-scoring word among the five-letter words ending in YS?
QUAYS scores 17 points with classic tile values, ignoring board multipliers. The full top ten is in the quick facts above; switch the tile set on the search tool if you play with different letter values.