5-Letter Words Starting With I and Ending in Y
There are 6 five-letter words starting with I and ending in Y in our dictionary; 6 of them are common words.
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All 6 words
- imply12 points
- irony8 points
- itchy13 points
- ivory11 points
- inlay8 points
- icily10 points
Quick facts
- Total words: 6
- By usage: 5 very common, 1 common, 0 rare
Highest scoring (classic tiles)
- itchy 13
- imply 12
- ivory 11
- icily 10
- inlay 8
- irony 8
Most common
- imply
- irony
- itchy
- ivory
- inlay
- icily
Definitions
- imply (verb)
- Express or state indirectly.
- irony (noun)
- Witty language used to convey insults or scorn.
- itchy (adjective)
- Nervous and unable to relax.
- ivory (noun)
- A hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses.
The five-letter words that start with I and end in Y number 6 in our dictionary. About 6 of them are common, which is the group most players will recognise on sight, and the remainder are rarer words that still count in the majority of games. The list is complete, computed from the full word list rather than typed by hand, so you can trust that nothing is missing. The best scorer is ITCHY, at 13 points.
How to use this page
Start by scanning the common words at the top; they are the ones most likely to be accepted and remembered. Then check the quick facts for the highest-scoring options. If you have a rack in front of you, the search box applies this page's constraint to your letters and returns only what you can play.
Tips
The list puts common words first for a reason: they are the ones an opponent is least likely to challenge and the ones you will remember next time. When two plays score about the same, prefer the common word. Save the rare entries for situations where they are clearly better, such as a triple-word square that only an obscure word can reach. If you are learning vocabulary or solving a puzzle for a newspaper, stick to the very common words marked with a dot; they are the ones the setter almost certainly had in mind.
Questions
How many five-letter words starting with I and ending in Y are there?
Our dictionary has 6 five-letter words starting with I and ending in Y, of which 6 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 starting with I and ending in Y?
ITCHY scores 13 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.