1,301 five letter words end in Y. Third biggest ending group on this site, and one of the most productive suffixes in English.
1,301 words end in Y. That's the "-y" adjective suffix at work, add it to almost any noun and you get "having the quality of." SMELL becomes SMELLY, LUCK becomes LUCKY.
It's one of the oldest, most productive word-building patterns in the language, and English never stopped using it.
No plural trap either, a Y ending can't form a simple English plural.
Out of 2,315 real Wordle answers, 364 end in Y, 15.7%, the second-highest share of any letter after E.
Of the 1,301 words ending in Y, 364 are real answers, a 28.0% hit rate. Roughly one in every 3.5 words.
ABBEY. CANNY. EARLY. GODLY. JOLLY. NANNY. RALLY. SOOTY.
All common, all real Wordle answers, most built on that same productive -y suffix.
JAZZY tops the list at 33 points, the second-highest score of any ending letter on this whole site. FEZZY and FIZZY tie right behind at 29 each.
A scrabble word finder ranks all three, and JAZZY specifically is one of the best five-letter plays in the entire dictionary.
TY- leads at 140 words, LY- close behind at 131. Then DY- and KY- tied at 108 each.
A well-spread top four, all four genuinely common ways to close a Y-ending word.
The productive "-y" suffix, turning nouns into adjectives, is why this group is as big as it is.
All 1,301 words sit below. Real Wordle answers are marked.
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All 1,301 words sit below. Real Wordle answers are marked. Use the word finder above if you know another letter too, or scroll the full 5 letter words list.
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Data computed from a 12,974-word open-source dictionary and the 2,315-word Wordle answer list. Last updated August 26, 2026.