Words ending in YS
Every word in the dictionary whose last 2 letters are YS — 557 of 172,823.
- Words
- 557
- Everyday
- 130in the size-ranked core
- Longest
- 17radioimmunoassays
- Shortest
- 32 words tie
- abbeys
- allays
- alleys
- alloys
- always
- annoys
- archways
- arrays
- ashtrays
- attorneys
- bays
- bellboys
- betrays
- birthdays
- boys
- brays
- buoys
- buys
- byways
- castaways
- causeways
- chimneys
- conveys
- convoys
- cowboys
- days
- decays
- decoys
- delays
- destroys
- disarrays
- dismays
- disobeys
- displays
- donkeys
- doorways
- driveways
- drys
- employs
- endways
- enjoys
- envoys
- essays
- expressways
- forays
- frays
- freeways
- galleys
- gangways
- gateways
- gays
- getaways
- grays
- guys
- hallways
- hays
- heydays
- hideaways
- highways
- holidays
- honeys
- inlays
- jays
- jerseys
- jockeys
- journeys
- joys
- keys
- kidneys
- lays
- mainstays
- mays
- medleys
- midways
- mislays
- moneys
- monkeys
- motleys
- motorways
- nays
- nowadays
- obeys
- okays
- outlays
- parkways
- passageways
- pathways
- pays
- plays
- ploys
- portrays
- prays
- preys
- pulleys
- quays
- railways
- rays
- relays
- repays
- runaways
- runways
- says
- schoolboys
- sideways
- slays
- spays
- sprays
- stairways
- standbys
- stays
- stowaways
- strays
- subways
- surveys
- sways
- tomboys
- toys
- trays
- trolleys
- turkeys
- underlays
- valleys
- volleys
- waterways
- waylays
- ways
- weekdays
- whiskeys
- whys
- yesterdays
- affrays
- airways
- alleyways
- assays
- baileys
- belays
- beltways
- beys
- blarneys
- bogeys
- breakaways
- breezeways
- busboys
- caraways
- carboys
- carriageways
- cays
- chanteys
- chardonnays
- choirboys
- chutneys
- cloys
- cockneys
- companionways
- coneys
- corduroys
- coveys
- cutaways
- cuteys
- deejays
- defrays
- deploys
- dickeys
- doohickeys
- downplays
- drays
- entranceways
- entryways
- fairways
- fays
- flays
- flybys
- flyways
- folkways
- gainsays
- giveaways
- gurneys
- hackneys
- hatchways
- hickeys
- highboys
- homeboys
- houseboys
- jitneys
- joeys
- killjoys
- lackeys
- lampreys
- latchkeys
- limeys
- longways
- lowboys
- mateys
- maydays
- mickeys
- misplays
- morays
- moseys
- newsboys
- nosegays
- noways
- odysseys
- ospreys
- outplays
- outstays
- overbuys
- overjoys
- overlays
- overpays
- overplays
- overstays
- pageboys
- paisleys
- palfreys
- paperboys
- parlays
- parleys
- passkeys
- paydays
- platys
- playboys
- pokeys
- polys
- popinjays
- prepays
- purveys
- raceways
- redeploys
- reemploys
- replays
- resprays
- resurveys
- roadways
- roundelays
- sashays
- savoys
- screenplays
- seaways
- shays
- sickbays
- slipways
- someways
- speedways
- spillways
- spinneys
- splays
- stingrays
- straightaways
- superhighways
- surreys
- tallboys
- taxiways
- tearaways
- teleplays
- throwaways
- thruways
- tideways
- tollways
- tourneys
- tramways
- treys
- turnkeys
- underpays
- underplays
- unsays
- veejays
- viceroys
- walkaways
- walkways
- whiteys
- workdays
- zlotys
- abhenrys
- abys
- airplays
- aisleways
- anyways
- areaways
- ays
- backstays
- baloneys
- barleys
- batboys
- beachboys
- bendays
- bendys
- bewrays
- bialys
- bikeways
- bioassays
- blowbys
- blueys
- bobstays
- boogeys
- bullyboys
- burleys
- byplays
- bys
- cableways
- callboys
Showing the first 300 of 557, everyday words first and alphabetical inside each group. The longer endings below cut this list into readable pieces.
What is in this list
The longest is radioimmunoassays at 17 letters.
They run from 3 to 17 letters; 155 of them have 8 letters, more than any other length.
130 of them — 23% — are in the everyday tier; the rest are filed as rarer.
Every one of them contains each of S and Y.
The one furthest down the tiers is hokeypokeys, filed in the unranked list.
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Longer endings that finish in YS
Elsewhere
- All …S65,475
- starts ACC
- starts ALL
- starts ANA
- starts ANT
- starts APP
- starts ASS
- starts AUT
- starts BAC
- starts BAL
- starts BAN
- starts BAR
- starts BED
Ordered everyday words first, then alphabetical inside each group — the same rule on every list here. At most 300 are printed on one page.