Words containing Y

Our dictionary holds 39,412 words containing y, ranging from 2 to 28 letters. The highest-scoring of them is PIZZAZZY, worth 49 points in Scrabble.

More of these words begin with P than any other letter — 4,599 of them, about 12% of the list.

1,720 appear in the 20,000 most common English words (4%), including by, you, your, my, they; the remaining 37,692 are rarer finds that still count as valid plays.