5 Letter Words Containing Y
Every 5-letter English word in the JumbleFix dictionary that contains Y. Each word links to its definition. Face-value Scrabble and Words With Friends scores are shown so you can pick a high-scoring play without leaving the page.
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- gygesScrabble 10 · WWF 11
noun. A legendary Lydian shepherd who found a ring that made him invisible, as told in Plato's Republic.
- gygisScrabble 10 · WWF 11
noun. A genus of seabirds in the tern family, including the white tern.
- gymelScrabble 11 · WWF 13
noun. In music, a style of part-writing in which two voices move in parallel thirds or sixths, common in medieval English polyphony.
- gynicScrabble 11 · WWF 13
adjective. Relating to women; feminine.
- gynieScrabble 9 · WWF 10
noun. Informal term for a gynecologist.
- gynneScrabble 9 · WWF 11
n.. English comedienne and mistress of Charles II (1650-1687)
- gynosScrabble 9 · WWF 10
noun. Plural of gyno; informal term for gynecologists.
- gyozaScrabble 18 · WWF 18
noun. A Japanese dumpling filled with meat and vegetables, typically pan-fried.
- gyposScrabble 11 · WWF 12
noun. Plural of gypo; swindlers or cheats.
- gyppoScrabble 13 · WWF 15
noun. A derogatory term for a Gypsy or a person of Romani origin.
- gypsyScrabble 14 · WWF 14
n.. One of a vagabond race, whose tribes, coming originally from India, entered Europe in 14th or 15th centry, and are now scattered over Turkey, Russia, Hungary, Spain, England, etc., living by theft, fortune telling, horsejockeying, tinkering, etc. Cf. Bohemian, Romany.
- gyralScrabble 9 · WWF 10
a.. Moving in a circular path or way; whirling; gyratory.
- gyredScrabble 10 · WWF 10
verb. Simple past tense and past participle of gyre; moved in a spiral or vortex.
- gyresScrabble 9 · WWF 9
noun. Plural of gyre; spiral or circular motions, especially large ocean currents.
- gyricScrabble 11 · WWF 12
adjective. Relating to or characterized by gyres or spirals.
- gyronScrabble 9 · WWF 10
n.. A subordinary of triangular form having one of its angles at the fess point and the opposite aide at the edge of the escutcheon. When there is only one gyron on the shield it is bounded by two lines drawn from the fess point, one horizontally to the dexter side, and one to the dexter chief corner.
- gyrusScrabble 9 · WWF 10
n.. A convoluted ridge between grooves; a convolution; as, the gyri of the brain; the gyri of brain coral. See Brain.
- gyvedScrabble 13 · WWF 14
verb. Past tense of gyve; fettered or shackled.
- gyvesScrabble 12 · WWF 13
noun. Plural of gyve; shackles or fetters.
- hackyScrabble 17 · WWF 16
adjective. Of poor quality; hackneyed or trite.
- haggyScrabble 13 · WWF 13
adjective. Resembling or characteristic of a hag; ugly, old, or witchlike.
- hailyScrabble 11 · WWF 10
a.. Of hail.
- hairyScrabble 11 · WWF 9
a.. Bearing or covered with hair; made of or resembling hair; rough with hair; rough with hair; rough with hair; hirsute.
- haleyScrabble 11 · WWF 10
n.. United States writer and Afro-American who wrote a fictionalized account of tracing his family roots back to Africa (1921-1992)
- halfyScrabble 14 · WWF 13
noun. A person of mixed race, especially one of half-white and half-black ancestry (offensive).
- hammyScrabble 15 · WWF 15
a.. affectedly dramatic; overacted
- handyScrabble 12 · WWF 11
superl.. Performed by the hand.
- hankyScrabble 15 · WWF 14
n.. a square piece of cloth used for wiping the eyes or nose or as a costume accessory
- haplyScrabble 13 · WWF 13
adv.. By hap, chance, luck, or accident; perhaps; it may be.
- happyScrabble 15 · WWF 15
superl.. Favored by hap, luck, or fortune; lucky; fortunate; successful; prosperous; satisfying desire; as, a happy expedient; a happy effort; a happy venture; a happy omen.
- hardyScrabble 12 · WWF 10
a.. Bold; brave; stout; daring; resolu?e; intrepid.
- harpyScrabble 13 · WWF 12
n.. A fabulous winged monster, ravenous and filthy, having the face of a woman and the body of a vulture, with long claws, and the face pale with hunger. Some writers mention two, others three.
- harryScrabble 11 · WWF 9
v. t.. To strip; to lay waste; as, the Northmen came several times and harried the land.
- hashyScrabble 14 · WWF 11
adjective. Resembling or containing hashish; having a strong smell or taste of hashish.
- hastyScrabble 11 · WWF 9
n.. Involving haste; done, made, etc., in haste; as, a hasty sketch.
- hattyScrabble 11 · WWF 9
adjective. Wearing a hat; characterized by hats.
- hawkyScrabble 18 · WWF 16
adjective. Having characteristics of a hawk; hawk-like.
- haydnScrabble 12 · WWF 11
n.. the music of Haydn
- hayedScrabble 12 · WWF 10
verb. Past tense of hay; to cut and dry grass for hay.
- hayekScrabble 15 · WWF 13
n.. English economist (born in Austria) noted for work on the optimum allocation of resources (1899-1992)
- hayerScrabble 11 · WWF 9
noun. One who makes hay.
- hayesScrabble 11 · WWF 9
n.. 19th President of the United States; his administration removed federal troops from the South and so ended the Reconstruction Period (1822-1893)
- hayeyScrabble 14 · WWF 11
adjective. Resembling or containing hay; having the smell or texture of hay.
- hayneScrabble 11 · WWF 10
noun. A hedge or fence, or an enclosed area; archaic term.
- haytiScrabble 11 · WWF 9
n.. an island in the West Indies
- headyScrabble 12 · WWF 10
a.. Willful; rash; precipitate; hurried on by will or passion; ungovernable.
- heapyScrabble 13 · WWF 12
a.. Lying in heaps.
- heavyScrabble 14 · WWF 13
a.. Having the heaves.
- hedgyScrabble 13 · WWF 12
adjective. Relating to or resembling a hedge; having many hedges.
- heedyScrabble 12 · WWF 10
a.. Heedful.