3-letter words that end in y
- jay — John, 1745–1829, U.S. statesman and jurist: first chief justice of the U.S. 1789–95.
- jly — July
- joy — a female given name.
- kay — Sir Arthurian Romance. the rude, boastful foster brother and seneschal of Arthur.
- key — a small metal instrument specially cut to fit into a lock and move its bolt.
- lay — to bring about or affect by lying (often used reflexively): to lie oneself out of a difficulty; accustomed to lying his way out of difficulties.
- ley — a pewter containing about 80 percent tin and 20 percent lead.
- loy — a female given name.
- may — the fifth month of the year, containing 31 days.
- moy — an imaginary coin
- muy — (informal) very.
- nay — and not only so but; not only that but also; indeed: many good, nay, noble qualities.
- ney — Michel [mee-shel] /miˈʃɛl/ (Show IPA), Duke of Elchingen [el-khing-uh n] /ˈɛl xɪŋ ən/ (Show IPA), 1769–1815, French revolutionary and Napoleonic military leader: marshal of France 1805–15.
- noy — (obsolete, UK, dialect) To annoy; to vex.
- oby — Archaic form of obeah.
- pay — to coat or cover (seams, a ship's bottom, etc.) with pitch, tar, or the like.
- ply — British Dialect. to bend, fold, or mold.
- pry — to inquire impertinently or unnecessarily into something: to pry into the personal affairs of others.
- pty — proprietary: used to denote a private limited company
- puy — a city in and the capital of Haute-Loire, in central France: cathedral.
- qty — quantity
- ray — John, 1627?–1705, English naturalist.
- rey — a city in N Iran, near Teheran.
- rly — railway
- roy — a town in N Utah.
- rwy — railway
- say — assay.
- sey — a part of a beef carcass
- shy — bashful; retiring.
- sky — the region of the clouds or the upper air; the upper atmosphere of the earth: airplanes in the sky; cloudy skies.
- sly — cunning or wily: sly as a fox.
- soy — soy sauce.
- spy — a person employed by a government to obtain secret information or intelligence about another, usually hostile, country, especially with reference to military or naval affairs.
- sty — a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
- swy — the game of two-up.
- tay — a river flowing through central Scotland into the Firth of Tay. 118 miles (190 km) long.
- tdy — temporary duty
- thy — to address as “thou.”.
- toy — an object, often a small representation of something familiar, as an animal or person, for children or others to play with; plaything.
- try — to attempt to do or accomplish: Try it before you say it's simple.
- tty — teletypewriter
- uey — a U-turn
- way — manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
- wey — an old British unit of weight of various values, especially 16 stones of 16 pounds each, or 256 pounds.
- why — for what? for what reason, cause, or purpose?: Why did you behave so badly?
- wny — West Newbury Youth
- wry — produced by a distortion or lopsidedness of the facial features: a wry grin.
- yay — Yet Another Yacc
- yey — Alternative spelling of yay.
- yiy — Yoga is Youthfulness