How many words end in GY?

This page lists 411 words ending in GY, each with its Scrabble score.

Why are -GY words useful?

Words ending in GY are great for hooking onto existing tiles and pluralising or extending words already on the board.

Words Ending With GY

All 411 words in our dictionary that end in GY, sorted by Scrabble score. Perfect for hooks and crossword clues.

411 words · number = Scrabble score · sorted highest score first

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Hooking with -GY words

Endings like -GY let you tack a word onto a tile already on the board, often turning a small play into a big one. Look for the high-value entries above to maximise points.

This list by the numbers

A few numbers before you scroll: the 411 words here run from 4 to 15 letters, with 10-letter words the largest group (64 entries). Wordle players have 49 five-letter options, and there are 28 seven-letter candidates for a Scrabble bingo. The single best scorer is PSYCHOPATHOLOGY at 34 points before multipliers.

For quick reference, the top of the score table reads: PSYCHOPATHOLOGY (34), CRYPTOZOOLOGY (33), PATHOPHYSIOLOGY (32), PHYSIOPATHOLOGY (32), PHYTOPATHOLOGY (31). The longest entry is COUNTERSTRATEGY at 15 letters, and the average word here is worth about 17 points. Letter-wise, G is the workhorse — it appears in 411 of these words, ahead of Y (411) and O (327).

Three easy picks from this list

When the rack looks hopeless, ANERGY (6 letters, 10 points) is the kind of quiet play that keeps a game moving.
Playing ENERGY across a double-word square turns its base 10 points into 20 — solid value for 6 tiles.
EULOGY is easy to keep in memory: 6 letters, 10 points, and no awkward tiles to hunt for.

Five more everyday options from the same list: LOUNGY (10), OOLOGY (10), ORANGY (10), OTALGY (10), SLANGY (10).

Back-hooking with -GY

When the board tightens up late in a Scrabble game, -GY words keep you scoring: they attach to existing letters instead of needing seven clean tiles. Crossword solvers use the same trick in reverse — if the grid gives you the last letters, this list is the candidate pool. Check the length filter in the Word Finder to match your open squares exactly.

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