Hooking with -OY words
Endings like -OY 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
Inside this list: 80 words spanning 3–11 letters. The biggest cluster sits at 7 letters (24 words), 10 entries are Wordle-sized at five letters, and 24 run to seven — bingo length if you can empty the rack. For points, the ceiling is HOBBLEDEHOY, worth 25.
The five biggest scorers on the page: HOBBLEDEHOY (25), BLACKBOY (21), KILLJOY (21), BEACHBOY (20), OVERJOY (20). The longest entry is COUNTERPLOY at 11 letters, and the average word here is worth about 14 points. Letter-wise, O is the workhorse — it appears in 80 of these words, ahead of Y (80) and B (38).
Three easy picks from this list
- Playing ALLOY across a double-word square turns its base 8 points into 16 — solid value for 5 tiles.
- ANNOY is easy to keep in memory: 5 letters, 8 points, and no awkward tiles to hunt for.
- STROY earns 8 points from just 5 tiles — and it is a word few opponents will bother to challenge.
Five more everyday options from the same list: TROY (7), TEAPOY (11), SOY (6), TOY (6), SEPOY (10).
Back-hooking with -OY
When the board tightens up late in a Scrabble game, -OY 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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Narrow it down
Pair an ending with a length or starting letter in the Word Finder.