Daily word games to challenge your mind
A curated list of 5-letter words tailored to this exact pattern. Endings like AY often mark word families—helpful to confirm tense or morphology. For example: allay, alway, array.
| Word | Definition | Length | Syllables |
|---|---|---|---|
| allay | 5 | 2 | |
| alway | 5 | 2 | |
| array | 5 | 2 | |
| assay | 5 | 2 | |
| belay | 5 | 2 | |
| byway | 5 | 2 | |
| decay | 5 | 2 | |
| delay | 5 | 2 | |
| deray | 5 | 2 | |
| embay | 5 | 2 | |
| essay | 5 | 2 | |
| foray | 5 | 2 | |
| gamay | 5 | 2 | |
| inlay | 5 | 2 | |
| moray | 5 | 2 | |
| noway | 5 | 2 | |
| relay | 5 | 2 | |
| repay | 5 | 2 | |
| resay | 5 | 2 | |
| satay | 5 | 2 | |
| splay | 5 | 1 | |
| spray | 5 | 1 | |
| stray | 5 | 1 | |
| today | 5 | 2 | |
| tokay | 5 | 2 | |
| unlay | 5 | 2 | |
| unsay | 5 | 2 |
What’s typical about AY-ending words?
AY often marks suffix families; think about derivatives when guessing.
Do you include UK/US spellings?
Where they exist, both may appear.