Daily word games to challenge your mind
A curated list of 6-letter words tailored to this exact pattern. Endings like NY often mark word families—helpful to confirm tense or morphology. For example: astony, barony, betony.
| Word | Definition | Length | Syllables |
|---|---|---|---|
| astony | 6 | 3 | |
| barony | 6 | 3 | |
| betony | 6 | 3 | |
| blenny | 6 | 2 | |
| botany | 6 | 3 | |
| brainy | 6 | 2 | |
| branny | 6 | 2 | |
| brawny | 6 | 2 | |
| briony | 6 | 2 | |
| browny | 6 | 2 | |
| bryony | 6 | 2 | |
| cairny | 6 | 2 | |
| colony | 6 | 3 | |
| cranny | 6 | 2 | |
| djinny | 6 | 2 | |
| felony | 6 | 3 | |
| gobony | 6 | 3 | |
| gowany | 6 | 3 | |
| grainy | 6 | 2 | |
| granny | 6 | 2 | |
| greeny | 6 | 2 | |
| hominy | 6 | 3 | |
| incony | 6 | 3 | |
| jiminy | 6 | 3 | |
| johnny | 6 | 2 | |
| koruny | 6 | 3 | |
| lemony | 6 | 3 | |
| lineny | 6 | 3 | |
| litany | 6 | 3 | |
| mutiny | 6 | 3 | |
| oniony | 6 | 3 | |
| oogeny | 6 | 3 | |
| ratany | 6 | 3 | |
| redeny | 6 | 3 | |
| resiny | 6 | 3 | |
| rosiny | 6 | 3 | |
| satiny | 6 | 3 | |
| saxony | 6 | 3 | |
| shanny | 6 | 2 | |
| sharny | 6 | 2 | |
| sheeny | 6 | 2 | |
| shinny | 6 | 2 | |
| simony | 6 | 3 | |
| skinny | 6 | 2 | |
| spinny | 6 | 2 | |
| spoony | 6 | 2 | |
| sweeny | 6 | 2 | |
| tetany | 6 | 3 | |
| thorny | 6 | 2 | |
| tranny | 6 | 2 | |
| tweeny | 6 | 2 | |
| whinny | 6 | 2 |
What’s typical about NY-ending words?
NY often marks suffix families; think about derivatives when guessing.
Do you include UK/US spellings?
Where they exist, both may appear.