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8-letter words with Y as the 8th letter

A curated list of 8-letter words tailored to this exact pattern. Use this when Y is fixed in the 8th slot; rotate high-frequency consonants elsewhere to prune fast. For example: abasedly, abeyancy, abjectly.

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1707 words
Word Definition Length Syllables
abasedly84
abeyancy83
abjectly83
aborally84
abruptly83
absently83
absurdly83
accuracy84
acerbity84
achingly83
acridity84
acrimony84
actively84
activity84
actressy83
actually83
adamancy84
additory84
adequacy84
adorably84
adroitly83
adultery84
advisory84
advocacy84
aerially83
aerology84
aeronomy84
affinely84
affinity84
agrimony84
agrology84
agronomy84
aguishly83
aimfully83
aisleway83
alacrity84
alderfly83
aleatory84
algidity84
algology84
alkalify84
allegory84
alleyway83
allogamy84
allotypy84
almighty83
alpinely84
amazedly84
amenably84
amicably84
ammonify84
amorally84
amusedly84
ancestry83
animally84
annually83
anodally84
antibody84
anticity84
antilogy84
antimony84
antinomy84
antonymy84
apically84
apiology84
apocarpy84
apophony84
apoplexy84
apospory84
apostacy84
apostasy84
ardently83
areology84
arguably83
arrantly83
artfully83
artistry83
asperity84
assembly83
astrally83
astutely84
athanasy84
atonally84
atrocity84
attorney83
audacity84
auditory84
augustly83
autarchy83
autogamy84
autogeny84
autonomy84
autotomy84
autotypy84
aversely84
avowably84
avowedly84
axiality84
axillary84
axiology84
backstay82
badgerly83
balladry83
banality84
banditry83
bankerly83
barberry83
barratry83
barrenly83
barretry83
basicity84
basilary84
basketry83
bastardy83
bayberry83
beachboy82
bearably83
beautify83
beggarly83
benignly83
bestiary83
biasedly83
biddably83
bifidity84
bigeminy84
bihourly83
bilberry83
binately84
bioassay82
biometry83
bioscopy83
birthday82
bistoury83
bitingly83
bitterly83
biweekly83
biyearly82
blackboy82
blackfly82
bladdery83
blamably83
blatancy83
blazonry83
blearily83
blistery83
blithely83
bloodily83
bloomery83
blossomy83
blousily83
blowsily83
blowzily83
blubbery83
blurrily83
blustery83
bodingly83
boringly83
botchery83
botchily83
bottomry83
bouldery83
bouncily83
boundary83
bovinely84
bovinity84
bowingly83
boxberry83
boyishly82
brainily83
brassily83
brawnily83
brazenly83
breezily83
brevetcy83
breviary83
bridally83
brightly82
broguery83
broidery83
brokenly83
broodily83
brutally83
bryology83
buccally83
bullocky83
bullyboy83
bunchily83
buoyancy82
burglary83
burgundy83
busybody84
butchery83
cableway83
caducity84
caecally83
cajolery84
calamary84
calamity84
candidly83
caninity84
cannonry83
capacity84
carnally83
cartoony83
castaway83
casually83
casualty83
catchfly82
category84
catenary84
caudally83
causally83
causeway83
cavitary84
celerity84
celibacy84
cemetery84
centaury83
ceremony84
cetology84
chambray82
chancery83
chancily83
charlady83
chastely83
chastity83
chattery83
chattily83
cheekily83
cheerily83
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chemurgy83
chiccory83
chickory83
chillily83
chimbley82
chirpily83
chirrupy83
chivalry83
choicely83
choirboy82
choppily83
chorally83
chronaxy83
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chummily83
chunkily83
churchly82
cinerary84
circuity83
citatory84
civility84
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classify83
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clattery83
clemency83
cleverly83
clinally83
clonally83
cloudily83
clownery83
clumsily83
clustery83
cluttery83
coagency83
coarsely83
cobwebby83
coembody83
coemploy82
coevally83
cogently83
coitally83
colliery83
colloquy83
colotomy84
comelily84
cometary84
commonly83
conicity84
contrary83
convexly83
cooingly82
copurify84
coquetry83
corduroy83
cornetcy83
coronary84
corsetry83
costmary83
costumey83
cottagey83
courtesy83
cousinly83
cousinry83
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cowardly83
cowberry83
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craftily83
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cramoisy83
crankily83
cravenly83
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creakily83
creamery83
creamily83
credibly83
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crookery83
crossway82
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cryingly82
cryogeny83
cubicity84
culinary84
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currency83
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cursedly83
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cutchery83
cyclicly83
cymosely84
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cytology84
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dewberry83
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didynamy84
dilatory84
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disunity84
divinely84
divinity84
docilely84
docility84
dogberry83
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dotingly83
doughboy82
downplay82
doxology84
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duopsony83
dyspepsy83
earthily83
easterly83
effetely84
efficacy84
eighthly82
elatedly84
elegancy84
elfishly83
eligibly84
elvishly83
eminency84
emissary84
emulsify84
enactory84
endarchy83
endogamy84
endogeny84
enginery84
enormity84
ensigncy83
enthalpy83
entirely84
entirety84
entreaty83
entryway83
enviably83
epically84
epilepsy84
epinasty84
epiphany84
epistasy84
epizooty84
equality84
equinely84
equinity84
errantly83
errantry83
erringly83
esterify84
eternity84
etherify84
ethology84
etiology84
euphrasy83
euploidy83
eurythmy83
eutrophy83
everyday84
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exigency84
exiguity84
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facetely84
facially83
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facility84
fadeaway83
falconry83
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farriery83
fatality84
fatherly83
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feathery83
federacy84
felicity84
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felinity84
fellowly83
feminacy84
feminity84
feracity84
feretory84
ferocity84
fervency83
fervidly83
festally83
fetology84
feudally83
fidelity84
fiercely83
filially83
filthily83
finality84
finitely84
finnicky83
fireclay83
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fitfully83
flabbily83
flackery83
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florally83
floridly83
flossily83
fluently82
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fluidity83
flummery83
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forelady84
foreplay83
forestay83
forestry83
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fortuity83
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freakily83
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friendly82
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frolicky83
fromenty83
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frumenty83
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fugacity84
fumatory84
fumingly83
fumitory84
funerary84
furmenty83
furriery83
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futurity84
gadgetry83
gapingly83
garganey83
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garlicky83
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gelidity84
gemology84
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geometry83
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gramercy83
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greenfly82
greenway82
grindery83
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guaranty83
guernsey82
guideway83
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gullably83
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gulosity84
gynandry83
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gyratory84
hagberry83
haploidy83
harlotry83
hatchery83
hatchway82
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headstay82
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hecticly83
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hegumeny84
helicity84
heraldry83
hereaway83
heredity84
hermitry83
herstory83
hexapody84
hexarchy83
hiddenly83
hideaway83
hilarity84
hillocky83
hoarsely83
hogmanay83
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hokypoky84
hollowly83
hologamy84
hologyny84
homebody84
homestay83
homogamy84
homogeny84
homogony84
homology84
homonymy84
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honorary84
horology84
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horsefly83
hostelry83
houseboy83
housefly83
humanely84
humanity84
humidify84
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humility84
hummocky83
hungrily83
huntedly83
hushedly83
hydropsy83
hypogyny84
ideality84
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identify84
identity84
ideology84
idolatry84
idoneity84
ignominy84
illusory84
immunity84
imparity84
impishly83
impolicy84
impunity84
impurely84
impurity84
incisory84
indignly83
industry83
inequity84
infantry83
infinity84
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iniquity84
inkberry83
innately84
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insanity84
instancy83
intently83
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intraday83
inverity84
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ionicity84
irefully84
isocracy84
isometry84
isospory84
isostasy84
isotropy84
issuably83
jackstay82
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jagghery83
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jejunity84
jeopardy83
jesuitry83
jibingly83
jocosely84
jocosity84
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joyfully83
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jugglery83
juratory84
kazatsky83
kielbasy83
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knackery83
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kolinsky83
kolkhosy83
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lapidary84
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lyrately84
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mahogany84
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mainstay82
majority84
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malignly83
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offishly83
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sonobuoy83
sonority84
soothsay82
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sorority84
sortably83
sovkhozy83
sovranly83
sovranty83
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spermary83
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spunkily83
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FAQs

How do I play around a fixed Y in the 8th slot?
Try mixing common consonant clusters (ST, TR, CH) in other positions while keeping Y locked.

Why are uncommon words included?
We compile from a broad English list. Skim the top rows for more common picks.