Words ending in CY
378 words in the ENABLE list end in CY. The most common are POLICY, AGENCY, EMERGENCY and DEMOCRACY. They run from 3 to 17 letters, and the highest-scoring is GYROFREQUENCY at 34 points.
- Words
- 378
- Lengths
- 3–17 letters
- Top score
- 34 (GYROFREQUENCY)
The words
3-letter words 1
icy8
4-letter words 2
lacy9racy9
6-letter words 16
7-letter words 33
8-letter words 65
abeyancy18accuracy17
adamancy16adequacy23advocacy19
apostacy15blatancy15brevetcy18buoyancy18celibacy17clemency17coagency16cornetcy15currency15
delegacy15delicacy16deviancy17dormancy16efficacy21
elegancy14eminency15ensigncy14exigency21federacy17feminacy18fervency19geomancy16gramercy16impolicy17instancy13intimacy15
isocracy15lambency17leniency13literacy13
mordancy16nascency15normalcy15numeracy15obduracy16opulency15peccancy19pendency16pharmacy20
piquancy24prophecy20
pungency16radiancy14rampancy17regnancy14saliency13sapiency15sequency22solvency16tangency14tendency14
theodicy17turgency14vagrancy17vibrancy18
See all 65 in the unscrambler → 9-letter words 62
aberrancy16adjacency24adjutancy22affluency20aliteracy14appetency18autocracy16baronetcy16candidacy18captaincy18coherency19colonelcy16constancy16contumacy18covalency19decadency18democracy19
dilatancy15diplomacy19
emergency17
exultancy21flagrancy18flippancy21fragrancy18frequency26
hesitancy17immanency18immediacy19imminency18impotency18indecency17inerrancy14innocency16intestacy14intricacy16inviolacy17marshalcy19militancy16mobocracy20monocracy18obstinacy16occupancy20petulancy16plangency17poignancy17pregnancy17
pruriency16pyromancy21recusancy16relevancy17renitency14residency15
reticency16sergeancy15stagnancy15stridency15subagency17supremacy18
surrogacy15theocracy19
See all 62 in the unscrambler → 10-letter words 85
absorbancy19absorbency19advertency19antipiracy17articulacy17ascendancy18ascendency18bankruptcy23
benignancy18brilliancy17chaplaincy22chatoyancy23chiromancy22competency21compliancy21complicacy23congruency18consonancy17conspiracy19
corpulency19deficiency21
degeneracy17dependency19detergency17divergency20ebulliency17effeminacy23efficiency23
episcopacy21excellency24expectancy26expediency25flatulency18hydromancy24illiteracy15immaculacy21immoderacy20importancy19inaccuracy19inadequacy25incumbency21indelicacy18inefficacy23innumeracy17insolvency18insurgency16legitimacy18
magistracy18malignancy18necromancy19permanency19plutocracy19presidency18
profligacy21redundancy17repellency17resiliency15stringency16sycophancy25viscountcy20
See all 85 in the unscrambler → 11-letter words 48
accountancy20antisecrecy18aristocracy18astringency17attractancy18bureaucracy20chieftaincy24complacency24concurrency20confederacy22conservancy21consistency18
consultancy18contingency19conveniency21convergency22conversancy21delinquency26despondency20determinacy19discordancy20discrepancy21equivalency28excrescency27flamboyancy26gynecocracy24inconstancy18infrequency28inhabitancy21interagency17irrelevancy19lieutenancy16meritocracy20multiagency19oneiromancy18paramountcy20persistency18plantocracy20proficiency23prolificacy23rhabdomancy24stratocracy18subliteracy18sufficiency24superagency19technocracy23totipotency18vicegerency22
12-letter words 31
belligerency20codependency23constituency19
extravagancy28gerontocracy20illegitimacy20impermanency23impertinency21inadvertency21inarticulacy19incompetency23incontinency19independency21indifferency24inefficiency25inexpediency27intermediacy20noncandidacy21nonemergency20nonresidency18pantisocracy21precipitancy23predominancy22preoccupancy25radiolucency20resplendency20significancy23subserviency22supersecrecy21translucency19transparency19
13-letter words 12
gyrofrequency34inconsistency20inconveniency23indeterminacy21insufficiency26intermittency20multicurrency22postemergency23preponderancy23recalcitrancy22thalassocracy23transcendency21
14-letter words 3
correspondency24insignificancy25multifrequency33
15-letter words 6
countertendency23interdependency24nonbelligerency23pseudopregnancy26superefficiency30superintendency23
16-letter words 1
immunodeficiency31
17-letter words 2
counterconspiracy28counterinsurgency25
Highest-scoring words
Scored with Scrabble letter values, before bonus squares.
gyrofrequency34multifrequency33immunodeficiency31superefficiency30equivalency28infrequency28counterconspiracy28extravagancy28excrescency27inexpediency27
Related
Questions
How many words end in CY?
378 words in the ENABLE word list end in CY.
What is the longest word that ends in CY?
COUNTERINSURGENCY, with 17 letters. Next come COUNTERCONSPIRACY and IMMUNODEFICIENCY.
What is the highest-scoring word that ends in CY?
GYROFREQUENCY, worth 34 points with Scrabble letter values.