Best words to try
Sorted by how many of this list's common letters they use: CONKY, CORKY, ROCKY, LANKY, NARKY and LARKY. Words with no repeated letters test the most letters per guess; 68 of the 81 words have none.
Highest-scoring words
- JACKY21 points
- QUAKY21 points
- ZINKY21 points
- JERKY19 points
- JUNKY19 points
Patterns in this list
The most common third-to-last letter is N (14 words), followed by C (13).
More 5 letter words ending with Y
KY at other lengths
Questions
How many 5 letter words end in KY?
There are 81 5 letter words that end in KY in our word list.
What is the highest scoring 5 letter word that end in KY?
JACKY, worth 21 points with standard Scrabble letter values.
What is a good Wordle guess that ends in KY?
LANKY, SARKY and LARKY use 5 different letters that are common in this list, so they rule out the most words.