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12 letter words with Y

Every twelve-letter word that contains Y, grouped by where the Y sits, with Scrabble and Words With Friends scores shown separately, Wordle letter stats, definitions and filters.

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Y can sit in any slot · 7878 words in our list

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There are 7878 twelve words with Y in this list. Y is most often the twelfth letter, and the most common last letter is Y. The top face-value Scrabble score is 44 for azoxybenzoic.

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21.8average Scrabble face score

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All 12 letter words with Y

Grouped by where Y first appears. The small number is the face-value Scrabble score.

Y is the 1st letter (23)

yachtmanship²⁷yarovization²⁷yazdegerdian²⁷yearnfulness¹⁸yeastinesses¹⁵yellowhammer²⁵yellowjacket³¹yellownesses¹⁸yellowshanks²⁵yellowthroat²¹yesternights¹⁹yieldingness¹⁷yoctoseconds²⁰yokeableness²¹yorkshireism²⁴yorkshireman²⁴youngberries¹⁸younghearted²⁰youthfullity²⁴youthfulness²¹yttrocrasite¹⁷yttrogummite²⁰yugoslavians¹⁹

Y is the 2nd letter (1221)

ayuntamiento¹⁷byelorussian¹⁷cyancarbonic²³cyanhidrosis²¹cyanidations¹⁸cyanoacetate¹⁹cyanobenzene²⁸cyanogeneses¹⁸cyanogenesis¹⁸cyanogenetic²⁰cyanohydrins²⁴cyanometries¹⁹cyanophilous²²cyanophyceae²⁷cyanophycean²⁷cyanoplastid²⁰cyatheaceous²²cyberathlete²²cyberattacks²⁵cyberbullies²¹cybercitizen³⁰cyberculture²¹cyberdefense²³cybernations¹⁹cybernetical²¹cyberphobias²⁶cyberstalker²³cybersurfers²²cyberwarfare²⁵cycadophytes²⁸cyclammonium²⁵cyclandelate²⁰cyclanthales²²cyclarthrsis²²cyclazocines³⁰cyclicalness²¹cyclisations¹⁹cyclizations²⁸cycloalkanes²³cyclocephaly²⁹cyclocoelous²¹cyclocrosses²¹cyclodextrin²⁷cyclogeneses²⁰cyclogenesis²⁰cyclographer²⁵cyclographic²⁷cycloheptane²⁴cyclohexanes²⁹cyclohexanol²⁹cyclometries²¹cyclomyarian²⁴cyclonically²⁴cyclonometer²¹cyclonoscope²³cycloolefine²²cycloolefins²²cyclopaedias²²cyclopaedist²²cyclopedical²⁴cyclopedists²²cyclopentane²¹cyclopentene²¹cyclophrenia²⁴cycloplegias²²cyclopropane²³cyclopteroid²²cyclopterous²¹cyclorrhapha²⁷cycloserines¹⁹cyclosporeae²¹cyclosporine²¹cyclosporins²¹cyclosporous²¹cyclostomata²¹cyclostomate²¹cyclostomous²¹cyclostyling²³cyclothurine²²cyclothymiac²⁹cyclothymias²⁷cyclothymics²⁹cylinderlike²²cylindricity²³cylindricule²⁰cylindriform²³cylindroidal¹⁹cylindromata²⁰cylindrophis²³cymbocephaly³¹cymobotryose²⁴cymotrichies²⁴cymotrichous²⁴cynocephalic²⁶cynocephalus²⁴cynomolguses²⁰cynomorphous²⁴cynophilists²²cypridinidae²¹cyprinodonts²⁰

Y is the 3rd letter (488)

acyrological²⁰alycompaines²¹amyelotrophy²⁵amygdalaceae²¹amygdaliform²⁴amygdaloidal²⁰amygdalolith²²amygdaloncus²¹amygdalotome²¹amygdalotomy²⁴amygdophenin²⁴amyloclastic²¹amylodextrin²⁵amylogenesis¹⁸amyloleucite¹⁹amylopectins²¹amyloplastic²¹amyloplastid²⁰amyotrophies²²anywhereness²¹aryanization²⁴arythmically²⁵asymmetrical²¹asymptomatic²³asymptotical²¹asynchronies²⁰asynchronism²²asynchronous²⁰boyishnesses²⁰bryophyllums²⁷chylifaction²⁵chylifactive²⁸chylifactory²⁸chylocaulous²²chylomicrons²⁴chylopoiesis²²chylopoietic²⁴chymosinogen²³chymotrypsin²⁷chymotryptic²⁹chytridiales²¹chytridiosis²¹clypeastrina¹⁹clypeastroid²⁰clytemnestra¹⁹coyishnesses²⁰cryaesthesia²⁰crymotherapy²⁷cryoglobulin²⁰cryohydrates²⁴cryophoruses²²cryophyllite²⁵cryoplankton²³cryopreserve²²cryosurgeons¹⁸cryosurgical²⁰cryptamnesia²¹cryptamnesic²³cryptanalyst²²cryptanalyze³¹cryptarithms²⁴cryptobionts²¹cryptobioses²¹cryptobiosis²¹cryptobranch²⁶cryptocarpic²⁵cryptocerata²¹cryptocerous²¹cryptococcal²⁵cryptococcic²⁷cryptococcus²⁵cryptodirous²⁰cryptodouble²²cryptogamian²²cryptogamies²²cryptogamist²²cryptogamous²²cryptogenous²⁰cryptoglioma²²cryptogramma²⁴cryptographs²⁵cryptography²⁸cryptoheresy²⁵cryptologies²⁰cryptologist²⁰cryptomerias²¹cryptomerous²¹cryptometers²¹cryptomnesia²¹cryptomnesic²³cryptonymous²⁴cryptopapist²³cryptophytes²⁷cryptophytic²⁹cryptoprocta²³cryptorchids²⁵cryptorchism²⁶cryptostegia²⁰cryptosystem²⁴cryptotaenia¹⁹

Y is the 4th letter (432)

aglyphodonta²²alcyonarians¹⁷alcyoniaceae¹⁹allychollies²⁰ambystomidae²²ancylocladus²⁰ancylostomum²¹anhysteretic²⁰ankylenteron¹⁹ankylodontia²⁰ankylomerism²³ankylophobia²⁶ankylosaurus¹⁹argyranthous¹⁹argyraspides¹⁹argyrythrose²²assyriologue¹⁶babyproofing²⁵babysittings²⁰babywearings²³baryogeneses¹⁸baryogenesis¹⁸berycomorphi²⁶bisymmetries²¹bodyboarders²¹bodyboarding²²bodybuilders²¹bodybuilding²²bodychecking³⁰bodyguarding²¹bodysnatcher²³bodysurfings²²bunyaviruses²⁰busybodyings²⁴busybodyness²³butyrometric²¹butyrousness¹⁷calycanthemy²⁷calycanthine²²calyceraceae²¹calyciferous²²calycifloral²²calycocarpum²⁵calycoideous²⁰calycophorae²⁴calycophoran²⁴calypsonians¹⁹calyptriform²⁴calyptrogens²⁰calyptrogyne²³canyoneering¹⁸caryophyllin²⁵caryophyllus²⁵chrysalidian²¹chrysamminic²⁶chrysamphora²⁷chrysaniline²⁰chrysanthous²³chrysarobins²²chrysatropic²⁴chrysoberyls²⁵chrysochlore²⁵chrysochrous²⁵chrysocollas²²chrysography²⁹chrysolophus²⁵chrysomelids²³chrysophanic²⁷chrysophanus²⁵chrysophenin²⁵chrysophytes²⁸chrysopoetic²⁴chrysoprases²²chrysoprasus²²chrysostomic²⁴chrystocrene²²cityfication²²copyreadings²¹copyrighters²³copyrighting²⁴copywritings²³corybantiasm²¹corybantisms²¹corycavamine²⁴corycavidine²³corynocarpus²¹coryphaenoid²³corytuberine¹⁹cotyledonary²¹cotyledonoid¹⁹cotyledonous¹⁸cotyligerous¹⁸cotylosacral¹⁹cotylosauria¹⁷dasyphyllous²⁴dasyproctine²⁰dasystephana²¹dehydrations²⁰dehydrofroze³²dehydromucic²⁶

Y is the 5th letter (425)

acalyptratae¹⁹acetylations¹⁷acetylbiuret¹⁹acetylenogen¹⁸acetylglycin²³acetyliodide¹⁹acetylizable²⁸acetylphenol²²acetyltannin¹⁷acetylthymol²⁵amblyacousia²¹amblydactyla²⁵amblygonites²⁰amblyopsidae²²amblystegite²⁰amoxycillins²⁶analysations¹⁵analytically²⁰analyzations²⁴annoyingness¹⁶anonymuncule¹⁹anthypophora²⁵apocynaceous²¹apocynthions²²apodyteriums²⁰arrhythmical²⁵asphyxiating²⁸asphyxiation²⁷asphyxiative³⁰asphyxiators²⁷axisymmetric²⁸azoxyanisole³¹azoxybenzene⁴²azoxybenzoic⁴⁴baggywrinkle²⁶ballyragging²⁰barmybrained²²bathycolpian²⁴bathycurrent²²bathygraphic²⁸bathymetries²²bathypelagic²⁵bathyscaphes²⁷bathyspheres²⁵bellyachings²³bellyboating²⁰bellybuttons¹⁹bellyflaught²⁴bellyflopped²⁵benzylidines²⁷berrypicking²⁶biodynamical²²biosyntheses²⁰biosynthesis²⁰biosynthetic²²biosystematy²²bonnyclabber²³bootylicious¹⁹botryoidally²¹botryomycoma²⁶botryopterid²⁰botryopteris¹⁹bradyacousia²⁰bradyauxesis²⁵bradyauxetic²⁷bradycardiac²³bradycardias²¹bradycinesia²⁰bradyglossia¹⁹bradykinesia²²bradykinesis²²bradykinetic²⁴bradypeptics²⁴bradyphrasia²³bradyphrenia²³bradypodidae²²bradyseismal²⁰bradyseismic²²bradystalsis¹⁸bradytrophic²⁵bullyragging²⁰campylodrome²⁴campylometer²³candyflosses²¹candystriper²⁰carbylamines²¹carryforward²⁴cassythaceae²²coccygectomy²⁹coccygodynia²⁶coccygomorph²⁹cockyleekies²⁷collywobbles²⁴condylarthra²¹condylectomy²⁵cordylanthus²¹currycombing²⁴dacryelcosis²⁰dacryopyosis²³dacryosyrinx²⁸

Y is the 6th letter (363)

acrobystitis¹⁹acrocyanoses¹⁹acrocyanosis¹⁹acromyotonia¹⁹acromyotonus¹⁹acronychally²⁵acronymanias¹⁹acronymizing²⁹aerodynamics²⁰aeschynomene²²airohydrogen²⁰allonymously²⁰allosyndesis¹⁶allosyndetic¹⁸ambisyllabic²³amethystlike²⁴anaglyphical²³anaglyptical²⁰anaphylactic²⁴anaphylactin²²anaphylaxies²⁷anaptyctical²¹aneurysmally²⁰aneurysmatic¹⁹anticyclical²¹anticyclones¹⁹anticyclonic²¹anticynicism²¹antidynastic¹⁸antihydrogen²⁰antihydropic²³antihydropin²¹antihygienic²¹antihypnotic²²antihysteric²⁰antilynching²¹antimystical¹⁹antimythical²²antipyretics¹⁹antisymmetry²²antisyzygies²⁸apocryphally²⁷apophylactic²⁶apophyllites²²apterygotous¹⁸areosystiles¹⁵ascomycetous²¹atmolyzation²⁶autohypnoses²⁰autohypnosis²⁰autohypnotic²²autosymbolic²¹autosyndesis¹⁶barodynamics²²beautybushes²²benzoylating²⁷benzoylation²⁶biophysicist²⁴biopsychical²⁶biorhythmics²⁷borohydrides²²bostrychidae²³brachycardia²⁵brachycephal²⁹brachycerous²⁴brachycnemic²⁸brachycranic²⁶brachydactyl²⁸brachyfacial²⁷brachygraphy³¹brachyhieric²⁷brachylogies²³brachylogous²³brachypodine²⁵brachypodous²⁵brachyprisms²⁶brachyskelic²⁸brachystegia²³brachytypous²⁷brachyuranic²⁴chatoyancies²²cherrystones²⁰chersydridae²²chlamydozoan³²chlamyphorus²⁷clergyperson²⁰cockeyedness²⁴colicystitis¹⁹colipyelitis¹⁹conchyliated²³conveyancers²²conveyancing²³conveyorised²¹conveyorises²⁰conveyorized³⁰conveyorizer²⁹conveyorizes²⁹copolymerise²¹copolymerism²³copolymerize³⁰

Y is the 7th letter (347)

achlamydeous²³achronychous²⁵adenocystoma²⁰adenomycosis²⁰adenotyphoid²²aerophysical²²agriotypidae¹⁹alexipyretic²⁶allorhythmia²³aminopyrines¹⁹amphicyrtous²⁴amphipyrenin²⁴androgyneity²⁰anisocytosis¹⁷anisomyarian¹⁷anisomyodian¹⁸anisomyodous¹⁸anthocyanins²⁰anthomyiidae²¹antiboycotts¹⁹antichymosin²²antioxygenic²⁵antiphysical²²antiroyalism¹⁷antiroyalist¹⁵apocalyptism²³apocalyptist²¹araeosystyle¹⁸archetypally²⁵archetypical²⁴archimycetes²⁴archphylarch³⁰artiphyllous²⁰astrocytomas¹⁹astrodynamic²⁰athrocytoses²⁰athrocytosis²⁰audiotypings¹⁹audiotypists¹⁸autorhythmic²⁵autorhythmus²³benzopyranyl³¹benzopyrenes²⁸borborygmies²²bromocyanide²²bromohydrate²³cacochymical²⁸cacorhythmic²⁹carbohydrase²³carbohydrate²³carbohydride²⁴carbonylated²⁰carbonylates¹⁹carboxylases²⁶carboxylated²⁷carboxylates²⁶cataclysmist²¹cataphyllary²⁵cataphysical²⁴celiomyalgia²⁰cerambycidae²⁴cerargyrites¹⁸chelerythrin²³chimneyboard²⁵chimneypiece²⁶chirogymnast²³chlorhydrate²⁴chlorpyrifos²⁵cholecyanine²²cholocyanine²²clinopyramid²²cockneyfying³⁰cockneyishly²⁹coniomycetes²¹contrayervas²⁰countryseats¹⁷countrysides¹⁸countrywoman²²countrywomen²²crocodylidae²¹crucifyfying²⁹cuprocyanide²²cuscohygrine²³deacetylated¹⁹debussyanize²⁷decaphyllous²³demethylated²²demethylates²¹dermamycosis²²dermamyiasis²⁰dermomycosis²²destroyingly²⁰deutonymphal²³didactylisms²¹dipicrylamin²²discomycetes²²endophyllous²¹epididymides²²epididymites²¹epididymitis²¹

Y is the 8th letter (300)

achlorhydria²⁴achlorhydric²⁶actinomycese²¹actinomycete²¹actinomycins²¹actinomycoma²³aerenchymata²²aetiophyllin²⁰alexithymias²⁷allorrhyhmia²³ammonolyzing²⁹amphictyonic²⁶amphistylars²²amphithyrons²⁵anacrogynous¹⁸anapophysial²²anapterygota¹⁸anapterygote¹⁸anococcygeal²²antasphyctic²⁴antipolygamy²³aparaphysate²²aphanozygous³⁰arsenopyrite¹⁷arthropyosis²⁰arthrosyrinx²⁵astrophysics²²attorneydoms¹⁸attorneyisms¹⁷attorneyship²⁰azimethylene²⁹azophenylene²⁹baddeleyites¹⁹benzoapyrene²⁸blastomycete²¹boundaryless¹⁸bricklayings²⁴bromargyrite²⁰bromethylene²²brotocrystal¹⁹bulbophyllum²⁶cataphrygian²³caulophyllum²⁴ceratocystis¹⁹chalcopyrite²⁴chlorohydrin²⁴circumgyrate²²cladophyllum²⁵clairvoyance²²clairvoyancy²⁵clairvoyants²⁰clindamycins²²clorargyrite¹⁸coemployment²³colpeurynter¹⁹coniothyrium²²cosuretyship²²cricothyroid²³crockeryware²⁶dermorhynchi²⁶dextrogyrate²⁴dextrogyrous²⁴diapophysial²³didelphyidae²³dipodomyinae²¹disalicylide¹⁹discandyings²⁰disenjoyment²⁵ditriglyphic²⁴divinityship²⁴dodecagynian²⁰dodecagynous²⁰dogberryisms²¹dogsbodyings²¹drosophyllum²³dufrenoysite¹⁹eleemosynary²⁰emissaryship²²epapophysial²⁴epepophysial²⁴epicondylian²⁰epipterygoid²¹ergatogynous¹⁷ethnopsychic²⁷exopterygota²⁵exopterygote²⁵forestaysail¹⁸gastrocystic²⁰gastrocystis¹⁸gastroxynsis²³glossodynias¹⁷gobbledygook²⁶gonocalycine²⁰helichrysums²⁵helicogyrate²¹hematocyanin²²hematocystis²²hematomyelia²²hematoxylins²⁷hemikaryotic²⁶

Y is the 9th letter (354)

acantholysis²⁰accompanying²⁴accompanyist²³achillodynia²¹acroasphyxia²⁹acrodactylum²²acromiohyoid²³anhaemolytic²²artilleryman¹⁷artillerymen¹⁷autoanalysis¹⁵autoanalytic¹⁷biocatalyses¹⁹biocatalysis¹⁹biocatalysts¹⁹biocatalytic²¹blastochyles²²blastostylar¹⁷blennoptysis¹⁹borophenylic²⁴breathalysed²¹breathalyser²⁰breathalyses²⁰breathalyzed³⁰breathalyzer²⁹breathalyzes²⁹butterflyers²⁰butterflying²¹carcinolysin¹⁹carcinolytic²¹cellulolytic¹⁹cephalodymia²⁵cephalodymus²⁵cephalodynia²³cervicodynia²³chamaephytes²⁷chartophylax³²chessplayers²²chlorophylls²⁵chlorophytum²⁷cholinolytic²²chondrifying²⁵chondrocytes²³chondrodynia²²chondromyces²⁵chondromyoma²⁵citharexylum²⁹coenenchymal²⁴coenenchymas²⁴coenenchymes²⁴collenchymas²⁴commodifying²⁶compresbyter²³corporifying²³countermyths²²countersynod¹⁸countertypes¹⁹cumulophyric²⁶deacidifying²³decalcifying²⁴decertifying²²demulsifying²²dendroglyphs²³denitrifying²⁰dermatodynia¹⁹dermatolysis¹⁸dermatomyces²²dermatomyoma²²dermenchysis²³desertifying²⁰devitrifying²³dezincifying³¹dicarboxylic²⁹disembodying²²disemploying²¹disentrayled¹⁷disentrayles¹⁶disoccupying²³dispurveying²²dithioglycol²²diversifying²³dodecastylar¹⁹dodecastyles¹⁹dodecastylos¹⁹ectocondylar²⁰electrifying²¹electrocytes¹⁹electrolysed¹⁸electrolyser¹⁷electrolyses¹⁷electrolysis¹⁷electrolytes¹⁷electrolytic¹⁹electrolyzed²⁷electrolyzer²⁶electrolyzes²⁶electrotyped²⁰electrotyper¹⁹electrotypes¹⁹electrotypic²¹

Y is the 10th letter (124)

acephalocyst²⁴acetaldehyde²²actinenchyma²⁴actinophryan²²agranulocyte¹⁸amorphophyte²⁷ampelosicyos²¹amphicondyla²⁵amphiplatyan²⁴anisaldehyde²⁰anisodactyla¹⁸anisodactyle¹⁸anisodactyli¹⁸anisodactyls¹⁸anorthophyre²³anticatalyst¹⁷artiodactyla¹⁸artiodactyls¹⁸asomatophyte²²autocatalyse¹⁷autocatalyze²⁶bacteriocyte²¹bacteriolyze²⁸balladeroyal¹⁸benzaldehyde³¹bothrenchyma²⁷cephalophyma²⁹cephalostyle²²chikungunyas²⁵chlorenchyma²⁷chondrophyte²⁶chromatocyte²⁴clasmatocyte²¹collodiotype²⁰contubernyal¹⁹counterstyle¹⁷dermatophyte²³desmodactyli²¹diaphanotype²³diplopteryga²¹duodecastyle¹⁹ectrodactyly²³enantiostyly¹⁸engastrimyth²¹faussebrayed²¹formaldehyde²⁵galvanoglyph²⁵gelatinotype¹⁸gibbergunyah²⁴haematocryal²²haematophyte²⁵heliazophyte³²hemitriglyph²⁶heterocaryon²⁰heterokaryon²²intagliotype¹⁸kalandariyah²³keratinocyte²¹lauraldehyde²⁰lepospondyli²⁰leptodactyls²⁰leucitophyre²²macroanalyst¹⁹macrodactyls²²macrodactyly²⁵mashrebeeyah²⁵mashrebeeyeh²⁵mermithogyne²³meshrebeeyeh²⁵microanalyst¹⁹monotriglyph²³nonhackneyed²⁵nonportrayal¹⁷opisthoglyph²⁶ostariophysi²⁰osteichthyan²³osteichthyes²³outjourneyed²³oxalaldehyde²⁷paraphrosyne²²pegmatophyre²⁵pentadactyla²⁰pentadactyle²⁰pentadactyls²⁰pentadactyly²³phanerocryst²²phanerophyte²⁵phreatophyte²⁵pleurenchyma²⁴pneumatocyst²¹preportrayal¹⁹proleucocyte²¹proleukocyte²³proteroglyph²³protomartyrs¹⁹pteridophyta²³pteridophyte²³pterodactyle²⁰pterodactyli²⁰pterodactyls²⁰

Y is the 11th letter (39)

antechinomys²²aphanapteryx²⁹archeopteryx²⁹blindstoreys¹⁸carriageways²¹clanjamfrays²⁹counterplays¹⁹counterploys¹⁹entranceways²⁰heterodactyl²¹hobbledehoys²⁶immunoassays¹⁹intervalleys¹⁸karmadharaya²⁵kosteletzkya³²loadsamoneys¹⁸macrostachya²⁴megalichthys²⁶multistoreys¹⁷odontopteryx²⁵pamprodactyl²⁴phosphatidyl²⁶pseudoembryo²²pseudomartyr²⁰razoumofskya³³rhadamanthys²⁴sambhogakaya²⁷slantingways¹⁹steerageways¹⁹straddleways²⁰straightways²²subattorneys¹⁷sulphophenyl²⁵thiocarbamyl²⁴thiocarbonyl²²titanichthys²³triangleways¹⁹understoreys¹⁶westlandways²²

Y is the 12th letter (3762)

abbreviately²²abbreviatory²²ableptically²¹abolitionary¹⁷aboriginally¹⁸absorptively²²absorptivity²²abstemiously¹⁹abstractedly²⁰academically²²acceleratory¹⁹accentuality¹⁹accidentally²⁰accomplicity²⁵accretionary¹⁹accusatively²²accustomedly²²achromatopsy²⁴acoustically¹⁹acquaintancy²⁸acquiescency³⁰acrogenously¹⁸acronichally²²acrostically¹⁹actinography²³actinomorphy²⁴adaptability²⁰additionally¹⁷adelphophagy²⁷adjectivally²⁸adjudicatory²⁶adjunctively²⁸adminiculary²⁰admirability²⁰admiratively²¹admonitively²¹admonitorily¹⁸adolescently¹⁸adoptability²⁰adsorptively²¹adulterately¹⁶adulterously¹⁶adverbiality²¹advisability²¹aeroporotomy¹⁹aethereality¹⁸afflictingly²⁴afflictively²⁶affrightedly²⁶affrontingly²²aggressively²⁰aggressivity²⁰agnostically¹⁸agreeability¹⁸agroforestry¹⁹agroindustry¹⁷ahistoricity²⁰alchemically²⁴alcoholicity²²alienability¹⁷alkalescency²³alloantibody¹⁸allocability¹⁹allochirally²⁰allowability²⁰alphitomancy²⁴alterability¹⁷alteratively¹⁸alveolectomy²²amateurishly²⁰ambitendency²²ambivalently²²ambulatorily¹⁹amelioratory¹⁷amissibility¹⁹amitotically¹⁹ampelography²⁵ampelograpny²²amphibiology²⁵amphibiously²⁴amphoriloquy³¹amphorophony²⁷anabaptistry¹⁹anaeroplasty¹⁷anagogically¹⁹analkalinity¹⁹analogically¹⁸anarchically²²anarthrously¹⁸anatomically¹⁹anelasticity¹⁷aneurismally¹⁷angiorrhaphy²⁴angiostrophy²¹anguishously¹⁹annihilatory¹⁸annotatively¹⁸annunciatory¹⁷anorganology¹⁷answerlessly¹⁸

Words with two Ys (514)

acetylglycin²³acetylthymol²⁵acronychally²⁵allonymously²⁰amblydactyla²⁵amyelotrophy²⁵amygdalotomy²⁴analytically²⁰androgyneity²⁰aneurysmally²⁰antipolygamy²³antisymmetry²²antisyzygies²⁸apocryphally²⁷araeosystyle¹⁸archetypally²⁵argyrythrose²²arythmically²⁵benzopyranyl³¹biosystematy²²botryoidally²¹botryomycoma²⁶brachydactyl²⁸brachygraphy³¹brachytypous²⁷bryophyllums²⁷busybodyings²⁴busybodyness²³calycanthemy²⁷calyptrogyne²³caryophyllin²⁵caryophyllus²⁵cataphyllary²⁵chrysoberyls²⁵chrysography²⁹chrysophytes²⁸chylifactory²⁸chymotrypsin²⁷chymotryptic²⁹clairvoyancy²⁵coccygectomy²⁹coccygodynia²⁶cockneyfying³⁰cockneyishly²⁹condylectomy²⁵cotyledonary²¹crucifyfying²⁹crymotherapy²⁷cryohydrates²⁴cryophyllite²⁵cryptanalyst²²cryptanalyze³¹cryptography²⁸cryptoheresy²⁵cryptonymous²⁴cryptophytes²⁷cryptophytic²⁹cryptosystem²⁴cryptozygous³²crystallurgy²¹cyanohydrins²⁴cyanophyceae²⁷cyanophycean²⁷cycadophytes²⁸cyclocephaly²⁹cyclomyarian²⁴cyclonically²⁴cyclostyling²³cyclothymiac²⁹cyclothymias²⁷cyclothymics²⁹cylindricity²³cymbocephaly³¹cymobotryose²⁴cystorrhaphy²⁸cytoanalyzer²⁹cytotaxonomy²⁹cytotoxicity²⁹dacryopyosis²³dacryosyrinx²⁸dactylically²³dactyliology²²dactyloscopy²⁵dasyphyllous²⁴demystifying²⁵demythifying²⁸destroyingly²⁰desynonymize³⁰dialytically²¹dicaryophyte²⁶dikaryophyte²⁸dissyllabify²⁴doxycyclines³⁰dynastically²¹dyophysitism²⁶dysrhythmias²⁷dysrhythmics²⁹dyssynergias²⁰dyssynergies²⁰dysteleology²⁰dysyntribite²¹ecotypically²⁴ectrodactyly²³ectypography²⁸eleemosynary²⁰embryography²⁸embryophytes²⁷embryotrophy²⁷enantiostyly¹⁸epicystotomy²⁴epionynychia²⁵epiphytology²⁶erythrocytes²³erythrocytic²⁵erythrolysin²¹erythrolysis²¹erythrolytic²³erythromycin²⁵erythrophyll²⁶erythroxylon²⁸erythroxylum³⁰esothyropexy³⁰ethynylation²¹eurytopicity²²everydayness²²fibromyotomy²⁷flamboyantly²⁵fortifyingly²⁵gargoylishly²³genotypicity²³geohydrology²⁴gephyrocercy²⁸glycerolyses²¹glycerolysis²¹glycolylurea²¹glycosylated²²glycosylates²¹glycyphyllin²⁹glycyrrhizin³³glyphography³⁰glyptography²⁷gratifyingly²³gymnasiarchy²⁶gynaecocracy²⁵gynaecomasty²³gynandrarchy²⁵gyrodactylus²²hemisymmetry²⁷heptahydroxy³⁴heterophylly²⁶

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Where does Y sit?

Position of Y in twelve-letter words

Words are counted by their first Y, so each word appears once. Words with two Ys are listed separately below.

Slot 123 · 0%yachtmanship, yarovization, yazdegerdian

Slot 21221 · 15%ayuntamiento, byelorussian, cyancarbonic

Slot 3488 · 6%acyrological, alycompaines, amyelotrophy

Slot 4432 · 5%aglyphodonta, alcyonarians, alcyoniaceae

Slot 5425 · 5%acalyptratae, acetylations, acetylbiuret

Slot 6363 · 5%acrobystitis, acrocyanoses, acrocyanosis

Slot 7347 · 4%achlamydeous, achronychous, adenocystoma

Slot 8300 · 4%achlorhydria, achlorhydric, actinomycese

Slot 9354 · 4%acantholysis, accompanying, accompanyist

Slot 10124 · 2%acephalocyst, acetaldehyde, actinenchyma

Slot 1139 · 0%antechinomys, aphanapteryx, archeopteryx

Slot 123762 · 48%abbreviately, abbreviatory, ableptically

Everyday words

Common 12 letter words with Y

The full list includes rare words. These 80 are the ones you are most likely to meet in puzzles, writing and classrooms.

availabilityparticularlypennsylvaniacontemporaryspecificallyencyclopediasuccessfullyrespectivelyproductivityincreasinglybibliographyconnectivityoccasionallyunemploymentchristianityadditionallyspiritualityperiodicallypharmacologyconsistentlysubsequentlyindividuallyconsequentlysatisfactoryaccompanyinganthropologycontinuouslyintroductorydisciplinaryhypotheticaldramaticallytransparencymunicipalitybiodiversitysufficientlyaetherealityyeastinessesoenanthylatestationaritytenontodyniaethylenationnineteenthlycyanoacetateessentialitytestamentarysynaesthesessynaesthesiatetrahydratetriternatelyitalianatelycontestatorytercentenaryerythraeidaesensationaryeyewitnessesdyotheletianstonyheartedthiocyanateshoneyheartedreiteratedlysyenodioriteintersocietystaycationertoastmasteryhysteritisesresynthesisesynaesthesissynesthesiasdysaesthesiasynaestheticnonseriatelynontensilitysententiallytriennialityinterestedlynonsedentaryelementarityencystationsintemeratelystromeyerite

Wordle

Which letters keep company with Y?

Among the 7878 words in our list, these are the eight letters that appear most often alongside Y. They make good second guesses once Y is confirmed.

I5484

O5322

E5114

A5104

L5044

T4970

R4727

N4357

Vowel pairs

The most common adjacent vowel pairs in these words are OU (571), IA (526), IO (431), EA (260), IE (176).

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Sorted by ending

12 letter Y words by last letter and last two letters

Ends	Words	Examples
-Y	4032	abbreviately, abbreviatory, ableptically, abolitionary, aboriginally, absorptively, absorptivity
-S	1368	acantholysis, acetylations, achlamydeous, achronychous, acrobystitis, acrocyanoses, acrocyanosis
-E	525	acalyptratae, acetaldehyde, acetyliodide, acetylizable, actinomycese, actinomycete, aeschynomene
-C	414	achlorhydric, alexipyretic, allosyndetic, ambisyllabic, amphictyonic, amyloclastic, amyloplastic
-A	293	achillodynia, achlorhydria, acroasphyxia, acromyotonia, actinenchyma, actinomycoma, adenocystoma
-G	206	accompanying, acronymizing, ammonolyzing, antilynching, asphyxiating, babyproofing, ballyragging
-L	206	acetylphenol, acetylthymol, acyrological, aerophysical, amygdaloidal, anaglyphical, anaglyptical
-N	206	acetylenogen, acetylglycin, acetyltannin, actinophryan, aetiophyllin, airohydrogen, amphiplatyan

Ends	Words	Examples
-LY	2226	abbreviately, ableptically, aboriginally, absorptively, abstemiously, abstractedly
-TY	626	absorptivity, accentuality, accomplicity, adaptability, admirability, adoptability
-RY	490	abbreviatory, abolitionary, acceleratory, accretionary, adjudicatory, adminiculary
-ES	410	acrocyanoses, allychollies, alycompaines, amblygonites, aminopyrines, amyotrophies
-IC	407	achlorhydric, alexipyretic, allosyndetic, ambisyllabic, amphictyonic, amyloclastic
-US	262	achlamydeous, achronychous, acromyotonus, amphicyrtous, amygdaloncus, anacrogynous

Fixed start and end? Use the combine word generator or letter words ending with. Words that end in Y itself: abbreviately, abbreviatory, ableptically, abolitionary, aboriginally, absorptively, absorptivity, abstemiously, abstractedly, academically

Letter patterns

Y words with striking patterns

Y at both ends

youthfullity

These words open and close with Y.

Two Ys (514)

acetylglycinacetylthymolacronychallyallonymouslyamblydactylaamyelotrophyamygdalotomyanalyticallyandrogyneityaneurysmallyantipolygamyantisymmetryantisyzygiesapocryphallyaraeosystylearchetypally

YE and YO openers

8 words start with YE and 8 start with YO in this list.

yearnfulnessyeastinessesyellowhammeryellowjacketyellownessesyellowshanksyellowthroatyesternights

Y with Z, X, J or Q (16)

acetylizableacquaintancyacquiescencyacroasphyxiaacronymizingadjectivallyadjudicatoryadjunctivelyalexipyreticalexithymiasammonolyzingamoxycillinsamphoriloquyamylodextrinanalyzationsanaphylaxies

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High scorers

Highest-scoring 12 letter words with Y

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends
azoxybenzoic	44	46
quizzability	44	46
quizzicality	44	46
azoxybenzene	42	44
hydroxyzines	38	36
bedazzlingly	37	41
pyrenopeziza	37	39
lymphomyxoma	36	38
schizophytic	36	36
schizothymic	36	36
zanthoxylums	36	38
zygozoospore	36	37

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Words with meanings

9 twelve-letter Y words, defined

bibliographynounA section of a written work containing citations, not quotations, to all the books referred to in the work.

christianitynounObsolete form of Christianity.

contemporarynounSomeone or something living at the same time, or of roughly the same age as another. “Cervantes was a contemporary of Shakespeare.”

encyclopedianounA comprehensive reference work (often spanning several printed volumes) with articles (usually arranged in alphabetical order, or sometimes arranged by category) on a range of subjects, sometimes general, sometimes limited to a particular field. “His life's work was a four-volume encyclopedia of aviation topics.”

increasinglyadverbIncreasing in amount or intensity

particularlyadverb(focus) Especially, extremely. “The apéritifs were particularly stimulating.”

pharmacologynounThe science of drugs including their origin, composition, pharmacokinetics, therapeutic use, and toxicology.

productivitynounThe state of being productive, fertile or efficient

respectivelyadverbIn a relative manner; often used when comparing lists, where the term denotes that the items in the lists correspond to each other in the order they are given. “Serena Williams and Roger Federer won the women's and men's singles titles, respectively, at the 2010 Australian Open.”

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Questions about 12 letter words with Y

How many twelve-letter words contain Y?

The general English word list used on this page has 7878 twelve-letter words with Y. Counts differ between dictionaries, and Scrabble-style lists are larger, so confirm in your game’s dictionary.

Where does Y usually sit in a twelve-letter word?

In this list Y is the twelfth letter of 3762, the second letter of 1221, the third letter of 488, the fourth letter of 432, the fifth letter of 425, the sixth letter of 363, the ninth letter of 354, the seventh letter of 347, the eighth letter of 300, the tenth letter of 124, the eleventh letter of 39, the first letter of 23.

What are common twelve-letter words with Y?

Everyday examples include availability, particularly, pennsylvania, contemporary, specifically, encyclopedia, successfully, respectively, productivity, increasingly. They are useful Wordle guesses because they use common letters.

Which twelve-letter Y words score the most in Scrabble?

At face value the top scores are azoxybenzoic at 44 and quizzability at 44, before any bonus squares. Words With Friends uses different tile values, so totals can differ.

Are there twelve-letter words that end in Y?

Yes: abbreviately, abbreviatory, ableptically, abolitionary, aboriginally, absorptively, absorptivity, abstemiously.

Which twelve-letter words have a silent Y?

Silent-Y words are rare at this length; most twelve words sound the Y out.

How do I find twelve-letter words with Y in a certain position?

Use the position selector above, or type a pattern with blanks such as _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Y in the word generator by pattern.

What is the difference between words starting with Y and words containing Y?

Words starting with Y must begin with it. Words containing Y can have it in any slot, so the list is much longer. For the start-only list use words that start with.