6-letter words containing a, y, e, r
- effray — (obsolete) To frighten, startle.
- elyria — city in N Ohio, near Cleveland: pop. 56,000
- elytra — Plural form of elytron.
- estray — (legal) An animal that has escaped from its owner; a wandering animal whose owner is unknown. An animal cannot be an estray when on the range where it was raised, and permitted by its owner to run. A lost animal whose owner is known to the party at hand is not an estray.
- eyebar — a metal bar with a hole or ring at each end, used in bridge construction
- fakery — the practice or result of faking.
- farley — James A(loysius) 1888–1976, U.S. political leader.
- flayer — to strip off the skin or outer covering of.
- frayed — a raveled or worn part, as in cloth: frays at the toes of well-worn sneakers.
- freaky — freakish.
- garvey — a scowlike open boat, variously propelled, used by oyster and clam fishermen in Delaware Bay and off the coasts of Delaware and New Jersey.
- grapey — of, like, or composed of grapes.
- grayed — Simple past tense and past participle of gray.
- grayer — of a color between white and black; having a neutral hue.
- greasy — smeared, covered, or soiled with grease.
- gyrase — a bacterial enzyme that causes supercoiling of DNA.
- gyrate — to move in a circle or spiral, or around a fixed point; whirl.
- harley — Robert, 1st Earl of Oxford, 1661–1724, British statesman.
- harvey — William, 1578–1657, English physician: discoverer of the circulation of the blood.
- hearsy — resembling a hearse
- hearty — warm-hearted; affectionate; cordial; jovial: a hearty welcome.
- jadery — ill-tempered or wearied behaviour
- japery — to jest; joke; gibe.
- jarvey — a hackney coachman.
- kayser — A unit of wavenumber in the CGS system of units, equivalent to the number of waves in one centimeter.
- kearny — Philip, 1814–62, U.S. general.
- keytar — (music) A relatively lightweight keyboard or synthesizer supported by a strap around the neck and shoulders, as a guitar is supported by a guitar strap.
- lacery — Lace or laces collectively.
- larney — a white person
- lawyer — a person whose profession is to represent clients in a court of law or to advise or act for clients in other legal matters.
- layers — A sheet, quantity, or thickness of material, typically one of several, covering a surface or body.
- lyrate — Botany. (of a pinnate leaf) divided transversely into several lobes, the smallest at the base.
- marley — Robert Nesta ("Bob") 1945–81, Jamaican reggae singer, guitarist, and songwriter: popularizer of Rastafarianism.
- napery — table linen, as tablecloths or napkins.
- nearby — close at hand; not far off; adjacent; neighboring: a nearby village.
- nearly — all but; almost: nearly dead with cold.
- papery — like paper; thin or flimsy: the papery petals of the narcissus.
- parley — a discussion or conference.
- pearly — like a pearl, especially in being white or lustrous; nacreous: her pearly teeth.
- perfay — truly, by my faith!
- petary — a place where peat is excavated; peatary
- player — Gary, born 1935, South African golfer.
- prayer — a person who prays.
- prepay — to pay or arrange to pay beforehand or before due: to prepay the loan.
- rainey — Gertrude ("Ma") 1886–1939, U.S. blues singer.
- rakery — rakish behaviour; profligacy
- rallye — to bring into order again; gather and organize or inspire anew: The general rallied his scattered army.
- ramsey — Arthur Michael (Baron Ramsey of Canterbury) 1904–1988, English clergyman and scholar: archbishop of Canterbury 1961–74.
- rarefy — to make rare or rarer; make less dense: to rarefy a gas.
- rarely — on rare occasions; infrequently; seldom: I'm rarely late for appointments.