6-letter words containing w, y
- wisely — having the power of discerning and judging properly as to what is true or right; possessing discernment, judgment, or discretion.
- wishly — (obsolete, dialect) According to desire.
- wistly — (obsolete) In an intent manner, intently; with close attention, attentively.
- witchy — accomplished by or as if by witchcraft: strange, witchy sounds.
- witney — a type of blanket or heavy cloth made in Witney, Oxfordshire
- wobbly — shaky; unsteady.
- wolsey — Thomas, 1475?–1530, English cardinal and statesman.
- woodsy — of, or characteristic or suggestive of, the woods: a woodsy fragrance.
- woodys — a male given name, form of Woodrow.
- wooley — (rare) alternative spelling of wooly.
- woolly — consisting of wool: a woolly fleece.
- wordly — Lb rare Of, relating to, or resembling a word; verbal.
- worldy — (rare) Alternative form of worldly.
- worthy — having adequate or great merit, character, or value: a worthy successor.
- woundy — (archaic) very, extremely, excessively.
- woylie — (Australia) A species of bettong, Bettongia penicillata.
- wrathy — wrathful; angry.
- wristy — using or involving extensive or strong movement of the wrist: a wristy forehand.
- wryest — Superlative form of wry.
- wrying — Present participle of wry.
- wtmyha — Wilbraham Twin Meadows Youth Hockey Association
- wurley — an Aborigine's shelter, made of branches and leaves.
- wyswyg — What You See Is What You Get
- wyvern — a two-legged winged dragon having the hinder part of a serpent with a barbed tail.
- yahweh — a name of God, transliterated by scholars from the Tetragrammaton and commonly rendered Jehovah.
- yarrow — a river in SE Scotland, flowing into the Tweed. 14 miles (23 km) long.
- yawata — a seaport on N Kyushu, in S Japan: formed in 1963 by the merger of five cities (Kokura, Moji, Tobata, Wakamatsu, and Yawata)
- yawing — to deviate temporarily from a straight course, as a ship.
- yawned — Simple past tense and past participle of yawn.
- yawner — a person who yawns.
- yawped — Simple past tense and past participle of yawp.
- yawper — A person who yawps; one who cries vigorously.
- yeehaw — An expression of joy or excitement, commonly associated with cowboys.
- yellow — a color like that of egg yolk, ripe lemons, etc.; the primary color between green and orange in the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 570 and 590 nm.
- yowled — Simple past tense and past participle of yowl.
- yowler — a person who yowls; a howler.
- yowley — the yellowhammer passerine bird, Emberiza citrinella
- yu-wei — (in philosophical Taoism) action of an artificial or arbitrary kind.
- yukawa — Hideki [hee-de-kee] /ˈhi dɛ ki/ (Show IPA), 1907–81, Japanese physicist: Nobel prize 1949.
- ziwiye — an ancient city in W Iran: large collection of ivory, gold, and bronze artifacts, dating from c675 to c600 b.c., found here in 1946.
- zwicky — Fritz [frits] /frɪts/ (Show IPA), 1898–1974, Swiss astrophysicist, born in Bulgaria, in the U.S. after 1925.