4-letter words containing y, a
- ayin — the 16th letter in the Hebrew alphabet (ע), originally a pharyngeal fricative, that is now silent and transliterated by a raised inverted comma (`)
- ayme — Marcel (marsɛl). 1902–67, French writer: noted for his light and witty narratives
- ayre — air1 (def 8d).
- ayuh — (rural New England, especially Maine) Yes; an expression of affirmation.
- azym — unleavened bread
- baby — A baby is a very young child, especially one that cannot yet walk or talk.
- baya — a common weaverbird, Ploceus philippinus, of India.
- baye — to bathe
- bayo — a pinto or chili bean.
- bays — Plural form of bay.
- blay — a small European river fish, Leuciscus alburnus
- bray — When a donkey brays, it makes a loud harsh sound.
- cady — Alternative spelling of kady.
- cagy — cautious, wary, or shrewd: a cagey reply to the probing question.
- caky — a sweet, baked, breadlike food, made with or without shortening, and usually containing flour, sugar, baking powder or soda, eggs, and liquid flavoring.
- cany — resembling or made of cane
- cary — (Arthur) Joyce (Lunel). 1888–1957, British novelist; author of Mister Johnson (1939), A House of Children (1941), and The Horse's Mouth (1944)
- cavy — any small South American hystricomorph rodent of the family Caviidae, esp any of the genus Cavia, having a thickset body and very small tail
- cayo — Lb Latin America A small island or ledge of rock in the water; a key.
- cays — Plural form of cay.
- chay — a plant of the madder family native to India
- clay — Clay is a kind of earth that is soft when it is wet and hard when it is dry. Clay is shaped and baked to make things such as pots and bricks.
- cmay — (operating system) A microkernel.
- cray — a crayfish
- cyan — a highly saturated green-blue that is the complementary colour of red and forms, with magenta and yellow, a set of primary colours
- cyma — either of two mouldings having a double curve, part concave and part convex. Cyma recta has the convex part nearer the wall and cyma reversa has the concave part nearer the wall
- daly — (John) Auˈgustin (ɔˈgʌstɪn ) ; ôgusˈtin) 1838-99; U.S. playwright & theatrical manager
- davy — Sir Humphry. 1778–1829, English chemist who isolated sodium, magnesium, chlorine, and other elements and suggested the electrical nature of chemical combination. He invented the Davy lamp
- daye — Archaic spelling of day.
- days — during the day, esp regularly
- dazy — In a dazed condition.
- diya — a small oil lamp, usually made from clay
- dray — a low, strong cart without fixed sides, for carrying heavy loads.
- dyad — a group of two; couple; pair.
- dyak — Dayak.
- dyna — Obsolete form of dinar.
- easy — not hard or difficult; requiring no great labor or effort: a book that is easy to read; an easy victory.
- eazy — Eye dialect of easy.
- ebay — a website that people and companies can use to buy or sell goods; items may be bought for a fixed price, or sold to the buyer who offers the highest price
- eyam — a village in N central England, in Derbyshire. When plague reached the village in 1665 the inhabitants, led by the Rev. Mompesson, isolated themselves to prevent it spreading further: as a result most of them died, including Mompesson's family
- eyas — A young hawk, especially (in falconry) an unfledged nestling taken from the nest for training.
- eyra — A reddish -brown form of the jaguarundi.
- fady — (archaic) faded.
- fany — First Aid Nursing Yeomanry
- faye — a female given name, form of Faith.
- fays — Plural form of fay.
- flay — to strip off the skin or outer covering of.
- fray — a raveled or worn part, as in cloth: frays at the toes of well-worn sneakers.
- gaby — a fool.
- gamy — having the tangy flavor or odor of game: I like the gamy taste of venison.