6-letter words containing y, e, i
- minyae — descended from Minyas.
- misery — wretchedness of condition or circumstances.
- miskey — to key (something) incorrectly on a keyboard
- missey — Alternative form of missy (term of address for young woman).
- moiety — a half.
- myelin — a soft, white, fatty material in the membrane of Schwann cells and certain neuroglial cells: the substance of the myelin sheath.
- myxine — (zoology) Any member of the genus Myxine of hagfish.
- niamey — a republic in NW Africa: formerly part of French West Africa. 458,976 sq. mi. (1,188,748 sq. km). Capital: Niamey.
- nicely — pleasing; agreeable; delightful: a nice visit.
- nicety — a delicate or fine point; punctilio: niceties of protocol.
- ninety — a cardinal number, ten times nine.
- nitery — a nightclub.
- oilery — The business or goods of a dealer in oils.
- osiery — An osier bed.
- piercy — Marge, born 1936, U.S. poet and novelist.
- pinery — a place in which pineapples are grown.
- pinkey — a ship with a narrow overhanging stern
- pricey — expensive or unduly expensive: a pricey wine.
- pyemia — a diseased state in which pyogenic bacteria are circulating in the blood, characterized by the development of abscesses in various organs.
- pyrite — a very common brass-yellow mineral, iron disulfide, FeS 2 , with a metallic luster, burned to sulfur dioxide in the manufacture of sulfuric acid: chemically similar to marcasite, but crystallizing in the isometric system.
- rainey — Gertrude ("Ma") 1886–1939, U.S. blues singer.
- resiny — resembling, containing, or covered with resin
- ribeye — a cut of beef from the animal's rib section
- rickey — a drink made with lime juice, carbonated water, and gin or other liquor.
- ridley — Also called Atlantic ridley, bastard ridley, bastard turtle. a gray sea turtle, Lepidochelys kempii, of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of North America, about 24 inches (61 cm) long, previously thought to be a hybrid of the loggerhead and green turtles: an endangered species.
- ripley — George, 1802–80, U.S. literary critic, author, and social reformer: associated with the founding of Brook Farm.
- rivery — riverlike or having rivers
- sexily — concerned predominantly or excessively with sex; risqué: a sexy novel.
- sidley — Mount, a mountain in Antarctica, in Marie Byrd Land. 13,717 feet (4181 meters).
- sidney — Sir Philip, 1554–86, English poet, writer, statesman, and soldier.
- sieyes — Emmanuel Joseph [e-ma-ny-el zhaw-zef] /ɛ ma nüˈɛl ʒɔˈzɛf/ (Show IPA), ("Abbé Sieyès") 1748–1836, French priest and revolutionist.
- sinewy — having strong sinews: a sinewy back.
- sisley — Alfred [al-fred] /alˈfrɛd/ (Show IPA), 1839–99, French painter.
- smiley — a digital icon, a sequence of keyboard symbols, or a handwritten or printed equivalent, that serves to represent a facial expression, as :‐) for a smiling face or ;‐) for a winking face. Compare emoticon.
- spicey — seasoned with or containing spice: a spicy salad dressing.
- stylie — fashion-conscious
- stymie — Golf. (on a putting green) an instance of a ball's lying on a direct line between the cup and the ball of an opponent about to putt.
- swipey — drunk
- thyine — of or relating to the sandarac tree
- tickey — a South African threepenny piece, which was replaced by the five-cent coin in 1961
- tigery — like a tiger
- tilery — a factory or kiln for making tiles.
- tilley — Vesta (ˈvɛstə), original name Matilda Alice Powles. 1864–1952, British music-hall entertainer, best known as a male impersonator
- timely — occurring at a suitable time; seasonable; opportune; well-timed: a timely warning.
- titely — immediately
- tripey — characteristic of tripe; worthless
- typier — (of a domestic animal) embodying the ideal characteristics of its variety or breed.
- tystie — the black guillemot
- ubiety — the property of having a definite location at any given time; state of existing and being localized in space.
- verify — to prove the truth of, as by evidence or testimony; confirm; substantiate: Events verified his prediction.