6-letter words containing y, n
- romney — George, 1734–1802, English painter.
- ronyon — a mangy creature.
- rooney — Wayne (Mark). born 1985, English footballer; he played for Everton (2002–2004) and Manchester United (from 2004); England's record goalscorer
- run by — If you run something by someone, you tell them about it or mention it, to see if they think it is a good idea, or can understand it.
- runway — a way along which something runs.
- runyon — (Alfred) Damon [dey-muh n] /ˈdeɪ mən/ (Show IPA), 1884–1946, U.S. journalist and short-story writer.
- ryazan — a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, SE of Moscow.
- rybnik — a city in S Poland, in Katowice province,on the Nacyna River.
- ryokan — a traditional Japanese inn or small hotel whose floors are covered with tatami.
- sandys — a male given name.
- sanely — free from mental derangement; having a sound, healthy mind: a sane person.
- sanify — to make or become healthy
- sanity — the state of being sane; soundness of mind.
- sankey — Ira David. 1840–1908, US evangelist and hymnodist, noted for his revivalist campaigns in Britain and the US with D. L. Moody
- satiny — satinlike; smooth; glossy.
- sauncy — sonsy.
- sawney — a fool
- saxony — a state in E central Germany. 6561 sq. mi. (16,990 sq. km). Capital: Dresden.
- saying — what a person says or has to say.
- scanty — scant in amount, quantity, etc.; barely sufficient.
- scungy — miserable; sordid; dirty
- senary — of or relating to the number six.
- senryu — a form of Japanese short poem similar to a haiku, but traditionally on the theme of human nature
- sentry — a soldier stationed at a place to stand guard and prevent the passage of unauthorized persons, watch for fires, etc., especially a sentinel stationed at a pass, gate, opening in a defense work, or the like.
- seyhan — Adana.
- shandy — a mixture of beer and lemonade.
- shanny — a scaleless blenny, Blennius pholis, living in waters along the coast of Europe, having an olive-green body marked with dark spots.
- shanty — a crudely built hut, cabin, or house.
- sharny — a person who is responsible for cleaning a cow-house
- sheeny — shining; lustrous.
- shindy — a row; rumpus.
- shinny — a simple variety of hockey, played with a ball, block of wood, or the like, and clubs curved at one end.
- shinty — a simple form of hockey of Scottish origin played with a ball and sticks curved at the lower end
- shonky — of dubious integrity or legality
- shying — bashful; retiring.
- sicyon — an ancient city in S Greece, near Corinth.
- sidney — Sir Philip, 1554–86, English poet, writer, statesman, and soldier.
- simony — the making of profit out of sacred things.
- sinewy — having strong sinews: a sinewy back.
- singly — apart from others; separately.
- sinify — to Sinicize.
- skanky — dirty, foul-smelling, or unattractive
- skinny — very lean or thin; emaciated: a skinny little kitten.
- skunky — of, relating to, or characteristic of a skunk: a skunky odor.
- skying — the region of the clouds or the upper air; the upper atmosphere of the earth: airplanes in the sky; cloudy skies.
- skyman — an aviator or paratrooper.
- slangy — of, of the nature of, or containing slang: a slangy expression.
- slanty — at an oblique or sloping angle
- slingy — denoting a throwing motion which resembles the action of using a sling
- slinky — characterized by or proceeding with slinking or stealthy movements.