5-letter words containing y, r
- roupy — hoarse or husky.
- rouyn — a city in SW Quebec, in E Canada: gold and copper mining.
- rowdy — a rough, disorderly person.
- royal — of or relating to a king, queen, or other sovereign: royal power; a royal palace.
- royce — Josiah, 1855–1916, U.S. philosopher and educator.
- rubby — rubbing alcohol, esp when mixed with cheap wine for drinking
- ruddy — of or having a fresh, healthy red color: a ruddy complexion.
- rudny — a city in N central Kazakhstan, SW of Kustanai.
- rugby — a city in E Warwickshire, in central England.
- ruggy — rough or rugged
- rummy — any of various card games for two, three, or four players, each usually being dealt seven, nine, or ten cards, in which the object is to match cards into sets and sequences.
- rumpy — a tailless Manx cat
- runny — tending to run or drip: a runny paste.
- runty — stunted; dwarfish: The runty puppy seems the most playful of the litter.
- rushy — abounding with rushes or their stems.
- rusty — restive; stubborn: a rusty horse.
- rutty — full of or abounding in ruts, as a road.
- rybat — a polished stone piece that forms the side of a window or door
- rydal — a village in NW England, in Cumbria on Rydal Water (a small lake). Rydal Mount, home of Wordsworth from 1813 to 1850, is situated here
- ryder — Albert Pinkham [ping-kuh m] /ˈpɪŋ kəm/ (Show IPA), 1847–1917, U.S. painter.
- ryots — a peasant.
- sarky — sarcastic.
- satyr — Classical Mythology. one of a class of woodland deities, attendant on Bacchus, represented as part human, part horse, and sometimes part goat and noted for riotousness and lasciviousness.
- saury — a sharp-snouted fish, Scomberesox saurus, inhabiting temperate regions of the Atlantic Ocean.
- sayer — to utter or pronounce; speak: What did you say? I said “Hello!”.
- scary — causing fright or alarm.
- scray — the common tern
- serry — to (cause to) close together in a serried formation
- shyer — bashful; retiring.
- skyer — a lofty hit of a cricket ball
- skyre — to be shining bright or conspicuous
- snary — of or resembling a snare
- sorry — feeling regret, compunction, sympathy, pity, etc.: to be sorry to leave one's friends; to be sorry for a remark; to be sorry for someone in trouble.
- soyer — Moses1899-1974; U.S. painter, born in Russia
- spiry — spiral; coiled; coiling; helical.
- spray — a single, slender shoot, twig, or branch with its leaves, flowers, or berries.
- spyri — Johanna [German yaw-hah-nah;; English joh-han-uh-,, -an-uh] /German yɔˈhɑ nɑ;; English dʒoʊˈhæn ə-,, -ˈæn ə/ (Show IPA), 1827–1901, Swiss author.
- steyr — an industrial city in N central Austria, in Upper Austria. Pop: 39 340 (2001)
- story — a narrative, either true or fictitious, in prose or verse, designed to interest, amuse, or instruct the hearer or reader; tale.
- stray — to deviate from the direct course, leave the proper place, or go beyond the proper limits, especially without a fixed course or purpose; ramble: to stray from the main road.
- stroy — to destroy.
- surfy — abounding with surf; forming or like surf.
- surgy — billowy; surging or swelling.
- surly — churlishly rude or bad-tempered: a surly waiter. Synonyms: sullen, uncivil, brusque, irascible, splenetic, choleric, cross; grumpy, grouchy, crabby.
- syker — secure; sure
- syrah — a red grape grown in France and Australia, used, often in a blend, for making wine
- syria — Official name Syrian Arab Republic. a republic in SW Asia at the E end of the Mediterranean. 71,227 sq. mi. (184,478 sq. km). Capital: Damascus.
- syro- — indicating Syrian and
- syros — an island in the Aegean Sea, off the SE coast of Greece, the largest island in the Cyclades group. 32 sq. mi. (84 sq. km).
- syrup — any of various thick, sweet liquids prepared for table use from molasses, glucose, etc., water, and often a flavoring agent.