3-letter words containing y
- may — the fifth month of the year, containing 31 days.
- moy — an imaginary coin
- muy — (informal) very.
- my- — myo-
- mya — Million years ago.
- nay — and not only so but; not only that but also; indeed: many good, nay, noble qualities.
- ney — Michel [mee-shel] /miˈʃɛl/ (Show IPA), Duke of Elchingen [el-khing-uh n] /ˈɛl xɪŋ ən/ (Show IPA), 1769–1815, French revolutionary and Napoleonic military leader: marshal of France 1805–15.
- noy — (obsolete, UK, dialect) To annoy; to vex.
- nyc — (nonstandard) nice.
- nye — Edgar Wilson ("Bill Nye") 1850–96, U.S. humorist.
- nym — (Internet) A pseudonym used when posting messages.
- nyx — an ancient Greek goddess personifying night.
- oby — Archaic form of obeah.
- oyo — a city in W Nigeria.
- oys — a grandchild.
- pay — to coat or cover (seams, a ship's bottom, etc.) with pitch, tar, or the like.
- ply — British Dialect. to bend, fold, or mold.
- pry — to inquire impertinently or unnecessarily into something: to pry into the personal affairs of others.
- pty — proprietary: used to denote a private limited company
- puy — a city in and the capital of Haute-Loire, in central France: cathedral.
- py- — pyo-
- pya — an aluminum coin of Burma, the 100th part of a kyat.
- pye — (in England before the Reformation) a book of ecclesiastical rules for finding the particulars of the service for the day.
- pym — John, 1584–1643, English statesman.
- pyx — Ecclesiastical. the box or vessel in which the reserved Eucharist or Host is kept. a watch-shaped container for carrying the Eucharist to the sick.
- qty — quantity
- ray — John, 1627?–1705, English naturalist.
- rey — a city in N Iran, near Teheran.
- rly — railway
- roy — a town in N Utah.
- rwy — railway
- rya — a handwoven Scandinavian rug with a thick pile and usually a strong, colorful design.
- rye — a city in SE New York, on Long Island Sound.
- say — assay.
- sey — a part of a beef carcass
- shy — bashful; retiring.
- sky — the region of the clouds or the upper air; the upper atmosphere of the earth: airplanes in the sky; cloudy skies.
- sly — cunning or wily: sly as a fox.
- soy — soy sauce.
- spy — a person employed by a government to obtain secret information or intelligence about another, usually hostile, country, especially with reference to military or naval affairs.
- sty — a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
- swy — the game of two-up.
- sye — to strain
- syl — syllable
- sym — symbol
- syn — 1. (character) Synchronous idle. 2. (language) A syntactic specification language for COPS. 3. [TCP/IP SYN request?]
- syr — Syria (international car registration)
- tay — a river flowing through central Scotland into the Firth of Tay. 118 miles (190 km) long.
- tdy — temporary duty
- thy — to address as “thou.”.