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Words containing OY

Words that have the letters OY in a row, in that order: handy when a board square or a clue gives you a chunk to build around. All playable on Wordtide's board. There are 524 playable words containing OY in Wordtide's English dictionary. The most common length is 7 letters, and the longest word is EMPLOYABILITIES. The highest-scoring is JOYPOPPING, worth 27 points.

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Popular words containing OY

ENJOYABLE21
ENJOYMENT21
UNEMPLOYMENT21
ENJOYING19
EMPLOYMENT18
ENJOYED18
UNEMPLOYED18
EMPLOYING16
ENJOYS16
EMPLOYED15
EMPLOYEES15
EMPLOYERS15
ENJOY15
DESTROYING14
EMPLOYEE14
EMPLOYER14
ANNOYANCE13
DESTROYED13

Highest-scoring words containing OY

Points are Wordtide tile values before bonus squares. Rare letters pay most: J, Q and Z are worth 9, X is 7.

JOYPOPPING27
ENJOYABLENESSES27
JOYPOPPED26
JOYPOPPERS26
JOYFULNESSES26
UNEMPLOYABILITY26
OVERJOYING25
JOYPOPPER25
ENJOYABLENESS25
SUBEMPLOYMENTS25
UNDEREMPLOYMENT25
JOYFULLY24

2-letter words containing OY (1)

3-letter words containing OY (8)

BOY7
COY7
FOY8
GOY6
HOY7
JOY13
SOY5
TOY5

4-letter words containing OY (20)

AHOY8
BOYO8
BOYS8
BUOY9
CLOY8
COYS8
FOYS9
GOYS7
HOYA8
HOYS8
JOYS14
OYER6
OYES6
OYEZ14
PLOY8
SOYA6
SOYS6
TOYO6
TOYS6
TROY6

5-letter words containing OY (40)

ALLOY7
ANNOY7
BOYAR9
BOYLA9
BOYOS9
BUOYS10
CLOYS9
COYED10
COYER9
COYLY11
COYPU12
DECOY10
DOYEN8
DOYLY10
ENJOY15
ENVOY11
FOYER10
GOYIM10
HOYAS9
HOYLE9
JOYED16
LOYAL7
OYERS7
PLOYS9
POYOU10
ROYAL7
SAVOY11
SEPOY9
SHOYU10
SLOYD8
SOYAS7
SOYUZ16
STROY7
TEPOY9
TOYED8
TOYER7
TOYON7
TOYOS7
TROYS7
UNCOY10

6-letter words containing OY (61)

ALLOYS8
ANNOYS8
AROYNT8
ARROYO8
BATBOY12
BOYARD11
BOYARS10
BOYISH12
BOYLAS10
BUOYED12
BUSBOY13
CARBOY12
CLOYED11
CONVOY14
COWBOY15
COYDOG12
COYEST10
COYING11
COYISH12
COYOTE10
COYPOU13
COYPUS13
DECOYS11
DEPLOY11
DOYENS9
DOYLEY11
EMPLOY12
ENJOYS16
ENVOYS12
FLYBOY15
FOYERS11
GOYISH11
GROYNE9
HOYDEN11
HOYLES10
JOYFUL20
JOYING17
JOYOUS17
JOYPOP20
LOWBOY13
NOYADE9
OYSTER8
PLOYED11
POTBOY12
POYOUS11
ROYALS8
SAVOYS12
SEPOYS10
SHAMOY12
SHOYUS11
SLOYDS9
STROYS8
TEAPOY10
TEPOYS10
TOMBOY12
TOYERS8
TOYING9
TOYISH10
VOYAGE13
ZOYSIA16

The 60 most common shown, 1 rarer words not listed. All 6-letter words

7-letter words containing OY (97)

ALLOYED10
ANNOYED10
ARROYOS9
BELLBOY13
BENZOYL19
BOYCHIK18
BOYCOTT13
BOYHOOD14
BUOYANT12
BUOYING13
BUSBOYS14
CARBOYS13
CHARPOY15
CLOYING12
COCOYAM15
CONVOYS15
COPYBOY17
COWBOYS16
COYNESS11
COYOTES11
COYPOUS14
DECOYED13
DEPLOYS12
DESTROY10
EMPLOYS13
ENJOYED18
ENJOYER17
FLYBOYS16
FOOTBOY14
GROYNES10
HAUTBOY14
HIGHBOY16
HOMEBOY15
JOYANCE19
JOYLESS17
JOYPOPS21
JOYRIDE18
JOYRODE18
KILLJOY20
LINKBOY14
LOYALER9
LOYALLY11
LOYALTY11
NEWSBOY14
OVERCOY15
OVERJOY21
OYSTERS9
PLOWBOY16
REENJOY17
ROYALLY11
ROYALTY11
SHOPBOY15
SOYBEAN11
SOYUZES18
TOMBOYS13
VICEROY15
VOYAGED15
VOYAGER14
VOYAGES14
ZOYSIAS17

The 60 most common shown, 37 rarer words not listed. All 7-letter words

8-letter words containing OY (97)

ALLOYING11
ANNOYING11
BEACHBOY18
BELLBOYS14
BENZOYLS20
BLACKBOY19
BOYCHICK21
BOYCHIKS19
BOYCOTTS14
BOYHOODS15
BOYISHLY16
BULLYBOY17
BUOYANCE15
BUOYANCY17
CARBOYED15
CHARPOYS16
CHOIRBOY16
COCOYAMS16
COEMPLOY16
CONVOYED17
COPYBOYS18
CORDUROY14
DECOYING14
DEPLOYED14
DESTROYS11
DISLOYAL11
DOUGHBOY17
EMPLOYED15
EMPLOYEE14
EMPLOYER14
ENJOYERS18
ENJOYING19
GARGOYLE12
HIGHBOYS17
HOMEBOYS16
JOYANCES20
JOYFULLY24
JOYOUSLY21
JOYRIDER19
JOYRIDES19
JOYSTICK23
KILLJOYS21
LOYALEST10
LOYALIST10
MACCABOY18
MACCOBOY18
NEWSBOYS15
OVERJOYS22
PAPERBOY16
PLOWBOYS17
REDEPLOY13
REENJOYS18
ROYALIST10
SHOPBOYS16
SOYBEANS12
UNJOYFUL23
VICEROYS16
VOYAGERS15
VOYAGEUR16
VOYAGING16

The 60 most common shown, 37 rarer words not listed. All 8-letter words

9-letter words containing OY (74)

ANNOYANCE13
BEACHBOYS19
BLACKBOYS20
BOYARISMS15
BOYCHICKS22
BOYCOTTED16
BOYCOTTER15
BOYFRIEND17
BULLYBOYS18
BUOYANCES16
BUOYANTLY16
CHATOYANT15
CHERIMOYA17
CHIRIMOYA17
CHOIRBOYS17
CLOYINGLY16
COEMPLOYS17
CONVOYING18
CORDUROYS15
DEPLOYING15
DESTROYED13
DESTROYER12
DOUGHBOYS18
EMPLOYEES15
EMPLOYERS15
EMPLOYING16
ENJOYABLE21
ENJOYABLY23
ENJOYMENT21
GARGOYLED14
GARGOYLES13
HOUSEBOYS16
HOYDENING15
HOYDENISH16
JOYFULLER23
JOYLESSLY21
JOYPOPPED26
JOYPOPPER25
JOYRIDDEN21
JOYRIDERS20
JOYRIDING21
JOYSTICKS24
LOYALISTS11
LOYALTIES11
MACCABOYS19
MACCOBOYS19
MISEMPLOY17
OVERJOYED24
PADUASOYS15
PAPERBOYS17
REDEPLOYS14
REEMPLOYS15
REENJOYED20
ROYALISTS11
ROYALTIES11
SCHOOLBOY17
SHAMOYING16
TOMBOYISH17
UNCLOYING15
VOYAGEURS17

The 60 most common shown, 14 rarer words not listed.

10-letter words containing OY (44)

ANNOYANCES14
ANNOYINGLY15
BOYCOTTERS16
BOYCOTTING17
BOYFRIENDS18
BOYISHNESS16
BUOYANCIES17
CHATOYANCE18
CHATOYANCY20
CHATOYANTS16
CHERIMOYAS18
CHIRIMOYAS18
COEMPLOYED19
CORDUROYED17
COYOTILLOS14
DEPLOYABLE17
DEPLOYMENT17
DESTROYERS13
DESTROYING14
DISLOYALLY15
DISLOYALTY15
EMPLOYABLE18
EMPLOYMENT18
ENJOYMENTS22
FLAMBOYANT19
JOYFULLEST24
JOYFULNESS24
JOYOUSNESS21
JOYPOPPERS26
JOYPOPPING27
JOYRIDINGS22
MISEMPLOYS18
OVERJOYING25
OYSTERINGS13
PENNYROYAL16
REDEPLOYED16
REEMPLOYED17
REENJOYING21
ROYSTERING13
SCHOOLBOYS18
SUPERALLOY15
TUTOYERING14
UNCONVOYED20
UNEMPLOYED18

11-letter words containing OY (25)

ANTIBOYCOTT17
BOYSENBERRY19
CHATOYANCES19
CLAIRVOYANT19
COEMPLOYING20
CORDUROYING18
COUNTERPLOY18
DEPLOYMENTS18
EMPLOYABLES19
EMPLOYMENTS19
FLAMBOYANCE22
FLAMBOYANCY24
FLAMBOYANTS20
HOBBLEDEHOY22
JOYLESSNESS21
MISEMPLOYED20
NONEMPLOYEE17
PENNYROYALS17
REDEPLOYING17
REEMPLOYING18
SUBEMPLOYED21
SUPERALLOYS16
UNEMPLOYEDS19
VICEROYALTY21
VICEROYSHIP23

12-letter words containing OY (22)

ANTIBOYCOTTS18
ANTIROYALIST14
BOYISHNESSES18
CHATOYANCIES20
CLAIRVOYANCE22
CLAIRVOYANTS20
COUNTERPLOYS19
DISLOYALTIES15
FLAMBOYANCES23
FLAMBOYANTLY23
HOBBLEDEHOYS23
JOYFULNESSES26
JOYOUSNESSES23
MISEMPLOYING21
NONEMPLOYEES18
REDEPLOYMENT19
REEMPLOYMENT20
SCHOOLBOYISH22
UNEMPLOYABLE21
UNEMPLOYMENT21
UNFLAMBOYANT22
VICEROYSHIPS24

How common are they?

524 of the 167,814 words on Wordtide's English board (0.31%) are containing OY. Most of them, 97, have 7 letters. 17 start with OY, 80 end with it and 428 have it only in the middle.

Words containing similar letters

Every word comes from the ENABLE public-domain word list that Wordtide's English board uses, with offensive words removed. Numbers next to a word are its points from our own letter values.

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Questions

How many words are there containing OY?

Wordtide's English dictionary (the public-domain ENABLE list without offensive words) has 524 words containing OY, from 2 to 15 letters long.

What is the highest-scoring word containing OY?

JOYPOPPING, worth 27 points with Wordtide letter values before bonus squares. Close behind: ENJOYABLENESSES (27), JOYPOPPED (26) and JOYPOPPERS (26).

What are the most common words containing OY?

ENJOYABLE, ENJOYMENT, UNEMPLOYMENT, ENJOYING, EMPLOYMENT and ENJOYED. These are the everyday ones, ranked by how familiar they are in ordinary English.

Can I play these words in Wordtide?

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