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Words containing YS

Words that have the letters YS 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 1,435 playable words containing YS in Wordtide's English dictionary. The most common length is 8 letters, and the longest word is ADENOHYPOPHYSES. The highest-scoring is HYPOPHYSECTOMY, worth 32 points.

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Popular words containing YS

EXPRESSWAYS24
PHYSICALLY20
MYSTERIOUSLY19
PHYSIOLOGY19
HIGHWAYS18
KEYSTROKES18
PHYSICISTS18
COUNTRYSIDE17
KEYSTROKE17
PHYSICIST17
ENJOYS16
FREEWAYS16
HYSTERICAL16
MOTORWAYS16
PHYSICAL16
SYSTEMATIC16
MYSTERIOUS15
PHYSICS15

Highest-scoring words containing YS

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

HYPOPHYSECTOMY32
HYSTERECTOMIZED32
ZYGAPOPHYSES31
ZYGAPOPHYSIS31
PHYSICOCHEMICAL31
PSYCHOPHYSICIST31
PSYCHOPHYSICAL30
PLETHYSMOGRAPHY30
PSYCHOPHYSICS29
CHOLECYSTECTOMY29
MICROPHYSICALLY29
CRYSTALLIZABLE28

3-letter words containing YS (2)

AYS5
BYS7

4-letter words containing YS (36)

ABYS8
BAYS8
BEYS8
BOYS8
BUYS9
CAYS8
COYS8
CYST8
DAYS7
DEYS7
DRYS7
FAYS9
FOYS9
GAYS7
GOYS7
GUYS8
HAYS8
HOYS8
JAYS14
JOYS14
KAYS9
KEYS9
LAYS6
LEYS6
LYSE6
MAYS8
NAYS6
PAYS8
RAYS6
SAYS6
SOYS6
TOYS6
WAYS9
WHYS11
XYST12
YAYS8

5-letter words containing YS (50)

ABYSM11
ABYSS9
BRAYS9
BUOYS10
BYSSI9
CHAYS11
CLAYS9
CLOYS9
CYSTS9
DRAYS8
FLAYS10
FLEYS10
FRAYS10
GLEYS8
GRAYS8
GREYS8
HYSON9
JOEYS15
KUMYS13
LYSED8
LYSES7
LYSIN7
LYSIS7
LYSSA7
MAYST9
MYSID10
OBEYS9
OFAYS10
OKAYS10
PLAYS9
PLOYS9
POLYS9
PRAYS9
PREYS9
QUAYS16
QUEYS16
SAYST7
SHAYS9
SLAYS7
SPAYS9
STAYS7
SWAYS10
SYSOP9
TRAYS7
TREYS7
TROYS7
TRYST7
WHEYS12
XYSTI13
XYSTS13

6-letter words containing YS (103)

ABBEYS12
ABYSMS12
ALLAYS8
ALLEYS8
ALLOYS8
ALWAYS11
ANNOYS8
ARRAYS8
ASSAYS8
BELAYS10
BENDYS11
BLUEYS11
BOGEYS11
BYWAYS15
COVEYS14
COZEYS18
CYSTIC12
DECAYS11
DECOYS11
DELAYS9
EMBAYS12
ENJOYS16
ENVOYS12
ESSAYS8
FLYBYS15
FLYSCH15
FOGEYS12
FORAYS11
GEYSER9
HONEYS10
HYSSOP12
INLAYS8
KOUMYS14
MAMEYS12
MORAYS10
MOSEYS10
MYSELF13
MYSTIC12
OYSTER8
PHYSED13
PHYSES12
PHYSIC14
PHYSIS12
POKEYS13
RELAYS8
REPAYS10
SAVOYS12
SPLAYS10
SPRAYS10
STRAYS8
SYSTEM10
TRYSTS8
UNSAYS9
WAVEYS15
XYSTER14
XYSTOI14
XYSTOS14
XYSTUS15
ZLOTYS16
ZOYSIA16

The 60 most common shown, 43 rarer words not listed. All 6-letter words

7-letter words containing YS (189)

ABYSMAL13
ABYSSES11
AFFRAYS15
AIRWAYS12
ANALYSE9
ANALYST9
BETRAYS11
BUSBOYS14
CARBOYS13
CONVEYS15
CONVOYS15
COWBOYS16
CRYSTAL11
DEEJAYS18
DEFRAYS13
DEPLOYS12
DICKEYS15
DISMAYS12
DONKEYS13
EMPLOYS13
ENDWAYS13
GALLEYS10
GEYSERS10
HAYSEED12
HEYDAYS14
HICKEYS16
JERSEYS17
JITNEYS17
JOCKEYS22
KIDNEYS13
LACKEYS14
MAYDAYS14
MEDLEYS12
MIDWAYS15
MISLAYS11
MONKEYS14
MOTLEYS11
MYSTERY13
MYSTICS13
MYSTIFY16
OUTLAYS10
OYSTERS9
PAYDAYS14
PHONEYS13
PHYSICS15
PREPAYS13
PULLEYS12
PURVEYS16
RUNWAYS13
STOREYS9
SUBWAYS15
SURVEYS14
SYSTEMS11
THYSELF14
TOMBOYS13
TURKEYS13
VALLEYS13
VOLLEYS13
WAYLAYS14
WAYSIDE13

The 60 most common shown, 129 rarer words not listed. All 7-letter words

8-letter words containing YS (254)

AMETHYST14
ANALYSED11
ANALYSER10
ANALYSES10
ANALYSIS10
ANALYSTS10
ARCHWAYS17
ASHTRAYS12
BELLBOYS14
CHIMNEYS16
COCKNEYS17
CRYSTALS12
DESTROYS11
DISOBEYS13
DISPLAYS13
DOORWAYS14
DYSLEXIA17
DYSLEXIC19
FAIRWAYS16
FLYSPECK20
FREEWAYS16
GANGWAYS15
GATEWAYS14
GETAWAYS14
HACKNEYS17
HALLWAYS15
HAYSTACK17
HEAVYSET16
HIGHBOYS17
HIGHWAYS18
HOLIDAYS13
HOMEBOYS16
HYSTERIA12
HYSTERIC14
JOURNEYS19
JOYSTICK23
KEYSTONE13
KILLJOYS21
MYSTICAL14
MYSTIQUE21
NOWADAYS14
OVERJOYS22
OVERLAYS14
PARALYSE12
PARKWAYS18
PAROXYSM20
PATHWAYS17
PHYSICAL16
PHYSIQUE23
PORTRAYS12
RAILWAYS13
RUNAWAYS14
SIDEWAYS14
STANDBYS13
TROLLEYS10
WALKWAYS19
WAYSIDES14
WEEKDAYS17
WHISKEYS18
WORKDAYS17

The 60 most common shown, 194 rarer words not listed. All 8-letter words

9-letter words containing YS (228)

ABYSMALLY17
ALLEYWAYS16
AMETHYSTS15
ANALYSING12
ATTORNEYS11
BIRTHDAYS16
BYSTANDER14
CASTAWAYS16
CATACLYSM17
CAUSEWAYS17
CHRYSALIS15
CORDUROYS15
DISARRAYS12
DOWNPLAYS17
DRIVEWAYS19
DYSENTERY14
DYSLEXICS20
DYSPEPSIA16
DYSPEPTIC18
ECOSYSTEM15
EMPHYSEMA19
ENTRYWAYS16
FLYSPECKS21
GIVEAWAYS19
GUNNYSACK18
HATCHWAYS20
HAYSTACKS18
HIDEAWAYS17
HYSTERICS15
JOYSTICKS24
KEYSTONES14
KEYSTROKE17
MAINSTAYS13
MOTORWAYS16
MYSTERIES13
MYSTICISM17
MYSTIFIED17
MYSTIFIES16
OVERPLAYS17
OVERSTAYS15
PAPERBOYS17
PARALYSED14
PARALYSES13
PARALYSIS13
PAROXYSMS21
PHYSICALS17
PHYSICIAN17
PHYSICIST17
PHYSICKED21
PHYSIQUES24
POPINJAYS23
SPEEDWAYS17
SPILLWAYS16
STAIRWAYS14
STOWAWAYS17
SUBSYSTEM16
SYSTEMICS15
UNDERLAYS13
UNDERPAYS15
WATERWAYS17

The 60 most common shown, 168 rarer words not listed.

10-letter words containing YS (162)

APOPHYSEAL18
BABYSITTER16
BATHYSCAPH22
BIOPHYSICS20
BODYSURFED20
BODYSURFER19
BREAKAWAYS20
BREEZEWAYS25
BYSTANDERS15
CATACLYSMS18
CRYSTALIZE22
CYSTOSCOPY20
DOOHICKEYS20
DYSPEPTICS19
DYSPHASICS19
DYSPHEMISM21
DYSTROPHIC19
ECOSYSTEMS16
EMPHYSEMAS20
EMPHYSEMIC22
FLYSPECKED23
FLYSWATTER18
GEOPHYSICS19
GUNNYSACKS19
HYDROLYSIS17
HYPABYSSAL20
HYPOPHYSES22
HYPOPHYSIS22
HYSTERESIS14
HYSTERICAL16
KEYSTROKED19
KEYSTROKES18
LYSOGENIZE21
METAPHYSIC20
MYSTERIOUS15
MYSTICALLY18
MYSTIFYING20
PARALYSING15
PAROXYSMAL22
PERIMYSIUM19
PHYSICALLY20
PHYSICIANS18
PHYSICISTS18
PHYSICKING22
PHYSIOLOGY19
POLYCYSTIC20
ROUNDELAYS14
SCHOOLBOYS18
SKYSCRAPER19
SUBSYSTEMS17
SYMPHYSEAL20
SYMPHYSIAL20
SYSTEMATIC16
SYSTEMIZED23
SYSTEMIZES22
THROWAWAYS20
UNDERPLAYS16
URINALYSES13
URINALYSIS13
YESTERDAYS15

The 60 most common shown, 102 rarer words not listed.

11-letter words containing YS (132)

BABYSITTERS17
BATHYSCAPHE23
BATHYSCAPHS23
BATHYSPHERE21
BIOPHYSICAL21
BODYSURFERS20
BODYSURFING21
BOYSENBERRY19
CATACLYSMAL19
CATACLYSMIC21
CHRYSALISES17
CHRYSOBERYL21
CHRYSOMELID20
CHRYSOPHYTE23
COUNTRYSIDE17
CRYSTALIZED24
CRYSTALIZES23
CRYSTALLINE15
CRYSTALLISE15
CRYSTALLIZE23
CYSTICERCUS20
CYSTOSCOPIC21
DEMYSTIFIED20
DIDDLYSQUAT25
DYSFUNCTION20
DYSPHEMISMS22
DYSRHYTHMIA22
DYSRHYTHMIC24
EXPRESSWAYS24
FIBROCYSTIC22
FLYSPECKING24
FLYSWATTERS19
GEOPHYSICAL20
HOKEYPOKEYS25
HONEYSUCKLE21
HYPOPHYSEAL23
HYPOPHYSIAL23
KEYSTROKING20
LYSOGENIZED23
LYSOGENIZES22
METAPHYSICS21
MONKEYSHINE20
NONPHYSICAL19
PACHYSANDRA20
PASSAGEWAYS19
PHYSICALISM21
PHYSICALITY21
PHYSIOGNOMY22
PHYSIOLOGIC20
POLYSTYRENE17
POLYSULFIDE20
SCREENPLAYS17
SKYSCRAPERS20
SYSTEMATISE15
SYSTEMATIZE23
SYSTEMIZING24
THOUGHTWAYS22
THROUGHWAYS22
VICEROYSHIP23
VICHYSSOISE21

The 60 most common shown, 72 rarer words not listed.

12-letter words containing YS (110)

ASTROPHYSICS20
BATHYSCAPHES24
BATHYSPHERES22
BIOPHYSICIST22
CARRIAGEWAYS20
CHRYSAROBINS20
CHRYSOBERYLS22
CHRYSOMELIDS21
CHRYSOPHYTES24
CHRYSOPRASES20
COUNTRYSIDES18
CRYPTANALYST20
CRYSTALIZING25
CRYSTALLISED17
CRYSTALLISES16
CRYSTALLIZED25
CRYSTALLIZER24
CRYSTALLIZES24
CYSTICERCOID21
CYSTOSCOPIES20
DEMYSTIFYING23
DYSFUNCTIONS21
DYSPHEMISTIC23
DYSRHYTHMIAS23
ELECTROLYSIS16
EXTRASYSTOLE20
GEOPHYSICIST21
HOBBLEDEHOYS23
HONEYSUCKLES22
HYPABYSSALLY24
HYSTERECTOMY22
HYSTERICALLY20
LYSOGENIZING24
METAPHYSICAL22
METHYSERGIDE20
MICROPHYSICS24
MONKEYSHINES21
MYSTERIOUSLY19
MYSTIFYINGLY24
PACHYSANDRAS21
PHENOCRYSTIC22
PHYSICALISMS22
PHYSIOCRATIC22
PHYSIOGNOMIC23
PHYSIOGRAPHY25
PHYSIOLOGIST19
POLYSTICHOUS21
POLYSULFIDES21
POLYSYLLABIC22
POLYSYLLABLE20
POLYSYNAPTIC22
SYSTEMATISED17
SYSTEMATISES16
SYSTEMATIZED25
SYSTEMATIZER24
SYSTEMATIZES24
VICEROYSHIPS24
VICHYSSOISES22
ZYGAPOPHYSES31
ZYGAPOPHYSIS31

The 60 most common shown, 50 rarer words not listed.

How common are they?

1,435 of the 167,814 words on Wordtide's English board (0.86%) are containing YS. Most of them, 254, have 8 letters. 0 start with YS, 553 end with it and 882 have it only in the middle.

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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 YS?

Wordtide's English dictionary (the public-domain ENABLE list without offensive words) has 1,435 words containing YS, from 3 to 15 letters long.

What is the highest-scoring word containing YS?

HYPOPHYSECTOMY, worth 32 points with Wordtide letter values before bonus squares. Close behind: HYSTERECTOMIZED (32), ZYGAPOPHYSES (31) and ZYGAPOPHYSIS (31).

What are the most common words containing YS?

EXPRESSWAYS, PHYSICALLY, MYSTERIOUSLY, PHYSIOLOGY, HIGHWAYS and KEYSTROKES. These are the everyday ones, ranked by how familiar they are in ordinary English.

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