Hooking with -MY words
Endings like -MY let you tack a word onto a tile already on the board, often turning a small play into a big one. Look for the high-value entries above to maximise points.
A quick statistical tour
Inside this list: 231 words spanning 4–15 letters. The biggest cluster sits at 5 letters (49 words), 49 entries are Wordle-sized at five letters, and 18 run to seven — bingo length if you can empty the rack. For points, the ceiling is HYPOPHYSECTOMY, worth 37.
Chasing points? The best five entries here are HYPOPHYSECTOMY (37), CHEMOTAXONOMY (32), CHOLECYSTECTOMY (32), SYMPATHECTOMY (30), CYTOTAXONOMY (29). At 15 letters, CHOLECYSTECTOMY is the longest word on the list; a typical entry scores around 17. If you are fishing for these words, keep Y (231 appearances), M (231) and O (144) on your rack.
Start with these three
- OSTOMY — a 6-letter, 11-point play that slots into tight board lanes where longer words won't fit.
- STEAMY earns 11 points from just 6 tiles — and it is a word few opponents will bother to challenge.
- Playing STORMY across a double-word square turns its base 11 points into 22 — solid value for 6 tiles.
Once those stick, file away the next tier too: ANOMY (10), ATOMY (10), ENEMY (10), LOAMY (10), ROOMY (10).
Back-hooking with -MY
Endings are Scrabble's cheapest points. A word finishing in -MY can often be built backwards from a tile already on the board, so you pay for fewer letters than you score. Scan the high scorers above, then look for a spot where the final -MY lands on a premium square — the multiplier applies to your whole word, not just the hook.
More endings
Narrow it down
Pair an ending with a length or starting letter in the Word Finder.