How many words end in RY?

This page lists 1537 words ending in RY, each with its Scrabble score.

Why are -RY words useful?

Words ending in RY are great for hooking onto existing tiles and pluralising or extending words already on the board.

Words Ending With RY

All 1537 words in our dictionary that end in RY, sorted by Scrabble score. Perfect for hooks and crossword clues.

1537 words · number = Scrabble score · sorted highest score first · showing top 1200

haphazardry32 phytochemistry32 orthopsychiatry31 thermochemistry30 cytophotometry29 immunochemistry29 microphotometry29 photochemistry29 psychohistory29 quatercentenary29 sesquicentenary29 axisymmetry28 biogeochemistry28 checkerberry28 chokecherry28 cosmochemistry28 cytochemistry28 diffractometry28 gadzookery28 justificatory28 methylmercury28 neuropsychiatry28 coxcombry27 equilibratory27 flimflammery27 histochemistry27 hyperpituitary27 janizary27 photogrammetry27 psychosurgery27 psychrometry27 quincentenary27 quixotry27 adjudicatory26 emblazonry26 expeditionary26 hypopituitary26 jackassery26 nonexplanatory26 petrochemistry26 premaxillary26 psychometry26 quackery26 submaxillary26 turbomachinery26 uncomplimentary26 unextraordinary26 buffaloberry25 cardiopulmonary25 circumlocutory25 dextrorotatory25 exclamatory25 exculpatory25 exhibitory25 explicatory25 expostulatory25 extemporary25 exterminatory25 gimcrackery25 huckleberry25 microcircuitry25 noninflammatory25 radiochemistry25 semidocumentary25 stereochemistry25 supersymmetry25 backcountry24 biochemistry24 carpetbaggery24 cephalometry24 chokeberry24 classificatory24 communicatory24 complementary24 complimentary24 dissatisfactory24 exaggeratory24 exclusionary24 exhortatory24 expansionary24 expurgatory24 extraordinary24 grotesquery24 haberdashery24 interjectory24 microbrewery24 mountebankery24 neurochemistry24 nincompoopery24 noncontemporary24 objurgatory24 recommendatory24 shellfishery24 thimbleberry24 wizardry24 wordsmithery24 zemindary24 anthropometry23 archdeaconry23 bathymetry23 bewitchery23 blackberry23 bookbindery23 certificatory23 chemosurgery23 citizenry23 confabulatory23 confectionary23 confectionery23 dextrorotary23 ejaculatory23 exemplary23 explanatory23 exploratory23 extraliterary23 farkleberry23 geochemistry23 gimmickry23 hackberry23 housewifery23 improvisatory23 jagghery23 judicatory23 marquetry23 morphometry23 neurofibrillary23 parquetry23 partridgeberry23 phylactery23 postcopulatory23 prediscovery23 psychiatry23 quagmiry23 questionary23 reflectometry23 refractometry23 stoichiometry23 subinhibitory23 superluxury23 uncontemporary23 waxberry23 whortleberry23 blazonry22 boxberry22 bunchberry22 chickory22 coevolutionary22 commendatory22 confirmatory22 confiscatory22 coquetry22 discriminatory22 disinflationary22 dissymmetry22 dynamometry22 excitatory22 excusatory22 expiratory22 expository22 extortionary22 extrasensory22 humbuggery22 inflammatory22 interferometry22 jewellery22 judiciary22 nephelometry22 noncontributory22 nondocumentary22 nonsupervisory22 participatory22 perambulatory22 performatory22 pettifoggery22 plenipotentiary22 poststimulatory22 precopulatory22 purificatory22 quaternary22 quavery22 quivery22 serviceberry22 skullduggery22 supplementary22 trajectory22 unparliamentary22 unsatisfactory22 zoometry22 adjuratory21 antiquary21 appreciatory21 beneficiary21 boysenberry21 buffoonery21 calefactory21 chancellery21 chancellory21 chronometry21 compensatory21 consummatory21 contemporary21 contractionary21 contradictory21 convulsionary21 cotyledonary21 cuckoldry21 debauchery21 ethnohistory21 excretory21 executory21 expiatory21 expletory21 extenuatory21 glaziery21 hallucinatory21 interpupillary21 jobbery21 knackery21 manufactory21 maxillary21 midwifery21 noninflationary21 nonproprietary21 obfuscatory21 perfunctory21 plebiscitary21 porphyry21 postdelivery21 postsecondary21 prohibitory21 protoplanetary21 quandary21 reconciliatory21 reliquary21 reverberatory21 skulduggery21 spectrometry21 stagflationary21 subventionary21 subversionary21 supplicatory21 thermometry21 unrevolutionary21 watchcry21 whiskery21 alkalimetry20 apothecary20 applicatory20 approbatory20 cajolery20 charactery20 chiccory20 chinaberry20 combinatory20 commandery20 comminatory20 concessionary20 conclusionary20 concretionary20 condemnatory20 congratulatory20 conservatory20 consuetudinary20 coparcenary20 cordwainery20 corroboratory20 cryosurgery20 daredeviltry20 depreciatory20 devolutionary20 disciplinary20 electrosurgery20 eleemosynary20 facilitatory20 fellmongery20 flackery20 flickery20 fragmentary20 gallimaufry20 herbivory20 imprecatory20 incriminatory20 insurrectionary20 investigatory20 jewelry20 jugglery20 magnetometry20 microsurgery20 nonhereditary20 officiary20 osmoregulatory20 parliamentary20 photometry20 pokeberry20 postprimary20 precautionary20 predelivery20 preovulatory20 presbytery20 previsionary20 prothonotary20 protohistory20 provisionary20 radiotelemetry20 recriminatory20 rediscovery20 satisfactory20 semilegendary20 sheepberry20 substitutionary20 supererogatory20 supernumerary20 transmigratory20 turbidimetry20 undersecretary20 usufructuary20 valedictory20 vindicatory20 viscometry20 vituperatory20 vocabulary20 wolfberry20 zealotry20 zedoary20 zoolatry20 accretionary19 agroforestry19 anticipatory19 antiphonary19 asymmetry19 auxiliary19 benedictory19 biotelemetry19 candleberry19 caravansary19 charlatanry19 chemistry19 chicanery19 chivalry19 codicillary19 commentary19 commissary19 compulsory19 conciliatory19 consecratory19 constabulary19 contributory19 crockery19 crowberry19 daredevilry19 declamatory19 defamatory19 deflationary19 demagoguery19 deprecatory19 discretionary19 dissimilatory19 diversionary19 documentary19 domiciliary19 effrontery19 enquiry19 equerry19 filamentary19 fluorimetry19 fluorometry19 formicary19 freemasonry19 functionary19 gesticulatory19 gravimetry19 greengrocery19 hatchery19 heterospory19 hickory19 homospory19 informatory19 inquiry19 integumentary19 interplanetary19 jaggary19 jaggery19 janissary19 jaspery19 machinery19 maledictory19 mammillary19 manipulatory19 masturbatory19 neurosecretory19 noninjury19 observatory19 paramilitary19 peremptory19 perfumery19 periphery19 perjury19 perspiratory19 phalanstery19 phyllary19 postcoronary19 preceptory19 predicatory19 preemptory19 preprimary19 probationary19 profanatory19 propitiatory19 pyrometry19 quinary19 reformatory19 respirometry19 revolutionary19 semisedentary19 shrubbery19 silverberry19 subcategory19 subsecretary19 superciliary19 supervisory19 tintinnabulary19 valetudinary19 whispery19 winterberry19 witchery19 youngberry19 acidimetry18 actinometry18 annihilatory18 antiburglary18 antiregulatory18 axillary18 bayberry18 bibliolatry18 bicentenary18 bimillenary18 bitchery18 botchery18 butchery18 calorimetry18 celebratory18 chancery18 chandlery18 chartulary18 circulatory18 cloudberry18 colorimetry18 constellatory18 cowberry18 craniometry18 cutchery18 densitometry18 denunciatory18 depredatory18 digressionary18 dingleberry18 discovery18 dispensatory18 distributary18 embracery18 embroidery18 evidentiary18 evolutionary18 expiry18 fiduciary18 flummery18 frippery18 husbandry18 hymnary18 illocutionary18 inculpatory18 inflationary18 inhibitory18 interdictory18 interlocutory18 intermediary18 intimidatory18 introductory18 invocatory18 janisary18 japery18 jesuitry18 juratory18 levorotatory18 masticatory18 millihenry18 mockery18 nondelivery18 nonelementary18 nonmigratory18 nonvoluntary18 offertory18 overliterary18 overweary18 persecutory18 pigmentary18 polarimetry18 polyandry18 polypary18 prebendary18 prehistory18 preliminary18 premonitory18 preparatory18 proprietary18 puckery18 puffery18 quarry18 redemptory18 reflationary18 refractory18 reinjury18 reprobatory18 reversionary18 rowanberry18 salmonberry18 sandpapery18 seismometry18 shadberry18 shimmery18 somatosensory18 strawberry18 subcontrary18 suppository18 symmetry18 sympatry18 textuary18 tomfoolery18 trigonometry18 uncustomary18 upholstery18 voluptuary18 zonary18 abolitionary17 accusatory17 ambulatory17 amelioratory17 anemometry17 anniversary17 annunciatory17 anovulatory17 antimilitary17 antislavery17 articulatory17 assimilatory17 auscultatory17 baptistery17 basketry17 blubbery17 capitulary17 carpellary17 cassowary17 chicory17 comradery17 conclusory17 condolatory17 copulatory17 coralberry17 cosignatory17 coulometry17 countercry17 crookery17 cyclery17 declaratory17 dedicatory17 dewberry17 dilatometry17 divinatory17 drysaltery17 elocutionary17 feathery17 flavoury17 foppery17 formulary17 gendarmery17 genitourinary17 geostationary17 hagberry17 heathery17 hereditary17 incubatory17 infirmary17 inkberry17 intercessory17 intercountry17 interindustry17 interlibrary17 interrogatory17 involuntary17 ironmongery17 jittery17 joinery17 knavery17 lampoonery17 lingonberry17 locomotory17 multisensory17 musketry17 nonarbitrary17 nonjury17 nonsecretory17 olfactory17 overwary17 penitentiary17 plumbery17 precursory17 prefatory17 promissory17 promontory17 protectory17 provisory17 puppetry17 query17 recessionary17 redelivery17 refectory17 remuneratory17 renunciatory17 revisionary17 rocketry17 rudimentary17 secretionary17 sedimentary17 sensitometry17 snickery17 snowberry17 sociometry17 sophistry17 spirometry17 spookery17 stipendiary17 stitchery17 stonemasonry17 subindustry17 supersensory17 suppletory17 syllabary17 tercentenary17 testamentary17 thievery17 tracheary17 treachery17 trickery17 twinberry17 ventilatory17 vibratory17 ablutionary16 accessary16 accessory16 admonitory16 adversary16 amendatory16 ampullary16 audiometry16 bacillary16 baneberry16 baptistry16 bardolatry16 barometry16 bearberry16 bibbery16 blaeberry16 blueberry16 bobbery16 breviary16 budgetary16 cabinetry16 capillary16 carpentry16 cavitary16 chattery16 circuitry16 clownery16 consolatory16 cookery16 coppery16 costumery16 cranberry16 crematory16 customary16 denigratory16 depilatory16 depositary16 depository16 designatory16 deviatory16 dictionary16 dispensary16 dromedary16 dysentery16 elderberry16 faggotry16 fakery16 falconry16 festoonery16 feudatory16 fishery16 flavory16 flowery16 fritillary16 fumatory16 fumitory16 goniometry16 gooseberry16 gynandry16 heliolatry16 hermitry16 incantatory16 incendiary16 indicatory16 ingratiatory16 injury16 innovatory16 inspiratory16 intercalary16 invitatory16 levorotary16 libationary16 loganberry16 luxury16 mammary16 manometry16 mercenary16 mimicry16 mitigatory16 modulatory16 momentary16 monkery16 mummery16 neurosurgery16 nonculinary16 nonmilitary16 nonmonetary16 nonstationary16 obligatory16 optometry16 oscillatory16 osmometry16 palmistry16 papillary16 parcenary16 peccary16 pecuniary16 peppery16 petitionary16 piscatory16 placatory16 poltroonery16 powdery16 precatory16 preliterary16 presidiary16 presurgery16 probatory16 protonotary16 pulmonary16 pupillary16 radiometry16 raspberry16 reactionary16 recovery16 respiratory16 retributory16 revelatory16 rockery16 roughdry16 segmentary16 shivery16 showery16 shuddery16 smithery16 smothery16 soapberry16 spoofery16 stimulatory16 stipulatory16 stridulatory16 subliterary16 subsidiary16 subtreasury16 sugarberry16 sulphury16 sumptuary16 superlunary16 temporary16 tensiometry16 thuggery16 traditionary16 trinketry16 unnecessary16 upcountry16 vainglory16 vespiary16 veterinary16 vicenary16 villagery16 vomitory16 weaponry16 yeomanry16 abhenry15 advisory15 alimentary15 apospory15 archery15 astrometry15 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Hooking with -RY words

Endings like -RY 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.

This list by the numbers

The shape of this list: 1537 entries between 3 and 15 letters long, peaking at 8 letters with 304 words. Five-letter picks number 73 and seven-letter picks 213. Nothing here outscores HAPHAZARDRY — 32 points from 11 tiles on plain squares.

Chasing points? The best five entries here are HAPHAZARDRY (32), PHYTOCHEMISTRY (32), ORTHOPSYCHIATRY (31), THERMOCHEMISTRY (30), CYTOPHOTOMETRY (29). At 15 letters, BIOGEOCHEMISTRY is the longest word on the list; a typical entry scores around 16. If you are fishing for these words, keep Y (1537 appearances), R (1537) and E (970) on your rack.

Start with these three

ARTERY is easy to keep in memory: 6 letters, 9 points, and no awkward tiles to hunt for.
When the rack looks hopeless, EATERY (6 letters, 9 points) is the kind of quiet play that keeps a game moving.
NITERY — 6 letters for 9 points; every tile in it is a common draw, so it shows up rack after rack.

Round out your set with NOTARY (9), ORNERY (9), ORRERY (9), ROSARY (9), ROSERY (9) — all built from common tiles.

Why -RY endings win turns

Endings are Scrabble's cheapest points. A word finishing in -RY 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 -RY lands on a premium square — the multiplier applies to your whole word, not just the hook.

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