What is the highest-scoring 3-letter word ending with Y?

JAY scores 13 points, the highest of the 69 valid 3-letter words ending with Y in the SOWPODS dictionary.

How many 3-letter words ending with Y are there in Scrabble?

There are 69 valid 3-letter words ending with Y in the SOWPODS (international) dictionary.

How many points is the letter Y worth in Scrabble?

Y is worth 4 points on a standard Scrabble tile.

3 Letter Words Ending with Y

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July 30, 2026 7 min read Word Finder

3-letter words ending with Y: 69 valid plays. Y is a mid-to-high value tile worth 4 points. The top scorer is JAY (13 points). For context, the typical letter in this position gives you around 55 words, so Y comes in above that.

Why Y at the End Matters

💡 Tile Value

Y's 4 points are a reasonable chunk of a 3-letter word's total score without being so rare that plays are hard to find.

Because Y lands last, 3-letter words ending with Y are naturally suited to hooking: adding Y onto a shorter word already on the board to build a new one on your turn.

Notable Words

Highest scorer: JAY is worth 13 points — Y's 4 points plus the rest of the tiles in the word. It's the play to look for if you're building toward a big turn.

Worth memorising first: THY (9 points) is one of the lower scorers here, which usually means it's a more familiar word — a safer one to keep in your working vocabulary than the obscure high scorers.

How many options: 69 valid 3-letter words ending with Y exist in SOWPODS — well above the ~55 typical for this slot, so this is a productive letter to search on.

Try This on the Board

🧩 Worked Example

JAY works as a hook too: if JA is already on the board, adding the final Y to reach JAY lets you play across an existing word rather than starting fresh.