What is the highest-scoring 4-letter word ending with Y?

JAZY scores 23 points, the highest of the 262 valid 4-letter words ending with Y in the SOWPODS dictionary.

How many 4-letter words ending with Y are there in Scrabble?

There are 262 valid 4-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.

4 Letter Words Ending with Y

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July 30, 2026 7 min read Word Finder

There are 262 valid 4-letter words ending with Y in the SOWPODS dictionary. Y is a mid-to-high value tile worth 4 points, and the highest-scoring option here is JAZY at 23 points. That's about average for 4-letter words ending with a letter — most letters in this slot manage around 236.

Why Y at the End Matters

💡 Tile Value

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

Because Y lands last, 4-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: JAZY is worth 23 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: POXY (16 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: 262 valid 4-letter words ending with Y exist in SOWPODS — close to the ~236 typical for this slot.

Try This on the Board

🧩 Worked Example

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