Words with 'gau' at the start and 'y' at the end


The combination requested has resulted in 14 entries.

5 letter words

  • gauby
  • gaucy
  • gaudy
  • gaumy
  • gauzy

6 letter words

  • gauily
  • gaunty

7 letter words

  • gaudery
  • gaudily
  • gauntly
  • gauntry
  • gauzily

8 letter words

  • gauchely

9 letter words

  • gaugeably

What is the highest scoring word in Scrabble available from this list ?
For 20 points in Scrabble, you could use 'gauzily'.

Is there a specific word from this page of word that starts with 'gau' and ends with 'y' which could be considered as unusual in any regard?
Dictionarypedia considers 'gaudy' to be the most strange word you can construct. According to the Oxford dictionary, 'gaudy' is defined as "1. Ostentatiously fine; showy; gay, but tawdry or meretricious. Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy, but not expressed in fancy; rich, not gaudy. Shak. 2. Gay; merry; festal. Tennyson. Let's have one other gaudy night. Shak. One of the large beads in the rosary at which the paternoster is...".

How many letters are in the longest word from this list?
'Gaugeably' is the largest word that Dictionarypedia could locate, made up of 9 letters

What's the total number of words one can put together using this combination of letters?
You can choose from up to 14 entries covering all combinations.

Which word that starts with 'gau' and ends with 'y' is the most popular word in the dictionary?
The most popular word for the combination you searched is 'gaudy'.