Words that start with 'c' and contain 'ys'


This is a popular choice of words, to such an extent there are over 100 words from the dictionary to consider.

4 letter words

  • cays
  • cyst
  • coys

5 letter words

  • chays
  • cysts
  • clays
  • cloys
  • cotys
  • cryst

6 letter words

  • candys
  • careys
  • carrys
  • chelys
  • cystal
  • cysted
  • cystic
  • cystid
  • cystin
  • cystis
  • clyses
  • clysis
  • clysma
  • coneys
  • cooeys
  • coseys
  • coveys
  • cozeys
  • cryste
  • cuteys

7 letter words

  • cachrys
  • carboys
  • carneys
  • causeys
  • cheveys
  • chlamys
  • chokeys
  • chrysal
  • chrysid
  • chrysin
  • chrysis
  • cynomys
  • cystein
  • cystine
  • cystoid
  • cystoma
  • cystose
  • cystous
  • clysmic
  • clyssus
  • clyster
  • cogways
  • conveys
  • convoys
  • cookeys
  • countys
  • cowboys
  • crystal
  • crystic
  • cullays
  • curneys
  • curtays

8 letter words

  • callboys
  • candroys
  • capromys
  • caraways
  • catalyse
  • catalyst
  • chanteys
  • charleys
  • charpoys
  • cheyneys
  • cheskeys
  • chimleys
  • chimneys
  • chiromys
  • chrysaor
  • chryseis
  • chrysene
  • chrysler
  • chrysome
  • chrysopa
  • chrysops
  • chutneys
  • cysteine
  • cysteins
  • cysticle
  • cystidea
  • cystidia
  • cystines
  • cystitis
  • cystoids
  • cystomas
  • cystopus
  • cytocyst
  • clysmian
  • clysters
  • cloysome
  • cockneys
  • coystrel
  • comfreys
  • copyboys
  • crystall
  • crystals
  • curtseys
  • curupays
  • cutaways

9 letter words

  • cableways
  • carraways
  • castaways
  • cataclysm
  • catalyses
  • catalysis
  • catalysts
  • causeways
  • chambrays
  • chylocyst
  • chimbleys
  • chlamyses
  • choirboys
  • cholecyst
  • chrysalid
  • chrysalis
  • chrysazin
  • chrysazol
  • chrysemys
  • chrysenic
  • chrysidid
  • chryslers
  • chrysogen
  • chrysopal
  • chrysopee
  • chrysopid
  • chrysorin
  • chrysotis
  • cystalgia
  • cystamine
  • cystaster
  • cysteines
  • cysteinic
  • cystidean
  • cystidium
  • cystiform
  • cystitome
  • cystocarp
  • cystocele
  • cystocyte
  • cystogram
  • cystoidea
  • cystolith
  • cystomata
  • cystotome

10 letter words

  • calystegia
  • candystick
  • caseolysis
  • cataclysms
  • cataphysic
  • ceyssatite
  • chadacryst
  • chemolysis
  • chrysalida
  • chrysaline
  • chrysaloid
  • chrysamine
  • chrysammic
  • chrysippus
  • chrysobull
  • chrysocale
  • chrysolite
  • chrysology
  • chrysomyia
  • chrysophan
  • chrysopsis
  • chrysotile
  • cyclolysis
  • cysteamine
  • cystectasy
  • cystectomy
  • cystencyte
  • cysticerci
  • cysticerus
  • cystidiums
  • cystinosis
  • cystinuria
  • cystirrhea
  • cystitides
  • cystodynia
  • cystoidean
  • cystometer
  • cystomyoma
  • cystophora
  • cystophore
  • cystorrhea
  • cystoscope
  • cystoscopy
  • cystospasm
  • cystospore

11 letter words

  • calamopitys
  • cantholysis
  • cardiolysis
  • cataclysmal
  • cataclysmic
  • cephalocyst
  • ceratophrys
  • cherrystone
  • cholecystic
  • cholecystis
  • chrysalidal
  • chrysalides
  • chrysalises
  • chrysanilin
  • chrysanisic
  • chrysarobin
  • chrysidella
  • chrysididae
  • chrysoberyl
  • chrysocolla
  • chrysocracy
  • chrysoeriol
  • chrysograph
  • chrysoidine
  • chrysolitic
  • chrysomelid
  • chrysomonad
  • chrysophane
  • chrysophyll
  • chrysophyte
  • chrysopidae
  • chrysopoeia
  • chrysoprase
  • chrysosperm
  • chrysothrix
  • chromolysis
  • cystadenoma
  • cystatrophy
  • cystectasia
  • cystelcosis
  • cystenchyma
  • cystenchyme
  • cysticarpic
  • cysticercus
  • cysticolous

12 letter words

  • carcinolysin
  • cataclysmist
  • cataphysical
  • ceratocystis
  • cherrystones
  • chrysalidian
  • chrysamminic
  • chrysamphora
  • chrysaniline
  • chrysanthous
  • chrysatropic
  • chrysochlore
  • chrysochrous
  • chrysography
  • chrysolophus
  • chrysophanic
  • chrysophanus
  • chrysophenin
  • chrysopoetic
  • chrysoprasus
  • chrysostomic
  • chrystocrene
  • cystatrophia
  • cystectomies
  • cysterethism
  • cysticarpium
  • cysticercoid
  • cystoadenoma
  • cystofibroma
  • cystogenesis
  • cystonectous
  • cystorrhagia
  • cystorrhaphy
  • cystosarcoma
  • cystoschisis
  • cystoscopies
  • cystospastic
  • cystostomies
  • colicystitis
  • cosuretyship
  • cryptanalyst
  • crystallised
  • crystallites
  • crystallitic
  • crystallitis

13 letter words

  • calamostachys
  • cataclysmatic
  • cholecystitis
  • chrysanthemin
  • chrysanthemum
  • chryselectrum
  • chrysobalanus
  • chrysocarpous
  • chrysochloris
  • chrysographer
  • chrysomelidae
  • chrysophenine
  • chrysophilist
  • chrysophilite
  • chrysophyllum
  • chrysopoetics
  • chrysothamnus
  • chrysotherapy
  • chromatolysis
  • cystathionine
  • cysticercerci
  • cysticercosis
  • cystidicolous
  • cystignathine
  • cystomorphous
  • cystophthisis
  • cystopyelitis
  • clethrionomys
  • cnemapophysis
  • colodyspepsia
  • colossochelys
  • companionways
  • cryptanalysis
  • cryptoanalyst
  • crystalliform
  • crystallinity
  • crystallising
  • crystallizing
  • crystallogeny
  • crystallogram
  • crystalloidal
  • crystallology

14 letter words

  • cataclysmatist
  • chemicophysics
  • cholecystalgia
  • cholecystogram
  • cholecystopexy
  • cholecystotomy
  • chrysanthemums
  • chrysochlorous
  • chrysohermidin
  • chrysomonadina
  • chrysomonadine
  • chrysophlyctis
  • chrysosplenium
  • cysticercoidal
  • cystignathidae
  • cystocarcinoma
  • cystocolostomy
  • cystolithiasis
  • cystonephrosis
  • cystoneuralgia
  • cystoparalysis
  • cytophysiology
  • colpocystocele
  • commissaryship
  • coroparelcysis
  • cryptoanalysis
  • crystallisable
  • crystallizable
  • crystallogenic
  • crystallograph
  • crystallomancy
  • crystallometry

15 letter words

  • cardiodysneuria
  • cardiosymphysis
  • cataclysmically
  • catercornerways
  • chemicophysical
  • chemophysiology
  • cholecystectomy
  • cholecystokinin
  • cholecystostomy
  • chrysochloridae
  • chrysomonadales
  • chromatodysopia
  • cyanocrystallin
  • cystenchymatous
  • cystoenterocele
  • cystoepiplocele
  • cystoflagellata
  • cystoflagellate
  • cystolithectomy
  • cystoureteritis
  • cystourethritis
  • crystalliferous
  • crystalligerous
  • crystallisation
  • crystallization
  • crystallography
  • crystallometric
  • crystallophobia

16 letter words

  • celiohysterotomy
  • cholecystectasia
  • cholecystography
  • cholecystotomies
  • chondrodystrophy
  • chondroepiphysis
  • chryselephantine
  • chrysobalanaceae
  • cystadenosarcoma
  • cystoepithelioma
  • cystophotography
  • cystopyelography
  • cystoproctostomy
  • cystoradiography
  • colpohysterotomy
  • crystalloblastic
  • crystallogenesis
  • crystallogenetic
  • crystallogenical
  • crystallographer
  • crystallographic

17 letter words

  • cardiodysesthesia
  • cerebrophysiology
  • cholecystectomies
  • cholecystorrhaphy
  • cholecystostomies
  • chondrodystrophia
  • chrysoaristocracy
  • cystoelytroplasty
  • cystotrachelotomy
  • colicystopyelitis
  • cryptocrystalline
  • crystallisability
  • crystallizability
  • crystallochemical
  • crystallographers
  • crystallomagnetic
  • crystallophyllian

18 letter words

  • chemophysiological
  • cholecystectomized
  • cholecystocolotomy
  • cystourethrography
  • crystallochemistry
  • crystallographical

19 letter words

  • cholecystocolostomy
  • cholecystoileostomy
  • cholecystolithiasis
  • cystopyelonephritis

20 letter words

  • chemicophysiological
  • cholecystenterostomy
  • cholecystgastrostomy
  • cholecystnephrostomy
  • crystallographically

21 letter words

  • cholecystogastrostomy
  • cholecystojejunostomy
  • cholecystolithotripsy
  • cholecystonephrostomy
  • cryptocrystallization
  • crystalloluminescence

22 letter words

  • cholecystenterorrhaphy
  • cholecystoduodenostomy

What's the highest scoring word you can play in Scrabble ?
With an overwhelming 516 entries, your best option is to consider 'cheskeys' which scores 20 points.

Is there an example word from this page which could be deemed as unusual in any regard?
By far the most unusual word in this list is 'chrysoprase'. According to the English dictionary, 'chrysoprase' is defined as "An apple-green variety of chalcedony, colored by nickel. It has a dull flinty luster, and is sometimes used in jewelry.".

Which word in particular on this page has the highest letter count?
The longest word on this page is 'cholecystenterorrhaphy', which contains of 22 letters

In total, how many words could you make using the combination of letters specified?
516.

Which word on this page is the most popular?
'Crystal' is the most well-known word from this that start with 'c' and include 'ys', ranked 8749th most common word.