Words that start with 'el' and contain 'y'


This is a popular word choice, so much in fact that there are over 100 words from the dictionary to choose from. Don't get too excited!

4 letter words

  • elmy

5 letter words

  • elayl
  • elegy
  • elymi
  • elogy

6 letter words

  • elbowy
  • elymus
  • elysee
  • elysia
  • elytra

7 letter words

  • elatery
  • elderly
  • electly
  • elysian
  • elysium
  • elytral
  • elytrin
  • elytron
  • elytrum
  • elusory

8 letter words

  • elatedly
  • electary
  • elegancy
  • elengely
  • elfishly
  • elydoric
  • eligibly
  • elytroid
  • elytrous
  • elytrtra
  • elseways
  • elvishly

9 letter words

  • electragy
  • electrify
  • electuary
  • elegantly
  • elephancy
  • elevatory
  • elicitory
  • elysiidae
  • ellenyard
  • elusively

10 letter words

  • elasticity
  • elastivity
  • elderberry
  • electively
  • electivity
  • elementary
  • elephantry
  • elevatedly
  • eleventhly
  • elychnious
  • elytriform
  • elytrocele
  • elytrotomy
  • eloquently

11 letter words

  • elaborately
  • elaboratory
  • elaphomyces
  • elastically
  • elastometry
  • electionary
  • electorally
  • electricity
  • electrolyse
  • electrolyte
  • electrolyze
  • electrology
  • electrotype
  • electrotypy
  • eleemosynar
  • elegiacally
  • elegibility
  • elementally
  • elevatingly
  • eligibility
  • eliminatory
  • elytroposis
  • ellipticity
  • elucidatory

12 letter words

  • electability
  • electrically
  • electrifying
  • electrolysed
  • electrolyser
  • electrolyses
  • electrolysis
  • electrolytes
  • electrolytic
  • electrolyzed
  • electrolyzer
  • electrometry
  • electropathy
  • electrotyped
  • electrotyper
  • electrotypes
  • electrotypic
  • eleemosynary
  • elementality
  • elementarily
  • elementarity
  • elenchically
  • elytriferous
  • elytrigerous
  • elytroclasia
  • elytroptosis
  • elytrorhagia
  • ellipsometry
  • elliptically
  • elocutionary

13 letter words

  • elaboratively
  • eldersisterly
  • electrography
  • electrolysing
  • electrolyzing
  • electrotyping
  • electrotypist
  • eliminability
  • elytroplastic
  • elytropolypus
  • elytrorrhagia
  • elytrorrhaphy

14 letter words

  • elderbrotherly
  • electrobiology
  • electrocautery
  • electrodialyze
  • electrodynamic
  • electrolytical
  • electrolyzable
  • electromyogram
  • electronically
  • electrophysics
  • electrosurgery
  • electrotherapy
  • electrovalency
  • eleemosynarily
  • elytrostenosis

15 letter words

  • electroaffinity
  • electroanalysis
  • electroanalytic
  • electrobioscopy
  • electrodialyses
  • electrodialysis
  • electrodialytic
  • electrodialyzer
  • electrodynamics
  • electrodynamism
  • electrolysation
  • electrolyzation
  • electromyograph
  • electromotivity
  • electronography
  • electrotonicity
  • electrovalently
  • eleutherodactyl

16 letter words

  • elaphomycetaceae
  • electrocapillary
  • electrocatalysis
  • electrocatalytic
  • electrochemistry
  • electrodentistry
  • electrodynamical
  • electrohydraulic
  • electrolytically
  • electromyography
  • electrooptically
  • electropathology
  • electrophysicist
  • electropyrometer
  • electrosynthesis
  • electrosynthetic
  • electrothermally
  • electrothermancy
  • eleemosynariness
  • eleutherodactyli

17 letter words

  • electroanalytical
  • electrochemically
  • electrocystoscope
  • electrohomeopathy
  • electrolithotrity
  • electrolyzability
  • electrometallurgy
  • electrometrically
  • electromyographic
  • electronegativity
  • electroneutrality
  • electrophilically
  • electrophysiology
  • electrophonically
  • electrophotometry
  • electrostatically
  • electrostenolysis
  • electrostenolytic
  • electrostereotype
  • electrosurgically
  • electrotechnology
  • electrotelegraphy
  • eleutherodactylus
  • eleutherophyllous

18 letter words

  • electrocapillarity
  • electrodynamometer
  • electrogasdynamics
  • electroosmotically
  • electrophysiologic
  • electrophotography
  • elementalistically

19 letter words

  • electroacoustically
  • electrobiologically
  • electrocardiography
  • electrodialitically
  • electromagnetically
  • electromechanically
  • electromyographical
  • electrophysiologist
  • electrophoretically
  • electrophototherapy
  • electropsychrometer
  • electroretinography

20 letter words

  • electroballistically
  • electrocontractility
  • electrohydraulically
  • electrophysiological
  • electropneumatically
  • electrosynthetically

21 letter words

  • electrodiagnostically
  • electromyographically
  • electrotheraputically

22 letter words

  • electroencephalography
  • electrophysiologically

23 letter words

  • electrophotomicrography

24 letter words

  • electrocardiographically

27 letter words

  • electroencephalographically

Is there any word on this page that jumps out as the most popular?
There's 'electronically', which ranks as the 3107th most common word.

What is an interesting word from all the word combinations available on this page?
The most weird word from this list is 'elytrum'. The dictionary defines it as "(a) One of the anterior pair of wings in the Coleoptera and some other insects, when they are thick and serve only as a protection for the posterior pair. See Coleoptera. (B) One of the shieldlike dorsal scales of certain annelids. See Chætopoda.".

How many letters are in the longest word on this list?
The biggest word that's possible to assemble from the combination specified is 'electroencephalographically', and it has 27 characters.

What is the highest scoring word in Scrabble you can play for ?
Considering the range of words to pick from, you should pick 'elfishly' scoring 17 points.

In total, how many words can you make using this combination of letters?
A maximum of 232 words!