Words by starting letters

Words Starting With NY

There are 83 words that start with NY, from 2 letters to 14. The highest scoring is NYMPHOMANIACAL at 28 points in Scrabble, and 2 of them carry a J, Q, X or Z.

Words Starting With NY: What They Mean

The most familiar words on this page and what they mean. Tap any word for its full entry, score and anagrams.

  • NYLON noun a thermoplastic polyamide
  • NYLONS noun women's stockings made from a sheer material (nylon or rayon or silk)
  • NYALA noun spiral-horned South African antelope with a fringe of white hairs along back and neck
  • NYMPH noun (classical mythology) a minor nature goddess usually depicted as a beautiful maiden
  • NYALAS noun form of NYALA: spiral-horned South African antelope with a fringe of white hairs along back and neck
  • NYBBLE noun a small byte
  • NYMPHS noun form of NYMPH: (classical mythology) a minor nature goddess usually depicted as a beautiful maiden
  • NYBBLES noun form of NYBBLE: a small byte
  • NYLGHAI noun large Indian antelope
  • NYLGHAU noun large Indian antelope

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Nearby Lists

NA · NE · NG · NI · NO · NU

Narrower still, 3 longer openings: NYA · NYC · NYM

All of them: Words by starting letters.

Just the five letter ones: 5 letter words starting with N.