Intransitive Verbs That End in Y

Explore 427 verified English intransitive verbs ending with the letter Y, including Say, Play, Try, Buy, Party, Pay and Stay. Useful for concise clause building and grammar analysis and rhyming patterns, browse these complete action verbs that stand without a direct object below or compare transitive and intransitive sentence structures in our verb grammar guide.

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apply
ally
accompany
annoy
amplify
atrophy
autoplay
assay
autoreply
acidify
amscray
argufy
anglify
ammonify
affy
alkalify
acetify
arefy
abray
buy
bay
buddy
butterfly
bully
belly
berry
bogey
beautify
bluesky
binky
bray
belay
blowdry
blarney
bevvy
bundy
bunbury
bivvy
boody
bricklay
brutify
berley
bronzify
carry
copy
cry
candy
cowboy
clarify
comply
certify
cozy
chimney
cosplay
caddy
copay
christy
curtsy
chevy
cyberbully
calcify
cloy
commodify
chivvy
counterspy
counterrally
covary
dry
display
delay
dirty
deploy
decay
dummy
diversify
dolly
decoy
disobey
dally
deejay
detoxify
divvy
daresay
decertify
dillydally
densify
dehumidify
decalcify
deacidify
demulsify
desertify
enjoy
empty
essay
ebay
eddy
emulsify
esterify
estray
etherify
enray
esbay
enjelly
fly
fantasy
fry
ferry
frenzy
fanny
fray
flurry
foray
fanboy
fay
fructify
fluidify
ferly
frenchify
forecaddy
foresay
fley
fishify
flintify
fistify
gray
glory
giddy
gully
gentrify
gasify
gley
glassify
holiday
hurry
hay
hooray
hypertrophy
hoy
humidify
hinny
hosey
hushaby
hadaway
humify
identify
intensify
interplay
intermarry
ignify
interstratify
joy
journey
jelly
jockey
jerry
jetty
janny
jellify
jollify
jutty
Starts with K
1 words
karstify
lay
lazy
lobby
levy
lullaby
lackey
liquefy
lindy
lithify
lignify
lapidify
lenify
lurry
marry
modify
multiply
monkey
magnify
mutiny
mortify
mosey
miscarry
mummify
misplay
mythify
miskey
miscopy
moistify
missay
metrify
mamaguy
mismarry
misrely
nanny
navvy
naysay
nitrify
nidify
nigrify
obey
outcry
oversimplify
overpay
overstay
overplay
ossify
overfly
overspray
overbuy
overdry
overidentify
opacify
overclassify
overstudy
overcarry
overmultiply
overply
overcloy
play
party
pay
pray
pity
puppy
prey
pony
purify
pry
ply
photocopy
prophesy
prepay
parry
petrify
parley
purvey
prequalify
putrefy
preapply
premultiply
premodify
precertify
qualify
query
quarry
ready
reply
ray
rely
rally
repay
retry
roleplay
reapply
remarry
ruddy
redeploy
reunify
resupply
redisplay
recertify
reidentify
rebuy
recopy
revivify
requalify
restudy
ramify
rarefy
say
stay
study
supply
survey
satisfy
shy
steady
spy
specify
spray
slay
sway
simplify
stray
signify
savvy
solidify
stir-fry
sally
scurry
sty
shimmy
stratify
try
toy
testify
tidy
trolley
tally
tourney
tarry
toady
tannoy
tonify
toxify
transmogrify
telecopy
tackify
tantivy
trendify
tumefy
tepefy
tivy
torpefy
tipsify
tabefy
unify
understudy
underpay
underplay
unmarry
underbuy
unpray
updry
upsway
vary
volley
vacay
versify
veejay
vitrify
verbify
vinify
worry
weary
wry
whinny
wherry
whirry
warray
Starts with Y
2 words
yabby
yuppify

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