-Y / -IE Spelling Pairs — Words Only

Root words of 9 letters or fewer with two valid spellings that differ only by Y versus IE

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364 words

AERY AERIE ALKY ALKIE BOGY BOGIE CAVY CAVIE COSY COSIE COZY COZIE DEXY DEXIE
DIDY DIDIE DOBY DOBIE DOGY DOGIE DOXY DOXIE EERY EERIE EYRY EYRIE FOGY FOGIE
HOMY HOMIE MONY MONIE OLDY OLDIE PIXY PIXIE ANOMY ANOMIE ARTSY ARTSIE AUNTY
AUNTIE BADDY BADDIE BARMY BARMIE BAWTY BAWTIE BIGGY BIGGIE BILLY BILLIE BONNY
BONNIE BOOBY BOOBIE BOOGY BOOGIE BOTHY BOTHIE BUBBY BUBBIE BUPPY BUPPIE CABBY
CABBIE CADDY CADDIE CANNY CANNIE CARNY CARNIE CIGGY CIGGIE COMMY COMMIE COOKY
COOKIE COOLY COOLIE CORBY CORBIE COWRY COWRIE CUDDY CUDDIE CURRY CURRIE DARKY
DARKIE DEARY DEARIE DICKY DICKIE DOGGY DOGGIE DONSY DONSIE DOOLY DOOLIE DOOZY
DOOZIE DORMY DORMIE DUCKY DUCKIE DUDDY DUDDIE FAERY FAERIE FERLY FERLIE FOLKY
FOLKIE FOOTY FOOTIE GAWSY GAWSIE GILLY GILLIE GIRLY GIRLIE GOODY GOODIE GOOLY
GOOLIE GOONY GOONIE GUSSY GUSSIE HANKY HANKIE HEMPY HEMPIE HIPPY HIPPIE HOAGY
HOAGIE HONKY HONKIE HOODY HOODIE HORSY HORSIE HOTTY HOTTIE HUNKY HUNKIE KELPY
KELPIE KIDDY KIDDIE KILTY KILTIE KOOKY KOOKIE LADDY LADDIE LAMBY LAMBIE LEFTY
LEFTIE LOOKY LOOKIE LOONY LOONIE LUVVY LUVVIE MAMMY MAMMIE MASHY MASHIE MEANY
MEANIE MEINY MEINIE MOGGY MOGGIE MOLLY MOLLIE NANNY NANNIE NELLY NELLIE NEWSY
NEWSIE NOOKY NOOKIE PANTY PANTIE PARDY PARDIE PASTY PASTIE PATTY PATTIE PEERY
PEERIE PERDY PERDIE PIGGY PIGGIE PINKY PINKIE POMMY POMMIE POPSY POPSIE POTSY
POTSIE PUNKY PUNKIE PUTTY PUTTIE SICKY SICKIE SILKY SILKIE SODDY SODDIE SOFTY
SOFTIE SONSY SONSIE STOGY STOGIE STYMY STYMIE TAMMY TAMMIE TATTY TATTIE TECHY
TECHIE TENTY TENTIE TITTY TITTIE TOWNY TOWNIE TUSHY TUSHIE WADDY WADDIE WELLY
WELLIE WIDDY WIDDIE WILLY WILLIE WOODY WOODIE WOOLY WOOLIE WOOPY WOOPIE YABBY
YABBIE YUPPY YUPPIE CALORY CALORIE CHALLY CHALLIE CHIPPY CHIPPIE CONCHY CONCHIE
CROWDY CROWDIE CUTESY CUTESIE DRUGGY DRUGGIE DUALLY DUALLIE FLOOSY FLOOSIE
FLOOZY FLOOZIE FLUNKY FLUNKIE FOOTSY FOOTSIE GRANNY GRANNIE GREMMY GREMMIE
JOHNNY JOHNNIE NIGHTY NIGHTIE NITERY NITERIE PEROGY PEROGIE PLISKY PLISKIE
PREPPY PREPPIE REVERY REVERIE SHARPY SHARPIE SHELTY SHELTIE SHORTY SHORTIE
SMARTY SMARTIE STICKY STICKIE STIFFY STIFFIE STOURY STOURIE SWABBY SWABBIE
THINGY THINGIE TITCHY TITCHIE TOOTSY TOOTSIE TRANNY TRANNIE TRICKY TRICKIE
TWEENY TWEENIE VAUNTY VAUNTIE WASTRY WASTRIE BATTERY BATTERIE BHEESTY BHEESTIE
CHRISTY CHRISTIE GRUMPHY GRUMPHIE ORGANDY ORGANDIE SMOOTHY SMOOTHIE SQUADDY
SQUADDIE UNSONSY UNSONSIE WASTERY WASTERIE CHRONAXY CHRONAXIE DIABLERY DIABLERIE
ORANGERY ORANGERIE SCRUNCHY SCRUNCHIE SNUGGERY SNUGGERIE COCKAMAMY COCKAMAMIE

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