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Y

How many syllables in Y?

  1 syllable

Divide Y into syllables:   Y
Syllable stress:   Y
How to say Y:

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What rhymes with Y

1 syllable
  • ay
  • bae
  • Bligh
  • by
  • chai
  • cry
  • di
  • dry
  • eye
  • fi
  • fly
  • Frye
  • guy
  • hie
  • Hy
  • i
  • ly
  • mei
  • nigh
  • phi
  • pie
  • pry
  • pye
  • scythe
  • sigh
  • Skye
  • spry
  • Sri
  • Sy
  • Tai
  • thigh
  • tie
  • tye
  • why
  • wye
  • xi
  • aye
  • bi
  • buy
  • bye
  • chi
  • cy
  • die
  • dye
  • fae
  • fie
  • fry
  • gae
  • hi
  • high
  • I
  • lie
  • lye
  • my
  • NYE
  • pi
  • ply
  • pty
  • rye
  • shy
  • sky
  • sly
  • spy
  • sty
  • tae
  • Thai
  • thy
  • try
  • vie
  • wry
  • Wye
2 syllables
  • awry
  • defy
  • descry
  • goodbye
  • hi-fi
  • July
  • rely
  • retry
  • untie
  • whereby
  • bely
  • deny
  • good-bye
  • hereby
  • Huai
  • mistry
  • reply
  • standby
  • Versailles
  • WY
3 syllables
  • overfly
  • psi
  • semidry
  • underly
  • PSI
  • resupply
  • underlie
4 syllables
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