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English diphthongs – /aɪ/ as in sky

Word list with the vowel sound as in the word "sky".

The eight English diphthongs

Diphthong in sky as in sky, buy, cry, or tie.

Words with a common or rhyming diphthong as the final sound

acetify acidify aerify air-dry algae alibi alkali ally amplify apple-pie apply aqua vitae arbor-vitae Ardingly awry ay aye-aye barfly beatify beautify beddy-bye belie bi- Birds Eye® bird's-eye blackfly blowdry blowfly blue-sky Bly Blyth bone-dry bonsai Brunei butterfly buy by by-and-by bye bye-bye (goodbye) bye-bye (sleep) calcify camera-shy cat's-eye CBI certify Chiang Mai Chou En-lai clarify classify cockeye cockshy codify colossi comply crucify cry curricula vitae curriculum vitae cut-and-dry cutie-pie damnify dandify deadeye decalcify declassify decry deep-fry defy deify demy demystify deny descry detoxify Di dignify disqualify dissatisfy diversify DIY dragonfly dramatis personae drip-dry drive-by dry Dubai dulcify duply dye E coli edify electrify Eli EMI® emulsify espy exemplify eye falsify FBI firefly fisheye flash-fry fly flyby fortify four-ply freeze-dry frenchify fructify fry gadfly genii (from genius) gentrify GI gladioli glorify glutei go-by goldeneye goodbye gratify greenfly grisaille guy Guy Hawkeye hereby hi hi-fi high hippopotami horrify horsefly housefly hoverfly humidify hushaby I ICI® identify imply indemnify intensify I-spy jollify July justify knee-high lay-by Levi lie liquify lullaby lye magnify magpie mayfly medfly Menai minutiae misapply modify mollify mortify multiply mummify my mystify nearby necktie nigh no-fly notify nuclei nullify objectify occupy ossify outcry overfly oversimplify oversupply oxeye pacify pan-fry Paraguay passer-by passers-by personae personify petrify pi pie pigsty pink-eye ply Popeye preachify premodify preoccupy prettify pry psi pulpify purify putrefy qualify quantify rabbi radii ramify rarefy ratify reapply rectify red-eye rely reoccupy reply retry reunify revivify rye Rye salsify Samurai sanctify sandfly satisfy scarify sci-fi scry sell-by semi- Shanghai shut-eye shy sigh signify simplify Sinai sky Sky® Skye sky-high sly solemnify solidify specify speechify spin-dry spry spy standby stir-fry stratify stultify stupefy sty stye subclassify supply syllabify taille terrify testify Thai thereby thigh three-ply thunderfly thy tie tie-dye transmogrify try tumble-dry tumefy twist-tie two-ply typify UDI uglify underbuy under-eye underlie unify untie Uruguay verify Versailles (France) versify vie vilify vitae curriculum vitrify vivify waist-high wall-eye war-cry weather-eye well-nigh whereby whitefly why WI wi-fi work-shy wry Wye y Y yuppify
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