One syllableLonger wordsChanging y to i before suffixes ‘es’ and ‘ed’Diminutive
brief
chief
fief
field
grief
grieve
mien
priest
shield
shriek
spiel
thief
thieve
wield
yield
achieve
aggrieve
belief
believe
bolshie
bowie
brownie
caddie
calorie
collie
cookie
diesel
frieze
movie
niece
relief
relieve
reprieve
retrieve
riesling
species
baby-babies-babied
belly-bellies-bellied
body-bodies-bodied
bully-bullies-bullied
candy-candies-candied
carry-carries-carried
copy-copies-copied
curry-curries-curried
dirty-dirties-dirtied
eighty-eighties
empty-empties-emptied
entry-entries
envy-envies-envied
fancy-fancies-fancied
ferry-ferries-ferried
fifty-fifties
fogy-fogies
foundry-foundries
funny-funnies
fury-furies
glory-glories-gloried
hobby-hobbies
hurry-hurries-hurried
jelly-jellies-jellied
laundry-laundries
levy-levies-levied
lobby-lobbies-lobbied
marry-marries-married
mercy-mercies
muddy-muddies-muddied
nasty-nasties
navy-navies
party-parties-partied
pastry-pastries
pity-pities-pitied
query-queries-queried
rally-rallies-rallied
silky-silkies
sixty-sixties
steady-steadies-steadied
story-stories-storied
study-studies-studied
sundry-sundries
tally-tallies-tallied
thirty-thirties
tidy-tidies-tidied
tiny-tinies
trendy-trendies
twenty-twenties
vary-varies-varied
worry-worries-worried
Aussie
barbie
bickies
boardies
bookie
brekkie
brickie
budgie
cardie
cockie
coldie
dearie
doggie
duckie
freshie
horsie
kiddie
maggie
mushies
pollie
Pommie
postie
pushie
roadie
scratchies
selfie
sparkie
stubbie
sunnies
surfie
swaggie
sweetie
tinnie
townie
trackies
truckie
undies
vegie
Vinnies
westie
wharfie
woolies

2 responses to “ie as in chief”

  1. Rebecca says:

    This is really the best word list in the world that I have ever seen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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