You can use the '-y' rule to help you when adding suffixes to words ending in '-y'. When we have a word that ends in –y and we want to add a suffix to it, we have to change the y to an -i .

And so it is from this haphazard evolution that we end up with the spelling system we have. But you know, there are in fact over 80% of words spelled according to regular patterns. So wholesale ...

Scripps National Spelling Bee Tweaks Its Rules to Make 'Spell-Off' Tiebreaker Less Likely WASHINGTON (AP) — The Scripps National Spelling Bee won't be so quick to force spellers into a lightning ...