There are more than 200 common words that end in ie(some, such as aunty, barmy, and beany have primary variants ending in Y instead). Some are diminutives, some are of Scottishorigin and some are from French. They include:

A - aerie (eyrie), aggie, anomie, auntie,

B - baddie, baggie, banshie (banshee), barmie, beanie, beastie, belie. biggie, billie, birdie, birkie,

blooie (blooey), bogie, bonhomie, bonnie, boobie, boogie, bookie, bootie, bourgeoisie,

brassie, brawlie, brie, brownie, brusquerie, budgie, burnie/byrnie,

C - cabbie, caddie, calorie, camaraderie, cannie, carnie, cattie, causerie, cavie, charcuterie, charlie (also Charlie), cheapie, chippie, civie, cockamamie, collie, commie, conchie, cookie, coolie, cootie, corrie,

cosie, coterie, cowpie, cowrie, cozie (cosy), crappie, creepie, croppie, crosstie. crowdie, curie, currie,

cutesie, cutie

D - darkie, dassie, dearie, dickie, die, dobie, doggie, dogie (calf), doolie, doozie, dormie, dowie, doxie,

druggie, duckie

E - eerie, eyrie

F - faerie, falsie, fantasie, flooie (flooey, blooey), floosie/floozie, fogie, folkie, foodie, footie, footsie, freebie

G- gaucherie, gendarmerie, genie, ghoulie, gillie, gimmie (gimme), girlie, goalie, goodie, goonie, grannie (granny), gremmie, grotesquerie, groupie, gussie

H - hankie, heinie, hippie, hoagie (hoagy), hogtie, honkie, hoodie, hoolie, howdie, huskie

I - indie, intertie (also inter-tie)

J - jacquerie, jalousie, junkie

K - kelpie, kiddie, kilocalorie, kiltie, kookie (kooky),

L - laddie, lassie, lezzie, lie, lingerie, looie/louie, loogie (slang), luckie

M - magpie, mamie, mammie, mashie (golf club), mealie, meanie, menagerie, microcurie, millicurie,

mislie, mollie, monie, movie, moxie, muskie,

N - nannie (nanny), nappie (diaper), necktie, nellie, newbie, newsie, nightie, nixie, nudie,

O - oldie, organdie (organdy), ourie, outlie, outvie, overlie,

P - pantie, pardie/perdie, pastie, patisserie, patootie, pattie, pie, piggie, pinkie, pixie/pyxie, pommie, porkpie, potpie (pot pie), potsie, prairie, preemie/premie, preppie (preppy)

Q - quickie

R - ramie, ramilie/ramillie, retie (re-tie), reverie, roadie, rookie, roomie, rotisserie

S - saltie, scottie (typically Scottie), scrapie, sharpie, sheltie, shortie, sickie, sinfonie, smartie, smoothie,

softie, sortie, specie, steelie (marble), stogie, stoolie (from stool pigeon), stymie, swabbie, sweetie

T - talkie, techie, tie, tittie, tootsie, toughie, townie, trickie, tushie

U - underlie, untie

V - valkyrie (also walkyrie), veggie/vegie, vie

W - waddie, waffie. wallie, wasterie, wedgie, weenie/wienie, weepie, weirdie, wheelie, whoopie, woodie, woolie

Y - yippie, yowie, yuppie

Z - zombie

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