john
Another answer:
While "John" is a name, there is no word that ends in "hn" with only four letters.
Butt is four letters! It's short for buttocks.
Four letter words using those letters and ending in 'l' are:haulhealteal
A four letter word ending in y that means bloody and gross is Gory.
sight, might, light, right, eight
There are no American English words that meet that criteria. (You can make the four-letter word edit.)
it'ev
Four letter words ending in z include:quizritz
ache
there are not enough letters to make a 9 letter word
The word is echo
word
Soft is a four letter word. It uses the letters fsto.