6 letters · 12 points in Scrabble
originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sweh₂d- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *swéh₂dus Proto-Germanic *swōtuz Proto-Germanic *-jaz Proto-West Germanic *-ī Proto-West Germanic *swōtī Old English swēte Middle English swete English sweet Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English sweety From sweet + -y (diminutive suffix).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0