Five-letter words starting with Y
94 words, 1.1% of all 8,614 five-letter words
Every five-letter word in ENABLE (a public-domain Scrabble-style list, not any game’s answer list) that begins with Y, slurs removed, common words first. 21 of the 94 are common in English dictionaries (the SCOWL grade), which says nothing about any puzzle’s answer.
Open the finder with Y in the first spotfor yellow and grey letters, or letters in other spots
94 of 94 words shown
Common 21 words, in SCOWL’s small dictionary sizes (35 or less)
- yacht
- yanks
- yards
- yarns
- yawns
- yearn
- years
- yeast
- yells
- yelps
- yeses
- yield
- yodel
- yoked
- yokel
- yokes
- yolks
- young
- yours
- youth
- yowls
Everyday 7 words, SCOWL sizes 40-50
- yahoo
- yawed
- yawls
- yogis
- yucca
- yucky
- yummy
Less common 14 words, SCOWL sizes 55-70
- yamen
- yapok
- yapon
- yawps
- yeans
- yeggs
- yenta
- yetis
- yikes
- yobbo
- yodle
- yogic
- yulan
- yurts
Rare 52 words, SCOWL sizes 80-95, or not in SCOWL
- yacks
- yaffs
- yager
- yagis
- yaird
- yamun
- yangs
- yarer
- yauds
- yauld
- yaups
- yecch
- yechs
- yechy
- yelks
- yente
- yerba
- yerks
- yetts
- yeuks
- yeuky
- yills
- yince
- yipes
- yirds
- yirrs
- yirth
- ylems
- yocks
- yodhs
- yogas
- yogee
- yoghs
- yogin
- yolky
- yomim
- yonic
- yonis
- yores
- yourn
- youse
- yowed
- yowes
- yowie
- yuans
- yucas
- yucch
- yucks
- yugas
- yules
- yupon
- yurta
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