5 Letter Words Starting with Y
There are 94 5-letter English words that start with Y, ranging alphabetically from YACHT to YURTS. Top Scrabble® scorers on this list: YUCKY (17), YECHY (16), YUCCH (15). Average word length in this list is 5 letters.
Word list
Y
- YACHT13 pts
- YACKS14 pts
- YAFFS14 pts
- YAGER9 pts
- YAGIS9 pts
- YAHOO11 pts
- YAIRD9 pts
- YAMEN10 pts
- YAMUN10 pts
- YANGS9 pts
- YANKS12 pts
- YAPOK14 pts
- YAPON10 pts
- YARDS9 pts
- YARER8 pts
- YARNS8 pts
- YAUDS9 pts
- YAULD9 pts
- YAUPS10 pts
- YAWED12 pts
- YAWLS11 pts
- YAWNS11 pts
- YAWPS13 pts
- YEANS8 pts
- YEARN8 pts
- YEARS8 pts
- YEAST8 pts
- YECCH15 pts
- YECHS13 pts
- YECHY16 pts
- YEGGS10 pts
- YELKS12 pts
- YELLS8 pts
- YELPS10 pts
- YENTA8 pts
- YENTE8 pts
- YERBA10 pts
- YERKS12 pts
- YESES8 pts
- YETIS8 pts
- YETTS8 pts
- YEUKS12 pts
- YEUKY15 pts
- YIELD9 pts
- YIKES12 pts
- YILLS8 pts
- YINCE10 pts
- YIPES10 pts
- YIRDS9 pts
- YIRRS8 pts
- YIRTH11 pts
- YLEMS10 pts
- YOBBO12 pts
- YOCKS14 pts
- YODEL9 pts
- YODHS12 pts
- YODLE9 pts
- YOGAS9 pts
- YOGEE9 pts
- YOGHS12 pts
- YOGIC11 pts
- YOGIN9 pts
- YOGIS9 pts
- YOKED13 pts
- YOKEL12 pts
- YOKES12 pts
- YOLKS12 pts
- YOLKY15 pts
- YOMIM12 pts
- YONIC10 pts
- YONIS8 pts
- YORES8 pts
- YOUNG9 pts
- YOURN8 pts
- YOURS8 pts
- YOUSE8 pts
- YOUTH11 pts
- YOWED12 pts
- YOWES11 pts
- YOWIE11 pts
- YOWLS11 pts
- YUANS8 pts
- YUCAS10 pts
- YUCCA12 pts
- YUCCH15 pts
- YUCKS14 pts
- YUCKY17 pts
- YUGAS9 pts
- YULAN8 pts
- YULES8 pts
- YUMMY15 pts
- YUPON10 pts
- YURTA8 pts
- YURTS8 pts
Point values shown are Scrabble® (letters only, before board bonuses). Browse deeper via the word-lists hub.
Top 10 highest-scoring words
Scored on letters only (no board bonuses). WWF uses different tile values from Scrabble — J, Q and Z are worth 10 points in WWF; X is worth 8.
| # | Word | Scrabble | WWF |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yucky | 17 | 17 |
| 2 | yechy | 16 | 14 |
| 3 | yucch | 15 | 16 |
| 4 | yummy | 15 | 16 |
| 5 | yecch | 15 | 15 |
| 6 | yeuky | 15 | 14 |
| 7 | yolky | 15 | 14 |
| 8 | yucks | 14 | 15 |
| 9 | yacks | 14 | 14 |
| 10 | yapok | 14 | 14 |
Strategy for this list
Y is worth 4 in Scrabble and starts ~1,500 words. Y is unusual because it acts as both consonant and vowel and appears at the end of adjectives (-Y suffix). Y-openers include YAZZ (not legal), YAWN, YAWL. In Wordle, Y is more common as a position-5 letter than as position-1.
FAQs
How many 5-letter words start with Y?
94 valid 5-letter English words begin with Y in the ENABLE English word list.
Are these valid in Wordle and Scrabble?
Words on this page come from the ENABLE English word list. UK Scrabble (Collins Scrabble Words) accepts the overwhelming majority; a handful may not be legal in the North American NASPA Word List (NWL2023).