6 Letter Words Starting with Y
There are 99 6-letter English words that start with Y, ranging alphabetically from YABBER to YUPPIE. Top Scrabble® scorers on this list: YANQUI (18), YUKKED (18), YAKKED (18). The longest entry here is YABBER at 6 letters.
Word list
Y
- YABBER13 pts
- YACHTS14 pts
- YACKED16 pts
- YAFFED16 pts
- YAGERS10 pts
- YAHOOS12 pts
- YAIRDS10 pts
- YAKKED18 pts
- YAKKER17 pts
- YAMENS11 pts
- YAMMER13 pts
- YAMUNS11 pts
- YANKED14 pts
- YANQUI18 pts
- YANTRA9 pts
- YAPOCK17 pts
- YAPOKS15 pts
- YAPONS11 pts
- YAPPED14 pts
- YAPPER13 pts
- YARDED11 pts
- YARELY12 pts
- YAREST9 pts
- YARNED10 pts
- YARNER9 pts
- YARROW12 pts
- YASMAK15 pts
- YATTER9 pts
- YAUPED12 pts
- YAUPER11 pts
- YAUPON11 pts
- YAUTIA9 pts
- YAWING13 pts
- YAWLED13 pts
- YAWNED13 pts
- YAWNER12 pts
- YAWPED15 pts
- YAWPER14 pts
- YCLEPT13 pts
- YEANED10 pts
- YEARLY12 pts
- YEARNS9 pts
- YEASTS9 pts
- YEASTY12 pts
- YECCHS16 pts
- YEELIN9 pts
- YELLED10 pts
- YELLER9 pts
- YELLOW12 pts
- YELPED12 pts
- YELPER11 pts
- YENNED10 pts
- YENTAS9 pts
- YENTES9 pts
- YEOMAN11 pts
- YEOMEN11 pts
- YERBAS11 pts
- YERKED14 pts
- YESSED10 pts
- YESSES9 pts
- YESTER9 pts
- YEUKED14 pts
- YIELDS10 pts
- YIPPED14 pts
- YIPPEE13 pts
- YIPPIE13 pts
- YIRRED10 pts
- YIRTHS12 pts
- YOBBOS13 pts
- YOCKED16 pts
- YODELS10 pts
- YODLED11 pts
- YODLER10 pts
- YODLES10 pts
- YOGEES10 pts
- YOGINI10 pts
- YOGINS10 pts
- YOGURT10 pts
- YOICKS15 pts
- YOKELS13 pts
- YOKING14 pts
- YOLKED14 pts
- YONDER10 pts
- YONKER13 pts
- YOUNGS10 pts
- YOUPON11 pts
- YOUTHS12 pts
- YOWIES12 pts
- YOWING13 pts
- YOWLED13 pts
- YOWLER12 pts
- YTTRIA9 pts
- YTTRIC11 pts
- YUCCAS13 pts
- YUCKED16 pts
- YUKKED18 pts
- YULANS9 pts
- YUPONS11 pts
- YUPPIE13 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 | yanqui | 18 | 19 |
| 2 | yukked | 18 | 18 |
| 3 | yakked | 18 | 17 |
| 4 | yapock | 17 | 18 |
| 5 | yakker | 17 | 16 |
| 6 | yucked | 16 | 17 |
| 7 | yacked | 16 | 16 |
| 8 | yecchs | 16 | 16 |
| 9 | yocked | 16 | 16 |
| 10 | yaffed | 16 | 15 |
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 6-letter words start with Y?
99 valid 6-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).