7 Letter Words Starting with Y
There are 91 7-letter English words that start with Y, ranging alphabetically from YABBERS to YUPPIES. Top Scrabble® scorers on this list: YUKKING (19), YAKKING (19), YANQUIS (19). The longest entry here is YABBERS at 7 letters.
Word list
Y
- YABBERS14 pts
- YACHTED16 pts
- YACHTER15 pts
- YACKING17 pts
- YAFFING17 pts
- YAKKERS18 pts
- YAKKING19 pts
- YAMALKA16 pts
- YAMMERS14 pts
- YAMULKA16 pts
- YANKING15 pts
- YANQUIS19 pts
- YANTRAS10 pts
- YAPOCKS18 pts
- YAPPERS14 pts
- YAPPING15 pts
- YARDAGE12 pts
- YARDARM13 pts
- YARDING12 pts
- YARDMAN13 pts
- YARDMEN13 pts
- YARNERS10 pts
- YARNING11 pts
- YARROWS13 pts
- YASHMAC17 pts
- YASHMAK19 pts
- YASMAKS16 pts
- YATAGAN11 pts
- YATTERS10 pts
- YAUPERS12 pts
- YAUPING13 pts
- YAUPONS12 pts
- YAUTIAS10 pts
- YAWLING14 pts
- YAWNERS13 pts
- YAWNING14 pts
- YAWPERS15 pts
- YAWPING16 pts
- YCLEPED15 pts
- YEALING11 pts
- YEANING11 pts
- YEAREND11 pts
- YEARNED11 pts
- YEARNER10 pts
- YEASTED11 pts
- YEELINS10 pts
- YEGGMAN14 pts
- YEGGMEN14 pts
- YELLERS10 pts
- YELLING11 pts
- YELLOWS13 pts
- YELLOWY16 pts
- YELPERS12 pts
- YELPING13 pts
- YENNING11 pts
- YERKING15 pts
- YESHIVA16 pts
- YESSING11 pts
- YESTERN10 pts
- YEUKING15 pts
- YIELDED12 pts
- YIELDER11 pts
- YIPPIES14 pts
- YIPPING15 pts
- YIRRING11 pts
- YOBBOES14 pts
- YOCKING17 pts
- YODELED12 pts
- YODELER11 pts
- YODLERS11 pts
- YODLING12 pts
- YOGHURT14 pts
- YOGINIS11 pts
- YOGURTS11 pts
- YOLKIER14 pts
- YONKERS14 pts
- YOUNGER11 pts
- YOUNKER14 pts
- YOUPONS12 pts
- YOUTHEN13 pts
- YOWLERS13 pts
- YOWLING14 pts
- YPERITE12 pts
- YTTRIAS10 pts
- YTTRIUM12 pts
- YUCKIER16 pts
- YUCKING17 pts
- YUKKING19 pts
- YUMMIER14 pts
- YUMMIES14 pts
- YUPPIES14 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 | yukking | 19 | 21 |
| 2 | yakking | 19 | 20 |
| 3 | yanquis | 19 | 20 |
| 4 | yashmak | 19 | 18 |
| 5 | yapocks | 18 | 19 |
| 6 | yakkers | 18 | 17 |
| 7 | yucking | 17 | 20 |
| 8 | yacking | 17 | 19 |
| 9 | yocking | 17 | 19 |
| 10 | yaffing | 17 | 18 |
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 7-letter words start with Y?
91 valid 7-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).