5 Letter Words Starting with Y
Every 5-letter English word in the JumbleFix dictionary that starts with Y. Each word links to its definition. Face-value Scrabble and Words With Friends scores are shown so you can pick a high-scoring play without leaving the page.
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- yawnsScrabble 11 · WWF 11
noun. Plural of yawn; involuntary deep breaths with mouth open.
- yawnyScrabble 14 · WWF 13
adjective. Inclined to yawn; drowsy.
- yawpsScrabble 13 · WWF 13
verb. Third-person singular simple present of yawp.
- yazooScrabble 17 · WWF 16
n.. a river that rises in west central Mississippi and flows southwest to empty into the Mississippi River above Vicksburg
- ycladScrabble 11 · WWF 12
adjective. Clad; clothed (archaic).
- yeahsScrabble 11 · WWF 9
noun. Plural of yeah; expressions of affirmation.
- yeansScrabble 8 · WWF 8
verb. Third-person singular simple present of yean; gives birth (of sheep or goats).
- yearaScrabble 8 · WWF 7
n.. The California poison oak (Rhus diversiloba). See under Poison, a.
- yearnScrabble 8 · WWF 8
v. t.. To pain; to grieve; to vex.
- yearsScrabble 8 · WWF 7
n.. the time during which someone's life continues; "the monarch's last days"; "in his final years"
- yeastScrabble 8 · WWF 7
n.. The foam, or troth (top yeast), or the sediment (bottom yeast), of beer or other in fermentation, which contains the yeast plant or its spores, and under certain conditions produces fermentation in saccharine or farinaceous substances; a preparation used for raising dough for bread or cakes, and making it light and puffy; barm; ferment.
- yeatsScrabble 8 · WWF 7
n.. Irish poet and dramatist (1865-1939)
- yecchScrabble 15 · WWF 15
interjection. Expression of disgust or aversion.
- yechsScrabble 13 · WWF 12
noun. Plural of yech; expressions of disgust.
- yechyScrabble 16 · WWF 14
adjective. Variant of yecchy; disgusting.
- yeddoScrabble 10 · WWF 9
n.. the capital and largest city of Japan; the economic and cultural center of Japan
- yeechScrabble 13 · WWF 12
interjection. Variant of yecch; expression of disgust.
- yeeshScrabble 11 · WWF 9
interjection. Used to express annoyance, frustration, or disgust.
- yeetsScrabble 8 · WWF 7
verb. Third-person singular present of yeet; throws with force.
- yeggsScrabble 10 · WWF 11
noun. Plural of yegg; burglars or safecrackers.
- yelekScrabble 12 · WWF 12
noun. A type of Turkish folk dance or its music.
- yelksScrabble 12 · WWF 12
noun. Plural of yelk, an archaic or dialectal form of yolk.
- yellsScrabble 8 · WWF 9
verb. Third person singular of yell; shouts loudly.
- yelpsScrabble 10 · WWF 11
verb. Third person singular of yelp; makes a short, sharp cry.
- yemenScrabble 10 · WWF 11
n.. a republic on the southwestern shores of the Arabian Peninsula on the Indian Ocean; formed in 1990
- yentaScrabble 8 · WWF 8
n.. (Yiddish) a woman who talks too much; a gossip unable to keep a secret; a woman who spreads rumors and scandal
- yenteScrabble 8 · WWF 8
noun. A gossipy or meddlesome woman.
- yeplyScrabble 13 · WWF 13
Adverb. Promptly; quickly; at once .
- yerbaScrabble 10 · WWF 10
n.. An herb; a plant.
- yerksScrabble 12 · WWF 11
verb. Third-person singular simple present of yerk; strikes or jerks.
- yerthScrabble 11 · WWF 9
noun. Obsolete form of earth.
- yesesScrabble 8 · WWF 7
noun. Plural of yes; affirmative answers.
- yessoScrabble 8 · WWF 7
noun. A type of gypsum plaster used in art and construction (variant of yeso).
- yestyScrabble 11 · WWF 9
a.. See Yeasty.
- yetisScrabble 8 · WWF 7
noun. Plural of yeti; mythical apelike creatures said to inhabit the Himalayas.
- yettsScrabble 8 · WWF 7
noun. Plural of yett; gates or doors.
- yeuksScrabble 12 · WWF 12
verb. Third-person singular simple present of yeuk; itches.
- yeukyScrabble 15 · WWF 14
adjective. Itchy.
- yevenScrabble 11 · WWF 12
p. p.. Given.
- yezdiScrabble 18 · WWF 17
n.. Same as Izedi.
- yezzyScrabble 29 · WWF 27
noun. Slang for a young person, especially a stylish or trendy one.
- yfereScrabble 11 · WWF 10
adv.. Together. See Ifere.
- yibitScrabble 10 · WWF 10
n.. a unit of information equal to 1024 zebibits or 2^80 bits
- yieldScrabble 9 · WWF 9
v. t.. To give in return for labor expended; to produce, as payment or interest on what is expended or invested; to pay; as, money at interest yields six or seven per cent.
- yikesScrabble 12 · WWF 11
interjection. Used to express surprise, fear, or alarm.
- yillsScrabble 8 · WWF 9
noun. Plural of yill; ales or beers.
- yinceScrabble 10 · WWF 11
adverb. (Scottish) once.
- yipesScrabble 10 · WWF 10
interjection. Variant of yikes; expressing alarm.
- yirdsScrabble 9 · WWF 8
noun. Plural of yird; earths or soils.
- yirrsScrabble 8 · WWF 7
verb. Third-person singular present of yirr; growls or snarls.