5-letter words starting with Y

There are 94 five-letter words starting with Y in our word list. 10 of them are common everyday words, such as YEARS, YOUNG, YARDS and YOURS.

Y works as both a consonant (YES) and a vowel (GYM, SKY). At the end of a word it often forms adjectives and adverbs, as in HAPPY and QUICKLY.

Five-letter words are the format of the most popular daily word guessing games. A strong first guess uses five different common letters.

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Good first guesses

These common words use five different letters that appear often in five-letter words, so they rule out the most letters in one guess:

How many five-letter words starting with Y are there?

Our word list has 94 five-letter words starting with Y. 10 of them are common everyday words.

What are some common five-letter words starting with Y?

The most common are YEARS, YOUNG, YARDS, YOURS, YOUTH and YIELD.

Which five-letter word starting with Y scores the most points?

Using standard letter tile values, YUCKY scores 17 points, the most of any five-letter word starting with Y in our list.

What is a good first guess in a five-letter word game?

Words with five different, frequent letters give you the most information. Good choices from this list are YIELD, YOUTH and YOUNG.