5 letter words starting with Y
Every 5-letter word in the dictionary that opens with Y — 94 of the 8,636 words of this length.
- Words
- 94
- Everyday
- 21in the size-ranked core
- Longest
- 594 words tie
- Shortest
- 594 words tie
- yacht
- yanks
- yards
- yarns
- yawns
- yearn
- years
- yeast
- yells
- yelps
- yeses
- yield
- yodel
- yoked
- yokel
- yokes
- yolks
- young
- yours
- youth
- yowls
- yahoo
- yawed
- yawls
- yeggs
- yetis
- yikes
- yobbo
- yogic
- yogis
- yucca
- yucky
- yules
- yummy
- yurts
- yager
- yagis
- yamen
- yangs
- yapok
- yapon
- yarer
- yauld
- yaups
- yawps
- yeans
- yecch
- yenta
- yente
- yerba
- yerks
- yeuks
- yeuky
- yipes
- ylems
- yodhs
- yodle
- yogas
- yoghs
- yolky
- yonic
- yonis
- yores
- yourn
- youse
- yuans
- yucas
- yucch
- yugas
- yulan
- yurta
- yacks
- yaffs
- yaird
- yamun
- yauds
- yechs
- yechy
- yelks
- yetts
- yills
- yince
- yirds
- yirrs
- yirth
- yocks
- yogee
- yogin
- yomim
- yowed
- yowes
- yowie
- yucks
- yupon
What is in this list
Every one of them has 5 letters.
21 of them — 22% — are in the everyday tier; the rest are filed as rarer.
Every one of them contains an Y.
The one furthest down the tiers is yacks, filed in the unranked list.
Other openings at 5 letters
- A497
- B589
- C665
- D457
- E192
- F430
- G415
- H334
- I118
- J134
- K206
- L401
- M444
- N200
- O181
- P565
- Q53
- R419
- S1,056
- T548
- U117
- V161
- W296
- X13
- Y94
- Z51
Y at other lengths, and 5 letters by ending
- 3 letters27
- 4 letters70
- 6 letters99
- 7 letters91
- 8 letters76
- 9 letters47
- 10 letters22
- ends A356
- ends B35
- ends C97
- ends D582
- ends E931
- ends F53
- ends G88
- ends H255
- ends I142
- ends K182
- ends L345
- ends M125
Ordered everyday words first, then alphabetical inside each group — the same rule on every list here. At most 300 are printed on one page.