8 letter words starting with Y
Every 8-letter word in the dictionary that opens with Y — 76 of the 28,420 words of this length.
- Words
- 76
- Everyday
- 11in the size-ranked core
- Longest
- 876 words tie
- Shortest
- 876 words tie
- yachting
- yearlies
- yearling
- yearning
- yellowed
- yellower
- yielding
- yodeling
- youngest
- yourself
- youthful
- yammered
- yammerer
- yardages
- yardarms
- yarmulke
- yashmaks
- yearbook
- yearlong
- yeastier
- yeomanry
- yeshivas
- yodelers
- youngish
- yuckiest
- yuletide
- yummiest
- yabbered
- yahooism
- yahrzeit
- yakitori
- yamalkas
- yamulkas
- yardbird
- yardland
- yardwork
- yarmelke
- yashmacs
- yatagans
- yataghan
- yattered
- yawmeter
- yawpings
- yeanling
- yearends
- yearners
- yeasayer
- yeastily
- yeasting
- yeomanly
- yestreen
- yielders
- yokelish
- yokemate
- yolkiest
- youngers
- younkers
- youthens
- ytterbia
- ytterbic
- yttriums
- yachters
- yachtman
- yachtmen
- yardwand
- yealings
- yellowly
- yeshivah
- yeshivot
- yodelled
- yodeller
- yoghourt
- yoghurts
- yokeless
- yokozuna
- yperites
What is in this list
Every one of them has 8 letters.
11 of them — 14% — 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 yachters, filed in the unranked list.
Other openings at 8 letters
- A1,616
- B1,826
- C2,649
- D1,555
- E1,129
- F1,300
- G997
- H982
- I732
- J212
- K304
- L890
- M1,472
- N538
- O972
- P2,178
- Q158
- R1,685
- S3,466
- T1,525
- U825
- V493
- W729
- X20
- Y76
- Z91
Y at other lengths, and 8 letters by ending
- 3 letters27
- 4 letters70
- 5 letters94
- 6 letters99
- 7 letters91
- 9 letters47
- 10 letters22
- ends A499
- ends B23
- ends C599
- ends D3,146
- ends E3,201
- ends F41
- ends G2,098
- ends H408
- ends I104
- ends K325
- ends L895
- ends M519
Ordered everyday words first, then alphabetical inside each group — the same rule on every list here. At most 300 are printed on one page.