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Words Starting With Y
All 59 English words beginning with Y, from 2 to 11 letters, grouped by length with the longest and most useful highlighted.
Key facts about this word list
- Words in this list
- 59
- Word lengths
- 2–11 letters
- Most common length
- 4 letters (12)
- Shortest
- ya, ye, yo
- Longest
- yellowstone
4-letter words are the largest group here — 12 words, 20% of the list.
The longest entry is “yellowstone” (11 letters); the shortest are “ya”, “ye”, “yo”.
The most frequently used are “you”, “your”, “year”, “years”, “york”.
Y is a rare opening letter in English — only 59 common words begin with it, which is why Y is worth a high score in most letter games.
This list is built from this site’s own word list of about 16,750 words drawn from common written English. It includes some names and abbreviations that most word games reject, and it leaves out rare and technical words, so check anything you plan to play against the rules of your game. More about the word list.
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2-letter words (3)
- ya
- ye
- yo
3-letter words (9)
- yea
- yen
- yep
- yes
- yet
- yin
- you
- yum
- yup
4-letter words (12)
- yale
- yang
- yard
- yarn
- yeah
- year
- yell
- ymca
- yoga
- york
- your
- yuan
5-letter words (12)
- yacht
- yahoo
- yards
- years
- yeast
- yemen
- yield
- young
- yours
- youth
- yukon
- yummy
6-letter words (9)
- yachts
- yakima
- yankee
- yearly
- yellow
- yields
- yogurt
- yorker
- youths
7-letter words (3)
- yankees
- yielded
- younger
8-letter words (6)
- yearbook
- yielding
- yosemite
- youngest
- yourself
- yugoslav
9-letter words (2)
- yesterday
- yorkshire
10-letter words (2)
- yourselves
- yugoslavia
11-letter words (1)
- yellowstone
When this list helps
- Fill a crossword answer whose first letter is already Y
- Open a word game with a Y tile on the board
- Check quickly whether a Y word of the length you need exists at all
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Frequently asked questions
How many words start with Y?
59 words in our 16,749-word English dictionary begin with Y, and 12 of thems are 4 letters long. Larger unabridged dictionaries include more rare and technical entries.
What is the longest word starting with Y in this list?
“yellowstone”, at 11 letters. The shortest are ya, ye, yo.
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