5 letter words starting with Y
There are 133 5 letter words starting with y in this list, most common first. Filter by letters.
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The most-used 5 letter words starting with y, and what they mean
These are the 13 that come up most often in written English, so they are the ones worth knowing first.
- years
- noun(colloquial, hyperbolic) A very long time.
- young
- adjectiveIn the early part of growth or life; born not long ago.
- youth
- noun(uncountable) The part of life following childhood; the period of existence preceding maturity or age; the whole early part of life, from childhood, or…
- yield
- verbTo give as a result or outcome; to produce or render.
- yards
- noun(nautical) The totality of the sailing rig.
- yeast
- nounAn often humid, yellowish froth produced by fermenting malt worts, and used to brew beer, leaven bread, and also used in certain medicines.
- yeats
- nounThe author and poet W. B. Yeats
- yacht
- noun(nautical) A slick and light ship for making pleasure trips or racing on water, having sails but often motor-powered. At times used as a residence offshore on a…
- yemen
- nounA country in West Asia in the Middle East. Official name: Republic of Yemen. Capital: Sanaa.
- yates
- nounA number of places in the United States:
- yarns
- noun(uncountable) A twisted strand of fibre used for knitting or weaving.
- yukon
- nounA territory in northern Canada. Capital: Whitehorse.
- yells
- verb(intransitive) To shout; holler; make a loud sound with the voice, especially to express intense emotions such as anger or excitement.
Nouns, verbs and adjectives
Of the 133 words in this list, 107 can be used as a noun, including years, young, youth, yield, yours. Plenty of words do more than one job: state is a noun, a verb and an adjective depending on how you use it, which is why these numbers add up to more than the list itself.
Using this for Wordle
Puzzle answers lean heavily on everyday words rather than obscure ones, and this list is sorted by exactly that: how often each word actually turns up in written English. So start at the top. On this list that means years, young, youth, yield, yours, yards.
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How this list is built
The words come from the Datamuse language API, then get cleaned up, because the raw output is not much use on its own. Each word is checked against an English dictionary, with a frequency floor for anything not in it, so ordinary inflections survive while noise does not. Roman numerals, fragments and vowel-less abbreviations are stripped out.
What is left is ranked by how often each word actually appears in written English. That ordering is the point: it puts the words you might actually want at the top. The full method is on how we build these.
Common questions
How many 5 letter words starting with y are there?
This list holds 133, filtered to real dictionary words and ranked by how common they are. English has more if you count obscure and archaic ones, but they are little use to anybody.
Can a 5 letter word starting with Y be a noun?
Yes. 107 of the 133 words on this list can be used as a noun. The breakdown above shows how many work as verbs, adjectives and adverbs too.
How are the words ordered?
By how often each word appears in written English, most common first, so the useful ones are at the top rather than buried under rarities. See how we build these.
Can I search inside the list?
Yes. The filter box narrows the list as you type, and where a list mixes lengths there are buttons to show only words of a given length.