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5 Letter Words Starting With Y

This verified list contains 37 CORE words starting with Y, plus 16 entries in the broader extended tier.

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37CORE words
16extended words
53verified matches
10.8average CORE score

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12 deterministic CORE selections

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What the Y list contains

Most common letters immediately after Y

  1. O13 words
  2. E9 words
  3. A8 words
  4. U5 words
  5. I2 words

Vowels per word

  1. 1 vowel16 words
  2. 2 vowels20 words
  3. 3 vowels1 words

Repeated letters

24%

9 of 37 CORE words repeat at least one letter.

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5 Letter Words starting with

Y53 words · 37 CORE · 16 EXTENDED

  • yearn
  • years
  • yeast
  • yield
  • yodel
A367B503C575D355E152F375G331H269I87J102K149L322M341N154O141P455Q51R327S849T429U74V134W237X17Y53Z31

5 Letter Words ending in

Y698 words · 566 CORE · 132 EXTENDED

  • agony
  • beady
  • cagey
  • daily
  • dairy
A274B31C74D475E741F46G73H209I96J0K156L268M97N283O178P99Q0R431S2,164T385U18V2W28X39Y698Z15

5 Letter Words with

Y953 words · 727 CORE · 226 EXTENDED

  • agony
  • bayed
  • beady
  • buoys
  • buyer
A2,725B795C1,147D1,246E3,111F584G811H912I1,887J126K710L1,731M945N1,498O2,028P1,024Q66R2,146S3,187T1,689U1,251V391W530X168Y953Z158

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5 Letter Words With Two-Letter Patterns

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5 Letter Words Starting with YA8 CORE · 7 extendedyacht, yanks, yards, yarns5 Letter Words Starting with YE9 CORE · 3 extendedyearn, years, yeast, yells5 Letter Words Starting with YI2 CORE · 0 extendedyield, yikes5 Letter Words Starting with YL0 CORE · 1 extended5 Letter Words Starting with YO13 CORE · 3 extendedyodel, yoked, yokel, yokes5 Letter Words Starting with YU5 CORE · 2 extendedyucky, yummy, yucca, yukky

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How to use words starting with Y

This page starts from 37 CORE 5-letter words whose first letter is Y. The preset fixes those opening positions while leaving the remaining tiles available for refinement.

Use Contains for letters that may appear anywhere, Excludes to remove impossible letters, or Sequence pattern when order and exact gaps matter. The broader view adds 16 extended entries after the CORE results.

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How many 5-letter words start with Y?

This verified set contains 37 CORE words and 16 extended words, for 53 total matches.

What is the average Scrabble score for this Y group?

The 37 CORE words average 10.8 base Scrabble points. Board multipliers are not included.

Do these Y words often repeat letters?

9 of 37 CORE words repeat at least one letter.