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9 Letter Words With Y

This verified list contains 1371 CORE words with Y, plus 965 entries in the broader extended tier.

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1371CORE words
965extended words
2336verified matches
17.0average CORE score

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12 deterministic CORE selections

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Vowels per word

  1. 1 vowel8 words
  2. 2 vowels356 words
  3. 3 vowels827 words
  4. 4 vowels176 words
  5. 5 vowels4 words

Repeated letters

81%

1105 of 1371 CORE words repeat at least one letter.

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9 Letter Words With Two-Letter Patterns

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9 Letter Words With adjacent AY119 CORE · 45 extendedbayoneted, betrayals, betraying, birthdays9 Letter Words With adjacent BY18 CORE · 3 extendedbypassing, bystander, kilobytes, labyrinth9 Letter Words With adjacent CY61 CORE · 73 extendedautocracy, bicycling, candidacy, constancy9 Letter Words With adjacent DY31 CORE · 37 extendedbloodying, bodyguard, brandying, dynamical9 Letter Words With adjacent EY45 CORE · 21 extendedattorneys, conveying, disobeyed, eyeballed9 Letter Words With adjacent FY25 CORE · 21 extendeddiversify, electrify, exemplify, intensify9 Letter Words With adjacent GY34 CORE · 48 extendedanthology, astrology, clergyman, clergymen9 Letter Words With adjacent HY58 CORE · 125 extendedamethysts, antipathy, biography, dehydrate9 Letter Words With adjacent IY1 CORE · 4 extendedmultiyear9 Letter Words With adjacent KY15 CORE · 8 extendedskylights, skyrocket, stockyard, backyards9 Letter Words With adjacent LY483 CORE · 188 extendedadmirably, adversely, agreeably, aimlessly9 Letter Words With adjacent MY20 CORE · 46 extendedastronomy, blasphemy, mysteries, mysticism9 Letter Words With adjacent NY26 CORE · 35 extendedaccompany, anonymity, anonymous, barnyards9 Letter Words With adjacent OY41 CORE · 17 extendedannoyance, boycotted, boyfriend, convoying9 Letter Words With adjacent PY16 CORE · 39 extendedcanopying, copyright, occupying, photocopy9 Letter Words With adjacent RY155 CORE · 119 extendedaccessory, adversary, arbitrary, artillery9 Letter Words With adjacent SY50 CORE · 40 extendedasymmetry, curtsying, easygoing, ecosystem9 Letter Words With adjacent TY180 CORE · 113 extendedabsurdity, actuality, adversity, ambiguity9 Letter Words With adjacent UY1 CORE · 1 extendedsoliloquy9 Letter Words With adjacent VY2 CORE · 0 extendedskivvying, envyingly9 Letter Words With adjacent XY4 CORE · 9 extendedxylophone, orthodoxy, oxygenate, paroxysms9 Letter Words With adjacent YA43 CORE · 33 extendedannoyance, barnyards, betrayals, courtyard9 Letter Words With adjacent YB24 CORE · 15 extendedcrybabies, everybody, keyboards, piggyback9 Letter Words With adjacent YC30 CORE · 28 extendedbicycling, boycotted, honeycomb, psychoses9 Letter Words With adjacent YD19 CORE · 24 extendeddaydreams, dehydrate, hydraulic, skydivers9 Letter Words With adjacent YE44 CORE · 24 extendeddestroyed, destroyer, disobeyed, displayed9 Letter Words With adjacent YF11 CORE · 4 extendedboyfriend, jellyfish, joyfuller, playfully9 Letter Words With adjacent YG12 CORE · 13 extendedbodyguard, easygoing, polygraph, hygienist9 Letter Words With adjacent YH7 CORE · 2 extendedgreyhound, playhouse, pantyhose, ballyhoos9 Letter Words With adjacent YI71 CORE · 20 extendedbetraying, bloodying, brandying, canopying9 Letter Words With adjacent YJ2 CORE · 0 extendedskyjacked, skyjacker9 Letter Words With adjacent YK0 CORE · 1 extended9 Letter Words With adjacent YL38 CORE · 67 extendedcylinders, gargoyles, lifestyle, skylights9 Letter Words With adjacent YM51 CORE · 58 extendedanonymity, anonymous, asymmetry, clergyman9 Letter Words With adjacent YN26 CORE · 28 extendeddynamical, dynamited, dynamites, dynasties9 Letter Words With adjacent YO12 CORE · 34 extendedbayoneted, crayoning, embryonic, surveyors9 Letter Words With adjacent YP43 CORE · 64 extendedbypassing, cypresses, encrypted, hyperbole9 Letter Words With adjacent YR26 CORE · 41 extendedcopyright, gyrations, gyroscope, labyrinth9 Letter Words With adjacent YS94 CORE · 93 extendedamethysts, attorneys, birthdays, bystander9 Letter Words With adjacent YT25 CORE · 61 extendedkilobytes, megabytes, mythology, neophytes9 Letter Words With adjacent YU2 CORE · 1 extendedyuppified, yuppifies9 Letter Words With adjacent YV1 CORE · 0 extendedpolyvinyl9 Letter Words With adjacent YW13 CORE · 5 extendedjaywalked, jaywalker, entryways, newlyweds9 Letter Words With adjacent YX0 CORE · 5 extended9 Letter Words With adjacent YZ9 CORE · 6 extendedanalyzing, paralyzed, paralyzes, analyzers9 Letter Words With adjacent ZY3 CORE · 13 extendedschmaltzy, lazybones, enzymatic

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How to use 9-letter words with Y

The CORE list contains 1371 9-letter words with Y in at least one position. Unlike a fixed tile, this preset does not assume where the letter appears.

Contains keeps required letters anywhere in the word. Sequence pattern is stricter: AR requires adjacent letters, A_R allows one intervening letter, and A__R allows two. The broader tier adds 965 extended entries.

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How many 9-letter words contain Y?

This verified set contains 1371 CORE words and 965 extended words, for 2336 total matches.

What is the average Scrabble score for this Y group?

The 1371 CORE words average 17.0 base Scrabble points. Board multipliers are not included.

Do these Y words often repeat letters?

1105 of 1371 CORE words repeat at least one letter.