Four-letter words starting with Y
There are 70 four-letter words that start with Y in the ENABLE word list used by this site. That is about 1.8% of all four-letter words. The highest-scoring is yack, worth 13 points in standard Scrabble tile values.
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All 70 four-letter words starting with Y
yackyaffyagiyaksyaldyamsyangyankyapsyardyareyarnyaudyaupyawlyawnyawpyawsyaysyeahyeanyearyeasyechyeggyeldyelkyellyelpyensyerkyetiyettyeukyewsyidsyillyinsyipeyipsyirdyirrylemyobsyockyodhyodsyogayoghyogiyokeyoksyolkyondyoniyoreyouryoweyowlyowsyuanyucayuchyuckyugayuksyuleyupsyurtywis
Highest-scoring four-letter words starting with Y
- yack 13 points
- yaff 13 points
- yock 13 points
- yuck 13 points
- yawp 12 points
- yech 12 points
- yuch 12 points
- yaks 11 points
- yank 11 points
- yelk 11 points
- yerk 11 points
- yeuk 11 points
- yodh 11 points
- yogh 11 points
- yoke 11 points
- yoks 11 points
- yolk 11 points
- yuks 11 points
- yawl 10 points
- yawn 10 points
- yaws 10 points
- yays 10 points
- yeah 10 points
- yews 10 points
Patterns in this list
The most common second letters are ya (19), yo (17), ye (16), yu (9), yi (7). 0 of these words contain three or more vowels, which can make them easier to spot when you are unscrambling.
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