Six-letter words starting with Y
There are 99 six-letter words that start with Y in the ENABLE word list used by this site. That is about 0.6% of all six-letter words. The highest-scoring is yakked, worth 18 points in standard Scrabble tile values.
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All 99 six-letter words starting with Y
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Highest-scoring six-letter words starting with Y
- yakked 18 points
- yanqui 18 points
- yukked 18 points
- yakker 17 points
- yapock 17 points
- yacked 16 points
- yaffed 16 points
- yecchs 16 points
- yocked 16 points
- yucked 16 points
- yapoks 15 points
- yasmak 15 points
- yawped 15 points
- yoicks 15 points
- yachts 14 points
- yanked 14 points
- yapped 14 points
- yawper 14 points
- yerked 14 points
- yeuked 14 points
- yipped 14 points
- yoking 14 points
- yolked 14 points
- yabber 13 points
Patterns in this list
The most common second letters are ya (38), ye (23), yo (23), yi (6), yu (6). 18 of these words contain three or more vowels, which can make them easier to spot when you are unscrambling.
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