9-Letter Words Starting With Y
There are 60 nine-letter words that start with Y. The list below ranks them by real-world frequency, so everyday words like YESTERDAY, YOUNGSTER, YELLOWISH appear before the obscurities.
Every entry comes from the tournament word lists, the kind of list used in Scrabble, crosswords, and other word puzzles, so each one is a genuine dictionary word.
Most common
- yesterday16
- youngster13
- yellowish18
- yearbooks18
- yardstick19
- yellowing16
- yellowfin18
- yardbirds16
- yearlings13
- yohimbine19
- yachtsman19
- yearnings13
- ytterbium16
- yachtsmen19
- yammering17
- yodelling14
- yattering13
- yottabyte17
- yabbering17
- yachtings18
All 60 words (the small number on each word is its Scrabble point value)
- yahooisms 17
- yahrzeits 24
- yakitoris 16
- yammerers 16
- yappingly 20
- yardlands 14
- yardwands 17
- yardworks 20
- yarmelkes 18
- yarmulkes 18
- yataghans 16
- yawmeters 17
- yawningly 19
- yeanlings 13
- yeasayers 15
- yeastiest 12
- yeastless 12
- yeastlike 16
- yellowest 15
- yeshivahs 21
- yeshivoth 21
- yestereve 15
- yestreens 12
- yieldable 15
- yodellers 13
- yoghourts 16
- yokemates 18
- yokozunas 25
- youngling 14
- youngness 13
- youthened 16
- ytterbias 14
- ytterbous 14
- yuckiness 18
- yuletides 13
- yumminess 16
- yuppiedom 19
- yuppieish 19
- yuppified 20
- yuppifies 19
Points use Scrabble US letter values
Frequently asked questions
How many nine-letter words are there that start with Y?
There are 60 nine-letter words that start with Y in the tournament word lists. The most common are YESTERDAY, YOUNGSTER, YELLOWISH.
What are common nine-letter words that start with Y?
YESTERDAY, YOUNGSTER, YELLOWISH, YEARBOOKS, YARDSTICK are the most frequently used. The full list of 60 words on this page is sorted by everyday frequency, so the common ones come first.
Why are the words in this order?
Words are ranked by how often they appear in a trillion-word corpus of written English, most common first. That surfaces likely puzzle answers instead of hiding them mid-alphabet. Use the sort control to switch to alphabetical or points order.
Starting with Y in other lengths
- 2-Letter Words Starting With Y
- 3-Letter Words Starting With Y
- 4-Letter Words Starting With Y
- 5-Letter Words Starting With Y
- 6-Letter Words Starting With Y
- 7-Letter Words Starting With Y
- 8-Letter Words Starting With Y
- 10-Letter Words Starting With Y
- 11-Letter Words Starting With Y
- 12-Letter Words Starting With Y