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5-Letter Words Starting with YA

There are 23 five-letter words that start with YA on Word.ws, from yaaay to yazoo. The most common are yards, yahoo, yacht, yatra and yadda.

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All 23 five-letter words that start with YA

  • yaaay11interj. Elongated form of yay.
  • yaara8n. Mate; bro.
  • yabba12n. A traditional Jamaican handmade ceramic cooking pot.
  • yabby15n. Any of various freshwater crayfish, typically of the genus Cherax...
  • yacht13n. A slick and light ship for making pleasure trips or racing on water...
  • yacon10n. The Peruvian ground apple, Smallanthus sonchifolius.
  • yadda10interj. Used three times in a row, or in combination with other words, to...
  • yager9n. A Jäger, an elite soldier of the Austrian army.
  • yahoo11n. A humanoid cryptid said to exist in parts of eastern Australia, and...
  • yajna15n. A ritual of sacrifice to the Devas.
  • yakin12n. A large Himalayan antelope, Budorcas taxicolor.
  • yakka16n. Work.
  • yamen10n. A residence of an official of the Chinese Empire.
  • yammy15adj. Yummy.
  • yance10adv. Once (in both senses: only one time, and formerly).
  • yandy12v. To separate (grain or pieces of mineral) by shaking in a special...
  • yappy15adj. Of a dog, yapping in an annoying manner.
  • yards9n. The totality of the sailing rig.
  • yassa8n. A spicy Senegalese dish of marinated meat poultry, fish, or lamb with...
  • yatai8n. A small mobile stall or cart selling street food in Japan.
  • yatra8n. A Hindu pilgrimage.
  • yatta8interj. An exclamation of happiness or excitement.
  • yazoo17n. A tributary that runs parallel to a river (especially when separated by...
31 rare five-letter words that start with YA

Questions about these words

How many five-letter words that start with YA are there?
Word.ws lists 23 five-letter words that start with YA, plus 31 rare ones.
What are common five-letter words that start with YA?
yards, yahoo, yacht, yatra, yadda, yazoo, yager and yappy.
Which of the five-letter words that start with YA has the highest letter score?
yazoo scores 17 points with the standard letter tile values.

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Word lists and meanings adapted from the Wiktionary entry of each word. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out names, abbreviations, misspellings and offensive words, and ordered the most common words by how often they appear in English (wordfreq). Meanings from Wiktionary; this is not an official Scrabble, Words With Friends or Wordle word list. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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