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5-Letter Words Starting with YO

There are 15 five-letter words that start with YO on Word.ws, from yodel to yowie. The most common are young, yours, youth, yodel and yoked.

Meanings from Wiktionary. Not an official Scrabble, Words With Friends or Wordle word list.

All 15 five-letter words that start with YO

  • yodel9v. To sing (a song) in such a way that the voice fluctuates rapidly...
  • yogic11adj. Of or pertaining to yoga.
  • yoink12v. To make an oinking sound.
  • yokai12n. Any of various supernatural monsters, sometimes shapeshifters, in...
  • yokan12n. A thick jellied dessert made of red bean paste, agar, and sugar...
  • yoked13adj. Wearing a yoke.
  • yoker12n. One who yokes.
  • yolky15adj. Of, pertaining to, or having the characteristics of yolk.
  • yonks12n. A long time (especially a longer time than expected); ages.
  • yoong9adj. Archaic, chiefly Scottish spelling of young.
  • young9adj. In the early part of growth or life; born not long ago.
  • yourn8pron. Yours.
  • yours8pron. That or those belonging to you; the possessive second-person singular...
  • youth11n. The quality or state of being young.
  • yowie11n. An ape-like monster or animal said to exist in parts of eastern...
14 rare five-letter words that start with YO

Questions about these words

How many five-letter words that start with YO are there?
Word.ws lists 15 five-letter words that start with YO, plus 14 rare ones.
What are common five-letter words that start with YO?
young, yours, youth, yodel, yoked, yogic, yokai and yoong.
Which of the five-letter words that start with YO has the highest letter score?
yolky scores 15 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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