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5-Letter Words with Y: page 4

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All 1,335 five-letter words with Y: page 4 of 4

V

  • vying12n. The act of one who vies; rivalry.

W

  • waaay11adv. Elongated form of way.
  • wacky17adj. Zany; eccentric.
  • waddy13n. A cowboy.
  • waggy13adj. Having a tendency to wag.
  • wagyu12n. Any of several Japanese breeds of cattle genetically predisposed to...
  • wahey14interj. Expressing exhilaration or delight.
  • wakey15n. The day on which one wakes up and travels home.
  • wally11n. A fool.
  • wandy12adj. Long and flexible, like a wand; wandlike.
  • wanly11adv. In a wan or pale manner.
  • wanty11n. A girth or belly-band for a horse's harness.
  • warry11adj. Warlike, warrish.
  • warty11adj. Having warts.
  • washy14adj. Watery; damp; soft.
  • waspy13adj. Resembling or characteristic of a wasp; wasplike.
  • wavey14n. The snow goose (Chen caerulescens).
  • weary11adj. Having the strength exhausted by toil or exertion; tired; fatigued.
  • webby15adj. Consisting of, resembling, or having webs or a web.
  • wedgy13adj. Resembling a wedge, especially in shape.
  • weedy12adj. Abounding with weeds.
  • weeny11adj. Minuscule; tiny.
  • weepy13adj. Inclined to weep; tearful or lachrymose.
  • welly11n. A Wellington boot.
  • werry11adv. Very.
  • westy11adj. Dizzy, giddy, confused.
  • wetly11adv. In a wet manner.
  • whiny14adj. Whining; tending to whine or complain.
  • whity14adj. Close to white in colour.
  • whyyy20adv. Elongated form of why.
  • wicky17n. Sheep laurel, a shrub of species Kalmia angustifolia.
  • wifey14adj. Of, befitting, pertaining to, or characteristic of a wife.
  • wiggy13adj. Crazy.
  • willy11adj. Self-willed; willful.
  • wilty11adj. Tending to wilt.
  • windy12adj. Accompanied by wind.
  • wingy12n. One who has an amputated arm or arms.
  • winky15adj. Tending to wink; winking.
  • winny11n. Synonym of winnebago.
  • wispy13adj. Consisting of or resembling a wisp; like a slender, flexible strand or...
  • withy14n. An osier (Salix viminalis), a type of willow.
  • witty11adj. Clever; amusingly ingenious.
  • wizzy29n. A wisdom tooth.
  • wolfy14adj. Wolfish; like a wolf.
  • womyn13n. Feminist spelling of woman.
  • wonky15adj. Lopsided, misaligned or off-centre.
  • woody12adj. Covered in woods; wooded.
  • woofy14adj. Prone to woofing.
  • woozy20adj. Queasy, dizzy, or disoriented.
  • wordy12adj. Using an excessive number of words.
  • worky15adj. Characterized by or pertaining to work.
  • wormy13adj. Of or like a worm or worms; shaped like a worm or worms.
  • worry11v. To be troubled; to give way to mental anxiety or doubt.
  • wryly14adv. In a wry or sarcastic manner; ironically.
  • wurly11adj. Of an object: derisorily small, tiny; of a person: puny, stunted.
  • wussy11adj. Weak or timid.
  • wuzzy29part. Only used in fuzzy-wuzzy.
  • wythe14n. A continuous vertical section of masonry, one unit in thickness.

X

  • xylan15n. A polysaccharide, consisting of xylose residues, found in the cell...
  • xylem17n. A vascular tissue in land plants primarily responsible for the...

Y

  • 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...
  • yeara8n. Toxicodendron diversilobum, western poison oak.
  • yearn8v. To have a strong desire for something or to do something; to long for...
  • years8n. A very long time.
  • yeast8n. An often humid, yellowish froth produced by fermenting malt worts, and...
  • yeees8interj. Elongated form of yes.
  • yeesh11interj. Expressing exasperation or impatience.
  • yehey14interj. Used to express joy or elation.
  • yello8interj. An informal greeting, especially when answering the phone.
  • yenny11n. One yen (unit of Japanese currency); a coin worth one yen.
  • yenta8n. A woman who meddles in the business of others; a busybody; a female...
  • yerba10n. Ilex paraguariensis, a species of holly native to southern South...
  • yesss8interj. Elongated form of yes.
  • yield9v. To give as a result or outcome; to produce or render.
  • yikes12interj. Expression of shock and alarm.
  • yippy15adj. Making yipping noises.
  • ylide9n. Any organic compound in which two adjacent atoms are connected by both...
  • 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...
  • yucca12n. Any of several evergreen plants of the genus Yucca, having long...
  • yucky17adj. Of something highly offensive; causing aversion or disgust.
  • yugen9n. A Japanese ideal of grace and subtlety.
  • yulan8n. Magnolia denudata, a species of magnolia with large white blossoms that...
  • yummo12interj. Yum; yummy.
  • yummy15adj. Delicious.
  • yurei8n. A ghost, spirit of the dead, in Japanese mythology.
  • yusho11n. The top-ranking position at the end of a basho; the championship.
  • yuuge9adj. Elongated form of yuge.

Z

  • zaddy19n. A handsome, fashionable man, especially an older man.
  • zappy21adj. Lively or energetic.
  • zayat17n. A building in Myanmar used for meetings and religious assemblies and to...
  • zayde18n. Grandfather.
  • zesty17adj. Having a piquant or pungent taste; spicy.
  • ziggy19adj. Zigzaggy.
  • zingy18adj. Full of zest.
  • zippy21adj. Energetic and lively.
  • zloty17n. The currency unit of Poland, divided into 100 groszy.
  • zooey17adj. Resembling or characteristic of a zoo.
  • zoomy19adj. That goes zoom!
  • zygon18n. In the cerebrum, a short crossbar fissure that connects the two pairs...

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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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