6-Letter Words Starting with Y
There are 47 six-letter words that start with Y on Word.ws, from yachty to yuuuge. The most common are yellow, yearly, yogurt, yankee and yorker.
Meanings from Wiktionary. Not an official Scrabble, Words With Friends or Wordle word list.
All 47 six-letter words that start with Y
YA
- yachty17n. A yachtsman or yachtswoman.
- yagura10n. A high wooden tower in front of a sumo arena from which a yobidashi...
- yakata13n. The structure, suspended over the sumo dohyo, that resembles the roof...
- yaksha16n. A kind of supernatural being; can be a malevolent demon or a beneficent...
- yakshi16n. A female yaksha.
- yakuza22n. A Japanese organized crime gang.
- yallah12interj. C'mon, come on, let's go.
- yammer13v. To complain peevishly.
- yankee13n. A headsail resembling a genoa or a jib but with a high-cut clew...
- yantra9n. A geometrical diagram used as a meditation aid in tantric worship.
- yapped14adj. Of a book: having a yapp.
- yapper13n. A person's mouth, especially one that gossips or talks too much.
- yarder10n. A motor-driven logging machine which transports logs by means of a...
- yardie10n. A yard of ale.
- yarran9n. Acacia homalophylla, a species of acacia tree found commonly in...
- yarrow12n. Any of several pungent Eurasian and North American herbs, of the genus...
- yaupon11n. The yaupon holly, Ilex vomitoria, an evergreen holly shrub with white...
- yawner12n. A person who yawns.
YE
- yeaaah12interj. Elongated form of yeah.
- yearly12adj. Happening once every year.
- yeasty12adj. Having or resembling yeast.
- yeehaw15interj. An expression of joy or excitement, commonly associated with cowboys.
- yeller9n. Someone who yells.
- yellow12n. The color of sunflower petals and lemons; the color obtained by mixing...
- yelper11n. One who yelps.
- yeoman11n. An official providing honorable service in a royal or high noble...
- yersel9pron. Yourself.
- yessir9interj. Used to express assent, especially to a male superior.
- yester9adv. Yesterday.
- yetzer18n. A desire or impulse.
YI
- yinzer18n. A native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
- yippee13interj. Used to express excitement or joy.
- yippie13n. A member of the Youth International Party, a group of politically...
- yitong10n. Manchu chess; a board game similar to chess, invented and traditionally...
- yizkor22n. An Ashkenazi memorial prayer service for the dead.
YO
- yogini10n. A female yogi.
- yogurt10n. A milk-based product stiffened by a bacterium-aided curdling process...
- yojana16n. A Vedic unit of distance used in ancient India, believed to be...
- yoking14n. The act or period of something being yoked.
- yolked14adj. Having a specified type of yolk.
- yonder10adv. At or in a distant but indicated place.
- yonsei9n. The fourth generation or great-grandchildren of Japanese immigrants...
- yoohoo12interj. Used to get attention.
- yorker13n. A ball bowled so as to bounce at or near the batsman's popping crease.
YT
- yttria9n. Yttrium oxide.
YU
119 rare six-letter words that start with Y
- yabber
- yabble
- yabghu
- yacare
- yacata
- yacker
- yacket
- yadder
- yaffle
- yagger
- yagona
- yakalo
- yakdan
- yakgwa
- yakhni
- yakker
- yakman
- yalman
- yampah
- yampee
- yangge
- yanker
- yaocho
- yaouri
- yappie
- yapsin
- yarage
- yaravi
- yarely
- yareta
- yarnen
- yarner
- yarooh
- yarpha
- yarrum
- yarwip
- yassuh
- yatiri
- yatren
- yatter
- yattle
- yautia
- yawler
- yawper
- yaxche
- yazata
- yblent
- ybound
- yclept
- yeaghe
- yeared
- yearer
- yearny
- yeasay
- yedoma
- yeeter
- yellee
- yelmer
- yennep
- yepsen
- yerbal
- yercum
- yerida
- yermic
- yernut
- yesish
- yesser
- yexing
- yibbum
- yichud
- yichus
- yidaki
- yieldy
- yiffer
- yikers
- yikker
- yintah
- yipper
- yizzer
- ylemic
- ylidic
- ynambu
- yockel
- yogasm
- yogger
- yogism
- yogist
- yoicks
- yoiker
- yoinks
- yokeag
- yolker
- yomper
- yonnie
- yoogle
- yopper
- yoriki
- yotzei
- youfie
- youses
- youthy
- yowler
- yowley
- yowzah
- yoxter
- yttric
- yucker
- yudane
- yueqin
- yugada
- yuhina
- yukhoe
- yukola
- yumoji
- yumpie
- yungan
- yunluo
- yurily
- yuzlik
Questions about these words
- How many six-letter words that start with Y are there?
- Word.ws lists 47 six-letter words that start with Y, plus 119 rare ones.
- What are common six-letter words that start with Y?
- yellow, yearly, yogurt, yankee, yorker, yakuza, yonder and yeoman.
- Which of the six-letter words that start with Y has the highest letter score?
- yizkor scores 22 points with the standard letter tile values.
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Source and license
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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