8-Letter Words Starting with Y
There are 28 eight-letter words that start with Y on Word.ws, from yachting to yuletide. The most common are yourself, youngest, youthful, yearbook and yielding.
Meanings from Wiktionary. Not an official Scrabble, Words With Friends or Wordle word list.
All 28 eight-letter words that start with Y
- yachting17n. A physical activity involving yachts, such as racing sailing boats...
- yakiniku19n. Meat grilled on a barbecue Japanese-style.
- yakisoba17n. A Japanese stir-fried dish made of fried wheat flour noodles, pork...
- yakitori15n. A Japanese shish kebab-type dish made with small pieces of chicken or...
- yardbird15n. A chicken.
- yardwork19n. Work done in maintaining a lawn, and related landscaping activities.
- yarmulke17n. A skullcap worn by religious Jewish males (especially during prayer).
- yarraman13n. Horse.
- yearbook17n. A reference book, published annually.
- yearling12n. An animal that is between one and two years old; one that is in its...
- yearlong12adj. Lasting one year; of a timespan of one year.
- yearning12n. A wistful or melancholy longing.
- yeasayer14n. One whose attitude is positive, optimistic, confidently affirmative.
- yellowed15adj. Having acquired a yellow color (or discoloration), especially when due...
- yeomanry16n. A class of small freeholders who cultivated their own land.
- yersinia11n. A Gram-negative bacterium, of the genus Yersinia, that is an...
- yessiree11interj. A more enthusiastic way of saying yes.
- yielding13adj. Docile, or inclined to give way to pressure.
- yodeling13n. The act of one who yodels.
- yokozuna24n. The highest rank of sumo wrestler, above ozeki; grand champion.
- youngest12adj. Most recently begun or formed.
- younging13n. The direction in which stratigraphy becomes younger, for a particular...
- youngish15adj. Somewhat young.
- youngman14n. A younger lover or sexual partner.
- yourself14pron. Your own self (singular).
- youthful17adj. Young or seeming young.
- yuanyang15n. A pair of mandarin ducks, one male and one female, as a symbol of...
- yuletide12n. The flower Camellia sasanqua, native to Japan and nearby islands.
143 rare eight-letter words that start with Y
- yabusame
- yachtdom
- yachtful
- yachtist
- yachtman
- yahoodom
- yahooish
- yahooism
- yahrzeit
- yajenine
- yakayaka
- yakhchal
- yakimono
- yakisugi
- yakshini
- yamagane
- yamamomo
- yamberry
- yammerer
- yamstick
- yanakuna
- yangonin
- yannigan
- yanolite
- yaoicest
- yapunyah
- yardfowl
- yardgoat
- yardland
- yardless
- yardlike
- yardroom
- yardsman
- yardsnap
- yardwand
- yarnless
- yarnlike
- yarnover
- yarwhelp
- yataghan
- yatalase
- yatalite
- yawingly
- yawlsman
- yawmeter
- yawnable
- yawnfest
- yawnless
- yawnsome
- yazidiat
- yclothed
- yeanling
- yearnful
- yearsman
- yeartext
- yeartide
- yeartime
- yearward
- yearwise
- yeastful
- yeastily
- yechidah
- yelamber
- yellable
- yellowen
- yellowly
- yelplike
- yenerite
- yentnite
- yeomanly
- yeorling
- yeowoman
- yepperoo
- yermosol
- yertchuk
- yesterly
- yestreen
- yeswoman
- yetilike
- yewberry
- yftisite
- yieldful
- yiffpile
- yiffsuit
- yinglong
- yirmilik
- yirratji
- yixunite
- yobibyte
- yobisute
- yoderite
- yoficate
- yogalike
- yogasana
- yogathon
- yogawear
- yoghourt
- yogified
- yogilike
- yokeable
- yokeldom
- yokeless
- yokelish
- yokelism
- yokemate
- yokewise
- yokewood
- yoldring
- yolkless
- yomawood
- yoncopin
- yonderly
- yongchak
- yoretime
- yorikiri
- yoselves
- yosenabe
- yosuzume
- yottabit
- yottaton
- youngcel
- youngify
- younglet
- youthify
- youthism
- youthman
- yperitic
- ypsiloid
- ysterbos
- ytterbia
- ytterbic
- ytterite
- yttrious
- yuckster
- yukonite
- yumberry
- yumeship
- yuppette
- yuppyish
- yuribait
- yuricest
- yurtlike
- yuzuquat
Questions about these words
- How many eight-letter words that start with Y are there?
- Word.ws lists 28 eight-letter words that start with Y, plus 143 rare ones.
- What are common eight-letter words that start with Y?
- yourself, youngest, youthful, yearbook, yielding, yearning, yachting and yearling.
- Which of the eight-letter words that start with Y has the highest letter score?
- yokozuna scores 24 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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