9-Letter Words Starting with Y
There are 13 nine-letter words that start with Y on Word.ws, from yachtsman to yumminess. The most common are yesterday, youngster, yellowish, yardstick and yellowing.
Meanings from Wiktionary. Not an official Scrabble, Words With Friends or Wordle word list.
All 13 nine-letter words that start with Y
- yachtsman19n. A man who sails a yacht.
- yamabushi19n. A Japanese ascetic hermit who dwells on a mountain.
- yammering17n. Loud, incoherent, repetitive speech.
- yardstick19n. A measuring rod thirty-six inches (one yard) long.
- yellowfin18n. Any of various fish with yellow fins.
- yellowing16n. The process of turning yellow.
- yellowish18adj. Somewhat yellow in colour.
- yesterday16n. The day immediately before today; one day ago.
- yohimbine19n. A toxic crystalline compound obtained from the bark of the yohimbe...
- youngling14n. A young person, animal, or plant; chit.
- youngster13n. A young person.
- ytterbium16n. A metallic chemical element with an atomic number of 70.
- yumminess16n. The state or condition of being yummy.
113 rare nine-letter words that start with Y
- yachtless
- yachtlike
- yachtwear
- yakimeshi
- yamaskite
- yamogenin
- yamstchik
- yangambin
- yanyuedao
- yaoifully
- yaouriful
- yaourigem
- yappiness
- yappingly
- yardarita
- yardgrass
- yardhorse
- yardlight
- yarncraft
- yarnmaker
- yarnstorm
- yarringle
- yarrowite
- yashmaked
- yattering
- yawnathon
- yawnfully
- yawniness
- yawningly
- yearbooky
- yeargroup
- yearnsome
- yearslong
- yeastless
- yeastlike
- yecoraite
- yedlinite
- yeibichai
- yelloweye
- yellowism
- yellowleg
- yellowsis
- yellowtop
- yeoperson
- yeoryeong
- yepperoni
- yersinial
- yeshivish
- yesmanism
- yesterdom
- yestereve
- yestergay
- yestersol
- yieldable
- yieldance
- yieldless
- yimengite
- yobbishly
- yobidashi
- yoctogram
- yoctomole
- yoficator
- yogaholic
- yoghurted
- yogically
- yogurtery
- yolkiness
- yonogenin
- yoofspeak
- yoohooing
- yotsugake
- yottabyte
- yottaflop
- yottagram
- youngerly
- youngfolk
- younghead
- younghood
- younginid
- younglike
- youngness
- youngsome
- youngthly
- youseself
- youthfest
- youthhead
- youthhood
- youthless
- youthlike
- youthness
- youthsome
- youthtide
- youthtime
- youthward
- youthwear
- youthwort
- yowlingly
- ytterbate
- ytterbian
- ytterbite
- ytterbous
- yubitsume
- yuccoside
- yuckiness
- yuenyeung
- yukkiness
- yumptious
- yumtastic
- yuppiedom
- yuppieism
- yuppiness
- yurifully
- yuzukosho
Questions about these words
- How many nine-letter words that start with Y are there?
- Word.ws lists 13 nine-letter words that start with Y, plus 113 rare ones.
- What are common nine-letter words that start with Y?
- yesterday, youngster, yellowish, yardstick, yellowing, yellowfin, yachtsman and yammering.
- Which of the nine-letter words that start with Y has the highest letter score?
- yohimbine scores 19 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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