Word.ws English Dictionary

Words That Start with YE

There are 88 words that start with YE on Word.ws, from 2 to 12 letters. The most common length is 4 letters (18 words). The words used most often are year, years, yet, yes and yeah.

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

2-letter words that start with YE

  • ye5pron. You (the people being addressed).

3-letter words that start with YE

  • yea6adv. Yes, indeed.
  • yed7v. To magnify greatly in narration; exaggerate a tale; fib.
  • yee6pron. You (the people being addressed); alternative spelling of ye.
  • yem8n. A Vietnamese bodice with a halterneck and a V-shaped bottom worn by...
  • yen6n. The unit of Japanese currency (symbol: ¥) since 1871, divided into 100...
  • yep8interj. Yes.
  • yer6n. Either of the letters ъ and ь in Cyrillic alphabets, which originally...
  • yes6part. Used to show agreement or acceptance.
  • yet6adv. In negative or interrogative use, often with an expectation or...
  • yew9n. A species of coniferous tree, Taxus baccata, with dark-green flat...
  • yez15pron. You (plural).

4-letter words that start with YE

  • yeah10part. Yes.
  • yean7v. To give birth to.
  • year7n. A period of time akin to the time taken for the Earth to undergo a full...
  • yebo9adv. Yes.
  • yech12interj. An exclamation of disgust.
  • yees7pron. You.
  • yeet7interj. Expressing excitement or approval.
  • yeld8adj. Barren, not pregnant, not giving milk.
  • yell7v. To shout; holler; make a loud sound with the voice, especially to...
  • yelm9n. A bundle of straw laid out straight, chiefly to be used for thatching...
  • yelp9n. An abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance.
  • yens7pron. You, you all; used in referring to a group that includes one's audience.
  • yeow10interj. Expressing sudden pain or startlement.
  • yere7pron. Your (plural); of ye, belonging to ye.
  • yeri7n. Lake.
  • yeti7n. An unidentified humanoid animal said to live in the Himalayas.
  • yett7n. Gate.
  • yeuk11n. Itch, a prickly feeling.

5-letter words that start with YE

  • 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.

6-letter words that start with 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.

7-letter words that start with YE

  • yearend11n. The end of a year, especially a financial year.
  • yeasted11adj. Treated with yeast; fermented.
  • yelling11n. The act of producing a yell.
  • yellows13n. A kind of jaundice found in horses, cattle, and sheep, causing...
  • yellowy16adj. Somewhat yellow; yellowish.
  • yelping13n. The act of producing a yelp.
  • yeppers14interj. Yes.
  • yeshiva16n. An academy for the advanced study of Jewish texts.

8-letter words that start with YE

  • 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.

9-letter words that start with YE

  • 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.

10-letter words that start with YE

  • yellowbird19n. The yellow warbler.
  • yellowcake22n. A concentrated form of uranium ore containing a mixture of oxides.
  • yellowface21n. A style of theatrical makeup in which a white actor yellows their face...
  • yellowhead20n. A yellowhead butterflyfish (Chaetodon xanthocephalus).
  • yellowlegs17n. Synonym of yellowleg.
  • yellowness16n. The state, quality, or degree of being yellow in colour.
  • yellowtail16adj. Having a yellow tail.
  • yellowwood20n. Any of the tree genus Cladrastis.
  • yesteryear16n. Past years; time gone by; yore.

11-letter words that start with YE

12-letter words that start with YE

  • yellowhammer25n. A passerine bird, Emberiza citrinella, of western Eurasia, which is...
  • yellowthroat21n. Any of a mostly yellow-colored group of New World warblers in the genus...
188 rare words that start with YE

Questions about these words

How many words that start with YE are there?
Word.ws lists 88 words that start with YE, plus 188 rare ones.
What are common words that start with YE?
year, years, yet, yes, yeah, yesterday, yellow and yep.
Which of the words that start with YE has the highest letter score?
yellowhammer scores 25 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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