Words That Start with YO

There are 76 words that start with YO on Word.ws, from 2 to 12 letters. The most common length is 4 letters (20 words). The words used most often are you, your, young, york and yourself.

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

2-letter words that start with YO

yo5interj. A greeting similar to hi.

3-letter words that start with YO

yob8n. A boy.
yod7n. A palatal approximant, /j/.
yoh9interj. Expresses surprise, wonder, admiration, frustration, shock, or distress.
yoi6n. A preparatory position in karate, with the arms slightly forward...
yon6det. Distant, but within sight; (that thing) just over there.
yop8n. A person employed under the Youth Opportunities Programme in Britain in...
yot6n. The letter Ϳϳ, an uncommon variant of Jj used in Greek linguistics.
you6pron. The people spoken, or written to, as an object.
yow9interj. Expression of pain; ouch.

4-letter words that start with YO

yobo9n. A soldier's female Korean lover or hired prostitute.
yock13n. A laugh, especially a loud or hearty one.
yoga8n. Any of several Hindu or Buddhist disciplines aimed at training the...
yogi8n. A devotee or adherent of yoga.
yoho10interj. Synonym of yo-ho-ho.
yoik11n. A traditional style of Sami singing or chanting.
yoke11n. A bar or frame by which two oxen or other draught animals are joined at...
yola7n. Cocaine.
yolk11n. The yellow, spherical part of an egg that is surrounded by the white...
yomp11n. A long-distance march carrying full kit.
yond8adj. Further; more distant.
yoni7n. The vulva or vagina, or a symbol of them, especially as an object of...
yoof10n. Youth (young person, young people or the state of being young).
yore7n. A time long past.
york11v. To bowl a yorker at a batsman, especially to get a batsman out in this...
yorn7pron. Yours.
yote7v. To pour water on; pour in.
your7det. Belonging to you; of you; related to you (singular; one owner).
yous7pron. You.
yowl10n. A prolonged, loud cry, like the sound of an animal; a wail; a howl.

5-letter words that start with YO

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...

6-letter words that start with 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.

7-letter words that start with YO

yodeler11n. One who sings so that their voice fluctuates rapidly between their...
yohimbe17n. An African tree Pausinystalia johimbe.
younger11adj. Synonym of junior.
youngin11n. A young one: a youth, a child, a kid, young person.
younker14n. Junker.
yowling14n. A sound that yowls.

8-letter words that start with YO

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.

9-letter words that start with YO

yohimbine19n. A toxic crystalline compound obtained from the bark of the yohimbe...
youngling14n. A young person, animal, or plant; chit.
youngster13n. A young person.

10-letter words that start with YO

youngblood17n. Someone who constitutes or brings fresh blood, especially a youngster...
yourselves16pron. You (plural), used to intensify the subject as the group addressed.
youthfully22adv. In a youthful manner.
youthquake29n. A noticeable shift in society or culture in response to the activities...

12-letter words that start with YO

youthfulness21n. The vitality characteristic of youth.

200 rare words that start with YO

Questions about these words

How many words that start with YO are there?: Word.ws lists 76 words that start with YO, plus 200 rare ones.
What are common words that start with YO?: you, your, young, york, yourself, yours, youth and younger.
Which of the words that start with YO has the highest letter score?: youthquake scores 29 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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