Words That Start with YU
There are 38 words that start with YU on Word.ws, from 2 to 9 letters. The most common length is 4 letters (15 words). The words used most often are yup, yu, yuan, yuri and yummy.
Meanings from Wiktionary. Not an official Scrabble, Words With Friends or Wordle word list.
2-letter words that start with YU
- yu5n. An ancient Chinese wine-bucket, often having a decorative cover.
3-letter words that start with YU
4-letter words that start with YU
- yuan7n. The basic unit of money in China.
- yuba9n. Dried tofu skin; the film that forms on top of a vat of boiling soy...
- yuca9n. Cassava.
- yuck13interj. Uttered to indicate disgust usually toward an objectionable taste or...
- yuen7n. A crowned gibbon or pileated gibbon (Hylobates pileatus).
- yuga8n. In Hindu theology, a period of a few hundred or thousand years, or an...
- yuka11n. A secular Afro-Cuban musical tradition with drumming, singing and...
- yuko11n. The score for a throw that lands the opponent on his or her side.
- yuks11n. Laughter, amusement.
- yumi9n. A type of archery bow from Japan.
- yump11v. To leave the ground briefly when driving over a ridge at high speed.
- yuri7n. A narrative or visual work featuring a romantic or sexual relationship...
- yurt7n. A large, round, semi-permanent tent with vertical walls and a conical...
- yutz16v. To waste time.
- yuzu16n. A citrus fruit originating in East Asia, Citrus ichangensis x Citrus...
5-letter words that start with YU
- yucca12n. Any of several evergreen plants of the genus Yucca, having long...
- yucky17adj. Of something highly offensive; causing aversion or disgust.
- yugen9n. A Japanese ideal of grace and subtlety.
- yulan8n. Magnolia denudata, a species of magnolia with large white blossoms that...
- yummo12interj. Yum; yummy.
- yummy15adj. Delicious.
- yurei8n. A ghost, spirit of the dead, in Japanese mythology.
- yusho11n. The top-ranking position at the end of a basho; the championship.
- yuuge9adj. Elongated form of yuge.
6-letter words that start with YU
7-letter words that start with YU
8-letter words that start with YU
9-letter words that start with YU
- yumminess16n. The state or condition of being yummy.
79 rare words that start with YU
- yuanbao
- yuanfuliite
- yuanjiangite
- yubitsume
- yuccaloeside
- yuccoside
- yucker
- yuckety
- yuckily
- yuckiness
- yucko
- yuckster
- yudane
- yuehchukene
- yuenyeung
- yueqin
- yufka
- yuft
- yugada
- yugawaralite
- yuhina
- yukar
- yukgaejang
- yukhoe
- yukigassen
- yukkiness
- yukola
- yukonite
- yuksporite
- yulo
- yuloh
- yumberry
- yumeship
- yumeshipper
- yummers
- yummify
- yummily
- yummylicious
- yumoji
- yumpie
- yumptious
- yumtastic
- yunaconitine
- yunga
- yungan
- yunluo
- yunnanosaurid
- yunnanozoan
- yunnori
- yuppette
- yuppiedom
- yuppiehood
- yuppieism
- yuppification
- yuppiness
- yuppity
- yuppo
- yuppyish
- yups
- yure
- yuremamine
- yuribait
- yuricest
- yuriful
- yurifully
- yurigem
- yurily
- yurk
- yurla
- yurta
- yurting
- yurtlike
- yuruk
- yusdrum
- yush
- yushkinite
- yuzlik
- yuzukosho
- yuzuquat
Questions about these words
- How many words that start with YU are there?
- Word.ws lists 38 words that start with YU, plus 79 rare ones.
- What are common words that start with YU?
- yup, yu, yuan, yuri, yummy, yum, yuck and yue.
- Which of the words that start with YU has the highest letter score?
- yucky scores 17 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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