4-Letter Words Starting with Y

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4-Letter Words Starting with Y (16 words)
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yaks (11 points)
Monopolizes the conversation, maybe
Chatty beasts (wordplay)
Needs a phone plan upgrade, say
Y·4+A·1+K·5+S·1 = 11 pts
yams (9 points)
Might M say they're edible (wordplay)
Turkey's neighbor (wordplay)
Turkey neighbor (wordplay)
Y·4+A·1+M·3+S·1 = 9 pts
yaps (9 points)
Lab complaints (wordplay)
Lab sounds (wordplay)
Scares off a burglar, maybe
Y·4+A·1+P·3+S·1 = 9 pts
yaws (10 points)
Goes off on a tangent (wordplay)
Goes off course
Swings around, as a sailboat.
Y·4+A·1+W·4+S·1 = 10 pts
yays (10 points)
Reactions to good news
Cheers of joy
Cheers for successes
Y·4+A·1+Y·4+S·1 = 10 pts
yeas (7 points)
Pro group (wordplay)
For words (wordplay)
Pro team (wordplay)
Y·4+E·1+A·1+S·1 = 7 pts
yens (7 points)
Hopes to become rich in Japan (wordplay)
Oriental urges (wordplay)
Has an itch (for)
Y·4+E·1+N·1+S·1 = 7 pts
yews (10 points)
Exploit these trees (wordplay)
Trees for making longbows
Conifers with pliable wood
Y·4+E·1+W·4+S·1 = 10 pts
yins (7 points)
Counterparts of yangs
Yangs' counterparts
Chinese weights
Y·4+I·1+N·1+S·1 = 7 pts
yips (9 points)
Sounds from squeaky toys (wordplay)
Cat alarms (wordplay)
Athlete's woe (with "the")
Y·4+I·1+P·3+S·1 = 9 pts
yobs (9 points)
Rowdy crowd, in Manchester
Boys being hooligans
Hooligans (informal)
Y·4+O·1+B·3+S·1 = 9 pts
yods (8 points)
Hebrew letters
Torah pointers
Y·4+O·1+D·2+S·1 = 8 pts
yoks (11 points)
Kinds of laughs
Hearty laughs, in a way
Belly laughs
Y·4+O·1+K·5+S·1 = 11 pts
yows (10 points)
Sounds from tattoo parlors, perhaps
Cries during a bikini waxing (wordplay)
Pained expressions (wordplay)
Y·4+O·1+W·4+S·1 = 10 pts
yuks (11 points)
A few laughs
Sounds from a comedy club
Hearty har-hars
Y·4+U·1+K·5+S·1 = 11 pts
ywis (10 points)
Certainly Archaic.
Certainly: Archaic.
Y·4+W·4+I·1+S·1 = 10 pts

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