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5-Letter Words Starting with Y (41 words)
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yager (9 points)
Short-barreled rifle
"Buck Rogers" Sunday artist 1933-58
Type of rifle
Y·4+A·1+G·2+E·1+R·1 = 9 pts
yamen (10 points)
Residence of a Chinese official
Mandarin's office
Mandarin's quarters
Y·4+A·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 10 pts
yarer (8 points)
More quick to the helm
Quicker to the helm
More maneuverable at sea
Y·4+A·1+R·1+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
yawed (12 points)
Swerved at sea
Swerved off course
Swerved off-course
Y·4+A·1+W·4+E·1+D·2 = 12 pts
yeans (8 points)
Gives birth to as lambs
Gives birth to a kid
Has a lamb
Y·4+E·1+A·1+N·1+S·1 = 8 pts
yearn (8 points)
Strongly long (for)
Crave (with "for")
Be homesick say
Y·4+E·1+A·1+R·1+N·1 = 8 pts
years (8 points)
Sentence units (wordplay)
Periods of global revolution (wordplay)
Threescore and ten, perhaps.
Y·4+E·1+A·1+R·1+S·1 = 8 pts
yeast (8 points)
Word with bottom (wine sediment)
It doubles your dough (wordplay)
Bakery elevator (wordplay)
Y·4+E·1+A·1+S·1+T·1 = 8 pts
yecch (15 points)
This tastes horrible!
That's gross!
This tastes terrible!
Y·4+E·1+C·3+C·3+H·4 = 15 pts
yechs (13 points)
Yech
Y·4+E·1+C·3+H·4+S·1 = 13 pts
yechy (16 points)
Disgusting
Y·4+E·1+C·3+H·4+Y·4 = 16 pts
yeggs (10 points)
People with safe jobs (wordplay)
Hoods with safe jobs (wordplay)
Thieves in safe spaces (wordplay)
Y·4+E·1+G·2+G·2+S·1 = 10 pts
yelks (12 points)
Yelk
Y·4+E·1+L·1+K·5+S·1 = 12 pts
yells (8 points)
Makes oneself hoarse, perhaps
Makes a long-distance call (wordplay)
Makes sure one is heard maybe
Y·4+E·1+L·1+L·1+S·1 = 8 pts
yelps (10 points)
Cries from a boxer, perhaps
Reacts to being startled, perhaps
Looks for a good place to eat, perhaps
Y·4+E·1+L·1+P·3+S·1 = 10 pts
yenta (8 points)
Dirt accumulator (wordplay)
Grapevine cultivator (wordplay)
Grapevine planter (wordplay)
Y·4+E·1+N·1+T·1+A·1 = 8 pts
yente (8 points)
The Matchmaker's quality (wordplay)
One doing the dishes (wordplay)
Broadway character who sings The Rumor
Y·4+E·1+N·1+T·1+E·1 = 8 pts
yerba (10 points)
mat brewed beverage
Buena evergreen herb
San Francisco Bays Buena Island
Y·4+E·1+R·1+B·3+A·1 = 10 pts
yerks (12 points)
Goads a hillbilly
Y·4+E·1+R·1+K·5+S·1 = 12 pts
yeses (8 points)
Replies to one's boss (wordplay)
They're positively responses!
Sycophant's sayings
Y·4+E·1+S·1+E·1+S·1 = 8 pts
yetis (8 points)
Himalayan hazards (wordplay)
Bigfoot's family (wordplay)
Himalayan heavies (wordplay)
Y·4+E·1+T·1+I·1+S·1 = 8 pts
yetts (8 points)
Yett
Y·4+E·1+T·1+T·1+S·1 = 8 pts
yeuks (12 points)
Yeuk
Y·4+E·1+U·1+K·5+S·1 = 12 pts
yeuky (15 points)
{itchy=adj}
Y·4+E·1+U·1+K·5+Y·4 = 15 pts
yield (9 points)
Give in (to)
Give out (or give in)
Give way (to a vessel with right of way)
Y·4+I·1+E·1+L·1+D·2 = 9 pts
yikes (12 points)
Gosh! - Oh no!
Key is lost? That's awful!
That can't be good!
Y·4+I·1+K·5+E·1+S·1 = 12 pts
yince (10 points)
Once
Y·4+I·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 10 pts
yipes (10 points)
Oh my goodness!
This is looking bad!
Holy cow! This could be bad!
Y·4+I·1+P·3+E·1+S·1 = 10 pts
ylems (10 points)
Masses of matter
Y·4+L·1+E·1+M·3+S·1 = 10 pts
yodel (9 points)
Sing on a peak, maybe
Sing "The Lonely Goatherd," say
Off-peak call (wordplay)
Y·4+O·1+D·2+E·1+L·1 = 9 pts
yodle (9 points)
Swiss warble (Var.)
Swiss song variable
Type of song.
Y·4+O·1+D·2+L·1+E·1 = 9 pts
yogee (9 points)
Hindu ascetic variable
Hindu ascetic Var.
Y·4+O·1+G·2+E·1+E·1 = 9 pts
yoked (13 points)
Working side by side, maybe
Working as a farm team (wordplay)
On a farm team (wordplay)
Y·4+O·1+K·5+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts
yokel (12 points)
Clem Kadiddlehopper, say
Rustic person (derogatory)
Clem Kadiddlehopper say
Y·4+O·1+K·5+E·1+L·1 = 12 pts
yokes (12 points)
Farm teams (wordplay)
Joins the team (wordplay)
Gets the team together (wordplay)
Y·4+O·1+K·5+E·1+S·1 = 12 pts
yores (8 points)
Times of old
Times long past
Times long past.
Y·4+O·1+R·1+E·1+S·1 = 8 pts
youse (8 points)
Dead End kid's pronoun.
Y'all relative
Pronoun for Leo Gorcey
Y·4+O·1+U·1+S·1+E·1 = 8 pts
yowed (12 points)
Yow
Y·4+O·1+W·4+E·1+D·2 = 12 pts
yowes (11 points)
Yowe
Y·4+O·1+W·4+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts
yowie (11 points)
Gosh, that's painful!
Golly gee whiz!
Ouch, that hurts!
Y·4+O·1+W·4+I·1+E·1 = 11 pts
yules (8 points)
Present times (wordplay)
Birthday celebrations (wordplay)
Tree-buying times
Y·4+U·1+L·1+E·1+S·1 = 8 pts

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