5-Letter Words Starting with Y

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5-Letter Words Starting with Y (16 words)
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yacks (14 points)
Talks and talks
Talks and then some
Shoots the breeze
Y·4+A·1+C·3+K·5+S·1 = 14 pts
yanks (12 points)
N Americans are jerks!
Tugs for the American team (wordplay)
Trent Reznor's band
Y·4+A·1+N·1+K·5+S·1 = 12 pts
yapok (14 points)
S A opossum
S. A. opossum
Amphibious opossum of South America
Y·4+A·1+P·3+O·1+K·5 = 14 pts
yelks (12 points)
Yelk
Y·4+E·1+L·1+K·5+S·1 = 12 pts
yerks (12 points)
Goads a hillbilly
Y·4+E·1+R·1+K·5+S·1 = 12 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
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
yocks (14 points)
Yock
Y·4+O·1+C·3+K·5+S·1 = 14 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
yolks (12 points)
Omelet maker's discards, perhaps
Omelet makers discards perhaps
Imparters of richness
Y·4+O·1+L·1+K·5+S·1 = 12 pts
yolky (15 points)
Yellow in a way
Like the yellow parts of eggs
Having an unusually large yellow part
Y·4+O·1+L·1+K·5+Y·4 = 15 pts
yucks (14 points)
Improv sounds on a good night
Y·4+U·1+C·3+K·5+S·1 = 14 pts
yucky (17 points)
Eliciting an 'ugh,' maybe
Eliciting an "ugh," maybe
Full of bad taste (wordplay)
Y·4+U·1+C·3+K·5+Y·4 = 17 pts

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