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5-Letter Words Starting with Y (49 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
yaffs (14 points)
Yaff
Y·4+A·1+F·4+F·4+S·1 = 14 pts
yagis (9 points)
Directional antenna arrays
Y·4+A·1+G·2+I·1+S·1 = 9 pts
yangs (9 points)
Honks of wild geese.
Cries of the wild goose
Cries of the wild goose.
Y·4+A·1+N·1+G·2+S·1 = 9 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
yards (9 points)
Dashed measurement (wordplay)
Home fronts (wordplay)
Giant advances (wordplay)
Y·4+A·1+R·1+D·2+S·1 = 9 pts
yarns (8 points)
Questionable tales perhaps
Stories with a twist to them (wordplay)
Overdrawn accounts (wordplay)
Y·4+A·1+R·1+N·1+S·1 = 8 pts
yauds (9 points)
Yaud
Y·4+A·1+U·1+D·2+S·1 = 9 pts
yaups (10 points)
Loud cries
Squawks
Y·4+A·1+U·1+P·3+S·1 = 10 pts
yawls (11 points)
Two-masted sailboats
Two-masted vessels
Two-masted ships
Y·4+A·1+W·4+L·1+S·1 = 11 pts
yawns (11 points)
Applauds a bore (wordplay)
Signs of boredom (wordplay)
Long-meeting phenomena (wordplay)
Y·4+A·1+W·4+N·1+S·1 = 11 pts
yawps (13 points)
Makes raucous noises
Puts up a squawk
Makes a raucous noise
Y·4+A·1+W·4+P·3+S·1 = 13 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
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
yechs (13 points)
Yech
Y·4+E·1+C·3+H·4+S·1 = 13 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
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
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
yills (8 points)
Yill
Y·4+I·1+L·1+L·1+S·1 = 8 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
yirds (9 points)
Yird
Y·4+I·1+R·1+D·2+S·1 = 9 pts
yirrs (8 points)
Yirr
Y·4+I·1+R·1+R·1+S·1 = 8 pts
ylems (10 points)
Masses of matter
Y·4+L·1+E·1+M·3+S·1 = 10 pts
yocks (14 points)
Yock
Y·4+O·1+C·3+K·5+S·1 = 14 pts
yodhs (12 points)
Yodh
Y·4+O·1+D·2+H·4+S·1 = 12 pts
yogas (9 points)
Group focused on liberation
Hatha and others
Hatha and bikram, for two
Y·4+O·1+G·2+A·1+S·1 = 9 pts
yoghs (12 points)
Yogh
Y·4+O·1+G·2+H·4+S·1 = 12 pts
yogis (9 points)
Bear and Berra
They help get your asanas in shape
Seekers of the universal soul.
Y·4+O·1+G·2+I·1+S·1 = 9 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
yonis (8 points)
Yoni
Y·4+O·1+N·1+I·1+S·1 = 8 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
yours (8 points)
Not mine maybe
Family, perhaps, of 'you, and not mine'
Best alternative (wordplay)
Y·4+O·1+U·1+R·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
yowes (11 points)
Yowe
Y·4+O·1+W·4+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts
yowls (11 points)
Utter shrieks as of cats
Utter shrieks, as of cats
Cries of pain
Y·4+O·1+W·4+L·1+S·1 = 11 pts
yuans (8 points)
Certain Chinese bills
Governmental departments in Taiwan
Chinese equivalent of 50c pieces.
Y·4+U·1+A·1+N·1+S·1 = 8 pts
yucks (14 points)
Improv sounds on a good night
Y·4+U·1+C·3+K·5+S·1 = 14 pts
yugas (9 points)
Hindu ages
Y·4+U·1+G·2+A·1+S·1 = 9 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
yurts (8 points)
Mongolian tents (anagram of RUSTY)
Portable, circular dwellings
Circular tents used by nomads
Y·4+U·1+R·1+T·1+S·1 = 8 pts

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