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4-Letter Words (6):

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

5-Letter Words (17):

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

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

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

yugas (9 points)

Hindu ages

Y·4+U·1+G·2+A·1+S·1 = 9 pts

6-Letter Words (14):

yachts (14 points)

Blue blood vessels (wordplay)

Act shy (anagram)

Vessels for cruises (wordplay)

Y·4+A·1+C·3+H·4+T·1+S·1 = 14 pts

yagers (10 points)

Birds of the gull family variable

Birds of the gull family Var.

German riflemen.

Y·4+A·1+G·2+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 10 pts

yahoos (12 points)

Swift denizens (wordplay)

Swift characters (wordplay)

Brutes in "Gulliver's Travels"

Y·4+A·1+H·4+O·1+O·1+S·1 = 12 pts

yairds (10 points)

Yaird

Y·4+A·1+I·1+R·1+D·2+S·1 = 10 pts

yamens (11 points)

Chinese government offices

Mandarins' residences.

Chinese offices

Y·4+A·1+M·3+E·1+N·1+S·1 = 11 pts

yamuns (11 points)

Yamun

Y·4+A·1+M·3+U·1+N·1+S·1 = 11 pts

yapoks (15 points)

Yapok

Y·4+A·1+P·3+O·1+K·5+S·1 = 15 pts

yapons (11 points)

Yapon

Y·4+A·1+P·3+O·1+N·1+S·1 = 11 pts

yearns (9 points)

Has a longing (for)

Is homesick, say

'Craves, longs for (6)'

Y·4+E·1+A·1+R·1+N·1+S·1 = 9 pts

yeasts (9 points)

Raising agents, sayest thou (wordplay)

Expansion agents of sorts

They build up spirits

Y·4+E·1+A·1+S·1+T·1+S·1 = 9 pts

yentas (9 points)

Silver meddlers (wordplay)

Grapevine starters (wordplay)

Members of the meddle class (wordplay)

Y·4+E·1+N·1+T·1+A·1+S·1 = 9 pts

yerbas (11 points)

Herbs for making mate.

Mate and buena

Certain herbs

Y·4+E·1+R·1+B·3+A·1+S·1 = 11 pts

yuccas (13 points)

Agave family plants

Desert plants with white flowers

State flowers of New Mexicompany

Y·4+U·1+C·3+C·3+A·1+S·1 = 13 pts

yulans (9 points)

Chinese magnolias.

Y·4+U·1+L·1+A·1+N·1+S·1 = 9 pts

7-Letter Words (17):

yabbers (14 points)

Australian word for talks or conversations

Prattles

Y·4+A·1+B·3+B·3+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 14 pts

yakkers (18 points)

Chatterboxes

Y·4+A·1+K·5+K·5+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 18 pts

yammers (14 points)

Says a lot

Won't shut up

Talks on and on

Y·4+A·1+M·3+M·3+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 14 pts

yanquis (19 points)

Yanqui

Y·4+A·1+N·1+Q·10+U·1+I·1+S·1 = 19 pts

yantras (10 points)

Yantra

Y·4+A·1+N·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+S·1 = 10 pts

yapocks (18 points)

Yapock

Y·4+A·1+P·3+O·1+C·3+K·5+S·1 = 18 pts

yappers (14 points)

Small noisy dogs

Little dogs, at times

They won't stop talking

Y·4+A·1+P·3+P·3+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 14 pts

yarners (10 points)

Yarner

Y·4+A·1+R·1+N·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 10 pts

yarrows (13 points)

Plants with flat-topped flower clusters

Common perennial herbs.

Fernlike plants

Y·4+A·1+R·1+R·1+O·1+W·4+S·1 = 13 pts

yasmaks (16 points)

Yasmak

Y·4+A·1+S·1+M·3+A·1+K·5+S·1 = 16 pts

yatters (10 points)

Jabbers incessantly

Chats aimlessly

Y·4+A·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 10 pts

yaupers (12 points)

Noisy talkers Var.

Noisy talkers variable

Y·4+A·1+U·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 12 pts

yaupons (12 points)

Yaupon

Y·4+A·1+U·1+P·3+O·1+N·1+S·1 = 12 pts

yautias (10 points)

Yautia

Y·4+A·1+U·1+T·1+I·1+A·1+S·1 = 10 pts

yawners (13 points)

Members of the bored

They're boring

Dull sporting events

Y·4+A·1+W·4+N·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 13 pts

yawpers (15 points)

Yawper

Y·4+A·1+W·4+P·3+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 15 pts

yttrias (10 points)

Yttria

Y·4+T·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+S·1 = 10 pts

8-Letter Words (14):

yachters (16 points)

America's Cup contestants

They may possess 50-footers

Commodore's group

Y·4+A·1+C·3+H·4+T·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 16 pts

yamalkas (17 points)

Yamalka

Y·4+A·1+M·3+A·1+L·1+K·5+A·1+S·1 = 17 pts

yamulkas (17 points)

Yamulka

Y·4+A·1+M·3+U·1+L·1+K·5+A·1+S·1 = 17 pts

yardages (13 points)

Measures revising grade, say

Hole numbers (wordplay)

Golf hole numbers (wordplay)

Y·4+A·1+R·1+D·2+A·1+G·2+E·1+S·1 = 13 pts

yardarms (14 points)

Hanging supporters (wordplay)

Square sail segments

Parts of spars

Y·4+A·1+R·1+D·2+A·1+R·1+M·3+S·1 = 14 pts

yashmacs (18 points)

Yashmac

Y·4+A·1+S·1+H·4+M·3+A·1+C·3+S·1 = 18 pts

yashmaks (20 points)

Goes on about a quiet maiden's headgear

Face veils worn by some Muslim women

Screens obstruct The Faces

Y·4+A·1+S·1+H·4+M·3+A·1+K·5+S·1 = 20 pts

yatagans (12 points)

Yatagan

Y·4+A·1+T·1+A·1+G·2+A·1+N·1+S·1 = 12 pts

yawpings (17 points)

Prattling utterances

Y·4+A·1+W·4+P·3+I·1+N·1+G·2+S·1 = 17 pts

yealings (12 points)

Yealing

Y·4+E·1+A·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+G·2+S·1 = 12 pts

yearends (12 points)

Decembers' final days

Some December magazine lists

Final financials

Y·4+E·1+A·1+R·1+E·1+N·1+D·2+S·1 = 12 pts

yearlies (11 points)

Almanacs, for instance

Almanacs, calendars, etc.

Some vet appointments

Y·4+E·1+A·1+R·1+L·1+I·1+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts

yearners (11 points)

They say, "Wait till next year!"

Ones who pine

Victims of longing.

Y·4+E·1+A·1+R·1+N·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 11 pts

yeshivas (17 points)

Places to study the Talmud

Places where the Torah is studied

Some religious schools

Y·4+E·1+S·1+H·4+I·1+V·4+A·1+S·1 = 17 pts

9-Letter Words (22):

yachtings (18 points)

Yachting

Y·4+A·1+C·3+H·4+T·1+I·1+N·1+G·2+S·1 = 18 pts

yahooisms (17 points)

Yahooism

Y·4+A·1+H·4+O·1+O·1+I·1+S·1+M·3+S·1 = 17 pts

yahrzeits (24 points)

Yahrzeit

Y·4+A·1+H·4+R·1+Z·10+E·1+I·1+T·1+S·1 = 24 pts

yakitoris (16 points)

Yakitori

Y·4+A·1+K·5+I·1+T·1+O·1+R·1+I·1+S·1 = 16 pts

yammerers (16 points)

Talkative ones

Y·4+A·1+M·3+M·3+E·1+R·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 16 pts

yardbirds (16 points)

Cons, slangily Quarterback (nonverbal)

The Bee Gees' Saturday sweat

Cons in a pen

Y·4+A·1+R·1+D·2+B·3+I·1+R·1+D·2+S·1 = 16 pts

yardlands (14 points)

Yardland

Y·4+A·1+R·1+D·2+L·1+A·1+N·1+D·2+S·1 = 14 pts

yardwands (17 points)

Yardwand

Y·4+A·1+R·1+D·2+W·4+A·1+N·1+D·2+S·1 = 17 pts

yardworks (20 points)

Yardwork

Y·4+A·1+R·1+D·2+W·4+O·1+R·1+K·5+S·1 = 20 pts

yarmelkes (18 points)

Yarmelke

Y·4+A·1+R·1+M·3+E·1+L·1+K·5+E·1+S·1 = 18 pts

yarmulkes (18 points)

Tel Aviv toppers

Certain religious head coverings

Y·4+A·1+R·1+M·3+U·1+L·1+K·5+E·1+S·1 = 18 pts

yataghans (16 points)

Turkish sabers

Y·4+A·1+T·1+A·1+G·2+H·4+A·1+N·1+S·1 = 16 pts

yawmeters (17 points)

Yawmeter

Y·4+A·1+W·4+M·3+E·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 17 pts

yeanlings (13 points)

Yeanling

Y·4+E·1+A·1+N·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+G·2+S·1 = 13 pts

yearbooks (18 points)

Annual school publications

*Memorabilia at a reunion

After long time orders almanacs

Y·4+E·1+A·1+R·1+B·3+O·1+O·1+K·5+S·1 = 18 pts

yearlings (13 points)

Annual thoroughbreds (wordplay)

Racehorses in their second year

Certain race horses

Y·4+E·1+A·1+R·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+G·2+S·1 = 13 pts

yearnings (13 points)

Desires Japanese income (wordplay)

They're longing for wages at last

Hankerings for last of daily bread

Y·4+E·1+A·1+R·1+N·1+I·1+N·1+G·2+S·1 = 13 pts

yeasayers (15 points)

They agree to see Ray, say? Possibly

They're all for it

Submissive sorts

Y·4+E·1+A·1+S·1+A·1+Y·4+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 15 pts

yeshivahs (21 points)

Yeshivah

Y·4+E·1+S·1+H·4+I·1+V·4+A·1+H·4+S·1 = 21 pts

yokemates (18 points)

Oxen pulling a wagon, say

Oxen, to each other

Y·4+O·1+K·5+E·1+M·3+A·1+T·1+E·1+S·1 = 18 pts

yokozunas (25 points)

Yokozuna

Y·4+O·1+K·5+O·1+Z·10+U·1+N·1+A·1+S·1 = 25 pts

ytterbias (14 points)

Ytterbia

Y·4+T·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+B·3+I·1+A·1+S·1 = 14 pts

10-Letter Words (4):

yardsticks (20 points)

Standards of judgment

They have three feet

They're rigid rules

Y·4+A·1+R·1+D·2+S·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+K·5+S·1 = 20 pts

yeastiness (13 points)

Quality of some bread

Y·4+E·1+A·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+E·1+S·1+S·1 = 13 pts

yeomanries (15 points)

Yeomanry

Y·4+E·1+O·1+M·3+A·1+N·1+R·1+I·1+E·1+S·1 = 15 pts

yesterdays (17 points)

Yeasty reds drunk in the recent past

Yeasty reds drunk in recent times

Old times.

Y·4+E·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+D·2+A·1+Y·4+S·1 = 17 pts

11-Letter Words (5):

yardmasters (17 points)

Some railway employers

Y·4+A·1+R·1+D·2+M·3+A·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 17 pts

yellowtails (17 points)

California coastal fish.

Pacific sport fishes

Y·4+E·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+W·4+T·1+A·1+I·1+L·1+S·1 = 17 pts

yellowwares (20 points)

Yellowware

Y·4+E·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+W·4+W·4+A·1+R·1+E·1+S·1 = 20 pts

yesteryears (17 points)

Periods of long-ago

Could be easy, yet errs in description of 2011 and, soon, 2012 (wordplay)

Y·4+E·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+Y·4+E·1+A·1+R·1+S·1 = 17 pts

youthquakes (30 points)

Youthquake

Y·4+O·1+U·1+T·1+H·4+Q·10+U·1+A·1+K·5+E·1+S·1 = 30 pts

12-Letter Words (1):

yeastinesses (15 points)

Yeastiness

Y·4+E·1+A·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+E·1+S·1+S·1+E·1+S·1 = 15 pts

13-Letter Words (2):

yellowhammers (26 points)

European birds

European buntings

Y·4+E·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+W·4+H·4+A·1+M·3+M·3+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 26 pts

yellowthroats (22 points)

Yellowthroat

Y·4+E·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+W·4+T·1+H·4+R·1+O·1+A·1+T·1+S·1 = 22 pts

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