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3-Letter Words (1):
yes (6 points)
You had something to say (wordplay)
What Ado Annie could say?
What Ado Annie could say (wordplay)
Y·4+E·1+S·1 = 6 pts
4-Letter Words (3):
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
5-Letter Words (19):
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
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
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
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
yowes (11 points)
Yowe
Y·4+O·1+W·4+E·1+S·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
6-Letter Words (15):
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
yamens (11 points)
Chinese government offices
Mandarins' residences.
Chinese offices
Y·4+A·1+M·3+E·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
yecchs (16 points)
Yecch
Y·4+E·1+C·3+C·3+H·4+S·1 = 16 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
yentes (9 points)
'Fiddler' matchmaker and namesakes
Fiddler matchmaker and namesakes
"Fiddler" matchmaker and namesakes
Y·4+E·1+N·1+T·1+E·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
yesses (9 points)
Green lights (var.)
Plays the toady, perhaps
Words from a toady
Y·4+E·1+S·1+S·1+E·1+S·1 = 9 pts
yields (10 points)
Gives in (to)
Surrenders as harvests (wordplay)
Harvests from seeds, say
Y·4+I·1+E·1+L·1+D·2+S·1 = 10 pts
yodels (10 points)
Hits a high note (wordplay)
Calls from on high (wordplay)
Peak performances (wordplay)
Y·4+O·1+D·2+E·1+L·1+S·1 = 10 pts
yodles (10 points)
Alpine calls
Warbles.
Y·4+O·1+D·2+L·1+E·1+S·1 = 10 pts
yogees (10 points)
Yogee
Y·4+O·1+G·2+E·1+E·1+S·1 = 10 pts
yokels (13 points)
Sticks figures (wordplay)
Cletus and kin on "The Simpsons"
Li'l Abner and Clem Kadiddlehopper
Y·4+O·1+K·5+E·1+L·1+S·1 = 13 pts
yowies (12 points)
Yowie
Y·4+O·1+W·4+I·1+E·1+S·1 = 12 pts
7-Letter Words (20):
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
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
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
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
yeelins (10 points)
Yeelin
Y·4+E·1+E·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+S·1 = 10 pts
yellers (10 points)
Cheerleaders, for example
Screaming Mimis, for example
Pep squad, often
Y·4+E·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 10 pts
yellows (13 points)
Shows age, as paper
Disease of plants
Cries about nothing and wife colours
Y·4+E·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+W·4+S·1 = 13 pts
yelpers (12 points)
Foes of restaurateurs, maybe
Litter components, maybe
Caged dogs, often
Y·4+E·1+L·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 12 pts
yippies (14 points)
Radical young activists Slang
Jerry Rubin followers
Radical young activists: Slang
Y·4+I·1+P·3+P·3+I·1+E·1+S·1 = 14 pts
yobboes (14 points)
Yobbo
Y·4+O·1+B·3+B·3+O·1+E·1+S·1 = 14 pts
yodlers (11 points)
They claim to sing badly - Lord, yes!
Singers.
Y·4+O·1+D·2+L·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 11 pts
yonkers (14 points)
Hudson River city
It's next to the largest city in U. S.
Neil Simon play locale
Y·4+O·1+N·1+K·5+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 14 pts
yowlers (13 points)
Yowler
Y·4+O·1+W·4+L·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 13 pts
yummies (14 points)
Yummy
Y·4+U·1+M·3+M·3+I·1+E·1+S·1 = 14 pts
yuppies (14 points)
1980s young and upwardly mobile
Young city professionals
Demographic nickname coined in the 1980s
Y·4+U·1+P·3+P·3+I·1+E·1+S·1 = 14 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
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
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
yielders (12 points)
White-flag wavers
Polite drivers, at merges
Uncle-sayers
Y·4+I·1+E·1+L·1+D·2+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 12 pts
yodelers (12 points)
Ones who make off-peak calls (wordplay)
High-range singers (wordplay)
Some Alpine singers
Y·4+O·1+D·2+E·1+L·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 12 pts
yokeless (15 points)
Without a yoke
Y·4+O·1+K·5+E·1+L·1+E·1+S·1+S·1 = 15 pts
youngers (12 points)
Younger
Y·4+O·1+U·1+N·1+G·2+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 12 pts
younkers (15 points)
Younker
Y·4+O·1+U·1+N·1+K·5+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 15 pts
youthens (14 points)
Youthen
Y·4+O·1+U·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+N·1+S·1 = 14 pts
yperites (13 points)
Yperite
Y·4+P·3+E·1+R·1+I·1+T·1+E·1+S·1 = 13 pts
9-Letter Words (17):
yahrzeits (24 points)
Yahrzeit
Y·4+A·1+H·4+R·1+Z·10+E·1+I·1+T·1+S·1 = 24 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
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
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
yestreens (12 points)
Yestreen
Y·4+E·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+E·1+E·1+N·1+S·1 = 12 pts
yodellers (13 points)
Vocalists who scale the heights
Alpine singers
Tyrolean warblers
Y·4+O·1+D·2+E·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 13 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
youngness (13 points)
The quality or state of being young.
Y·4+O·1+U·1+N·1+G·2+N·1+E·1+S·1+S·1 = 13 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
yuletides (13 points)
Year-end periods
Certain holiday seasons
Holiday seasons
Y·4+U·1+L·1+E·1+T·1+I·1+D·2+E·1+S·1 = 13 pts
10-Letter Words (9):
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
yellowfins (19 points)
Yellowfin
Y·4+E·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+W·4+F·4+I·1+N·1+S·1 = 19 pts
yellowlegs (17 points)
Shore bird with jaundiced limbs?
Shore bird with jaundiced limbs (wordplay)
Y·4+E·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+W·4+L·1+E·1+G·2+S·1 = 17 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
yohimbines (20 points)
Yohimbine
Y·4+O·1+H·4+I·1+M·3+B·3+I·1+N·1+E·1+S·1 = 20 pts
youngsters (14 points)
The sandbox set
Teenagers, maybe
Some squirts
Y·4+O·1+U·1+N·1+G·2+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 14 pts
yourselves (16 points)
Reflexive pronouns
Y·4+O·1+U·1+R·1+S·1+E·1+L·1+V·4+E·1+S·1 = 16 pts
ytterbiums (17 points)
Ytterbium
Y·4+T·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+B·3+I·1+U·1+M·3+S·1 = 17 pts
11-Letter Words (8):
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
yellowwoods (21 points)
Pod-bearing trees
Y·4+E·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+W·4+W·4+O·1+O·1+D·2+S·1 = 21 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
yokefellows (24 points)
Yokefellow
Y·4+O·1+K·5+E·1+F·4+E·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+W·4+S·1 = 24 pts
youngnesses (15 points)
Youngness
Y·4+O·1+U·1+N·1+G·2+N·1+E·1+S·1+S·1+E·1+S·1 = 15 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 (4):
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
yesternights (19 points)
Yesternight
Y·4+E·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+N·1+I·1+G·2+H·4+T·1+S·1 = 19 pts
youngberries (18 points)
Youngberry
Y·4+O·1+U·1+N·1+G·2+B·3+E·1+R·1+R·1+I·1+E·1+S·1 = 18 pts
youthfulness (21 points)
Freshness and vitality
Fresh, vigorous condition
Y·4+O·1+U·1+T·1+H·4+F·4+U·1+L·1+N·1+E·1+S·1+S·1 = 21 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
14-Letter Words (1):
youthfulnesses (23 points)
Youthfulness
Y·4+O·1+U·1+T·1+H·4+F·4+U·1+L·1+N·1+E·1+S·1+S·1+E·1+S·1 = 23 pts

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