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4-Letter Words (7):
yagi (8 points)
Directional antenna
Y·4+A·1+G·2+I·1 = 8 pts
yang (8 points)
The bright side (wordplay)
The lighter side (wordplay)
Bright side (wordplay)
Y·4+A·1+N·1+G·2 = 8 pts
yegg (9 points)
One doing safe work (wordplay)
One with a job opening (wordplay)
Crook with a safe job (wordplay)
Y·4+E·1+G·2+G·2 = 9 pts
yoga (8 points)
Pastime for posers (wordplay)
Stretches of India (wordplay)
Home stretch (wordplay)
Y·4+O·1+G·2+A·1 = 8 pts
yogh (11 points)
Middle English letter
Y·4+O·1+G·2+H·4 = 11 pts
yogi (8 points)
Buddha, for one
Meditation master, say
One who sits cross-legged, maybe
Y·4+O·1+G·2+I·1 = 8 pts
yuga (8 points)
An age of the world Hindu
An age of the world in Hindu philosophy.
An age of the world: Hindu.
Y·4+U·1+G·2+A·1 = 8 pts
5-Letter Words (12):
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
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
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
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
yogee (9 points)
Hindu ascetic variable
Hindu ascetic Var.
Y·4+O·1+G·2+E·1+E·1 = 9 pts
yoghs (12 points)
Yogh
Y·4+O·1+G·2+H·4+S·1 = 12 pts
yogic (11 points)
Of a Hindu discipline
Of Hindu ascetics
Related to Hindu philosophy
Y·4+O·1+G·2+I·1+C·3 = 11 pts
yogin (9 points)
Mostly, you drink with mystic (5; var.)
Mostly you drink with mystic var
One in a lotus position
Y·4+O·1+G·2+I·1+N·1 = 9 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
young (9 points)
Y.M.C.A. section (wordplay)
Offspring (of animals etc)
Like boys (wordplay)
Y·4+O·1+U·1+N·1+G·2 = 9 pts
yugas (9 points)
Hindu ages
Y·4+U·1+G·2+A·1+S·1 = 9 pts
6-Letter Words (9):
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
yawing (13 points)
Faulty sailing (wordplay)
Ship's unsteady action
Turning about the vertical
Y·4+A·1+W·4+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 13 pts
yogees (10 points)
Yogee
Y·4+O·1+G·2+E·1+E·1+S·1 = 10 pts
yogini (10 points)
Female practising yoga
Hindu spiritual teacher
Woman who practices a discipline
Y·4+O·1+G·2+I·1+N·1+I·1 = 10 pts
yogins (10 points)
Indian ascetics.
Y·4+O·1+G·2+I·1+N·1+S·1 = 10 pts
yogurt (10 points)
Lunchtime snack, perhaps
Cultured thing to eat (wordplay)
Cultural food (wordplay)
Y·4+O·1+G·2+U·1+R·1+T·1 = 10 pts
yoking (14 points)
Readying the oxen
Getting the oxen ready
Joining army, finally agreeing
Y·4+O·1+K·5+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 14 pts
youngs (10 points)
Malcolm and Angus from AC/DC
Gig and Brigham
Neil, Robert and Sean
Y·4+O·1+U·1+N·1+G·2+S·1 = 10 pts
yowing (13 points)
Yow
Y·4+O·1+W·4+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 13 pts
7-Letter Words (34):
yacking (17 points)
Carney's predecessor on bank, looking back and gossiping (wordplay)
Y·4+A·1+C·3+K·5+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 17 pts
yaffing (17 points)
Yaff
Y·4+A·1+F·4+F·4+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 17 pts
yakking (19 points)
Talking too much
Talking on and on and on
Talking at great length
Y·4+A·1+K·5+K·5+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 19 pts
yanking (15 points)
Inky nag (anagram)
Pulling with a quick motion
Pulling with a jerk
Y·4+A·1+N·1+K·5+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 15 pts
yapping (15 points)
Running off at the mouth
Barking like a small dog or chatting
Puppy noise
Y·4+A·1+P·3+P·3+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 15 pts
yardage (12 points)
Length of, say, a vehicle reversing
Distance gained (Am. football)
Amount of length (imperial)
Y·4+A·1+R·1+D·2+A·1+G·2+E·1 = 12 pts
yarding (12 points)
A group of animals displayed for sale
Y·4+A·1+R·1+D·2+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 12 pts
yarning (11 points)
Telling tall tales
Serving up whoppers
Y·4+A·1+R·1+N·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 11 pts
yatagan (11 points)
Weapon from Rubaiyat a gangster favoured
Turkish curved sword
Long usually curved Turkish dagger
Y·4+A·1+T·1+A·1+G·2+A·1+N·1 = 11 pts
yauping (13 points)
Yaup
Y·4+A·1+U·1+P·3+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 13 pts
yawling (14 points)
Yawl
Y·4+A·1+W·4+L·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 14 pts
yawning (14 points)
Showing boredom (wordplay)
Wide open (as chasm)
In need of coffee, maybe
Y·4+A·1+W·4+N·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 14 pts
yawping (16 points)
The act of yelping
Y·4+A·1+W·4+P·3+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 16 pts
yealing (11 points)
A person of the same age
Y·4+E·1+A·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 11 pts
yeaning (11 points)
Bringing forth young, as sheep
Lambing
Y·4+E·1+A·1+N·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 11 pts
yeggman (14 points)
US word for a burglar of safes
Safecracker
Y·4+E·1+G·2+G·2+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 14 pts
yeggmen (14 points)
Yeggman
Y·4+E·1+G·2+G·2+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 14 pts
yelling (11 points)
High-level disagreement (wordplay)
Acting like a rebel (wordplay)
Uttering loud cries
Y·4+E·1+L·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 11 pts
yelping (13 points)
Good bit of kennel noises
Making high pitched sound like hurt dog
Kennel cacophony
Y·4+E·1+L·1+P·3+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 13 pts
yenning (11 points)
Craving
Desiring
Y·4+E·1+N·1+N·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 11 pts
yerking (15 points)
Yerk
Y·4+E·1+R·1+K·5+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 15 pts
yessing (11 points)
Acting the sycophant
Toady's forte
This is, for example, N.Y.'s affirmative action
Y·4+E·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 11 pts
yeuking (15 points)
Yeuk
Y·4+E·1+U·1+K·5+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 15 pts
yipping (15 points)
Yip
Y·4+I·1+P·3+P·3+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 15 pts
yirring (11 points)
Yirr
Y·4+I·1+R·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 11 pts
yocking (17 points)
Yock
Y·4+O·1+C·3+K·5+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 17 pts
yodling (12 points)
Yodle
Y·4+O·1+D·2+L·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 12 pts
yoghurt (14 points)
Dairy product (var.)
Tory? Ugh! (anagram)
Hug Tory (anagram)
Y·4+O·1+G·2+H·4+U·1+R·1+T·1 = 14 pts
yoginis (11 points)
Yogini
Y·4+O·1+G·2+I·1+N·1+I·1+S·1 = 11 pts
yogurts (11 points)
Cultured snacks (wordplay)
Cultured food (wordplay)
Dairy case items
Y·4+O·1+G·2+U·1+R·1+T·1+S·1 = 11 pts
younger (11 points)
Age-less (wordplay)
Born later (than)
Confederate of Jesse James
Y·4+O·1+U·1+N·1+G·2+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
yowling (14 points)
Unknown Member of Parliament in government is crying loudly
Wailing
Y·4+O·1+W·4+L·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 14 pts
yucking (17 points)
Yuck
Y·4+U·1+C·3+K·5+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 17 pts
yukking (19 points)
Busting a gut
Y·4+U·1+K·5+K·5+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 19 pts
8-Letter Words (18):
yachting (17 points)
One way the rich get soaked?
One way the rich get soaked (wordplay)
Sailing (on a cruise or in races)
Y·4+A·1+C·3+H·4+T·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 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
yatagans (12 points)
Yatagan
Y·4+A·1+T·1+A·1+G·2+A·1+N·1+S·1 = 12 pts
yataghan (15 points)
Turkish saber.
Turkish saber
Of more use to an offensive Turk than a gay
Y·4+A·1+T·1+A·1+G·2+H·4+A·1+N·1 = 15 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
yeanling (12 points)
Young of a goat
Newborn.
Y·4+E·1+A·1+N·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 12 pts
yearling (12 points)
Horse that isn't two yet
Animal in its second year
Twelve-month old animal
Y·4+E·1+A·1+R·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 12 pts
yearlong (12 points)
Like many magazine subscriptions
Throughout 1998, for example
Like some contracts
Y·4+E·1+A·1+R·1+L·1+O·1+N·1+G·2 = 12 pts
yearning (12 points)
Longing (for something)
Longing to see youth leader winning
Desire new head to lead study
Y·4+E·1+A·1+R·1+N·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 12 pts
yeasting (12 points)
In a ferment.
Y·4+E·1+A·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 12 pts
yielding (13 points)
Backing down would be soft!
Is this forgiving (wordplay)
Inclined to give in
Y·4+I·1+E·1+L·1+D·2+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 13 pts
yodeling (13 points)
Higher calling (wordplay)
Mountain air (wordplay)
Airs from on high (wordplay)
Y·4+O·1+D·2+E·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 13 pts
yoghourt (15 points)
Tough Roy upset to get curdled food
Y·4+O·1+G·2+H·4+O·1+U·1+R·1+T·1 = 15 pts
yoghurts (15 points)
Yoghurt
Y·4+O·1+G·2+H·4+U·1+R·1+T·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
youngest (12 points)
Like the runt, often
Like Nick of the Jonas Brothers
Adjective for a cadet
Y·4+O·1+U·1+N·1+G·2+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 12 pts
youngish (15 points)
Childish of you to sign over hotel
Not very old
Fairly youthful
Y·4+O·1+U·1+N·1+G·2+I·1+S·1+H·4 = 15 pts
9-Letter Words (15):
yabbering (17 points)
Yabber
Y·4+A·1+B·3+B·3+E·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 17 pts
yachtings (18 points)
Yachting
Y·4+A·1+C·3+H·4+T·1+I·1+N·1+G·2+S·1 = 18 pts
yammering (17 points)
Going on and on
Beef production
Local going on and on loudly in Germany - I'm going crazy!
Y·4+A·1+M·3+M·3+E·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 17 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
yattering (13 points)
Yatter
Y·4+A·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 13 pts
yawningly (19 points)
In a yawning manner.
Y·4+A·1+W·4+N·1+I·1+N·1+G·2+L·1+Y·4 = 19 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
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
yellowing (16 points)
Displaying symptoms of jaundice
Like fall leaves
'Start to shout, due to age (9)'
Y·4+E·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+W·4+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 16 pts
yodelling (14 points)
Alpine activity
Ring daughter amidst shouting, making offpeak call
Express excitement at wooded hollow making gin singing in Swiss air
Y·4+O·1+D·2+E·1+L·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 14 pts
yoghourts (16 points)
Yoghourt
Y·4+O·1+G·2+H·4+O·1+U·1+R·1+T·1+S·1 = 16 pts
youngling (14 points)
Inexperienced one.
Y·4+O·1+U·1+N·1+G·2+L·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 14 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
youngster (13 points)
Child's potty gone rusty
Turning grey? Not us - nor him
Person of tender years
Y·4+O·1+U·1+N·1+G·2+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
10-Letter Words (6):
yearningly (17 points)
Feeling great desire to be making pounds from one year to the next
Y·4+E·1+A·1+R·1+N·1+I·1+N·1+G·2+L·1+Y·4 = 17 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
youngberry (19 points)
Variety of bramble; grey, no ruby (anagram)
Y·4+O·1+U·1+N·1+G·2+B·3+E·1+R·1+R·1+Y·4 = 19 pts
younglings (15 points)
Kids
Y·4+O·1+U·1+N·1+G·2+L·1+I·1+N·1+G·2+S·1 = 15 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
youthening (17 points)
Youthen
Y·4+O·1+U·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+N·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 17 pts
11-Letter Words (2):
yesternight (18 points)
Last evening: Poet
Y·4+E·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+N·1+I·1+G·2+H·4+T·1 = 18 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
12-Letter Words (2):
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

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