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3-Letter Words (1):
Y·4+A·1+R·1 = 6 pts
4-Letter Words (10):
Y·4+A·1+R·1+D·2 = 8 pts
yare (7 points)
Responsive, as a ship (Var.)
Easily handled, as a ship (Var.)
Easily maneuvered, as a boat
Y·4+A·1+R·1+E·1 = 7 pts
yarn (7 points)
'The one that got away,' say
Spinning class material (wordplay)
The one that got away, say
Y·4+A·1+R·1+N·1 = 7 pts
Y·4+E·1+A·1+R·1 = 7 pts
Y·4+E·1+R·1+K·5 = 11 pts
Y·4+I·1+R·1+D·2 = 8 pts
Y·4+I·1+R·1+R·1 = 7 pts
Y·4+O·1+R·1+E·1 = 7 pts
your (7 points)
What comes before honor (wordplay)
Support whose Local Sheriff (wordplay)
Whose cheating heart (wordplay)
Y·4+O·1+U·1+R·1 = 7 pts
Y·4+U·1+R·1+T·1 = 7 pts
5-Letter Words (17):
Y·4+A·1+G·2+E·1+R·1 = 9 pts
Y·4+A·1+I·1+R·1+D·2 = 9 pts
Y·4+A·1+R·1+D·2+S·1 = 9 pts
Y·4+A·1+R·1+E·1+R·1 = 8 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
Y·4+E·1+A·1+R·1+N·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
Y·4+E·1+R·1+B·3+A·1 = 10 pts
Y·4+E·1+R·1+K·5+S·1 = 12 pts
Y·4+I·1+R·1+D·2+S·1 = 9 pts
Y·4+I·1+R·1+R·1+S·1 = 8 pts
Y·4+I·1+R·1+T·1+H·4 = 11 pts
Y·4+O·1+R·1+E·1+S·1 = 8 pts
yourn (8 points)
Not mine in Dogpatch (wordplay)
Not mine, in bucolic comic strips
Not mine in the hills
Y·4+O·1+U·1+R·1+N·1 = 8 pts
Y·4+O·1+U·1+R·1+S·1 = 8 pts
Y·4+U·1+R·1+T·1+A·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
6-Letter Words (33):
Y·4+A·1+B·3+B·3+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
Y·4+A·1+G·2+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 10 pts
Y·4+A·1+I·1+R·1+D·2+S·1 = 10 pts
Y·4+A·1+K·5+K·5+E·1+R·1 = 17 pts
yammer (13 points)
My mare, mistaken for yak (wordplay)
Lament about maiden can go heavenward
Run off at the mouth
Y·4+A·1+M·3+M·3+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
Y·4+A·1+N·1+T·1+R·1+A·1 = 9 pts
Y·4+A·1+P·3+P·3+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
Y·4+A·1+R·1+D·2+E·1+D·2 = 11 pts
Y·4+A·1+R·1+E·1+L·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
Y·4+A·1+R·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 9 pts
yarned (10 points)
All told, this may be threaded, perhaps
Narrated in woolly way (wordplay)
Told tales of adventure
Y·4+A·1+R·1+N·1+E·1+D·2 = 10 pts
Y·4+A·1+R·1+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 9 pts
yarrow (12 points)
Creeping plant (milfoil)
Folk singer Peter of Peter, Paul & Mary
Strong-scented plant
Y·4+A·1+R·1+R·1+O·1+W·4 = 12 pts
yatter (9 points)
Chatter incessantly (Scots)
Scottish word for persistent talking
Scottish word for tiresome chatter
Y·4+A·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 9 pts
Y·4+A·1+U·1+P·3+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
Y·4+A·1+W·4+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
Y·4+A·1+W·4+P·3+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
Y·4+E·1+A·1+R·1+L·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
Y·4+E·1+A·1+R·1+N·1+S·1 = 9 pts
Y·4+E·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+R·1 = 9 pts
Y·4+E·1+L·1+P·3+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
Y·4+E·1+R·1+B·3+A·1+S·1 = 11 pts
Y·4+E·1+R·1+K·5+E·1+D·2 = 14 pts
Y·4+E·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 9 pts
Y·4+I·1+R·1+R·1+E·1+D·2 = 10 pts
Y·4+I·1+R·1+T·1+H·4+S·1 = 12 pts
Y·4+O·1+D·2+L·1+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts
Y·4+O·1+G·2+U·1+R·1+T·1 = 10 pts
yonder (10 points)
Down the road a bit, say
Who is he, that peasant (wordplay)
That peasant, who is he (wordplay)
Y·4+O·1+N·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts
Y·4+O·1+N·1+K·5+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
Y·4+O·1+W·4+L·1+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
yttria (9 points)
Heavy white powder, in chemistry.
Powder used in television tubes
Oxide used in television tubes
Y·4+T·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+A·1 = 9 pts
Y·4+T·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+C·3 = 11 pts
7-Letter Words (41):
Y·4+A·1+B·3+B·3+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 14 pts
Y·4+A·1+C·3+H·4+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts
Y·4+A·1+K·5+K·5+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 18 pts
Y·4+A·1+M·3+M·3+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 14 pts
Y·4+A·1+N·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+S·1 = 10 pts
Y·4+A·1+P·3+P·3+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 14 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
Y·4+A·1+R·1+D·2+A·1+R·1+M·3 = 13 pts
Y·4+A·1+R·1+D·2+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 12 pts
yardman (13 points)
Farmworker employed in making up trains!
Certain railroad worker
Guy mowing lawns, for example
Y·4+A·1+R·1+D·2+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 13 pts
Y·4+A·1+R·1+D·2+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 13 pts
Y·4+A·1+R·1+N·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 10 pts
Y·4+A·1+R·1+N·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 11 pts
Y·4+A·1+R·1+R·1+O·1+W·4+S·1 = 13 pts
Y·4+A·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 10 pts
Y·4+A·1+U·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 12 pts
Y·4+A·1+W·4+N·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 13 pts
Y·4+A·1+W·4+P·3+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 15 pts
Y·4+E·1+A·1+R·1+E·1+N·1+D·2 = 11 pts
Y·4+E·1+A·1+R·1+N·1+E·1+D·2 = 11 pts
Y·4+E·1+A·1+R·1+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts
Y·4+E·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 10 pts
Y·4+E·1+L·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 12 pts
Y·4+E·1+R·1+K·5+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 15 pts
Y·4+E·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+N·1 = 10 pts
yielder (11 points)
'I surrender', says fielder with new cap
One giving way to pressure
One who gives in.
Y·4+I·1+E·1+L·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
Y·4+I·1+R·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 11 pts
yodeler (11 points)
Swiss miss, perhaps (wordplay)
One calling at peak times (wordplay)
Singing mountaineer, maybe
Y·4+O·1+D·2+E·1+L·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
Y·4+O·1+D·2+L·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 11 pts
Y·4+O·1+G·2+H·4+U·1+R·1+T·1 = 14 pts
Y·4+O·1+G·2+U·1+R·1+T·1+S·1 = 11 pts
Y·4+O·1+L·1+K·5+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
Y·4+O·1+N·1+K·5+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 14 pts
Y·4+O·1+U·1+N·1+G·2+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
Y·4+O·1+U·1+N·1+K·5+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
Y·4+O·1+W·4+L·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 13 pts
Y·4+P·3+E·1+R·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
Y·4+T·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+S·1 = 10 pts
yttrium (12 points)
Chemical element; um, try it (anagram)
Element used in CRTs and LEDs
Its atomic number is 39
Y·4+T·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+U·1+M·3 = 12 pts
Y·4+U·1+C·3+K·5+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 16 pts
Y·4+U·1+M·3+M·3+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
8-Letter Words (40):
Y·4+A·1+B·3+B·3+E·1+R·1+E·1+D·2 = 16 pts
Y·4+A·1+C·3+H·4+T·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 16 pts
Y·4+A·1+H·4+R·1+Z·10+E·1+I·1+T·1 = 23 pts
yakitori (15 points)
Japanese food? I try a koi, cooked
Japanese style of chicken
Japanese dish on skewers
Y·4+A·1+K·5+I·1+T·1+O·1+R·1+I·1 = 15 pts
Y·4+A·1+M·3+M·3+E·1+R·1+E·1+D·2 = 16 pts
Y·4+A·1+M·3+M·3+E·1+R·1+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts
Y·4+A·1+R·1+D·2+A·1+G·2+E·1+S·1 = 13 pts
Y·4+A·1+R·1+D·2+A·1+R·1+M·3+S·1 = 14 pts
Y·4+A·1+R·1+D·2+B·3+I·1+R·1+D·2 = 15 pts
Y·4+A·1+R·1+D·2+L·1+A·1+N·1+D·2 = 13 pts
Y·4+A·1+R·1+D·2+W·4+A·1+N·1+D·2 = 16 pts
yardwork (19 points)
Mowing, edging, etc.
Suburbanite's obligation
Mowing the lawn, trimming the bushes, etc.
Y·4+A·1+R·1+D·2+W·4+O·1+R·1+K·5 = 19 pts
Y·4+A·1+R·1+M·3+E·1+L·1+K·5+E·1 = 17 pts
yarmulke (17 points)
Jewish skullcap; leaky rum (anagram)
Skullcap worn by Jewish males
A skullcap worn by Jewish men
Y·4+A·1+R·1+M·3+U·1+L·1+K·5+E·1 = 17 pts
Y·4+A·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+E·1+D·2 = 12 pts
Y·4+A·1+W·4+M·3+E·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 16 pts
yearbook (17 points)
Class work (wordplay)
Was 1984 such a publication (wordplay)
Annual that might be okay or otherwise!
Y·4+E·1+A·1+R·1+B·3+O·1+O·1+K·5 = 17 pts
Y·4+E·1+A·1+R·1+E·1+N·1+D·2+S·1 = 12 pts
Y·4+E·1+A·1+R·1+L·1+I·1+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts
Y·4+E·1+A·1+R·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 12 pts
Y·4+E·1+A·1+R·1+L·1+O·1+N·1+G·2 = 12 pts
Y·4+E·1+A·1+R·1+N·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 11 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
yeasayer (14 points)
Agreeable person (wordplay)
Subservient subordinate, perhaps
Person who assents habitually and keenly
Y·4+E·1+A·1+S·1+A·1+Y·4+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
Y·4+E·1+A·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
Y·4+E·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+W·4+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
yeomanry (16 points)
A body of smaller freeholders (hist.)
Class of freeholders (historical)
Freeholders' money Ray distributed
Y·4+E·1+O·1+M·3+A·1+N·1+R·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
Y·4+E·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+E·1+E·1+N·1 = 11 pts
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
Y·4+O·1+D·2+E·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
Y·4+O·1+G·2+H·4+O·1+U·1+R·1+T·1 = 15 pts
Y·4+O·1+G·2+H·4+U·1+R·1+T·1+S·1 = 15 pts
Y·4+O·1+U·1+N·1+G·2+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 12 pts
Y·4+O·1+U·1+N·1+K·5+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 15 pts
yourself (14 points)
Suitable person (wordplay)
Person 'doing it' at home (wordplay)
What's seen in a mirror (wordplay)
Y·4+O·1+U·1+R·1+S·1+E·1+L·1+F·4 = 14 pts
Y·4+P·3+E·1+R·1+I·1+T·1+E·1+S·1 = 13 pts
Y·4+T·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+B·3+I·1+A·1 = 13 pts
Y·4+T·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+B·3+I·1+C·3 = 15 pts
Y·4+T·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+U·1+M·3+S·1 = 13 pts
9-Letter Words (25):
Y·4+A·1+B·3+B·3+E·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 17 pts
Y·4+A·1+H·4+R·1+Z·10+E·1+I·1+T·1+S·1 = 24 pts
Y·4+A·1+K·5+I·1+T·1+O·1+R·1+I·1+S·1 = 16 pts
Y·4+A·1+M·3+M·3+E·1+R·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 16 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
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
Y·4+A·1+R·1+D·2+L·1+A·1+N·1+D·2+S·1 = 14 pts
yardstick (19 points)
A three-foot pole?
Extended rule (wordplay)
Measure of the Met's credit (wordplay)
Y·4+A·1+R·1+D·2+S·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+K·5 = 19 pts
Y·4+A·1+R·1+D·2+W·4+A·1+N·1+D·2+S·1 = 17 pts
Y·4+A·1+R·1+D·2+W·4+O·1+R·1+K·5+S·1 = 20 pts
Y·4+A·1+R·1+M·3+E·1+L·1+K·5+E·1+S·1 = 18 pts
Y·4+A·1+R·1+M·3+U·1+L·1+K·5+E·1+S·1 = 18 pts
Y·4+A·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 13 pts
Y·4+A·1+W·4+M·3+E·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 17 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
Y·4+E·1+A·1+S·1+A·1+Y·4+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 15 pts
yesterday (16 points)
Clare proud, perhaps, following routine
Song (of the recent past?)
Is the song history (wordplay)
Y·4+E·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+D·2+A·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
Y·4+E·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+E·1+E·1+N·1+S·1 = 12 pts
Y·4+O·1+D·2+E·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 13 pts
Y·4+O·1+G·2+H·4+O·1+U·1+R·1+T·1+S·1 = 16 pts
Y·4+O·1+U·1+N·1+G·2+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
Y·4+T·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+B·3+I·1+A·1+S·1 = 14 pts
ytterbium (16 points)
My tribute made to element
Element my tribute dealt with
Silvery metallic element
Y·4+T·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+B·3+I·1+U·1+M·3 = 16 pts
10-Letter Words (11):
yardmaster (16 points)
Railroad supervisor
Railroad boss
Top British policeman looks after those setting things in train perhaps
Y·4+A·1+R·1+D·2+M·3+A·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 16 pts
Y·4+A·1+R·1+D·2+S·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+K·5+S·1 = 20 pts
Y·4+E·1+A·1+R·1+N·1+I·1+N·1+G·2+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
yellowware (19 points)
Earthenware made from a naturally occurring yellowish clay and ranging in color from pale yellow to mustard.
Y·4+E·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+W·4+W·4+A·1+R·1+E·1 = 19 pts
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
Y·4+E·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+Y·4+E·1+A·1+R·1 = 16 pts
Y·4+O·1+U·1+N·1+G·2+B·3+E·1+R·1+R·1+Y·4 = 19 pts
Y·4+O·1+U·1+N·1+G·2+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 14 pts
Y·4+O·1+U·1+R·1+S·1+E·1+L·1+V·4+E·1+S·1 = 16 pts
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 (4):
Y·4+A·1+R·1+D·2+M·3+A·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 17 pts
Y·4+E·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+W·4+W·4+A·1+R·1+E·1+S·1 = 20 pts
Y·4+E·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+N·1+I·1+G·2+H·4+T·1 = 18 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
12-Letter Words (4):
yellowhammer (25 points)
Bird - why 'Rommel ale'? (anagram)
European bird - Orwell mayhem (anagram)
Golden-winged flicker
Y·4+E·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+W·4+H·4+A·1+M·3+M·3+E·1+R·1 = 25 pts
yellowthroat (21 points)
""Any one of several species of American ground warblers of the genus Geothlypis, esp. the Maryland yellowthroat (G. trichas), which is a very common species. Geothlypis, esp. the Maryland yellowthroat (G. trichas), which is a very common species.""
Y·4+E·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+W·4+T·1+H·4+R·1+O·1+A·1+T·1 = 21 pts
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
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
13-Letter Words (2):
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
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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