2-Letter Words Starting with Y

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Found 27 words in the American English dictionary 5 letters
2-Letter Words Starting with Y (27 words)
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4-Letter Words (4):
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
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
yows (10 points)
Sounds from tattoo parlors, perhaps
Cries during a bikini waxing (wordplay)
Pained expressions (wordplay)
Y·4+O·1+W·4+S·1 = 10 pts
ywis (10 points)
Certainly Archaic.
Certainly: Archaic.
Y·4+W·4+I·1+S·1 = 10 pts
5-Letter Words (5):
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
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
6-Letter Words (1):
yowies (12 points)
Yowie
Y·4+O·1+W·4+I·1+E·1+S·1 = 12 pts
7-Letter Words (5):
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
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
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
yowlers (13 points)
Yowler
Y·4+O·1+W·4+L·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 13 pts
8-Letter Words (1):
yawpings (17 points)
Prattling utterances
Y·4+A·1+W·4+P·3+I·1+N·1+G·2+S·1 = 17 pts
9-Letter Words (3):
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
yawmeters (17 points)
Yawmeter
Y·4+A·1+W·4+M·3+E·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 17 pts
10-Letter Words (2):
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
11-Letter Words (4):
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
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
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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