70 words
4-letter words starting with Y
70 words.
- yack13
- yaff13
- yock13
- yuck13
- yawp12
- yech12
- yuch12
- yaks11
- yank11
- yelk11
- yerk11
- yeuk11
- yodh11
- yogh11
- yoke11
- yoks11
- yolk11
- yuks11
- yawl10
- yawn10
- yaws10
- yays10
- yeah10
- yews10
- yowe10
- yowl10
- yows10
- ywis10
- yams9
- yaps9
- yaup9
- yegg9
- yelp9
- yipe9
- yips9
- ylem9
- yobs9
- yuca9
- yups9
- yagi8
- yald8
- yang8
- yard8
- yaud8
- yeld8
- yids8
- yird8
- yods8
- yoga8
- yogi8
- yond8
- yuga8
- yare7
- yarn7
- yean7
- year7
- yeas7
- yell7
- yens7
- yeti7
- yett7
- yill7
- yins7
- yirr7
- yoni7
- yore7
- your7
- yuan7
- yule7
- yurt7
How this list is built
- Every word here comes from ENABLE, a lexicon released to the public domain — 172,823 words. It is the list this site can legally publish in full, and it is stated openly rather than implied.
- The tournament lists — TWL/OWL in North America, Collins/SOWPODS elsewhere — are copyrighted compilations. They are not used here and not merged in. A small number of words will therefore differ from what a given game accepts.
- Scores use the standard tile values (A=1 … Q=10, Z=10) and ignore board bonuses, which depend on where you place the word, not on the word itself.
- Lists are ordered by score, then alphabetically — the order that is useful when you are choosing a play, rather than alphabetical for its own sake.
SOURCE·ENABLE (Enhanced North American Benchmark Lexicon)·Public domain. 172,823 words. Tournament lists (TWL, Collins) are copyrighted and not used.·REVIEWED AUG 2026
SOURCE·ENABLE public-domain lexicon (172,823 words)·lists and scores computed from the lexicon, see method·REVIEWED AUG 2026