9-Letter Words Starting With Y

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YESTERDAY​16
YOUNGSTER​13
YELLOWISH​18
YEARBOOKS​18
YARDSTICK​19
YELLOWING​16
YELLOWFIN​18
YARDBIRDS​16
YEARLINGS​13
YOHIMBINE​19
YACHTSMAN​19
YEARNINGS​13
YTTERBIUM​16
YACHTSMEN​19
YAMMERING​17
YODELLING​14
YATTERING​13
YOTTABYTE​17
YABBERING​17
YACHTINGS​18


When it comes to 9-letter words starting with the letter Y, there are 90 words from this group in the dictionary. While these words have high Scrabble value, it’s not easy to play a 9-letter word. This is why it’s also useful to know how many words you can make out of 9-letter words from this list, and our Unscrambling Tool will do all the work for you.

You can also take a look at our lists of 9-letter words ending in Y or 9-letter words with Y in any position.

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A few more things to know if you want to use the words from this list for Scrabble:

– The average word from this group is worth 16.7 points in Scrabble.
– Most points you can score by playing the word YOKOZUNAS, which will get you 25 points.
– 45 words from this list end with the letter S, making it the most common ending letter among 9-letter words starting with Y.

If you want to explore more Y-starting words, check out the list of words starting with Y from the dictionary.