How many 10 letter words start with Y?

51, across every dictionary this site merges. 0 of those are everyday English, 22 are valid in word games without being words you would say out loud, and 29 come from Webster's 1913 and are largely obsolete.

Which of them are valid in Scrabble?

22 appear in ENABLE, the word list Scrabble and Words With Friends programs check against. The 29 archaic entries are shown last and labelled, because a word game will usually reject them.

What is the highest-scoring 10 letter word that start with Y?

youthquake, worth 29 in Scrabble and 29 in Words With Friends. Both are raw tile values, before any double- or triple-letter square.

Which are the most common?

By frequency in ordinary English: yardmaster, yardsticks, yearningly, yeastiness, yellowfins, yellowlegs, yellowtail, yellowware. The list below is in that order, so the words you are most likely to want come first.

10 Letter Words Starting With Y

There are 51 ten-letter words starting with Y. 22 of them are playable in Scrabble or Words With Friends, 0 are everyday English, and the highest scorer is youthquake at 29 points.

The words

All 51 of them, everyday words first.

Word-game words 22

yardmaster16
yardsticks20
yearningly17
yeastiness13
yellowfins19
yellowlegs17
yellowtail16
yellowware19
yellowwood20
yeomanries15
yesterdays17
yesteryear16
yohimbines20
yokefellow23
youngberry19
younglings15
youngsters14
yourselves16
youthening17
youthfully22
youthquake29
ytterbiums17

Archaic and rare 29

yaffingale20
yagourundi15
yaguarundi15
yarnwindle17
yearnfully19
yellowback24
yellowbill18
yellowbird19
yellowfish22
yellowhead20
yellowness16
yellowroot16
yellowrump20
yellowseed17
yellowweed20
yellowwort19
yeomanette15
yeomanhood19
yeomanlike19
yeomanwise18
yestereven16
yestermorn15
yesternoon13
yesterweek20
yeukieness17
yieldingly18
yokemating20
ypsiliform20
yttrialite13

What is in this list

Every word carries its Scrabble score; hover one to see its Words With Friends score, which differs because the two games value tiles differently. Both are raw tile totals and exclude double- and triple-letter squares, since those depend on where you put the word rather than on the word itself.

Words in total: 51
Playable in Scrabble or Words With Friends: 22 (43%)
Archaic or rare: 29
Highest Scrabble score: youthquake at 29
Average Scrabble score: 18.0
Letters that turn up most: Y 100%, E 88%, O 69%, L 55%, N 49%, R 49%

Questions

How many 10 letter words start with Y?: 51, across every dictionary this site merges. 0 of those are everyday English, 22 are valid in word games without being words you would say out loud, and 29 come from Webster's 1913 and are largely obsolete.
Which of them are valid in Scrabble?: 22 appear in ENABLE, the word list Scrabble and Words With Friends programs check against. The 29 archaic entries are shown last and labelled, because a word game will usually reject them.
What is the highest-scoring 10 letter word that start with Y?: youthquake, worth 29 in Scrabble and 29 in Words With Friends. Both are raw tile values, before any double- or triple-letter square.
Which are the most common?: By frequency in ordinary English: yardmaster, yardsticks, yearningly, yeastiness, yellowfins, yellowlegs, yellowtail, yellowware. The list below is in that order, so the words you are most likely to want come first.

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