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13-letter words starting with Y

13-letter words starting with Y number just 10; YELLOWJACKETS leads the group at 32 Scrabble points.

10 wordsTop pick YELLOWJACKETSHighest score YELLOWJACKETS 32

P starts the most 13-letter words (1,597); Y starts the fewest (10). Y ranks #26 of 26. The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

Best words to play first 10 · most-used first

  • YELLOWJACKETS32
  • YUPPIFICATION25
  • YACHTSMANSHIP28
  • YELLOWHAMMERS26
  • YELLOWISHNESS22
  • YELLOWTHROATS22
  • YESTEREVENING20
  • YESTERMORNING19
  • YIELDABLENESS19
  • YOBBISHNESSES23
All valid words 10

A to Z. Includes rare and Collins-only words. Linked tiles open the word's meaning, score and rhymes.

  • YACHTSMANSHIP28
  • YELLOWHAMMERS26
  • YELLOWISHNESS22
  • YELLOWJACKETS32
  • YELLOWTHROATS22
  • YESTEREVENING20
  • YESTERMORNING19
  • YIELDABLENESS19
  • YOBBISHNESSES23
  • YUPPIFICATION25

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
YELLOWJACKETS3236NWL only
YACHTSMANSHIP2829Collins only
YELLOWHAMMERS2628All three
YUPPIFICATION2529Collins · NWL
YOBBISHNESSES2324NWL only
YELLOWTHROATS2222All three
YELLOWISHNESS2223Collins only
YESTEREVENING2023Collins only
YESTERMORNING1922Collins only
YIELDABLENESS1922Collins only

This is a notably small set: the next shorter Y list has 10 words too, while the 14-letter list has 6. None of these entries ranks among the 25,000 most frequent English words, so expect unusual vocabulary rather than everyday finds. The strongest play is also the easiest name to recognize: YELLOWJACKETS.

13-letter words starting with Y at a glance

  • There are 10 tournament-dictionary entries, and none falls in the common-word group.
  • YELLOWJACKETS scores 32 points, the highest score in this set.
  • Six of the 10 words end in S; two end in G.
  • YACHTSMANSHIP is second-highest at 28 points, ahead of YELLOWHAMMERS at 26.
  • The average score is 23.6, reflecting the long, uncommon letter combinations.

Which Y words score highest?

YELLOWJACKETS tops the scoring list at 32 points. Its J does much of the work, so keep that letter in mind when weighing the word against lower-scoring options. YACHTSMANSHIP follows at 28, with YELLOWHAMMERS at 26 and YUPPIFICATION at 25.

The point order is a better clue than length here: every entry has 13 letters, yet the scores range from YELLOWJACKETS at the top to YIELDABLENESS at 19. Only 6 of the 10 entries have definitions, so several are spelling challenges rather than words to look up. Check your game's word list before building around an unfamiliar entry; dictionary coverage differs across these words.

What patterns stand out among 13-letter Y words?

The ending is unusually concentrated: six entries finish with S, including YELLOWJACKETS, YELLOWHAMMERS and YOBBISHNESSES. That makes a known final S a strong filter, but it does not identify a single answer; several candidates remain.

The other endings are less crowded. YESTEREVENING and YESTERMORNING finish in G, while YIELDABLENESS ends in S and YACHTSMANSHIP ends in P. Compare the neighboring 12- and 14-letter Y lists when your pattern may be off by a tile; they contain 10 and 6 entries respectively.

Questions people ask

How many 13-letter words start with Y?
There are 10 13-letter words starting with Y in the tournament-dictionary lists. The group includes familiar-looking compounds such as YELLOWJACKETS alongside less common forms such as YACHTSMANSHIP and YUPPIFICATION.
What is the highest-scoring 13-letter word starting with Y?
YELLOWJACKETS is the highest scorer, worth 32 Scrabble points. YACHTSMANSHIP ranks next at 28, followed by YELLOWHAMMERS at 26 and YUPPIFICATION at 25, so the winner leads by four points.
Do any 13-letter Y words end in S?
Yes. Six of the 10 words end in S, including YELLOWJACKETS, YELLOWHAMMERS and YOBBISHNESSES. A final S narrows the choices considerably, but it still leaves multiple candidates.

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