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7-letter words with Y as the 1st letter and L as the 3rd letter

7-letter words with Y as the 1st letter and L as the 3rd letter number 13, from YELLING and YELLOWS to YPLIGHT.

13 wordsTop pick YELLINGHighest score YELLOWY 16

1 of 13 are everyday words (8%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.

With Y in 1st place, R is the most common 3rd letter (22 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Best words to play first 13 · most-used first

  • YELLING11
  • YELLOWS13
  • YELPING13
  • YELLOWY16
  • YELPERS12
  • YELLERS10
  • YCLEPED15
  • YCLEEPE14
  • YELLOCH15
  • YELMING13
  • YOLKIER14
  • YPLIGHT16
  • YSLAKED15
All valid words 13

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

  • YCLEEPE14
  • YCLEPED15
  • YELLERS10
  • YELLING11
  • YELLOCH15
  • YELLOWS13
  • YELLOWY16
  • YELMING13
  • YELPERS12
  • YELPING13
  • YOLKIER14
  • YPLIGHT16
  • YSLAKED15
Letters by positionIn 62% of these words the 2nd letter is E.
2nd letter
  1. E62%
  2. C15%
  3. O8%
4th letter
  1. L38%
  2. E15%
  3. P15%
5th letter
  1. I31%
  2. E23%
  3. O23%
6th letter
  1. E23%
  2. N23%
  3. R15%
7th letter
  1. S23%
  2. G23%
  3. D15%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
YELLOWY1616All three
YPLIGHT1617Collins only
YCLEPED1517All three
YELLOCH1516Collins only
YSLAKED1515Collins only
YOLKIER1414All three
YCLEEPE1416Collins only
YELLOWS1314All three
YELPING1316All three
YELMING1316Collins only
YELPERS1213All three
YELLING1114All three

Thirteen words start Y?L????, and they split into two very different crowds. Five belong to the everyday YELL family, two to YELP, and four are archaic Y- participles such as YCLEPED and YSLAKED. YELLING is the only common word among them.

Y?L???? in five numbers

  • 13 words fit. Collins accepts every one, while NWL2023 and ENABLE accept 8 each.
  • G and S each end three words; D ends two.
  • YELLOWY and YPLIGHT top the scores at 16, and the average is 13.6.
  • 9 of the 13 come with definitions.
  • Every word starts with Y, so the opening tile is already decided.

What are the YELL- and YELP- words?

YELLING, YELLOWS, YELLOWY, YELLERS and YELLOCH make up the YELL group, and YELPING and YELPERS cover YELP. That is seven of the 13, so the first four letters alone solve more than half the pattern.

YELMING, YOLKIER, YPLIGHT and YSLAKED sit outside those families. Of those four, only YOLKIER is accepted in all three dictionaries, and YELMING is Collins-only.

Why do some words start with YC, YP and YS?

YCLEPED, YCLEEPE, YPLIGHT and YSLAKED are four old past-participle forms that kept a Y- in front of the verb. They are spelling relics, not modern English, but Collins lists all four.

Three different second letters appear across them: YC in YCLEPED and YCLEEPE, YP in YPLIGHT, YS in YSLAKED.

They also hold the pattern's highest scores, because Y is worth 4: YPLIGHT hits 16 with P, G and H, and YCLEPED and YSLAKED reach 15.

The limitation is acceptance. YPLIGHT, YSLAKED, YCLEEPE, YELMING and YELLOCH are Collins-only, while YCLEPED is accepted in all three dictionaries. NWL2023 and ENABLE accept only 8 of the 13, so check your game's word list before you play an old form on a North American board.

How much bigger are the sister patterns?

Tip

S first with L third has 235 matches, more than 18 times this list. Y first with R third has 22. Swap in one of those when the Y list runs dry.

Questions people ask

How many seven-letter words start with Y and have L third?
Thirteen words fit. All appear in Collins, and 8 are accepted by NWL2023 and ENABLE. YELLING, YELLOWS, YELPING and YOLKIER are the most familiar of them.
Which old Y- words fit the Y?L???? pattern?
YCLEPED, YCLEEPE, YPLIGHT and YSLAKED fit. Each is an archaic past-participle form with a Y- prefix, and each scores 15 or 16 points because of the 4-point Y.
What is the highest-scoring word that starts with Y and has L third?
YELLOWY and YPLIGHT tie at 16 points. YCLEPED, YELLOCH and YSLAKED follow at 15, and YOLKIER scores 14. Each gets a boost from Y, which is worth 4.

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