7-letter words with Y as the 1st letter and S as the 7th letter

All 65 matches begin with Y and finish with S, but the pool is not a list of familiar everyday terms. YONKERS, YELLOWS, and YOGURTS are recognizable; the full set has 56 defined entries, and only one counts as common; YUPPIES is another familiar option. Treat the fixed letters as a rack constraint first: the middle five tiles still decide whether an entry fits your clue.

7-letter words with Y first and S last: key facts

• Collins includes all 65 matches; NWL2023 accepts 37, while ENABLE accepts 31.
• Only one match ranks among the common entries.
• YONKERS, YELLOWS, and YOGURTS are recognizable examples of the pattern.
• The average Scrabble tile score is 13.5 points.
• YANQUIS and YAQONAS lead the scoring list at 19 points each.

Which Y-starting, S-ending words score highest?

YANQUIS and YAQONAS tie at 19 points, the top score in this group. YAKKERS and YAPOCKS follow at 18, while YOJANAS scores 17. Several leaders are specialist vocabulary, not safe guesses from memory, so score alone is a poor guide to how familiar a word will feel.

With an average score of 13.5, the group is not uniformly high-scoring. The Y tile is worth 4 points in English-language Scrabble, compared with 1 for the final S, so consider the opening tile when a premium square is available. A useful rack can still lose value if you spend its stronger letters on a word your game rejects.

How does S compare with other endings after Y?

Among Y-starting seven-letter patterns, an S ending has 65 matches; G has 42 and R has 14. That makes S the strongest of these three final-letter choices, while R is especially restrictive. When the clue fixes Y at the front, test the final square before sorting the middle letters.

This pattern's 65 matches outnumber the other two Y-starting endings, but that does not make every candidate familiar. YONKERS and YOGURTS are easier to recognize than YAQONAS or YAKKERS; memorizing a few word shapes beats treating the opening Y as enough to validate a play. The 7-letter words with Y first and S last still need a check against your game's word list.