3 letter words starting with Y
26 words in our dictionary start with Y and have three letters. 8 of them are everyday words, such as YOU, YES, YET, YEN.
Everyday words 8
Rare words 18
Small numbers are tile values added up (Scrabble). Bold border: everyday word. Tap a word to copy it.
At a glance
Highest-scoring words you could spell from one bag of Scrabble tiles (blanks count as zero):
- YAK 10
- YOK 10
- YUK 10
- YAH 9
- YAW 9
- YAY 9
- YEH 9
- YEW 9
Letter after Y
Use this list
Put your tiles in the word finder or the Scrabble word finder.
Fill in the squares you know in the crossword solver.
Try the word searches or the daily games below.
SCRAMBLE: daily anagram
SCRAMBLE gives you seven letters and a clock. Make words and find the long one.
Play SCRAMBLEMore word lists
Questions
How many 3 letter words starting with Y are there?
Our dictionary has 26, and 8 of them are everyday words. The dictionary is the open word list our games use (ENABLE plus SCOWL), so a few words from tournament Scrabble lists may be missing.
What is the highest-scoring word on this list in Scrabble?
YAK, worth 10 points from tile values alone, and the standard tile bag has enough tiles to spell it. Board bonuses can change the real score.
What are some common 3 letter words starting with Y?
YOU, YES, YET, YEN, YAK are among the most common in everyday writing.
How do I filter the list?
Use Must include to require letters (repeat a letter to require it twice), Leave out to exclude letters, or Pattern with ? for one unknown letter and * for any run of letters, for example y??.