5-Letter Words Starting With YA
There are 23 five-letter words starting with YA in our dictionary; 8 of them are common words.
Type your own letters to find only the 5-letter words you can make, or leave it empty to open this list in the word finder.
All 23 words
- yards9 points
- yacht13 points
- yanks12 points
- yawns11 points
- yarns8 points
- yawed12 points
- yahoo11 points
- yawls11 points
- yapok14 points
- yawps13 points
- yamen10 points
- yapon10 points
- yacks14 points
- yaffs14 points
- yamun10 points
- yaups10 points
- yager9 points
- yagis9 points
- yaird9 points
- yangs9 points
- yauds9 points
- yauld9 points
- yarer8 points
Quick facts
- Total words: 23
- By usage: 5 very common, 3 common, 15 rare
Highest scoring (classic tiles)
- yacks 14
- yaffs 14
- yapok 14
- yacht 13
- yawps 13
- yanks 12
- yawed 12
- yahoo 11
- yawls 11
- yawns 11
Most common
- yards
- yacht
- yanks
- yawns
- yarns
- yawed
- yahoo
- yawls
- yapok
- yawps
Definitions
- yacht (noun)
- An expensive vessel propelled by sail or power and used for cruising or racing.
- yahoo (noun)
- A person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture.
Looking for five-letter words starting with YA? You are in the right place. This list has 23 of them, sorted so the familiar words such as YARDS and YACHT appear before the obscure ones. Every entry is a real dictionary word, and every score badge is computed from standard tile values. Use the filters in the search box to keep only the words that also fit the other letters on your rack or the pattern in your puzzle.
How to use this page
This page works as both a reference and a tool. As a reference, it lists every word that start with the letters YA, sorted by familiarity. As a tool, it accepts your own letters in the search box and returns the subset you can play, with scores. The related links at the end cover neighbouring letters and lengths.
Tips
A balanced rack has roughly three vowels and four consonants, and a lopsided rack is the most common reason players get stuck. If you are drowning in vowels, look for the words on this page with the most vowels and use them to reset. If you have too many consonants, a word with a single vowel will do the same job. When you cannot find a decent play, it is often better to swap tiles or play a short word that dumps the surplus than to force a poor score and keep the bad rack.
Questions
What is the highest-scoring word among the five-letter words starting with YA?
YACKS scores 14 points with classic tile values, ignoring board multipliers. The full top ten is in the quick facts above; switch the tile set on the search tool if you play with different letter values.
Why are some of these words unfamiliar?
15 of the 23 words on this page are tagged rare, meaning they fall outside the usual spell-check vocabulary. They are still real words, and many are legal plays, but you should expect a challenge if someone asks you to define them.