5-Letter Words Starting With YU
There are 13 five-letter words starting with YU in our dictionary; 4 of them are common words.
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All 13 words
- yucky17 points
- yummy15 points
- yucca12 points
- yurts8 points
- yulan8 points
- yucch15 points
- yucks14 points
- yucas10 points
- yupon10 points
- yugas9 points
- yuans8 points
- yules8 points
- yurta8 points
Quick facts
- Total words: 13
- By usage: 0 very common, 4 common, 9 rare
Highest scoring (classic tiles)
- yucky 17
- yucch 15
- yummy 15
- yucks 14
- yucca 12
- yucas 10
- yupon 10
- yugas 9
- yuans 8
- yulan 8
Most common
- yucky
- yummy
- yucca
- yurts
- yulan
- yucch
- yucks
- yucas
- yupon
- yugas
Definitions
- yucky (adjective)
- Highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust.
- yummy (adjective)
- Extremely pleasing to the sense of taste.
- yucca (noun)
- Any of several evergreen plants of the genus Yucca having usually tall stout stems and a terminal cluster of white flowers; warmer regions of North America.
Here is the complete list of five-letter words starting with YU: 13 words in total. We sort common words to the top because they are the ones you are most likely to be looking for, whether you are solving a puzzle or checking a play. Words such as YUCKY and YUMMY lead the way. If you need something more specific, the search box accepts your own letters with question marks for blanks and applies this page's constraint automatically.
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 YU, 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
The list puts common words first for a reason: they are the ones an opponent is least likely to challenge and the ones you will remember next time. When two plays score about the same, prefer the common word. Save the rare entries for situations where they are clearly better, such as a triple-word square that only an obscure word can reach. If you are learning vocabulary or solving a puzzle for a newspaper, stick to the very common words marked with a dot; they are the ones the setter almost certainly had in mind.
Questions
How many five-letter words starting with YU are there?
Our dictionary has 13 five-letter words starting with YU, of which 4 are common English words. The count comes from the public-domain ENABLE list, so it can differ slightly from the dictionary a particular game uses.
What is the highest-scoring word among the five-letter words starting with YU?
YUCKY scores 17 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.