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5-letter words starting with Y

There are 176 five-letter words starting with Y in our dictionary. The highest-scoring in Scrabble are yukky (19), yucky (17), yuzus (17), yakka (16), yechy (16).

After Y, the most common second letters are A (44), O (41), E (37). If you're solving a Wordle and know the first letter, use these to narrow down your next guess.

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