5-letter words with Y as the first letter
There are 176 five-letter words with Y as the first letter in Unscrambly's open word list; the highest scoring is YUKKY at 19 points. A is the most common second letter among them (44), and the average score is 10.9 points.
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Pinning a letter to an exact slot is the core of Wordle strategy: a green Y in the first position leaves these 176 words as candidates. Every word below is exactly five letters with Y in slot 1, shown with its Scrabble score, and examples include YUKKY, YUCKY, YUZUS, YAKKA and YECHY. Feed the letters you already know into the Wordle helper to narrow a puzzle with a Y in slot 1 further.
For Wordle, YEARS is a strong guess from this list: of the familiar words with five different letters, it uses the letters found in the most of these 176 words.
5-letter words with Y as the first letter in numbers
- Words
- 176
- Highest scoring
- YUKKY 19 pts
- Average score
- 10.9 pts
- With a definition
- 49 (28%)
- A44
- B1
- C3
- D2
- E37
- F1
- I13
- L3
- M2
- O41
- R4
- S1
- T1
- U23
Highest-scoring 5-letter words with y as the first letter
5-letter words with Y as the first letter (176)
All 176 are listed: the 50 highest scoring first, then the rest, taken in turn from every second letter; within each, words with a dictionary definition come first.
Frequently asked questions
How many 5 letter words have Y as the first letter?
Unscrambly's list has 176 five-letter words with Y in the first position, 1.4% of all five-letter words.
How do I use this list for Wordle?
If your first tile turned green as Y, these 176 words are your candidates. Cross off any word that uses a letter you have already ruled out, and prefer a guess that tests new letters, such as YEARS.
What is the highest scoring 5 letter word with Y as the first letter?
YUKKY scores 19 points in Scrabble. Next come YUCKY (17), YUZUS (17) and YAKKA (16). The average is 10.9 points.