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5-letter words starting with YE

There are 20 5-letter words starting with YE in the standard word-game list. The most common are years, yearn, yeast, yechy, yenta, yerba. Every five-letter word here is a valid Wordle guess, and the commonest ones are the likeliest answers.

Most common, with meanings

WordMeaningPoints
yearsa late time of life8
yearndesire strongly or persistently8
yeasta commercial leavening agent containing yeast cells; used to raise the dough in making bread and for…8
yechyHighly offensive; causing aversion or disgust.16
yenta(Yiddish) a vulgar shrew; a shallow coarse termagant8
yerbaIlex paraguariensis, a species of holly native to southern South America; or the dried leaves and twigs of…10
yeukyItchy15

All 20 words

  • years
  • yearn
  • yeast
  • yeans
  • yecch
  • yechs
  • yechy
  • yeggs
  • yelks
  • yells
  • yelps
  • yenta
  • yente
  • yerba
  • yerks
  • yeses
  • yetis
  • yetts
  • yeuks
  • yeuky