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5 Letter Words With Y

2,032 five-letter words have the letter Y. Common words first, then every word from A to Z.

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Common 5-letter words that have the letter Y

With their Scrabble points: the 16 most used that have a meaning, with a short one, then the rest, most used first.

  • years 8a period of time consisting of 365 or 366 days
  • today 9the present day
  • money 10an official medium of exchange and measure of value
  • reply 10to answer
  • study 9a detailed critical inspection
  • party 10an organization to gain political power
  • story 8a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events
  • young 9being in the early period of life or growth
  • daily 9every day
  • style 8how something is done or how it happens
  • early 8at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or…
  • entry 8a place of entrance
  • types 10a subdivision of a particular kind of thing
  • apply 12to bring into contact with something
  • happy 15marked by joy
  • ready 9prepared

All 2,032 words, A to Z

A…B…C…D…E…F…G…H…I…J…K…L…M…N…O…P…Q…R…S…T…U…V…W…X…Y…Z…

I… (11)

Top score: IXNAY, 15 points. Meaning: to put an end to

Q… (7)

Top score: QUAKY, 21 points. Meaning: tending to quake

S… (185)

Top score: SOYUZ, 17 points. Meaning: a manned spacecraft of the former Soviet Union

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U… (14)

Top score: UMPTY, 12 points (tied with one other). Meaning: indefinitely numerous

X… (8)

Top score: XYLYL, 18 points. Meaning: a univalent radical

Z… (15)

Top score: ZIPPY, 21 points (tied with three others). Meaning: full of energy

About these words

  • 2,032 of the 12,987 5-letter words have the letter Y (16%).
  • 1,467 are good in NWL2023, 2,024 in Collins Scrabble Words and 1,313 in ENABLE. 246 are everyday words.
  • In Scrabble points, jazzy scores the most (33), then fuzzy, fizzy, fezzy and huzzy (29 each).