Adjectives That Start With Y — Full List

There are 25 adjectives that start with Y in our adjective list of 17,163 words, and every one of them is on this page — grouped by length so you can scan fast, with a live filter when you need something narrower. The biggest group is the 6-letter words (7 of them); the spread is 1 of them 3 letters long, 5 of them 5 letters long, 7 of them 6 letters long, 2 of them 7 letters long, and more up to 11 letters. The longest entries are yugoslavian, yeastlike and yellowish. Writers keep adjective lists like this one open while drafting: when every description sounds flat, scanning a letter’s worth of options is the fastest way to find the precise word.

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Frequently asked questions

How many adjectives that start with Y are there?

Our adjective list contains 25 adjectives that start with Y, out of 17,163 entries in total. They run from 3 to 11 letters, and the 6-letter group is the largest with 7 words.

What are the longest adjectives that start with Y?

The longest are yugoslavian (11 letters), yeastlike (9 letters) and yellowish (9 letters).

Which adjectives that start with Y score highest in Scrabble?

By raw letter values, the top scorers on this page are yellowish (18 points), yokelish (18 points) and yugoslavian (18 points) — before any letter or word multipliers. One honest caveat: this list is a broad English word list, so a few rare or technical entries appear that official game dictionaries (and Wordle’s answer list) do not accept. Always check a play against the dictionary your game uses.