5 Letter Words That Start With Y

yield

Verb : To give as a result or outcome; to produce or render.

Verb : To produce as return from an investment.

Verb : To give up; to surrender or capitulate.

yearn

Verb : (intransitive, also figuratively) To have a strong desire for something or to do something; to long for or to do something.

Noun : A strong desire or longing; a yearning, a yen.

Verb : (specifically) To long for something in the past with melancholy or nostalgia.

yobbo

Noun : (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, derogatory, slang) A yob.

youth

Noun : (uncountable) The part of life following childhood; the period of existence preceding maturity or age; the whole early part of life, from childhood, or, sometimes, from infancy, to adulthood.

Noun : (countable) A young person.

Noun : (countable) A young man; a male adolescent or young adult.

yahoo

Verb : (transitive, intransitive, informal) To give a cry of yahoo.

Noun : (derogatory) A rough, coarse, loud or uncouth individual.

Noun : (cryptozoology) A humanoid cryptid said to exist in parts of eastern Australia, and also reported in the Bahamas.

yucky

Adjective : (colloquial, often childish) Of something highly offensive; causing aversion or disgust.

ylike

Verb : (obsolete) Alternative form of alike. [In the same manner, form, or degree; in common; equally.]

young

Adjective : In the early part of growth or life; born not long ago.

Adjective : At an early stage of existence or development; having recently come into existence.

Adjective : (Not) advanced in age; (far towards or) at a specified stage of existence or age.

yucca

Noun : Any of several evergreen plants of the genus Yucca, having long, pointed, and rigid leaves at the top of a woody stem, and bearing a large panicle of showy white blossoms.

Noun : (now proscribed, obsolete) The yuca (cassava).

Noun : An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Mohave County, Arizona, United States.

yummy

Adjective : (colloquial, lighthearted, often childish) Delicious.

Noun : (slang) Ellipsis of yummy mummy. [(chiefly UK, Australia, slang) A mother who is sexually attractive.]

yokel

Noun : (derogatory) A person from or living in the countryside, viewed as being unsophisticated or naive.

yokai

Noun : (folklore, Japanese mythology) Any of various supernatural monsters, sometimes shapeshifters, in Japanese folklore.

yelow

Adjective : Misspelling of yellow. [Of a yellow hue.]

yours

Adjective : a possessive form of the pronoun yo

years

Noun : (colloquial, hyperbolic) A very long time.

y'all

Verb : (ambitransitive, informal) To use the pronoun "y'all" (to).

yonic

Adjective : Of or relating to the yoni.

Adjective : In the shape of a vulva (yoni).

yabbo

Noun : Alternative form of yobbo. [(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, derogatory, slang) A yob.]

yeply

Verb : (obsolete) Promptly; quickly; at once.

yeron

Noun : Obsolete form of iron. [(uncountable) A common, inexpensive metal, silvery grey when untarnished, that rusts, is attracted by magnets, and is used in making steel: a chemical element having atomic number 26 and symbol Fe.]

yacht

Noun : (nautical) A slick and light ship for making pleasure trips or racing on water, having sails but often motor-powered. At times used as a residence offshore on a dock.

Noun : Any vessel used for private, noncommercial purposes.

Verb : (intransitive) To sail, voyage, or race in a yacht.

yo-yo

Noun : A toy consisting of a spheroidal or cylindrical spindle having a circular groove in which string is wound; it is used by holding the string in the fingers and reeling the spindle up and down by movements of the wrist.

Noun : (finance) A volatile market that moves up and down.

Noun : (informal) Someone who vacillates.

yemen

Noun : A country in West Asia in the Middle East. Official name: Republic of Yemen. Capital: Sanaa.

Noun : (historical) A region in the southern Arabian Peninsula; the Arabia Felix.

yenta

Noun : (Jewish) A woman who meddles in the business of others; a busybody; a female gossipmonger.

yikes

Verb : To utter the exclamation yikes.

yoked

Adjective : (literal) Wearing a yoke.

Adjective : (figurative) Subjugated.

Adjective : (bodybuilding) Having large and well-defined muscles particularly at the neck and the trapezii (forming thus the “yoke“).

youse

Noun : A surname from German.

yanks

Noun : a 1979 drama film directed by John Schlesinger, and produced by Joseph Janni and Lester Persky, and is written by Colin Welland and Walter Bernstein.

yonks

Noun : (slang, UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) A long time (especially a longer time than expected); ages

yupik

Noun : Alternative form of Yup'ik. [(ethnology) A member of an Eskimo people of western and southwestern Alaska.]

yeard

Noun : (archaic) Alternative form of yard. [A small, usually uncultivated area adjoining or (now especially) within the precincts of a house or other building.]

Verb : (dialectal) Alternative form of heard.

yoink

Verb : (colloquial) To steal.

Verb : (colloquial) To take or win (something that others want).

Verb : (colloquial) To yank or snatch.

yeare

Noun : Obsolete spelling of year. [A period of time akin to the time taken for the Earth to undergo a full cycle of seasons.]

yeild

Verb : Misspelling of yield. [To give as a result or outcome; to produce or render.]

yeast

Noun : An often humid, yellowish froth produced by fermenting malt worts, and used to brew beer, leaven bread, and also used in certain medicines.

Noun : A single-celled fungus of a wide variety of taxonomic families.

Noun : A compressed cake or dried granules of this substance used for mixing with flour to make bread dough rise.

yacca

Noun : (Australia) Any of the various Australian perennial flowering plants of the genus Xanthorrhoea.

Noun : Either of two large evergreens of the West Indies, Podocarpus coriaceus and Podocarpus purdieanus.

yogic

Adjective : Of or pertaining to yoga.

yamen

Noun : A residence of an official of the Chinese Empire.

yeats

Noun : The author and poet W. B. Yeats

Noun : A surname.

yokes

Noun : Senses relating to a frame around the neck.

Noun : A bar or frame by which two oxen or other draught animals are joined at their necks enabling them to pull a cart, plough, etc.; (by extension) a device attached to a single draught animal for the same purpose.

Noun : Any of various linking or supporting objects that resembles a yoke (sense 1.1); a crosspiece, a curved bar, etc.

yapok

Noun : The water opossum (Chironectes minimus).

yakka

Noun : (Australia) Work.

Verb : (Australia) To work.

Noun : (South Asia, North India, Sikh diaspora, slang, sometimes derogatory) a Sikh living in the Sikh diaspora, especially one from the West

yapon

Noun : (now less common than "yaupon") Alternative form of yaupon. [The yaupon holly, Ilex vomitoria, an evergreen holly shrub with white flowers and red or yellow berries, found in the south-eastern United States.]

yaqui

Noun : A Uto-Aztecan-speaking indigenous people of Mexico.

Noun : A Uto-Aztecan language spoken by the Yaqui people.

yabby

Noun : (Australia) Any of various freshwater crayfish, typically of the genus Cherax, valued as food, especially Cherax destructor of southeastern Australia.

Noun : (Australia, chiefly Queensland) A species of marine ghost shrimp, Trypaea australiensis, widely harvested by recreational anglers as bait; a nipper.

Verb : (intransitive) To search, forage, or fish for yabbies.

yappy

Adjective : Very talkative; talking foolishly or at length.

Adjective : Of a dog, yapping in an annoying manner.

yawed

Noun : The rotation of an aircraft, ship, or missile about its vertical axis so as to cause the longitudinal axis of the aircraft, ship, or missile to deviate from the flight line or heading in its horizontal plane.

Verb : (intransitive, aviation) To turn about the vertical axis while maintaining course.

Noun : (nautical) A vessel's motion rotating about the vertical axis, so the bow yaws from side to side; a characteristic of unsteadiness.

yells

Verb : (intransitive) To shout; holler; make a loud sound with the voice, especially to express intense emotions such as anger or excitement.

Noun : A shout.

Verb : (transitive) To convey by shouting.

yarns

Noun : (uncountable) A twisted strand of fibre used for knitting or weaving.

Noun : (countable) A story, a tale, especially one that is incredible.

Verb : (intransitive) To tell a story or stories, especially one that is lengthy or unlikely to be true.

yeses

Noun : An affirmative expression; an answer that shows agreement or acceptance.

Noun : A vote of support or in favor of something.

Verb : (colloquial, transitive) To agree with, affirm, approve.

yewen

Adjective : (archaic) Made from the wood of the yew tree.

yfere

Verb : (obsolete, poetic) Together.

yukky

Adjective : Alternative spelling of yucky. [(colloquial, often childish) Of something highly offensive; causing aversion or disgust.]

yuppy

Noun : Alternative spelling of yuppie. [(informal, sometimes derogatory, dated) A young upwardly mobile urban professional person with an affluent lifestyle.]

yeara

Noun : Toxicodendron diversilobum, western poison oak.

yogis

Noun : (yoga) A devotee or adherent of yoga.

Verb : (transitive, informal) To turn (someone) into a yogi; to lead into practicing yoga.

Verb : (US, thru-hiker slang) To persuade someone to give you food or other favors without actually begging.

yurok

Noun : A member of a particular Native American tribe of Northern California.

Noun : The Algic language of these people.

yawny

Adjective : Boring, uninteresting, causing yawns.

Adjective : Prone to yawning.

Adjective : Sounding like a yawn.

yasos

yaple

Noun : A surname.

yasui

Noun : A surname from Japanese.

yippy

Adjective : (informal, golf) Playing badly because one is nervous; having the yips.

Adjective : Making yipping noises.

Noun : (US, slang) A yard patrol boat.

yagna

Noun : Alternative form of yajna. [(Hinduism) A ritual of sacrifice to the Devas.]

yance

Verb : (dialect, Northern English dialect) once (in both senses: only one time, and formerly)

yatra

Noun : A Hindu pilgrimage.

yanky

Noun : Archaic form of Yankee. [A native or inhabitant of some part of the United States:]

yanos

Noun : A surname from Spanish.

yomud

Noun : Alternative form of Yomut. [A member of a particular Turkmen tribe.]

yukie

Noun : A female given name from Japanese.

Noun : (colloquial) Alternative form of Ukie. [(colloquial) A Ukrainian.]

Noun : Alternative form of Yuki. [A Native American people from northern California.]

yappa

yente

Noun : Alternative spelling of yenta. [(Jewish) A woman who meddles in the business of others; a busybody; a female gossipmonger.]

yipee

yoick

Verb : (intransitive) To give the hunter's cry of "yoick".

yokan

Noun : A thick jellied dessert made of red bean paste, agar, and sugar, usually sold in block form and eaten in slices.

yored

Noun : (especially in plural) An emigrant from Israel

yuchy

Adjective : Alternative form of yucky. [(colloquial, often childish) Of something highly offensive; causing aversion or disgust.]

yeere

Noun : Obsolete form of year. [A period of time akin to the time taken for the Earth to undergo a full cycle of seasons.]

yoney

yurop

yonai

Noun : A surname from Japanese.

yabos

Noun : (slang) A woman's breasts.

yiros

Noun : (South Australia, Northern Territory) Alternative form of gyro (Greek sandwich) [A gyroscope.]

yiwei

yowly

Adjective : (informal) Tending to make yowling sounds.

yo yo

Noun : Yoyo, also referred to as Yo Yo, is a 1965 French comedy film directed by and starring Pierre Étaix.

y axis

yodel

Verb : (transitive and intransitive) To sing (a song) in such a way that the voice fluctuates rapidly between the normal chest voice and falsetto.

Noun : An act of yodelling.

Noun : A song incorporating yodelling.

yukon

Noun : A territory in northern Canada. Capital: Whitehorse.

Noun : A river in northwest Canada and Alaska.

Noun : (US, automotive) A GMC Yukon automobile.

ypres

Noun : Any of several battles fought near this city during the First World War.

Noun : A city in West Flanders, Belgium.

Noun : The municipality containing this city.

yalta

Noun : (by ellipsis) The Yalta Conference of 1945.

Noun : A city and raion of Crimea, Ukraine.

yotta

yakut

Noun : The language of these people.

Noun : One of a Siberian people who speak a Turkic language, and live in the Lena river basin.

youre

yuman

Adjective : Of or relating to a language family spoken by Native Americans in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico.

yards

Noun : (nautical) The totality of the sailing rig.

yazoo

Noun : (US) A tributary that runs parallel to a river (especially when separated by a natural levee).

Noun : A river in Mississippi, United States; in full, the Yazoo River.

Noun : A tribe of the Native American Tunica people historically located along the lower course of the Yazoo River.

yerba

Noun : Ilex paraguariensis, a species of holly native to southern South America; or the dried leaves and twigs of this plant, used to make the caffeine-rich beverage maté.

yager

Noun : (US, obsolete) A heavy, muzzle-loading hunting rifle

Noun : A Jäger, an elite soldier of the Austrian army

Noun : A surname.

yocto

yulan

Noun : Magnolia denudata, a species of magnolia with large white blossoms that open before the leaves.

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