3 Letter Words Starting with Y
Found 34 3-letter words starting with Y. Skim the list below, or stack on more filters to narrow things down further.
Quick answers
How many 3-letter words starting with Y are there?
There are 34 3-letter words starting with Y in our list right now.
What's the highest-scoring 3-letter word starting with Y?
"yex" tops the list starting with Y at 13 points in Scrabble.
What's a common 3-letter word starting with Y?
"yes" is one you'll recognize — it's among the more frequently used 3-letter words starting with Y.
Will these words hold up in Scrabble or Words With Friends?
They're drawn from a broad English word list, not a single tournament dictionary. If you're playing competitively, double-check against your game's official list (TWL or SOWPODS) before you commit to a play.
Keep exploring
Want 3-letter words starting with Y? There are 34 words here, pulled from a broad English word list and run through every filter on this page. Top of the scoreboard: "yex", worth 13 points in Scrabble and Words With Friends.
Reach for these first if you want something no scorekeeper will argue with: yes, yet, you. Common words like these show up in most game dictionaries, so they're safe, low-risk plays. Want something sneakier — harder to guess, less likely to get challenged — use the filters below to narrow by extra letters.
Y, A, E, O, U show up most often in this group — worth remembering when you're deciding which tiles to hang onto. T, X, B turn up far less, and they're usually what pushes a word's score higher when they do.