6 Letter Words Starting With YE
There are 60 valid 6 letter words that start with YE, drawn from NWL2023, CSW24, and Words With Friends. Sorted below by score, with the single highest scorer called out.
Highest Scoring 6-Letter Words
US Scrabble (NWL)
yecchy - 19 points
UK Scrabble (CSW)
yecchy - 19 points
Words With Friends
yecchy - 18 points
6 Letter Words (60)
View all words starting with YETop 20 Highest-Scoring 6 Letter Words Starting With ye
Point values shown for US Scrabble, UK Scrabble, and Words With Friends. The average across this full 60 word list is 35.0 combined points.
| Rank | Word | US Scrabble | UK Scrabble | WWF Points | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | yealms | 11 | 11 | 12 | 34 |
| #2 | yeaned | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| #3 | yeards | 10 | 10 | 9 | 29 |
| #4 | yeared | 10 | 10 | 9 | 29 |
| #5 | yearly | 12 | 12 | 11 | 35 |
| #6 | yearns | 9 | 9 | 9 | 27 |
| #7 | yearth | 12 | 12 | 10 | 34 |
| #8 | yeasts | 9 | 9 | 8 | 26 |
| #9 | yeasty | 12 | 12 | 10 | 34 |
| #10 | yecchs | 16 | 16 | 16 | 48 |
| 🏆 #11 | yecchy | 19 | 19 | 18 | 56 |
| #12 | yeding | 11 | 11 | 12 | 34 |
| #13 | yeehaw | 15 | 15 | 13 | 43 |
| #14 | yeelin | 9 | 9 | 10 | 28 |
| #15 | yeeted | 10 | 10 | 9 | 29 |
| #16 | yeeuch | 14 | 14 | 14 | 42 |
| #17 | yeeuck | 15 | 15 | 16 | 46 |
| #18 | yelled | 10 | 10 | 11 | 31 |
| #19 | yeller | 9 | 9 | 10 | 28 |
| #20 | yellow | 12 | 12 | 13 | 37 |
Where 6 Letter Words Fit on the Board
At 6 letters, a word almost always uses your entire rack plus tiles already on the board these are realistically bingo-adjacent plays rather than everyday moves, which is why the list leans heavily on compound and suffixed forms (-nesses, -ation, -izing). If you're looking for words you can play more often, shorter lengths starting with YE will give you far more flexible options try 6 letter words starting with YE for a more practical middle ground.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the highest-scoring 6 letter word starting with ye?
yecchy — worth 56 combined points (US Scrabble: 19, UK Scrabble: 19, Words With Friends: 18).
How many 6 letter words start with ye?
60 valid words, combining entries from NWL2023, CSW24, and the Words With Friends dictionary.
Are 6 letter words realistic to actually play?
Only occasionally — you'd need most of your rack plus letters already on the board to reach 6 tiles. They're worth knowing for the rare bingo-extension play, but for regular turns, shorter ye words will come up far more often.