Verbs That Start With Y
These verbs that start with Y come from a standard English dictionary used for word games, ranked by how often each word is used in everyday writing. There are 8 verbs starting with Y on this page. The 8 most common come first, each with a short meaning, followed by shorter, longer and easier picks and a filter for any ending or length.
Just eight verbs start with Y, so this page is short and easy to learn by heart. Yield, yell, yelp, yawn, yearn, yap, yaw and yammer make up the full set.
Many of them are about sound. Yell, yelp and yap describe loud or sharp noises, and yammer means to talk on and on. Yawn is a gift for younger children because they can act it out. Yaw is a steering word for boats and planes that turn off course.
- Verbs starting with Y
- 8
- Most used
- yield
- Longest common one
- yield 5 letters
Most common verbs that start with Y
Ranked by how often the word appears in English text. "Type" is the word's main part of speech.
| # | Word | Meaning | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yield | be the cause or source of | verb |
| 2 | yell | utter a sudden loud cry | verb |
| 3 | yelp | bark in a high-pitched tone | verb |
| 4 | yawn | utter a yawn, as from lack of oxygen or when one is tired | verb |
| 5 | yearn | desire strongly or persistently | verb |
| 6 | yap | bark in a high-pitched tone | verb |
| 7 | yaw | be wide open | verb |
| 8 | yammer | cry loudly, as of animals | verb |
Short verbs that start with Y
- yield
- yell
- yelp
- yawn
- yearn
- yap
- yaw
More that start with Y
- NamesYvonne, Yahir
- Girl namesYvonne, Yolanda
- Boy namesYahir, Yosef
- Last namesYoung, Yang
- Wordsyour, year
- 5-letter wordsyears, young
- Adjectivesyoung, yellow
- Positive wordsyouthful
- Nounsyear, years
- Animalsyak, yellow jacket
- Flowersyellow iris, yarrow
- Plants and treesyam, yew
- CountriesYemen
- CitiesYangon, Yokohama
- Foodsyogurt, yam
- Fruitsyellow watermelon, yuzu
- Thingsyacht, yarn
- Colorsyellow, yellow green
- Jobsyoga instructor, youth worker
- Dog namesYorkie, Yuki
Questions people ask
How many verbs start with Y?
This list has 8 verbs starting with Y, taken from a standard word-game dictionary and limited to words that appear in real English text.
What are the most common verbs that start with Y?
yield, yell, yelp, yawn, yearn, yap, yaw, yammer are the most used in everyday English.
Source: the ENABLE word list (a public-domain dictionary used for word games), ranked by how often each word appears in English text (the open wordfreq project), with short meanings from Princeton WordNet. Offensive words are left out.
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