3-letter words starting with y
- y2k — Year 2000
- ya- — Yet Another
- yaa — The letter \u064a in the Arabic script.
- yad — a tapered, usually ornamented rod, usually of silver, with the tip of the tapered part forming a fist with the index finger extended, used by the reader of a scroll of the Torah as a place marker.
- yag — a synthetic yttrium aluminum garnet, used for infrared lasers and as a gemstone.
- yah — An upper-class person.
- yak — a loud, hearty laugh.
- yam — the starchy, tuberous root of any of various climbing vines of the genus Dioscorea, cultivated for food in warm regions.
- yan — (cardinal, North East England, dialect) one.
- yao — Wade-Giles, Pinyin. a legendary emperor of China who, with his successor (Shun) was a paragon of good government.
- yap — to bark sharply, shrilly, or snappishly; yelp.
- yar — yare (defs 1, 2).
- yas — Nonstandard spelling of yes.
- yat — A vowel letter of the Cyrillic and Glagolitic alphabet, no longer in current use.
- yaw — to deviate temporarily from a straight course, as a ship.
- yay — Yet Another Yacc
- yba — young British artist
- ybb — Youth Baseball Bat
- ybl — Yawkey Baseball League
- yea — to the extent, amount, etc., indicated: The doll is about yay high.
- yed — (intransitive, archaic) To speak; sing.
- yee — (archaic, and, Geordie) you (the people being addressed).
- yeg — Alternative form of yegg.
- yeh — (colloquial, informal) altform yeah1; yes.
- yel — Obsolete spelling of yell.
- yem — (Geordie) alternative spelling of hyem.
- yen — an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Japan, equal to 100 sen or 1000 rin. Symbol: ¥; Abbreviation: Y.
- yeo — (Southwest England) A stream or ditch.
- yep — Yes.
- yer — You are, used in representing dialectal speech.
- yes — (used to express affirmation or assent or to mark the addition of something emphasizing and amplifying a previous statement): Do you want that? Yes, I do.
- yet — at the present time; now: Don't go yet. Are they here yet?
- yew — any of several evergreen, coniferous trees and shrubs of the genera Taxus and Torreya, constituting the family Taxaceae, of the Old World, North America, and Japan, having needlelike or scalelike foliage and seeds enclosed in a fleshy aril.
- yex — (archaic) Hiccup.
- yey — Alternative spelling of yay.
- ygp — Younger Generation Player
- yha — Youth Hostels Association
- yhl — Youth Hockey League
- yid — a contemptuous term used to refer to a Jew.
- yig — a synthetic yttrium iron garnet, used in electronics in filters and amplifiers.
- yil — Years In League
- yin — (in Chinese philosophy and religion) two principles, one negative, dark, and feminine (yin) and one positive, bright, and masculine (yang) whose interaction influences the destinies of creatures and things.
- yip — to bark sharply, as a young dog.
- yir — Eye dialect of your.
- yis — Eye dialect of yes.
- yiy — Yoga is Youthfulness
- yiz — Yiz as a plural pronoun is found most notably in the Philadelphia area and Delaware Valley (including Southern New Jersey), especially among working class communities.
- yjc — Young Jumper Championships
- yks — Yoga Kingdom Sanctuary
- ynt — Youth National Team
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