5 Letter Words Starting With Y

Five-letter words starting with Y include “yacht,” “yersin,” “yields,” “youngs” and “youths.” Yacht is a luxury boat, often used for recreational purposes. Yersin is named after the Swiss physician Alexandre Yersin who discovered the bacterium responsible for bubonic plague in Hong Kong in 1894. Yields can refer to financial investments or crops produced by farmers. Youngs refers to an English brewing firm established in 1831. Youths are young people aged roughly between 12 and 17 years of age.