English Words: Y
2,763 words · Page 1 of 56
The twenty-fifth letter of the English alphabet, called wy or wye and written in the Latin script.
A mammalian sex chromosome: in the XY sex-determination system, cells of females typically have a pair of X chromosomes, while cells of males typically have an X and a Y.
Bigotry and intolerance are unacceptable; no one should be discriminated against.
The right-wing extremist group that participated in the occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in 2016.
A modern outgrowth of traditional country music that incorporates elements of rock while keeping the country twanginess.
An imaginary coffin in the shape of a capital letter Y, supposedly used for burying a sexually promiscuous woman.
A bug like the millennium bug, that arises when a 4‐digit year system — from "0000" to "9999" — fails to display, store or calculate the year 10,000 or any later year.
The year 2038, in which certain date-related bugs in computer software are expected to manifest themselves.
A tablet containing a mix of methamphetamine and caffeine, popular among drug users in Thailand.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English alphabetical index for the letter Y contains 2,763 headwords drawn from our Wiktionary-derived dictionary table. At 50 entries per page the browse splits into 56 pages, and you are currently viewing page 1. Every row above is a dictionary-backed entry with a canonical slug, and each links through to a full definition page with pronunciation, senses, etymology, and related-word data where available.
On this page 50 of 50 entries carry a part-of-speech tag and 50 carry at least one stored definition. Coverage varies across letters because Wiktionary volunteers build entries at different speeds for different parts of the alphabet, letters with common starting sounds (S, C, T, P) usually have the densest coverage, while less frequent starters (X, Q, Z) tend to have shorter but more specialised lists. PlainSpell surfaces whatever data is present and links back to the source when a definition is not yet recorded.
For readers using this index as a spelling reference, the guarantee is that every form you see on the list is a documented English headword, not a guess, not a derived inflection lacking a lemma row. If a word you expected to find is absent from the "Y" list, it usually means the form exists only as an inflection of another lemma (e.g. a past participle stored under the infinitive) or the entry has not yet been imported from Wiktionary. Use the search bar or the misspelling lookup to resolve these cases.