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Words containing YI

Words that have the letters YI in a row, in that order: handy when a board square or a clue gives you a chunk to build around. All playable on Wordtide's board. There are 769 playable words containing YI in Wordtide's English dictionary. The most common length is 8 letters, and the longest word is BOURGEOISIFYING. The highest-scoring is DIZZYINGLY, worth 32 points.

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Popular words containing YI

JUSTIFYING25
QUALIFYING25
ACCOMPANYING23
SIMPLIFYING21
SPECIFYING20
CLASSIFYING19
ENJOYING19
MULTIPLYING19
OCCUPYING19
VERIFYING19
CLARIFYING18
HORRIFYING18
IDENTIFYING18
MODIFYING18
RECTIFYING18
SUPPLYING17
DISPLAYING16
EMPLOYING16

Highest-scoring words containing YI

Points are Wordtide tile values before bonus squares. Rare letters pay most: J, Q and Z are worth 9, X is 7.

DIZZYINGLY32
COMPLEXIFYING31
OBJECTIFYING30
PREQUALIFYING30
DISQUALIFYING29
OVERSIMPLIFYING29
DIZZYING28
EXEMPLIFYING28
ZOMBIFYING28
ZINKIFYING27
COCKNEYFYING27
RELIQUEFYING27

3-letter words containing YI (2)

YIN5
YIP7

4-letter words containing YI (9)

AYIN6
PYIC10
PYIN8
YILL6
YINS6
YIPE8
YIPS8
YIRD7
YIRR6

5-letter words containing YI (19)

AYINS7
DYING9
EYING8
GOYIM10
HYING10
LYING8
PYINS9
SAYID8
TYING8
VYING12
YIELD8
YIKES10
YILLS7
YINCE9
YIPES9
YIRDS8
YIRRS7
YIRTH9
ZAYIN15

6-letter words containing YI (46)

ABYING11
BAYING11
BOYISH12
BUYING12
COYING11
COYISH12
CRYING11
DRYING10
DRYISH11
DYINGS10
FAYING12
FLYING12
FRYING12
GOYISH11
GUYING11
HAYING11
JOYING17
KEYING12
LAYING9
LUNGYI10
LYINGS9
MAYING11
PAYING11
PINYIN10
PLYING11
PRYING11
RAYING9
SAIYID9
SAYIDS9
SAYING9
SAYYID11
SHYING11
SKYING12
SPYING11
STYING9
TOYING9
TOYISH10
TRYING9
WRYING12
YIELDS9
YIPPED13
YIPPEE12
YIPPIE12
YIRRED9
YIRTHS10
ZAYINS16

7-letter words containing YI (82)

ALLYING10
BABYING14
BABYISH15
BELYING12
BODYING13
BOGYISM14
BRAYING12
BUOYING13
BURYING13
BUSYING13
CLAYIER11
CLAYISH13
CLOYING12
COPYING14
COPYIST13
COZYING20
DEFYING14
DENYING11
EDDYING12
ENVYING14
ESPYING12
FLAYING13
FLEYING13
FLYINGS13
FOGYISH15
FOGYISM15
FRAYING13
GRAYING11
GRAYISH12
GREYING11
GREYISH12
JURYING19
LAZYING18
LAZYISH19
LEHAYIM13
LEVYING14
OBEYING12
OKAYING13
PITYING12
PIXYISH19
PLAYING12
POLYNYI13
PRAYING12
PREYING12
RELYING10
SAYINGS10
SLAYING10
SPAYING12
STAYING10
SWAYING13
TAXYING16
TIDYING11
UNDYING12
UNTYING11
VARYING14
VYINGLY16
WHEYISH16
YIELDED11
YIPPING14
ZANYISH19

The 60 most common shown, 22 rarer words not listed. All 7-letter words

8-letter words containing YI (164)

ALLAYING11
ALLOYING11
ANNOYING11
APPLYING15
ARRAYING11
BANDYING14
BELLYING13
BERRYING13
BULLYING14
CADDYING15
CANDYING14
CARRYING13
CURRYING14
DALLYING12
DECAYING14
DECOYING14
DECRYING14
DEIFYING15
DELAYING12
DIRTYING12
DIZZYING28
EMPTYING15
ENJOYING19
ESSAYING11
FANCYING16
FERRYING14
FORAYING14
GLORYING12
HARRYING13
HONEYING13
HURRYING14
IMPLYING15
INLAYING11
JELLYING19
JOLLYING19
LOBBYING15
LOBBYIST14
MARRYING13
MUDDYING16
OUTLYING12
PARTYING13
PHONYING15
PUTTYING14
QUERYING20
RALLYING11
READYING12
RELAYING11
REPAYING13
REPLYING13
SAVVYING19
SPRAYING13
STRAYING11
STUDYING13
TALLYING11
TARRYING11
UNIFYING15
UNSAYING12
WEARYING14
WORRYING14
YIELDING12

The 60 most common shown, 104 rarer words not listed. All 8-letter words

9-letter words containing YI (141)

BETRAYING14
BIOPSYING16
BLOODYING15
BRANDYING15
CANOPYING16
CODIFYING18
COMPLYING18
CONVEYING18
CONVOYING18
CURTSYING15
DEFRAYING16
DEPLOYING15
DESCRYING15
DISMAYING15
EMBODYING17
EMPLOYING16
FLURRYING16
HOBBYISTS17
JOCKEYING25
LOBBYISTS15
MISLAYING14
MODIFYING18
MONKEYING17
MUTINYING15
NOTIFYING15
OCCUPYING19
OSSIFYING15
OUTLAYING13
OVERLYING16
PACIFYING19
PARLAYING14
PARLEYING14
PARODYING15
PHONEYING16
PREPAYING16
PRETTYING14
PURIFYING18
PURVEYING19
QUARRYING21
RAMIFYING17
RAREFYING15
RATIFYING15
RECOPYING16
REMEDYING15
REPLAYING14
SASHAYING14
SCURRYING15
SHIMMYING18
SKIVVYING23
STEADYING13
SUPPLYING17
SURVEYING17
TYPIFYING19
UNVARYING17
VERIFYING19
VILIFYING19
VIVIFYING23
VOLLEYING16
WAYLAYING17
WHINNYING17

The 60 most common shown, 81 rarer words not listed.

10-letter words containing YI (134)

ACIDIFYING19
AMNESTYING15
AMPLIFYING20
ANNOYINGLY15
ATROPHYING17
AUTOPSYING16
BEATIFYING18
BLARNEYING15
BOYISHNESS16
CALCIFYING20
CERTIFYING18
CLARIFYING18
CRUCIFYING21
DESTROYING14
DIGNIFYING18
DISOBEYING16
DISPLAYING16
FALSIFYING19
FANTASYING16
FORTIFYING19
GAINSAYING14
GLORIFYING17
GRATIFYING17
HACKNEYING20
HOLIDAYING16
HORRIFYING18
JOURNEYING22
JUSTIFYING25
LIQUEFYING25
MAGNIFYING19
MISPLAYING17
MOLLIFYING18
MORTIFYING18
MUMMIFYING23
MYSTIFYING20
NULLIFYING17
OUTPLAYING16
OVERJOYING25
OVERLAYING17
OVERPAYING19
PETRIFYING18
PILLORYING15
PORTRAYING15
PUTREFYING19
QUALIFYING25
REAPPLYING17
RECTIFYING18
REMARRYING15
RESTUDYING15
REUNIFYING17
SATISFYING16
SCARIFYING18
SIGNIFYING17
SPECIFYING20
STUPEFYING19
TERRIFYING16
TESTIFYING16
UNDERLYING15
UNYIELDING15
VERSIFYING20

The 60 most common shown, 74 rarer words not listed.

11-letter words containing YI (80)

ALKALIFYING20
AMMONIFYING21
BEAUTIFYING20
BRICKLAYING21
CAUSEWAYING20
CLASSIFYING19
COCKNEYISMS22
COEMBODYING21
COEMPLOYING20
COPURIFYING22
CORDUROYING18
DENAZIFYING26
DETOXIFYING24
DISARRAYING15
DISMAYINGLY19
DOWNPLAYING20
EMULSIFYING20
ETHERIFYING19
FRUCTIFYING23
GENTRIFYING18
GUARANTYING16
HUMIDIFYING23
IDENTIFYING18
LAPIDIFYING20
MISAPPLYING20
MISCARRYING18
MULTIPLYING19
NECROPSYING18
OPSONIFYING19
OUTBULLYING18
OVERPLAYING20
OVERSTAYING18
PRETTIFYING19
PROPHESYING20
QUANTIFYING26
RECODIFYING20
RECONVEYING20
REDEPLOYING17
REEMBODYING19
REMODIFYING20
REOCCUPYING21
REPACIFYING21
REPURIFYING20
RESUPPLYING19
RESURVEYING19
REVERIFYING21
REVIVIFYING25
RIGIDIFYING19
ROUGHDRYING19
SANCTIFYING19
SAPONIFYING19
SILICIFYING19
SIMPLIFYING21
SOLIDIFYING18
STRATIFYING17
STULTIFYING18
TRACKLAYING19
TRAVESTYING18
UNDERBUYING19
UNDERPAYING18

The 60 most common shown, 20 rarer words not listed.

12-letter words containing YI (55)

ACCOMPANYING23
BOYISHNESSES18
BRICKLAYINGS22
BUTTERFLYING21
COCKNEYFYING27
COMMODIFYING25
DEACIDIFYING22
DECALCIFYING23
DECERTIFYING21
DEMYSTIFYING23
DENITRIFYING19
DEVITRIFYING23
DISEMBODYING21
DIVERSIFYING23
ELECTRIFYING20
EXEMPLIFYING28
FRENCHIFYING25
GRATIFYINGLY21
HORRIFYINGLY22
INDEMNIFYING21
INTENSIFYING18
INTERPLAYING17
INVENTORYING19
MISEMPLOYING21
MYSTIFYINGLY24
NONCOMPLYING21
OBJECTIFYING30
PERSONIFYING20
PHOTOCOPYING23
PREACHIFYING24
PREMODIFYING23
PRENOTIFYING20
PREOCCUPYING24
RECERTIFYING20
REDISPLAYING18
REFORTIFYING21
RELIQUEFYING27
REQUALIFYING27
SATISFYINGLY20
SCARIFYINGLY22
SCHOOLBOYISH22
SEMIDEIFYING21
SOLEMNIFYING20
SOOTHSAYINGS17
SPEECHIFYING24
STUPEFYINGLY23
SYLLABIFYING22
TERRIFYINGLY20
TRACKLAYINGS20
UNDERLYINGLY19
UNDERPLAYING19
UNSATISFYING19
UNYIELDINGLY19
VOLUNTARYISM21
VOLUNTARYIST19

How common are they?

769 of the 167,814 words on Wordtide's English board (0.46%) are containing YI. Most of them, 164, have 8 letters. 29 start with YI, 2 end with it and 738 have it only in the middle.

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Every word comes from the ENABLE public-domain word list that Wordtide's English board uses, with offensive words removed. Numbers next to a word are its points from our own letter values.

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Questions

How many words are there containing YI?

Wordtide's English dictionary (the public-domain ENABLE list without offensive words) has 769 words containing YI, from 3 to 15 letters long.

What is the highest-scoring word containing YI?

DIZZYINGLY, worth 32 points with Wordtide letter values before bonus squares. Close behind: COMPLEXIFYING (31), OBJECTIFYING (30) and PREQUALIFYING (30).

What are the most common words containing YI?

JUSTIFYING, QUALIFYING, ACCOMPANYING, SIMPLIFYING, SPECIFYING and CLASSIFYING. These are the everyday ones, ranked by how familiar they are in ordinary English.

Can I play these words in Wordtide?

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