Only used at word and syllable beginnings.
CVC | With adjacent consonants | With consonant digraphs | Other words | /y/ pronounced after vowel suffix is added |
yak (animal) yam yap yell yen yep yes yet yin yip yob yon yuk yum yup | yank yelp | yuck | backyard banyan barnyard bunyip canyon churchyard crayon farmyard Kenya New York tom yum yabby yack (talk) yahoo yammer Yankee yard yardarm yarn yarrow yashmak yawn yea yeah year yearling yearn yeast yellow Yemen yeoman yerba yeshiva yesterday yeti yield yikes yippee yobbo Yoda yodel yoga yoghurt yogi yokel yolk yonder Yonkers York you young your youth Yowie yowl yo-yo Yucatan yucca yucky yummy yuppie | baying laying paying saying swaying staying spaying slaying praying playing fraying braying greying keying preying obeying surveying toying cloying enjoying annoying coyest greyest greyer surveyor conveyor purveyor layer payee gayer slayer stayer player sprayer gayest boyish buoyant |
There’s like no words in Y well good words there’s none
Sorry, I will add a few more. There aren’t a lot anyway, the letter Y is mostly used as a vowel not a consonant. Alison