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8-Letter Words (76):
yabbered (16 points)
Yabber
Y·4+A·1+B·3+B·3+E·1+R·1+E·1+D·2 = 16 pts
yachters (16 points)
America's Cup contestants
They may possess 50-footers
Commodore's group
Y·4+A·1+C·3+H·4+T·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 16 pts
yachting (17 points)
One way the rich get soaked?
One way the rich get soaked (wordplay)
Sailing (on a cruise or in races)
Y·4+A·1+C·3+H·4+T·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 17 pts
yachtman (18 points)
""One who sails a yacht, also YACHTER, YACHTIE""
Y·4+A·1+C·3+H·4+T·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 18 pts
yachtmen (18 points)
Yachtman
Y·4+A·1+C·3+H·4+T·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 18 pts
yahooism (16 points)
Low Haye cut is back - boxing is thuggery
Y·4+A·1+H·4+O·1+O·1+I·1+S·1+M·3 = 16 pts
yahrzeit (23 points)
The anniversary of the death of a Jewish relative
Y·4+A·1+H·4+R·1+Z·10+E·1+I·1+T·1 = 23 pts
yakitori (15 points)
Japanese food? I try a koi, cooked
Japanese style of chicken
Japanese dish on skewers
Y·4+A·1+K·5+I·1+T·1+O·1+R·1+I·1 = 15 pts
yamalkas (17 points)
Yamalka
Y·4+A·1+M·3+A·1+L·1+K·5+A·1+S·1 = 17 pts
yammered (16 points)
Talked, talked and talked
Whined and complained
Talked, talked, talked
Y·4+A·1+M·3+M·3+E·1+R·1+E·1+D·2 = 16 pts
yammerer (15 points)
One who whines persistently
Whiny one
Kvetch
Y·4+A·1+M·3+M·3+E·1+R·1+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts
yamulkas (17 points)
Yamulka
Y·4+A·1+M·3+U·1+L·1+K·5+A·1+S·1 = 17 pts
yardages (13 points)
Measures revising grade, say
Hole numbers (wordplay)
Golf hole numbers (wordplay)
Y·4+A·1+R·1+D·2+A·1+G·2+E·1+S·1 = 13 pts
yardarms (14 points)
Hanging supporters (wordplay)
Square sail segments
Parts of spars
Y·4+A·1+R·1+D·2+A·1+R·1+M·3+S·1 = 14 pts
yardbird (15 points)
Sax great Charlie Parker sobriquet
Inept enlistee
Army menial
Y·4+A·1+R·1+D·2+B·3+I·1+R·1+D·2 = 15 pts
yardland (13 points)
An English unit of land measure
Y·4+A·1+R·1+D·2+L·1+A·1+N·1+D·2 = 13 pts
yardwand (16 points)
A measuring stick
Y·4+A·1+R·1+D·2+W·4+A·1+N·1+D·2 = 16 pts
yardwork (19 points)
Mowing, edging, etc.
Suburbanite's obligation
Mowing the lawn, trimming the bushes, etc.
Y·4+A·1+R·1+D·2+W·4+O·1+R·1+K·5 = 19 pts
yarmelke (17 points)
""The skullcap of a Jewish man, also YAMALKA, YAMULKA, YARMULKA, YARMULKE""
Y·4+A·1+R·1+M·3+E·1+L·1+K·5+E·1 = 17 pts
yarmulke (17 points)
Jewish skullcap; leaky rum (anagram)
Skullcap worn by Jewish males
A skullcap worn by Jewish men
Y·4+A·1+R·1+M·3+U·1+L·1+K·5+E·1 = 17 pts
yashmacs (18 points)
Yashmac
Y·4+A·1+S·1+H·4+M·3+A·1+C·3+S·1 = 18 pts
yashmaks (20 points)
Goes on about a quiet maiden's headgear
Face veils worn by some Muslim women
Screens obstruct The Faces
Y·4+A·1+S·1+H·4+M·3+A·1+K·5+S·1 = 20 pts
yatagans (12 points)
Yatagan
Y·4+A·1+T·1+A·1+G·2+A·1+N·1+S·1 = 12 pts
yataghan (15 points)
Turkish saber.
Turkish saber
Of more use to an offensive Turk than a gay
Y·4+A·1+T·1+A·1+G·2+H·4+A·1+N·1 = 15 pts
yattered (12 points)
Yatter
Y·4+A·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+E·1+D·2 = 12 pts
yawmeter (16 points)
An aircraft instrument
Y·4+A·1+W·4+M·3+E·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 16 pts
yawpings (17 points)
Prattling utterances
Y·4+A·1+W·4+P·3+I·1+N·1+G·2+S·1 = 17 pts
yealings (12 points)
Yealing
Y·4+E·1+A·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+G·2+S·1 = 12 pts
yeanling (12 points)
Young of a goat
Newborn.
Y·4+E·1+A·1+N·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 12 pts
yearbook (17 points)
Class work (wordplay)
Was 1984 such a publication (wordplay)
Annual that might be okay or otherwise!
Y·4+E·1+A·1+R·1+B·3+O·1+O·1+K·5 = 17 pts
yearends (12 points)
Decembers' final days
Some December magazine lists
Final financials
Y·4+E·1+A·1+R·1+E·1+N·1+D·2+S·1 = 12 pts
yearlies (11 points)
Almanacs, for instance
Almanacs, calendars, etc.
Some vet appointments
Y·4+E·1+A·1+R·1+L·1+I·1+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts
yearling (12 points)
Horse that isn't two yet
Animal in its second year
Twelve-month old animal
Y·4+E·1+A·1+R·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 12 pts
yearlong (12 points)
Like many magazine subscriptions
Throughout 1998, for example
Like some contracts
Y·4+E·1+A·1+R·1+L·1+O·1+N·1+G·2 = 12 pts
yearners (11 points)
They say, "Wait till next year!"
Ones who pine
Victims of longing.
Y·4+E·1+A·1+R·1+N·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 11 pts
yearning (12 points)
Longing (for something)
Longing to see youth leader winning
Desire new head to lead study
Y·4+E·1+A·1+R·1+N·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 12 pts
yeasayer (14 points)
Agreeable person (wordplay)
Subservient subordinate, perhaps
Person who assents habitually and keenly
Y·4+E·1+A·1+S·1+A·1+Y·4+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
yeastier (11 points)
Having more leaven.
More like baking bread's smell
More frothy
Y·4+E·1+A·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
yeastily (14 points)
With turbulenc
Y·4+E·1+A·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
yeasting (12 points)
In a ferment.
Y·4+E·1+A·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 12 pts
yellowed (15 points)
Became ripe, maybe
In need of bleach, maybe
Like discoloured paper
Y·4+E·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+W·4+E·1+D·2 = 15 pts
yellower (14 points)
Having more carotin.
Less of a hero
Not as brave
Y·4+E·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+W·4+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
yellowly (17 points)
In a yellow manner
Y·4+E·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+W·4+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
yeomanly (16 points)
Staunch and dependable
Loyal, staunch, and sturdy
Y·4+E·1+O·1+M·3+A·1+N·1+L·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
yeomanry (16 points)
A body of smaller freeholders (hist.)
Class of freeholders (historical)
Freeholders' money Ray distributed
Y·4+E·1+O·1+M·3+A·1+N·1+R·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
yeshivah (20 points)
School for Talmudic study (Var.)
Rabbinical seminary (var.)
Seminary for training of rabbis
Y·4+E·1+S·1+H·4+I·1+V·4+A·1+H·4 = 20 pts
yeshivas (17 points)
Places to study the Talmud
Places where the Torah is studied
Some religious schools
Y·4+E·1+S·1+H·4+I·1+V·4+A·1+S·1 = 17 pts
yeshivot (17 points)
Yeshiva
Y·4+E·1+S·1+H·4+I·1+V·4+O·1+T·1 = 17 pts
yestreen (11 points)
Last evening Poet
Last evening: Poet.
Someone we both know in a Victorian novel
Y·4+E·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+E·1+E·1+N·1 = 11 pts
yielders (12 points)
White-flag wavers
Polite drivers, at merges
Uncle-sayers
Y·4+I·1+E·1+L·1+D·2+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 12 pts
yielding (13 points)
Backing down would be soft!
Is this forgiving (wordplay)
Inclined to give in
Y·4+I·1+E·1+L·1+D·2+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 13 pts
yodelers (12 points)
Ones who make off-peak calls (wordplay)
High-range singers (wordplay)
Some Alpine singers
Y·4+O·1+D·2+E·1+L·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 12 pts
yodeling (13 points)
Higher calling (wordplay)
Mountain air (wordplay)
Airs from on high (wordplay)
Y·4+O·1+D·2+E·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 13 pts
yodelled (13 points)
Sang high in the Alps (wordplay)
Sang like Frank Ifield
Sang on high? variable
Y·4+O·1+D·2+E·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts
yodeller (12 points)
Off-peak caller
Singer using falsetto
He may give you an off-peak call
Y·4+O·1+D·2+E·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
yoghourt (15 points)
Tough Roy upset to get curdled food
Y·4+O·1+G·2+H·4+O·1+U·1+R·1+T·1 = 15 pts
yoghurts (15 points)
Yoghurt
Y·4+O·1+G·2+H·4+U·1+R·1+T·1+S·1 = 15 pts
yokeless (15 points)
Without a yoke
Y·4+O·1+K·5+E·1+L·1+E·1+S·1+S·1 = 15 pts
yokelish (18 points)
Like a country bumpkin
Y·4+O·1+K·5+E·1+L·1+I·1+S·1+H·4 = 18 pts
yokemate (17 points)
Partner in the field
Working partner, as for an ox
Spouse tossing a key to me
Y·4+O·1+K·5+E·1+M·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 17 pts
yokozuna (24 points)
Highest rank in sumo
Highest sumo rank
Y·4+O·1+K·5+O·1+Z·10+U·1+N·1+A·1 = 24 pts
yolkiest (15 points)
Yolky
Y·4+O·1+L·1+K·5+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 15 pts
youngers (12 points)
Younger
Y·4+O·1+U·1+N·1+G·2+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 12 pts
youngest (12 points)
Like the runt, often
Like Nick of the Jonas Brothers
Adjective for a cadet
Y·4+O·1+U·1+N·1+G·2+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 12 pts
youngish (15 points)
Childish of you to sign over hotel
Not very old
Fairly youthful
Y·4+O·1+U·1+N·1+G·2+I·1+S·1+H·4 = 15 pts
younkers (15 points)
Younker
Y·4+O·1+U·1+N·1+K·5+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 15 pts
yourself (14 points)
Suitable person (wordplay)
Person 'doing it' at home (wordplay)
What's seen in a mirror (wordplay)
Y·4+O·1+U·1+R·1+S·1+E·1+L·1+F·4 = 14 pts
youthens (14 points)
Youthen
Y·4+O·1+U·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+N·1+S·1 = 14 pts
youthful (17 points)
Not in the majority (wordplay)
Still a spring chicken
Childlike, maybe
Y·4+O·1+U·1+T·1+H·4+F·4+U·1+L·1 = 17 pts
yperites (13 points)
Yperite
Y·4+P·3+E·1+R·1+I·1+T·1+E·1+S·1 = 13 pts
ytterbia (13 points)
A chemical compound
Y·4+T·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+B·3+I·1+A·1 = 13 pts
ytterbic (15 points)
Pertaining to a rare metallic element
Y·4+T·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+B·3+I·1+C·3 = 15 pts
yttriums (13 points)
Yttrium
Y·4+T·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+U·1+M·3+S·1 = 13 pts
yuckiest (17 points)
Most horrible keys I cut in error
Y·4+U·1+C·3+K·5+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 17 pts
yuletide (12 points)
Stocking-up time (wordplay)
Present time (wordplay)
Say you'll diet about this time of year
Y·4+U·1+L·1+E·1+T·1+I·1+D·2+E·1 = 12 pts
yummiest (15 points)
Most pleasing to the palate
Ultimate in deliciousness
Most tasty
Y·4+U·1+M·3+M·3+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 15 pts

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