- Average remaining
- 1.0
- Worst branch
- 1
- Information
- 1.0 bits
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Five-letter words with B, H and Y
Our Wordle guess list has 5 five-letter words containing B, H and Y, wherever those letters fall. Use the list when you have yellow tiles but not their positions.
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This list has 5 Wordle guesses; 2 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 2 answers. Possible-answer status helps narrow a puzzle, but does not predict which word Wordle will choose.
Past Wordle answers: HOBBY (July 24, 2023).
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No obvious one-slot trap. The possible answers do not form a three-word-or-larger family that differs in only one position.
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Where these letters usually land
You know these letters are in the word (yellow tiles) but not where. Across the 5 matching words, here's where each one tends to sit, which can help place your next guess.
- B most often the 4th letter (60% of these words), also 1st (40%), 3rd (40%).
- H most often the 1st letter (60% of these words), also 4th (40%).
- Y most often the 5th letter (100% of these words).
Word notes
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BUSHY
Like a bush in having many branches that spread out densely in all directions.
“the bushy tail of a squirrel”
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
HOBBY
An activity that one enjoys doing in one's spare time.
“I like to collect stamps from different countries as a hobby.”
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Past Wordle answer: July 24, 2023.
HUBBY
Husband.
“Laura thought Jack was the most wonderful hubby in the world.”
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
BOTHY
A small cottage or hut; specifically (Scotland), one often left unlocked for communal use in a remote, often mountainous, area by hikers, labourers, etc.
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
HERBY
Of or pertaining to herbs.
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
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