Five-letter words with C, W and Y
Our Wordle guess list has 5 five-letter words containing C, W and Y, wherever those letters fall. Use the list when you have yellow tiles but not their positions.
5 matching words
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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.
- C most often the 1st letter (40% of these words), also 3rd (40%), 4th (20%).
- W most often the 1st letter (40% of these words), also 3rd (40%), 4th (20%).
- Y most often the 5th letter (100% of these words).
Word notes
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WACKY
Zany; eccentric.
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Past Wordle answer: July 17, 2022.
CHEWY
Having a pliable or springy texture when chewed.
“I must have spent an hour gnawing on the chewy taffy.”
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
COWRY
Alternative spelling of cowrie.
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
GAWCY
Not found among the past answers in this archive.
WICKY
Sheep laurel, a shrub of species Kalmia angustifolia.
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
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