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Five-letter words starting with A and ending in Y (A___Y)

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What the remaining words have in common

50 matching words4 not previously used11 past answers

Position 2G 12%L 12%P 10%R 10%

Position 3O 10%A 8%E 8%I 8%

Position 4R 16%A 14%E 14%L 10%

15 possible answers fit.

Among those candidates, APTLY produces the smallest worst-case feedback group.

Top-ranked next guess APTLY

Still undecided: 2nd letter: B, G, L, M, N, P, R, S, U·3rd letter: B, G, I, L, N, O, P, R, S, T·4th letter: A, E, L, N, O, R, S, T

Possible answers

ABBEY AGONY ALLAY ALLEY ALLOY AMITY AMPLY ANGRY ANNOY APPLY APTLY ARRAY

3 more possible answers are in the full list below.

used already been a Wordle answer · possible on the possible-answer list · guess accepted, but not a possible answer

ABBEY used AGONY used ALLAY possible ALLEY used ALLOY used AMITY possible AMPLY used ANGRY used ANNOY used APPLY used APTLY used ARRAY possible ARTSY used ASSAY used AUNTY possible ABRAY guess ABSEY guess ACCOY guess ACEDY guess ACHEY guess ACIDY guess AFFLY guess AGAMY guess AGATY guess AGGRY guess AGLEY guess AGUEY guess AIERY guess ALARY guess ALUMY guess ALWAY guess AMBRY guess ANOMY guess ANTSY guess APERY guess APPAY guess APPUY guess AREFY guess ARSEY guess ARTLY guess ASITY guess ASWAY guess ATAXY guess ATIMY guess ATOMY guess ATONY guess ATOPY guess AWMRY guess AZURY guess AZYGY guess

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Splits these words most evenly: ARSEY of the 50 words here

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R 28% T 26% L 24% E 22% M 18% O 16%

Words with five different letters

58% of the matches have no repeated letters.

AGONY AMITY AMPLY ANGRY APTLY

Common letter pairs

RY 8/50 words (16%) EY 7/50 words (14%) AY 7/50 words (14%) AG 6/50 words (12%) AL 6/50 words (12%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 24% · two: 72% · three or more: 4%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match A___Y?: 50 five-letter words match A___Y in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 15 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?: Among all matching words, ARSEY has the highest feedback entropy at 5.42 bits against the possible answers.

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