5 FiveLetterWords

Five-letter words starting with DE and ending in Y (DE__Y)

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What the remaining words have in common

19 matching words1 not previously used5 past answersBest matching test word: DEARYTight family: DEC_Y (3)

Position 3R 26%C 16%A 11%E 11%
Position 4A 21%R 16%B 11%L 11%

Possible answers

DECAY DECOY DECRY DEITY DELAY DERBY

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

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This pattern has 19 words in the Wordle guess list; 6 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 6 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.

Previously used by Wordle: DECAY (March 22, 2024); DECOY (July 16, 2024); DECRY (December 28, 2024); DEITY (March 2, 2025); DELAY (August 20, 2024).

Top-ranked splitter ABOIL
Average remaining
1.0
Worst branch
1
Information
2.58 bits

It is a deliberate probe rather than a possible answer here: the point is to separate the remaining answers cleanly.

Hard Mode Use DERAY instead.

ABOIL does not fit this page's clues. DERAY keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 1.67 (2 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.

Tight family: DEC_Y

DECAY, DECOY, DECRY differ only in the fourth position. Trying them one at a time can use several turns; ABOIL tests the family more efficiently.

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Pattern guide

What fits DE__Y?

All 19 matching words are shown above. 6 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Useful letters still to test

R 37% A 32% C 16% L 16% O 11% I 11%

Words with five different letters

74% of the matches have no repeated letters.

DECAY DECOY DECRY DEITY DELAY

Common letter pairs

DE 19/19 words (100%) ER 5/19 words (26%) AY 4/19 words (21%) EC 3/19 words (16%) RY 3/19 words (16%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 37% · two: 63% · three or more: 0%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match DE__Y?
19 five-letter words match DE__Y in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 6 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, DEARY has the highest feedback entropy at 5.22 bits against the possible answers.