Five-letter words starting with F and ending in Y (F___Y)

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What the remaining words have in common

82 matching words6 not previously used17 past answers

Position 2U 21%A 20%O 16%E 15%
Position 3R 13%N 12%L 11%A 7%
Position 4L 13%T 12%R 11%N 7%

23 possible answers fit.

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

Still undecided: 2nd letter: A, E, I, L, O, U·3rd letter: A, E, F, G, I, L, N, R, S, T, Z·4th letter: A, C, G, H, K, L, M, N, R, S, T, Z

Possible answers

11 more possible answers are in the full list below.

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What fits F___Y?

All 82 matching words are shown above. 23 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Words with five different letters

59% of the matches have no repeated letters.

Common letter pairs

FU 17/82 words (21%) FA 16/82 words (20%) FO 13/82 words (16%) FE 12/82 words (15%) LY 12/82 words (15%)

Vowels

No vowels: 1% · one: 83% · two: 16% · three or more: 0%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match F___Y?
82 five-letter words match F___Y in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 23 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, FAERY has the highest feedback entropy at 4.94 bits against the possible answers.