Five-letter words starting with G and ending in Y (G___Y)

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What the remaining words have in common

93 matching words9 not previously used14 past answers

Position 2O 25%A 22%U 19%I 9%
Position 3O 17%L 10%N 10%R 9%
Position 4L 12%P 12%D 10%S 10%

23 possible answers fit.

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

Still undecided: 2nd letter: A, E, I, L, O, R, U, Y·3rd letter: A, D, E, I, L, M, N, O, P, R, S, U, W, Y·4th letter: D, E, F, K, L, M, P, R, S, T, V

Possible answers

11 more possible answers are in the full list below.

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What fits G___Y?

All 93 matching words are shown above. 23 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Words with five different letters

57% of the matches have no repeated letters.

Common letter pairs

GO 23/93 words (25%) GA 20/93 words (22%) GU 18/93 words (19%) LY 11/93 words (12%) OO 11/93 words (12%)

Vowels

No vowels: 3% · one: 70% · two: 26% · three or more: 1%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match G___Y?
93 five-letter words match G___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, GOARY has the highest feedback entropy at 4.95 bits against the possible answers.