5 FiveLetterWords

Five-letter words starting with LO and ending in Y (LO__Y)

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What the remaining words have in common

22 matching words1 not previously used6 past answers

Position 3O 23%C 9%R 9%U 9%
Position 4E 14%R 14%B 9%K 9%

Possible answers

LOAMY LOBBY LOFTY LOOPY LORRY LOUSY LOWLY

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This pattern has 22 words in the Wordle guess list; 7 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 7 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.

Previously used by Wordle: LOBBY (March 8, 2026); LOFTY (September 10, 2022); LOOPY (September 16, 2021); LORRY (July 22, 2026); LOUSY (August 17, 2025); LOWLY (March 31, 2022).

Top-ranked splitter ABORT
Average remaining
1.29
Worst branch
2
Information
2.52 bits

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

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ABORT does not fit this page's clues. LOOBY keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 3.86 (5 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.

No obvious one-slot trap. The possible answers do not form a three-word-or-larger family that differs in only one position.

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Pattern guide

What fits LO__Y?

All 22 matching words are shown above. 7 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Useful letters still to test

R 18% K 14% E 14% B 9% P 9% U 9%

Words with five different letters

45% of the matches have no repeated letters.

LOAMY LOFTY LOUSY LOCHY LOCKY

Common letter pairs

LO 22/22 words (100%) OO 5/22 words (23%) RY 3/22 words (14%) EY 3/22 words (14%) OB 2/22 words (9%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 54% · two: 41% · three or more: 5%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match LO__Y?
22 five-letter words match LO__Y in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 7 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, LOURY has the highest feedback entropy at 4.85 bits against the possible answers.