Five-letter words starting with L and ending in Y (L___Y)

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What the remaining words have in common

75 matching words1 not previously used15 past answers

Position 2O 29%A 28%E 17%I 15%
Position 3A 9%C 9%N 9%M 8%
Position 4K 11%E 9%R 9%T 9%

16 possible answers fit.

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

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

Possible answers

4 more possible answers are in the full list below.

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What fits L___Y?

All 75 matching words are shown above. 16 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Words with five different letters

56% of the matches have no repeated letters.

Common letter pairs

LO 22/75 words (29%) LA 21/75 words (28%) LE 13/75 words (17%) LI 11/75 words (15%) KY 8/75 words (11%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 70% · two: 29% · three or more: 1%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match L___Y?
75 five-letter words match L___Y in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 16 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, LEARY has the highest feedback entropy at 5.42 bits against the possible answers.