Five-letter words starting with S and ending in Y (S___Y)

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What the remaining words have in common

115 matching words14 not previously used29 past answers

Position 2A 15%O 15%E 10%T 10%
Position 3I 14%A 13%O 10%L 9%
Position 4L 16%K 10%D 7%P 7%
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43 of the 115 matches are possible answers.

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

Possible answers

31 more possible answers are in the full list below.

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SADLY possible SALLY used SALTY used SANDY used SAPPY possible SASSY used SAUCY used SAVOY possible SAVVY used SCALY possible SCARY possible SEEDY used SHADY used SHAKY used SHINY possible SHOWY used SHYLY used SILKY possible SILLY used SISSY used SIXTY possible SLIMY possible SLYLY possible SMOKY possible SNAKY used SNOWY used SOAPY possible SOGGY used SOOTY possible SORRY used SOUPY used SPICY used SPIKY possible SPINY used SPRAY used STONY used STORY used STRAY used STUDY used SULKY used SULLY used SUNNY used SURLY used SAMMY guess SONNY guess SADDY guess SAGGY guess SAMEY guess SARKY guess SATAY guess SAURY guess SAVEY guess SCODY guess SCRAY guess SEAMY guess SEDGY guess SEELY guess SEEPY guess SEITY guess SELFY guess SELKY guess SENVY guess SEPOY guess SERRY guess SESEY guess SHALY guess SHILY guess SICKY guess SIDEY guess SILTY guess SINKY guess SIPPY guess SKIEY guess SKIVY guess SKODY guess SKYEY guess SLATY guess SLILY guess SLOPY guess SMILY guess SNARY guess SNIPY guess SODDY guess SOFTY guess SOILY guess SONGY guess SONLY guess SONSY guess SOOEY guess SOOKY guess SOPHY guess SOPPY guess SOULY guess SPACY guess SPEWY guess SPIRY guess SPLAY guess SPUMY guess SRSLY guess STAGY guess STARY guess STEWY guess STIMY guess STIVY guess STOGY guess STROY guess STYMY guess SUBBY guess SUCKY guess SUDSY guess SUETY guess SURFY guess SURGY guess SWALY guess SWAMY guess

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Pattern guide

What fits S___Y?

All 115 matching words are shown above. 43 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Words with five different letters

70% of the matches have no repeated letters.

Common letter pairs

LY 18/115 words (16%) SA 17/115 words (15%) SO 17/115 words (15%) KY 13/115 words (11%) SE 12/115 words (10%)

Vowels

No vowels: 3% · one: 77% · two: 19% · three or more: 1%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match S___Y?
115 five-letter words match S___Y in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 43 are possible answers.