Five-letter words starting with TAN and ending in Y (TAN_Y)

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TANGY is the only possible answer that fits.

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TANGY used TANKY guess TANSY guess TANTY guess

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  • 4th letter G, K, S, T
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TANGY

Having a sharp, pungent flavor.

Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.

Past Wordle answer: January 14, 2022.

TANKY

Having a dank quality resulting from excessive ageing in a tank.

Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.

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TANSY

A herbaceous plant with yellow flowers, of the genus Tanacetum, especially Tanacetum vulgare.

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TANTY

A tantrum.

Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.

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How many five-letter words match TAN_Y?
4 five-letter words match TAN_Y in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 1 is a possible answer.