Five-letter words starting with W and ending in Y (W___Y)

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16 possible answers fit.

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

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

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Possible answers

4 more possible answers are in the full list below.

Pattern guide

What fits W___Y?

All 57 matching words are shown above. 16 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Words with five different letters

60% of the matches have no repeated letters.

Common letter pairs

WA 7% WI 6% WO 6% WE 4% DY 4%

Vowels

No vowels: 2% · one: 70% · two: 28% · three or more: 0%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match W___Y?
57 five-letter words match W___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, WEARY has the highest feedback entropy at 4.97 bits against the possible answers.
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