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

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Showing 57 matching words

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What the remaining words have in common

57 matching words7 not previously used9 past answers

Position 2A 26%I 25%O 25%E 16%

Position 3N 18%R 11%D 9%L 9%

Position 4D 14%L 14%K 11%T 11%

16 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess WORDY

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

Possible answers

WACKY WARTY WEARY WEEDY WHINY WILLY WIMPY WINDY WISPY WITTY WOODY WOOLY

4 more possible answers are in the full list below.

used already been a Wordle answer · possible on the possible-answer list · guess accepted, but not a possible answer

WACKY used WARTY possible WEARY used WEEDY used WHINY used WILLY possible WIMPY used WINDY used WISPY possible WITTY used WOODY possible WOOLY possible WOOZY possible WORDY used WORRY used WRYLY possible WALLY guess WADDY guess WAHAY guess WAHEY guess WALTY guess WANEY guess WANKY guess WANLY guess WANTY guess WARBY guess WASHY guess WASPY guess WAVEY guess WEBBY guess WEDGY guess WEENY guess WEEPY guess WELLY guess WENNY guess WETLY guess WHITY guess WICKY guess WIDDY guess WIFEY guess WIFTY guess WIGGY guess WINEY guess WINGY guess WINKY guess WITHY guess WOADY guess WODGY guess WOLLY guess WOMBY guess WONKY guess WOOFY guess WOOPY guess WORKY guess WORMY guess WUDDY guess WUSSY guess

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28% possible answers

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Splits these words most evenly: WEARY of the 57 words here

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Useful letters still to test

A 30% I 28% E 25% O 25% N 21% D 18%

Words with five different letters

60% of the matches have no repeated letters.

WACKY WARTY WEARY WHINY WIMPY

Common letter pairs

WA 15/57 words (26%) WI 14/57 words (25%) WO 14/57 words (25%) WE 9/57 words (16%) DY 8/57 words (14%)

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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