5 FiveLetterWords

Five-letter words matching _A_SY

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What the remaining words have in common

16 matching words3 not previously used3 past answersBest matching test word: TANSY

Position 1P 19%B 13%G 13%L 13%
Position 3S 31%L 13%N 13%W 13%

Possible answers

DAISY GASSY PALSY PANSY PATSY SASSY

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

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This pattern has 16 words in the Wordle guess list; 6 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 6 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.

Previously used by Wordle: DAISY (December 27, 2023); PATSY (May 3, 2025); SASSY (November 14, 2023).

Top-ranked splitter GLINT
Average remaining
1.0
Worst branch
1
Information
2.58 bits

It is a deliberate probe rather than a possible answer here: the point is to separate the remaining answers cleanly.

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GLINT does not fit this page's clues. PALSY keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 2.33 (3 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.

Tight family: PA_SY

PALSY, PANSY, PATSY differ only in the third position. Trying them one at a time can use several turns; GLINT tests the family more efficiently.

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Pattern guide

What fits _A_SY?

All 16 matching words are shown above. 6 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Useful letters still to test

L 25% G 19% P 19% N 12% T 12% B 12%

Words with five different letters

69% of the matches have no repeated letters.

DAISY PALSY PANSY PATSY BAGSY

Common letter pairs

SY 16/16 words (100%) AS 5/16 words (31%) SS 5/16 words (31%) PA 3/16 words (19%) GA 2/16 words (12%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 88% · two: 12% · three or more: 0%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match _A_SY?
16 five-letter words match _A_SY in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 6 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, TANSY has the highest feedback entropy at 5.11 bits against the possible answers.