5 FiveLetterWords

Five-letter words matching _UL_Y

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What the remaining words have in common

19 matching words1 not previously used7 past answersBest matching test word: MULEYTight family: _ULLY (5)

Position 1B 16%G 16%C 11%H 11%
Position 4L 53%K 16%P 11%E 5%

Possible answers

BULKY BULLY DULLY FULLY GULLY PULPY SULKY SULLY

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This pattern has 19 words in the Wordle guess list; 8 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 8 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.

Previously used by Wordle: BULKY (January 31, 2024); BULLY (August 8, 2023); FULLY (September 18, 2024); GULLY (September 3, 2022); PULPY (November 4, 2021); SULKY (May 2, 2023); SULLY (January 20, 2026).

Top-ranked splitter DBAGS
Average remaining
1.75
Worst branch
2
Information
2.25 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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DBAGS does not fit this page's clues. BULLY keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 2.75 (4 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.

Trap warning: _ULLY

BULLY, DULLY, FULLY, GULLY, SULLY differ only in the first position. Trying them one at a time can use several turns; DBAGS tests the family more efficiently.

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Pattern guide

What fits _UL_Y?

All 19 matching words are shown above. 8 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Useful letters still to test

G 21% K 16% B 16% P 16% F 11% S 11%

Words with five different letters

42% of the matches have no repeated letters.

BULKY SULKY BULGY CULTY GULFY

Common letter pairs

UL 19/19 words (100%) LL 10/19 words (53%) LY 10/19 words (53%) BU 3/19 words (16%) LK 3/19 words (16%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 95% · two: 5% · three or more: 0%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match _UL_Y?
19 five-letter words match _UL_Y in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 8 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, MULEY has the highest feedback entropy at 4.65 bits against the possible answers.