5 FiveLetterWords

Five-letter words matching _US_Y

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Possible answers

BUSHY DUSKY DUSTY FUSSY GUSTY HUSKY HUSSY LUSTY MUSHY MUSKY MUSTY PUSHY

1 more possible answer is in the full list below.

Shortlist note

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This pattern has 30 words in the Wordle guess list; 13 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 13 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.

Previously used by Wordle: DUSKY (January 27, 2026); DUSTY (May 19, 2026); GUSTY (October 11, 2024); LUSTY (September 15, 2021); MUSHY (September 1, 2024); MUSTY (May 7, 2024); RUSTY (June 26, 2022).

Top-ranked splitter MIGHT
Average remaining
1.92
Worst branch
3
Information
2.87 bits

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

Hard Mode Use TUSHY instead.

MIGHT does not fit this page's clues. TUSHY keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 3.62 (5 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.

Trap warning: _USTY

DUSTY, GUSTY, LUSTY, MUSTY, RUSTY differ only in the first position. Trying them one at a time can use several turns; MIGHT tests the family more efficiently.

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Pattern guide

What fits _US_Y?

All 30 matching words are shown above. 13 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Useful letters still to test

H 37% T 30% K 20% B 13% M 13% G 10%

Words with five different letters

73% of the matches have no repeated letters.

BUSHY DUSKY DUSTY GUSTY HUSKY

Common letter pairs

US 25% SH 8% HY 8% ST 6% TY 6%

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 100% · two: 0% · three or more: 0%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match _US_Y?
30 five-letter words match _US_Y in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 13 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, RUSTY has the highest feedback entropy at 4.73 bits against the possible answers.
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