5 FiveLetterWords

Five-letter words matching __F_Y

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Possible answers

FIFTY HEFTY JIFFY LEFTY LOFTY PUFFY TAFFY

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This pattern has 34 words in the Wordle guess list; 7 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 7 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.

Previously used by Wordle: FIFTY (February 25, 2023); HEFTY (December 18, 2024); JIFFY (July 12, 2024); LEFTY (September 16, 2025); LOFTY (September 10, 2022); PUFFY (May 3, 2026); TAFFY (June 10, 2025).

Top-ranked splitter BELIT
Average remaining
1.0
Worst branch
1
Information
2.81 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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BELIT does not fit this page's clues. LEFTY keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 1.29 (2 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.

No obvious one-slot trap. The possible answers do not form a three-word-or-larger family that differs in only one position.

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Pattern guide

What fits __F_Y?

All 34 matching words are shown above. 7 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Useful letters still to test

T 41% I 35% U 24% A 21% R 21% E 18%

Words with five different letters

38% of the matches have no repeated letters.

HEFTY LEFTY LOFTY BUFTY LIFEY

Common letter pairs

FF 13% FY 12% IF 9% FT 9% TY 9%

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 94% · two: 6% · three or more: 0%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match __F_Y?
34 five-letter words match __F_Y in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 7 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, RAFTY has the highest feedback entropy at 4.7 bits against the possible answers.
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