Five-letter words matching __O_Y

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What the remaining words have in common

119 matching words7 not previously used20 past answers

Position 1G 13%P 13%S 10%B 9%
Position 2O 61%R 9%L 8%T 5%
Position 4N 11%K 10%D 9%T 9%
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27 possible answers fit.

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

Still undecided: 1st letter: A, B, C, E, G, I, L, M, P, R, S, W·2nd letter: B, G, H, L, M, N, O, P, R, T, V·4th letter: B, D, E, F, K, L, M, N, P, R, T, W, X, Z

Possible answers

15 more possible answers are in the full list below.

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Pattern guide

What fits __O_Y?

All 119 matching words are shown above. 27 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Words with five different letters

36% of the matches have no repeated letters.

Common letter pairs

OO 73/119 words (61%) RO 16/119 words (13%) LO 15/119 words (13%) ON 13/119 words (11%) NY 13/119 words (11%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 26% · two: 66% · three or more: 8%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match __O_Y?
119 five-letter words match __O_Y in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 27 are possible answers.