Five-letter words matching __R_Y

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What the remaining words have in common

152 matching words11 not previously used29 past answers

Position 1P 13%C 10%D 9%M 9%
Position 2A 28%U 22%O 21%E 20%
Position 4R 20%D 11%K 11%L 9%

40 of the 152 matches are possible answers.

Add a yellow or gray clue to narrow the list. On a fresh board, EARLY has the highest cached entropy among all matching words.

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

Possible answers

28 more possible answers are in the full list below.

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

ARRAY possible BERRY possible BURLY used CARRY used CORNY used CURLY used CURRY used CURVY possible DERBY possible DIRTY possible EARLY used FERRY used FORAY used FORTY used FURRY possible GIRLY possible HARDY used HARPY possible HARRY possible HORNY possible HURRY used JERKY used LORRY used MARRY used MERCY used MERRY used MURKY used NERDY used NERVY used PARRY used PARTY used PERKY used SORRY used SPRAY used STRAY used SURLY used TARDY used WARTY possible WORDY used WORRY used BARRY guess COREY guess DARCY guess DERRY guess JERRY guess KERRY guess KIRBY guess MORAY guess PERRY guess TERRY guess ABRAY guess BARBY guess BARDY guess BARFY guess BARKY guess BARMY guess BARNY guess BERAY guess BIRSY guess BORTY guess BURRY guess CARBY guess CARDY guess CARNY guess CARVY guess CERTY guess CORBY guess CORKY guess CURDY guess CURNY guess DARKY guess DERAY guess DERNY guess DERPY guess DORKY guess DORMY guess DORTY guess DURGY guess DUROY guess DURRY guess FARCY guess FERLY guess FERNY guess FIRRY guess FORBY guess FORKY guess FURZY guess GERMY guess GORAY guess GORMY guess GORSY guess GURDY guess GURLY guess GURRY guess HERBY guess HERRY guess HORSY guess HURLY guess HURTY guess KARSY guess KARZY guess KERKY guess LARDY guess LARKY guess LORDY guess LURGY guess LURRY guess MARAY guess MARDY guess MARLY guess MARVY guess MIRKY guess MIRLY guess MORGY guess MURLY guess MURRY guess NARKY guess NIRLY guess NURDY guess OUREY guess PARDY guess PARKY guess PARLY guess PERDY guess PERMY guess PERVY guess POREY guess PORGY guess PORKY guess PORNY guess PORTY guess PURDY guess PURPY guess PURRY guess PURSY guess PURTY guess RORTY guess SARKY guess SCRAY guess SERRY guess STROY guess SURFY guess SURGY guess TARRY guess TARTY guess TARZY guess TURFY guess VARDY guess VERRY guess WARBY guess WORKY guess WORMY guess

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Pattern guide

What fits __R_Y?

All 152 matching words are shown above. 40 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Words with five different letters

75% of the matches have no repeated letters.

Common letter pairs

AR 43/152 words (28%) UR 34/152 words (22%) OR 32/152 words (21%) RR 31/152 words (20%) ER 30/152 words (20%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 91% · two: 8% · three or more: 1%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match __R_Y?
152 five-letter words match __R_Y in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 40 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, EARLY has the highest feedback entropy at 5.31 bits against the possible answers.