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Five-letter words matching __Y_Y

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What the remaining words have in common

19 matching words4 not previously used2 past answersBest matching test word: HAYEY

Position 1S 21%B 16%D 11%F 11%
Position 2O 26%A 16%H 16%L 11%
Position 4L 47%E 16%M 16%B 11%

Possible answers

COYLY DRYLY GAYLY SHYLY SLYLY WRYLY

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

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This pattern has 19 words in the Wordle guess list; 6 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 6 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.

Previously used by Wordle: COYLY (August 2, 2022); SHYLY (June 18, 2023).

Top-ranked splitter ALODS
Average remaining
1.0
Worst branch
1
Information
2.58 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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ALODS does not fit this page's clues. RHYMY keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 2.33 (3 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 __Y_Y?

All 19 matching words are shown above. 6 are possible answers.

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Useful letters still to test

L 58% O 26% S 26% B 26% A 21% H 21%

Common letter pairs

LY 10/19 words (53%) YL 9/19 words (47%) OY 5/19 words (26%) EY 4/19 words (21%) AY 3/19 words (16%)

Vowels

No vowels: 42% · one: 47% · two: 11% · three or more: 0%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match __Y_Y?
19 five-letter words match __Y_Y in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 6 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, HAYEY has the highest feedback entropy at 4.12 bits against the possible answers.