Five-letter words with Y in the middle (__Y__)

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29 possible answers fit.

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

Still undecided: 1st letter: A, B, C, D, F, G, I, K, L, M, P, R, S, T, W·2nd letter: A, B, D, H, L, O, R, T, U·4th letter: A, B, E, L, M, O, P, S·5th letter: E, H, K, L, N, R, S, T, U, Y

Possible answers

17 more possible answers are in the full list below.

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ABYSS used BAYOU used BUYER used COYLY used CRYPT used DRYER used DRYLY possible FLYER used FOYER used GAYER possible GAYLY possible GLYPH used IDYLL possible KAYAK used LAYER used LOYAL used MAYBE used MAYOR used PAYEE possible PAYER possible RAYON used RHYME used ROYAL used SHYLY used SLYLY possible STYLE used THYME used TRYST used WRYLY possible BAYER guess MAYAN guess PSYCH guess ABYES guess ABYSM guess ACYLS guess ADYTA guess ADYTS guess AIYAH guess AIYEE guess AIYOH guess AIYOO guess AMYLS guess ANYON guess ARYLS guess ASYLA guess AVYZE guess AZYGY guess AZYME guess AZYMS guess BAYAS guess BAYED guess BAYES guess BAYLE guess BAYTS guess BLYPE guess BOYAR guess BOYAU guess BOYED guess BOYEY guess BOYFS guess BOYGS guess BOYLA guess BOYLY guess BOYOS guess BOYSY guess BUYIN guess CHYLE guess CHYME guess CHYND guess CLYPE guess COYAU guess COYED guess COYER guess COYPU guess CRYER guess CRYNE guess DAYAL guess DAYAN guess DAYCH guess DAYNT guess DIYAS guess DOYEN guess DOYLY guess DRYAD guess DRYAS guess EMYDE guess EMYDS guess ETYMA guess FAYED guess FAYER guess FAYNE guess FAYRE guess FEYED guess FEYER guess FEYLY guess FLYBY guess FLYIN guess FLYPE guess FLYTE guess FOYLE guess FOYNE guess FRYER guess GAYAL guess GEYAN guess GEYER guess GHYLL guess GOYIM guess GOYLE guess GRYCE guess GRYDE guess GRYKE guess GRYPE guess GRYPT guess GUYED guess GUYLE guess GUYOT guess GUYSE guess HAYED guess HAYER guess HAYEY guess HAYLE guess HEYED guess HOYAS guess HOYED guess HOYLE guess HWYLS guess IDYLS guess JOYED guess KAYLE guess KAYOS guess KEYED guess KEYER guess KHYAL guess KUYAS guess LAYBY guess LAYED guess LAYIN guess LAYUP guess MAYAS guess MAYED guess MAYOS guess MAYST guess MEYNT guess MIYAS guess MOYAS guess MOYLE guess MOYLS guess NOYAU guess NOYED guess NOYES guess ODYLE guess ODYLS guess OOYAH guess PAYED guess PAYOR guess PAYSD guess PEYSE guess PHYLA guess PHYLE guess PHYMA guess PHYNX guess PHYSA guess PIYUT guess PLYER guess POYAS guess POYNT guess POYOU guess POYSE guess PRYAN guess PRYER guess PRYSE guess PSYOP guess PTYPE guess PUYAS guess QUYTE guess RAYAH guess RAYAS guess RAYED guess RAYLE guess RAYLS guess RAYNE guess RHYMY guess RHYNE guess RHYTA guess RIYAL guess ROYET guess ROYNE guess ROYST guess SAYAS guess SAYED guess SAYEE guess SAYER guess SAYID guess SAYNE guess SAYON guess SAYST guess SCYES guess SEYEN guess SHYER guess SKYED guess

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Pattern guide

What fits __Y__?

246 words match this pattern in the Wordle guess list. 29 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Words with five different letters

69% of the matches have no repeated letters.

Common letter pairs

YE 63/246 words (26%) AY 62/246 words (25%) OY 50/246 words (20%) YL 38/246 words (15%) YA 34/246 words (14%)

Vowels

No vowels: 8% · one: 38% · two: 49% · three or more: 5%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match __Y__?
246 five-letter words match __Y__ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 29 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, SAYER has the highest feedback entropy at 5.48 bits against the possible answers.