Five-letter words with Y as the fourth letter (___Y_)

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What the remaining words have in common

124 matching words1 not previously used2 past answers

Position 1S 13%A 12%B 10%P 9%
Position 2L 19%R 16%E 8%O 8%
Position 3A 32%E 19%O 11%L 6%
Position 5S 46%L 16%A 10%E 10%
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3 possible answers fit.

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

Still undecided: 1st letter: P, S, V·2nd letter: A, I, O·3rd letter: L, N, T·5th letter: L, P, R

Possible answers

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

POLYP used SATYR possible VINYL used PLAYA guess PLAYS guess PRAYS guess STAYS guess TRAYS guess ABAYA guess ABEYS guess ACRYL guess ADAYS guess AKOYA guess ALAYS guess ALEYE guess ALIYA guess ALKYD guess ALKYL guess ALLYL guess APAYD guess APAYS guess AWAYS guess AYAYA guess BANYA guess BARYE guess BDAYS guess BEDYE guess BERYL guess BLAYS guess BLEYS guess BRAYS guess BREYS guess BUNYA guess BUOYS guess BUTYL guess CALYX guess CETYL guess CHAYA guess CHAYS guess CLAYS guess CLOYE guess CLOYS guess CRAYS guess DEBYE guess DECYL guess DEXYS guess DOHYO guess DRAYS guess DREYS guess EMMYS guess ENZYM guess ETHYL guess FLAYS guess FLEYS guess FLUYT guess FRAYS guess FROYO guess GLEYS guess GONYS guess GRAYS guess GREYS guess HERYE guess HEXYL guess INBYE guess JOEYS guess KHAYA guess KRAYS guess KUMYS guess MESYL guess MOLYS guess NATYA guess NONYL guess NRTYA guess OBEYS guess OCTYL guess OFAYS guess OKAYS guess OLEYL guess OSEYS guess OTHYL guess OXEYE guess PIOYE guess PIOYS guess PLOYE guess PLOYS guess POLYS guess PREYS guess PROYN guess QUAYD guess QUAYS guess QUEYN guess QUEYS guess QUEYU guess QUOYS guess REDYE guess SDAYN guess SHAYA guess SHAYS guess SHOYU guess SIBYL guess SLAYS guess SLEYS guess SLOYD guess SPAYD guess SPAYS guess STEYS guess SWAYL guess SWAYS guess SWEYS guess THUYA guess TOLYL guess TOSYL guess TRAYF guess TREYF guess TREYS guess TROYS guess TWAYS guess TYIYN guess UPBYE guess WAGYU guess WHEYS guess WOMYN guess XRAYS guess XYLYL guess

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Pattern guide

What fits ___Y_?

All 124 matching words are shown above. 3 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Words with five different letters

66% of the matches have no repeated letters.

Common letter pairs

YS 57/124 words (46%) AY 40/124 words (32%) EY 23/124 words (19%) YL 20/124 words (16%) OY 14/124 words (11%)

Vowels

No vowels: 1% · one: 61% · two: 32% · three or more: 6%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match ___Y_?
124 five-letter words match ___Y_ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 3 are possible answers.