5-Letter Words Matching _ _ B _ Y

68 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ _ B _ Y, 7 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

7 common words68 valid words

Common Words (7)

Words most likely to be the answer.

abbey
bobby
lobby
nobly
hobby
tabby
cabby

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (61)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

albay
ambay
amboy
ambry
aubry
babby
bebay
bibby
bubby
cobby
cubby
dabby
debby
dobby
dubby
eably
embay
embry
esbay
fibry
fubby
fubsy
gabby
gabey
gibby
gobby
hobey
hubby
hubey
jibby
jobey
kebby
labby
libby
mobby
nabby
nebby
nibby
nobby
nubby
oxboy
pobby
rebuy
ribby
robby
rubby
sabby
sably
sibby
sobby
tibby
tibey
tobey
tubby
unbay
unboy
upbay
upbuy
wabby
webby
yabby

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 68 matches.

Most common letters

b68
y68
a24
o18
e17
u16
i10
r8
n8
l7

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 51 with 1 unique vowel
  • 17 with 2 unique vowels
  • 0 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -by · 41 words
  • -ey · 7 words
  • -ay · 7 words
  • -ry · 4 words
  • -oy · 3 words

Strategy

7 answers fit. Look at the most common remaining letters above and choose a guess that probes the unknown positions.

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