5-Letter Words Matching _ _ C _ Y
77 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ _ C _ Y, 12 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.
12 common words77 valid words
Common Words (12)
Words most likely to be the answer.
duchy
picky
wacky
lucky
decay
rocky
mucky
tacky
itchy
decoy
dicey
decry
Other Valid 5-Letter Words (65)
Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.
accoy
archy
ascry
baccy
backy
becky
becry
bichy
bocoy
bucky
cechy
cocky
cucuy
dacey
dachy
dichy
dicky
dicty
ducky
escry
facty
hacky
hicky
hocky
jacey
jacky
kacey
kecky
kicky
lacey
lecky
lochy
locky
lucey
macey
machy
mccoy
micky
mochy
nacry
nichy
nicky
orczy
pacay
pecky
picry
pocky
reccy
ricey
richy
ricky
rucky
sacry
socky
techy
ticky
tucky
uncoy
upcry
utchy
vichy
vicky
wicky
yechy
yucky
What These Words Have in Common
Letter patterns across all 77 matches.
Most common letters
c77
y77
k33
a21
e21
i20
h19
r16
o14
u13
Vowel distribution
- 0 with no vowels
- 65 with 1 unique vowel
- 12 with 2 unique vowels
- 0 with 3+ unique vowels
Most common endings
- -ky · 32 words
- -hy · 16 words
- -ry · 8 words
- -ey · 8 words
- -oy · 5 words
Strategy
12 answers fit. Look at the most common remaining letters above and choose a guess that probes the unknown positions.
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