5-Letter Words Matching _ _ G _ Y

58 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ _ G _ Y, 10 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

10 common words58 valid words

Common Words (10)

Words most likely to be the answer.

angry
buggy
soggy
foggy
piggy
baggy
rugby
leggy
cagey
pygmy

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (48)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

aggry
begay
biggy
bigly
bogey
boggy
caggy
daggy
dagny
digby
dogey
doggy
dogly
faggy
figgy
fogey
fuggy
haggy
hoggy
jaggy
jiggy
lagly
loggy
maggy
meggy
moggy
muggy
nagey
naggy
peggy
pigly
pigmy
pogey
poggy
puggy
raggy
reggy
rigby
roguy
ruggy
saggy
seggy
signy
taggy
vigny
vuggy
waggy
wiggy

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 58 matches.

Most common letters

g58
y58
a19
o14
e12
i12
b10
r8
u8
p8

Vowel distribution

  • 1 with no vowels
  • 49 with 1 unique vowel
  • 8 with 2 unique vowels
  • 0 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -gy · 36 words
  • -ey · 6 words
  • -ly · 4 words
  • -ny · 3 words
  • -by · 3 words

Strategy

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

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