5-Letter Words Matching _ _ I _ Y
99 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ _ I _ Y, 24 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.
24 common words99 valid words
Common Words (24)
Words most likely to be the answer.
spicy
unify
hairy
gaily
rainy
fairy
edify
juicy
spiny
privy
daisy
slimy
dairy
deity
amity
whiny
noisy
shiny
icily
unity
briny
daily
spiky
grimy
Other Valid 5-Letter Words (75)
Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.
acidy
acity
ality
atimy
baily
beigy
blimy
bliny
boily
chivy
coiny
criey
deify
doily
doisy
drily
emily
epiky
geigy
gripy
guily
haily
heidy
heily
icity
ility
keily
lairy
laity
maidy
meiny
moity
naily
nairy
noily
osity
pliny
pricy
pridy
primy
reify
roily
saify
saily
saimy
sairy
seity
shily
shivy
skiey
skivy
skiwy
slily
smily
snipy
snivy
soily
spiry
stimy
stivy
suity
swimy
swipy
taily
toity
triny
tripy
trixy
twiny
vairy
veily
veiny
waily
whity
wlity
What These Words Have in Common
Letter patterns across all 99 matches.
Most common letters
i99
y99
l32
s30
a26
t23
r23
n20
e17
m14
Vowel distribution
- 0 with no vowels
- 40 with 1 unique vowel
- 59 with 2 unique vowels
- 0 with 3+ unique vowels
Most common endings
- -ly · 23 words
- -ty · 15 words
- -ny · 12 words
- -my · 8 words
- -ry · 8 words
Strategy
24 answers fit. Look at the most common remaining letters above and choose a guess that probes the unknown positions.
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