5-Letter Words Matching _ _ O _ Y

125 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ _ O _ Y, 27 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

27 common words125 valid words

Common Words (27)

Words most likely to be the answer.

booby

ivory

loopy

boozy

proxy

epoxy

story

showy

roomy

irony

glory

woozy

goody

stony

agony

woody

phony

sooty

smoky

moody

ebony

booty

wooly

gooey

crony

goofy

snowy

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (98)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

abody

adoxy

alody

alogy

amory

anomy

atomy

atony

atopy

atory

azofy

azoxy

blowy

boody

boogy

booky

booly

boomy

boony

boosy

brody

brosy

choky

cloky

cooey

cooky

cooly

coomy

coony

cooty

dhoby

dhoty

dioxy

dooly

doozy

drony

drovy

elogy

emony

emory

exody

eyoty

floey

flory

foody

footy

frory

frowy

geoty

globy

gooky

goony

goopy

goosy

grory

grovy

hoody

hooey

hoofy

hooky

hooly

hooty

kooky

looby

looey

looky

loony

loory

moony

moory

myopy

nooky

ology

peony

phoby

poofy

pooly

pooty

prosy

rhody

roofy

rooky

rooty

scopy

scovy

slopy

sooey

sooky

soony

spoky

spory

stogy

stomy

tropy

whory

woofy

zloty

zooty

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 125 matches.

Most common letters

o125

y125

r29

l24

t21

s20

b19

d19

n19

g18

Vowel distribution

0 with no vowels
94 with 1 unique vowel
31 with 2 unique vowels
0 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

-ny · 16 words
-ry · 13 words
-ky · 13 words
-ty · 12 words
-dy · 11 words

Strategy

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

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