5-Letter Words Matching _ _ S _ Y

145 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ _ S _ Y, 33 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

33 common words145 valid words

Common Words (33)

Words most likely to be the answer.

sissy

lusty

essay

nasty

zesty

hasty

rusty

musty

gusty

pushy

risky

musky

assay

husky

bushy

sassy

tasty

missy

fishy

hussy

wispy

gassy

dusty

pesky

bossy

dusky

mushy

nosey

raspy

testy

pasty

fussy

mossy

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (112)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

absey

alsey

bassy

bespy

bessy

bosey

bosky

busby

busey

busky

bussy

busty

casey

casky

cassy

cissy

cosby

cosey

cushy

dashy

dassy

dishy

disty

dossy

elsey

ensky

festy

fisty

fusty

gashy

gaspy

gossy

gushy

gussy

hashy

hasky

hesky

hissy

jasey

jassy

jessy

josey

kasey

kishy

kissy

kosey

lasky

lasty

lesiy

lesly

lissy

listy

losey

lossy

lusby

lushy

lusky

mashy

masry

massy

masty

meshy

messy

misky

misly

misty

mosby

mosey

mussy

nasby

nessy

nesty

nissy

orsay

pasay

passy

pisay

pisky

posey

possy

pusey

pussy

rasty

resay

resty

rossy

rushy

rusky

sussy

tessy

toshy

tossy

tushy

tusky

tussy

unsay

unshy

unsly

unsty

upsey

vasty

vesty

visby

washy

waspy

wasty

westy

wisby

wishy

wysty

yassy

yesty

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 145 matches.

Most common letters

s145

y145

a43

e39

u39

t36

h26

i24

o21

k21

Vowel distribution

1 with no vowels
122 with 1 unique vowel
22 with 2 unique vowels
0 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

-sy · 37 words
-ty · 30 words
-hy · 20 words
-ey · 17 words
-ky · 17 words

Strategy

33 answers (of 145 valid guesses) match _ _ S _ Y. Use a high-information guess that tests common letters in the empty positions, even if it's not in the candidate list.

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