5-Letter Words Matching _ _ U _ Y
69 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ _ U _ Y, 6 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.
6 common words69 valid words
Common Words (6)
Words most likely to be the answer.
gaudy
study
truly
saucy
lousy
pouty
Other Valid 5-Letter Words (63)
Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.
abury
aguey
anury
azury
bluey
bousy
cluny
cousy
crudy
dauby
douay
dougy
douty
drucy
drury
drusy
druxy
fluey
fluky
fluty
fouty
gauby
gaucy
gaumy
gauzy
gluey
goudy
goury
gouty
housy
kaury
laury
louey
loury
louty
mauby
maudy
maury
moudy
mouly
mousy
ocuby
pauky
pauly
plumy
poucy
pousy
prudy
rougy
rouky
roupy
saury
sauty
souly
soupy
soury
spumy
thury
tousy
trudy
usury
vaudy
yeuky
What These Words Have in Common
Letter patterns across all 69 matches.
Most common letters
u69
y69
o28
r23
a22
s17
d17
l16
g12
t12
Vowel distribution
- 0 with no vowels
- 16 with 1 unique vowel
- 50 with 2 unique vowels
- 3 with 3+ unique vowels
Most common endings
- -ry · 13 words
- -dy · 9 words
- -sy · 8 words
- -ty · 7 words
- -ey · 5 words
Strategy
6 answers fit. Look at the most common remaining letters above and choose a guess that probes the unknown positions.
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