5-Letter Words Matching _ _ Y E _
79 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ _ Y E _, 8 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.
8 common words79 valid words
Common Words (8)
Words most likely to be the answer.
foyer
payer
flyer
layer
buyer
dryer
gayer
payee
Other Valid 5-Letter Words (71)
Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.
abyed
abyes
bayed
bayer
beyer
boyer
boyes
cayes
cayey
clyer
coyed
coyer
doyen
dwyer
fayed
feyer
fryer
gayel
goyen
guyed
guyer
hayed
hayer
hayes
hayey
heyer
heyes
jayem
joyed
kayes
keyed
keyek
keyer
keyes
layed
leyes
mayed
mayer
mayes
mayey
meyer
moyen
moyer
noyes
payed
payen
plyer
poyen
pryer
rayed
royet
sayed
sayee
sayer
shyer
skyed
skyey
slyer
smyer
snyed
snyes
spyer
styed
styes
tayer
toyed
toyer
tuyer
twyer
uayeb
wryer
What These Words Have in Common
Letter patterns across all 79 matches.
Most common letters
y79
e79
r36
a31
s23
d20
o15
b9
m9
l8
Vowel distribution
- 0 with no vowels
- 29 with 1 unique vowel
- 49 with 2 unique vowels
- 1 with 3+ unique vowels
Most common endings
- -er · 34 words
- -ed · 17 words
- -es · 12 words
- -en · 5 words
- -ey · 4 words
Strategy
8 answers fit. Look at the most common remaining letters above and choose a guess that probes the unknown positions.
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