5-Letter Words Matching _ A I _ Y

21 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ A I _ Y, 7 of which are common words. 3 green letters locked in.

7 common words21 valid words

Common Words (7)

Words most likely to be the answer.

hairy
gaily
rainy
fairy
daisy
dairy
daily

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (14)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

baily
haily
lairy
laity
maidy
naily
nairy
saify
saily
saimy
sairy
taily
vairy
waily

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 21 matches.

Most common letters

a21
i21
y21
l10
r8
s5
d4
n3
f2
h2

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 0 with 1 unique vowel
  • 21 with 2 unique vowels
  • 0 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -ly · 8 words
  • -ry · 7 words
  • -sy · 1 words
  • -ty · 1 words
  • -dy · 1 words

Strategy

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

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