5-Letter Words Matching _ E _ _ Y

333 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ E _ _ Y, 47 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

47 common words333 valid words

Common Words (47)

Words most likely to be the answer.

repay
belly
seedy
weary
ferry
perky
zesty
beady
needy
leery
lefty
leaky
derby
reply
decay
jetty
leafy
delay
geeky
relay
jelly
ready
heady
meaty
deity
jerky
beefy
retry
nerdy
pesky
hefty
heavy
weedy
decoy
teary
mealy
merry
berry
leggy
penny
reedy
testy
newly
petty
decry
teddy
mercy

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (286)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

beaky
beamy
beany
bebay
becky
becry
beday
beery
beety
begay
beigy
belay
bendy
benjy
benny
benty
beray
bercy
berey
bergy
berky
berny
berty
bespy
bessy
betsy
betty
bevvy
bewry
cechy
cedry
certy
deady
deary
debby
deddy
deedy
deeny
deery
deify
delly
demmy
denay
denby
denny
denty
depoy
deppy
depuy
deray
dercy
derry
dewey
featy
feedy
feely
felly
felty
fendy
fenny
ferdy
ferly
ferny
festy
feyly
fezzy
geary
gehey
geigy
gelly
gemmy
genny
genty
geoty
gerdy
germy
gerry
gerty
getty
healy
heapy
heazy
heddy
hedgy
heedy
heezy
heidy
heily
helly
hempy
hendy
henny
henry
henty
herby
hermy
herry
hesky
hetty
jeany
jeddy
jeery
jeffy
jemmy
jenny
jerry
jessy
jewry
keary
keavy
kebby
kecky
kedgy
keely
keily
kelby
kelcy
kelly
kelpy
kelsy
kelty
kempy
kenay
kendy
kenly
kenny
kerby
kermy
kerry
ketty
leady
leahy
leany
leary
leavy
lecky
leddy
ledgy
leeky
lehay
lemay
lemmy
lenny
leppy
lepry
lepsy
leroy
lesiy
lesly
lethy
letty
levey
lewty
lezzy
meany
meggy
meiny
melly
mendy
meshy
messy
metry
metty
nealy
nebby
neddy
nedry
neely
neffy
nelly
nerty
nervy
nessy
nesty
netty
nevoy
newby
newsy
peaky
peary
peasy
peaty
peavy
pecky
peeoy
peepy
peery
peggy
pensy
peony
peppy
percy
perdy
perry
perty
petey
reamy
reasy
rebuy
reccy
redby
reddy
redly
redry
reefy
reeky
refly
refry
reggy
reify
rekey
relly
renay
renky
renny
repry
resay
resty
revay
rewey
sealy
seamy
seary
seavy
sedgy
seely
seepy
seggy
seity
selby
selly
selry
seney
senvy
sepoy
serry
sexly
teaey
teasy
teaty
techy
teeny
teety
telly
tenty
tepoy
terry
tessy
tetty
tewly
vealy
veery
vefry
veily
veiny
veray
verby
verey
verny
verry
verty
vesty
vevay
weaky
webby
wedgy
weeny
weepy
weety
wefty
welby
welcy
welly
welty
wemmy
wendy
wenny
werby
westy
wetly
yechy
yeply
yesty
yetty
yeuky
yezzy

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 333 matches.

Most common letters

e333
y333
r104
l79
a65
d65
n64
t64
b49
s46

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 243 with 1 unique vowel
  • 90 with 2 unique vowels
  • 0 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -ty · 47 words
  • -ry · 41 words
  • -ly · 37 words
  • -dy · 30 words
  • -ny · 24 words

Strategy

47 answers (of 333 valid guesses) match _ E _ _ 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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