5-Letter Words Matching _ E _ T Y

47 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ E _ T Y, 8 of which are common words. 3 green letters locked in.

8 common words47 valid words

Common Words (8)

Words most likely to be the answer.

zesty
lefty
jetty
meaty
deity
hefty
testy
petty

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (39)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

beety
benty
berty
betty
certy
denty
featy
felty
festy
genty
geoty
gerty
getty
henty
hetty
kelty
ketty
letty
lewty
metty
nerty
nesty
netty
peaty
perty
resty
seity
teaty
teety
tenty
tetty
verty
vesty
weety
wefty
welty
westy
yesty
yetty

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 47 matches.

Most common letters

e47
t47
y47
s9
n8
r7
f6
l6
w5
b4

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 40 with 1 unique vowel
  • 7 with 2 unique vowels
  • 0 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -ty · 47 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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