5-Letter Words Matching _ I _ _ Y

263 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ I _ _ Y, 46 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

46 common words263 valid words

Common Words (46)

Words most likely to be the answer.

sissy

pithy

picky

tipsy

piety

piney

hippy

minty

jiffy

filmy

risky

kitty

silky

dimly

silly

piggy

dilly

missy

diary

fishy

ditty

fiery

bitty

gipsy

wispy

windy

filly

billy

witty

wimpy

hilly

dizzy

fifty

ninny

dicey

sixty

dingy

pinky

giddy

fizzy

dirty

kinky

milky

girly

biddy

willy

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (217)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

aiery

ailey

bialy

bibby

bichy

bidry

biffy

biggy

bigly

bilby

bilgy

bingy

binky

binny

birdy

birky

birny

birsy

bitsy

bivvy

bixby

cindy

cissy

civvy

dichy

dicky

dicty

diddy

diety

digby

dikey

diley

dimmy

dinky

dinny

dioxy

dippy

dipsy

dirgy

dishy

disty

ditsy

ditzy

divvy

fibry

figgy

fikey

findy

finky

finly

finny

firry

fisty

fitly

fitty

gibby

giffy

gilby

gilly

gilpy

gilty

gimpy

ginny

gippy

girny

givey

hicky

hildy

hiney

hinny

hissy

jibby

jiggy

jilly

jimmy

jimpy

jinny

kicky

kiddy

kilby

kiley

killy

kilty

kimmy

kinny

kippy

kirby

kishy

kissy

libby

liddy

lifey

lilly

lilty

limby

limey

limpy

limsy

lindy

liney

lingy

linky

linty

linzy

lippy

lissy

listy

lithy

livvy

lizzy

micky

middy

midgy

miffy

mikey

miley

milly

milty

mimly

mimsy

mimzy

mincy

mindy

mingy

minny

mirky

mirly

misky

misly

misty

mitty

mizzy

nibby

nichy

nicky

nifty

nikky

nimby

nippy

nissy

nitty

nizey

picry

pigly

pigmy

pikey

pilmy

pindy

pinny

pipey

pippy

pirny

pisay

pisky

ribby

ricey

richy

ricky

ridgy

rifty

rigby

riley

rilly

rindy

ringy

ritzy

sibby

sidky

sievy

signy

silty

sinky

sippy

sirky

tibby

tibey

ticky

tiddy

tiffy

tildy

tilly

tilty

timmy

tinny

tinsy

tinty

tippy

titty

tizzy

vichy

vicky

vidry

viewy

vigny

vijay

vikky

vinny

virgy

visby

vitry

vizzy

wicky

widdy

wiggy

wiley

winey

wingy

winly

winny

wisby

wishy

withy

zimmy

zincy

zingy

zinky

zippy

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 263 matches.

Most common letters

i263

y263

l66

n63

t51

d50

k45

s43

m42

b40

Vowel distribution

0 with no vowels
230 with 1 unique vowel
31 with 2 unique vowels
2 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

-ky · 29 words
-ty · 29 words
-ly · 24 words
-ey · 22 words
-by · 19 words

Strategy

46 answers (of 263 valid guesses) match _ I _ _ Y. Use a high-information guess that tests common letters in the empty positions, even if it's not in the candidate list.

→Refine in the solver