5-Letter Words Matching _ I N _ Y

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

7 common words48 valid words

Common Words (7)

Words most likely to be the answer.

piney
minty
windy
ninny
dingy
pinky
kinky

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (41)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

bingy
binky
binny
cindy
dinky
dinny
findy
finky
finly
finny
ginny
hiney
hinny
jinny
kinny
lindy
liney
lingy
linky
linty
linzy
mincy
mindy
mingy
minny
pindy
pinny
rindy
ringy
sinky
tinny
tinsy
tinty
vinny
winey
wingy
winly
winny
zincy
zingy
zinky

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 48 matches.

Most common letters

i48
n48
y48
d10
k9
g8
l8
t5
m5
w5

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 44 with 1 unique vowel
  • 4 with 2 unique vowels
  • 0 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -ny · 13 words
  • -ky · 8 words
  • -gy · 7 words
  • -dy · 7 words
  • -ey · 4 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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