5-Letter Words Matching _ R _ _ Y

75 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ R _ _ Y, 13 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

13 common words75 valid words

Common Words (13)

Words most likely to be the answer.

crazy
proxy
irony
privy
wryly
array
dryly
truly
gravy
briny
grimy
crony
artsy

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (62)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

araby
arany
archy
arefy
arjay
arley
arney
arrey
artly
brady
braky
braxy
brody
brosy
cracy
crany
crapy
crary
crecy
crepy
criey
crudy
drily
drony
drovy
drucy
drury
drusy
druxy
ermey
frary
frory
frowy
gracy
grady
gramy
grapy
gripy
grory
grovy
oracy
orary
orczy
orkey
orsay
prady
predy
prexy
pricy
pridy
primy
prosy
prudy
tracy
trady
trasy
treey
triny
tripy
trixy
tropy
trudy

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 75 matches.

Most common letters

r75
y75
a32
d18
o18
c17
p16
i13
e12
t12

Vowel distribution

  • 2 with no vowels
  • 63 with 1 unique vowel
  • 10 with 2 unique vowels
  • 0 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -dy · 10 words
  • -ny · 7 words
  • -ey · 7 words
  • -cy · 7 words
  • -py · 6 words

Strategy

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

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