5-Letter Words Matching B _ _ _ Y

162 valid 5-letter words match the pattern B _ _ _ Y, 26 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

26 common words162 valid words

Common Words (26)

Words most likely to be the answer.

batty

booby

belly

boozy

badly

beady

bobby

buggy

buddy

bushy

bunny

bully

baggy

bitty

burly

beefy

bawdy

billy

balmy

briny

bossy

booty

berry

bulky

boney

biddy

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (136)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

babby

baccy

backy

baddy

baffy

bahay

baily

baldy

balky

bally

bamby

bandy

bangy

banky

banty

baray

barby

bardy

barfy

barky

barly

barmy

barny

barry

barty

bassy

bawly

bawty

bayly

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

bialy

bibby

bichy

bidry

biffy

biggy

bigly

bilby

bilgy

bingy

binky

binny

birdy

birky

birny

birsy

bitsy

bivvy

bixby

blady

blazy

blimy

bliny

blowy

bluey

bocoy

bogey

boggy

boily

boley

bolly

bolty

bondy

bonny

boody

boogy

booky

booly

boomy

boony

boosy

bordy

borty

bosey

bosky

bothy

botry

bousy

bovey

bowly

boxty

brady

braky

braxy

brody

brosy

bubby

bucky

budgy

buffy

bulby

bulgy

bumpy

bundy

bungy

bunky

bunty

burny

burry

burty

busby

busey

busky

bussy

busty

butty

buzzy

byway

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 162 matches.

Most common letters

b162

y162

a50

e40

r39

o35

l33

u30

i28

n27

Vowel distribution

0 with no vowels
141 with 1 unique vowel
21 with 2 unique vowels
0 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

-dy · 17 words
-ty · 17 words
-ky · 16 words
-ly · 16 words
-gy · 13 words

Strategy

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

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