5-Letter Words Matching H _ _ _ Y
97 valid 5-letter words match the pattern H _ _ _ Y, 22 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.
22 common words97 valid words
Common Words (22)
Words most likely to be the answer.
harry
hasty
hairy
hunky
howdy
hippy
honey
handy
horny
hotly
hardy
husky
heady
hussy
holly
hobby
hefty
heavy
harpy
hilly
hurry
happy
Other Valid 5-Letter Words (75)
Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.
hacky
haggy
haily
haley
halfy
hally
halsy
halvy
hammy
haney
hanky
hanny
haply
harty
hashy
hasky
hatty
hawky
hayey
healy
heapy
heazy
heddy
hedgy
heedy
heezy
heidy
heily
helly
hempy
hendy
henny
henry
henty
herby
hermy
herry
hesky
hetty
hicky
hildy
hiney
hinny
hissy
hoagy
hoary
hobey
hocky
hoddy
hoggy
hokey
holey
homey
honky
hoody
hooey
hoofy
hooky
hooly
hooty
hoppy
horry
horsy
housy
hovey
howey
hubby
hubey
huddy
huffy
hulky
humpy
hurly
hurty
huzzy
What These Words Have in Common
Letter patterns across all 97 matches.
Most common letters
h97
y97
e36
a33
o28
l18
r16
n14
u14
k13
Vowel distribution
- 0 with no vowels
- 72 with 1 unique vowel
- 25 with 2 unique vowels
- 0 with 3+ unique vowels
Most common endings
- -ey · 13 words
- -ky · 12 words
- -dy · 12 words
- -ly · 11 words
- -ty · 8 words
Strategy
22 answers fit. Look at the most common remaining letters above and choose a guess that probes the unknown positions.
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A _ _ _ YB _ _ _ YC _ _ _ YD _ _ _ YE _ _ _ YF _ _ _ YG _ _ _ YI _ _ _ YJ _ _ _ YK _ _ _ YL _ _ _ YM _ _ _ YN _ _ _ YO _ _ _ YP _ _ _ YR _ _ _ YS _ _ _ YT _ _ _ YU _ _ _ YV _ _ _ YW _ _ _ YY _ _ _ YZ _ _ _ Y_ H _ _ Y_ _ H _ Y_ _ _ H YH _ _ _ AH _ _ _ BH _ _ _ CH _ _ _ DH _ _ _ EH _ _ _ FH _ _ _ GH _ _ _ HH _ _ _ IH _ _ _ KH _ _ _ LH _ _ _ MH _ _ _ NH _ _ _ OH _ _ _ PH _ _ _ RH _ _ _ SH _ _ _ TH _ _ _ UH _ _ _ XH _ _ _ ZH Y _ _ _H _ Y _ _H _ _ Y _H in position 1Starting with HY in position 5Ending in Y