5-Letter Words Matching H A _ _ Y

26 valid 5-letter words match the pattern H A _ _ Y, 7 of which are common words. 3 green letters locked in.

7 common words26 valid words

Common Words (7)

Words most likely to be the answer.

harry
hasty
hairy
handy
hardy
harpy
happy

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (19)

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

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 26 matches.

Most common letters

h26
a26
y26
l7
r5
k4
s4
n4
e3
p3

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 21 with 1 unique vowel
  • 5 with 2 unique vowels
  • 0 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -ky · 4 words
  • -ly · 3 words
  • -ey · 3 words
  • -ty · 3 words
  • -ry · 2 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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B A _ _ YC A _ _ YD A _ _ YE A _ _ YF A _ _ YG A _ _ YJ A _ _ YK A _ _ YL A _ _ YM A _ _ YN A _ _ YP A _ _ YR A _ _ YS A _ _ YT A _ _ YV A _ _ YW A _ _ YY A _ _ Y_ A H _ Y_ A _ H YH E _ _ YH I _ _ YH O _ _ YH U _ _ YH _ A _ YH A _ _ AH A _ _ BH A _ _ DH A _ _ EH A _ _ HH A _ _ IH A _ _ KH A _ _ LH A _ _ MH A _ _ NH A _ _ OH A _ _ RH A _ _ SH A _ _ TH A _ _ UH A Y _ _H in position 1Starting with HA in position 2Y in position 5Ending in Y