5-Letter Words Matching M _ _ _ Y

139 valid 5-letter words match the pattern M _ _ _ Y, 25 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

25 common words139 valid words

Common Words (25)

Words most likely to be the answer.

marry
money
mummy
musty
minty
muddy
moldy
musky
matey
murky
missy
mammy
meaty
mucky
moody
mushy
mealy
merry
milky
madly
mangy
mossy
manly
mercy
mommy

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (114)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

macey
machy
maddy
maely
mafey
maggy
maidy
malay
malmy
maloy
malty
mamey
mamry
mancy
mandy
maney
manky
manny
manty
mappy
maray
marcy
mardy
margy
marjy
marly
marty
marvy
mashy
masry
massy
masty
matty
mauby
maudy
maury
mawky
maxey
mayey
mccoy
mckay
meany
meggy
meiny
melly
mendy
meshy
messy
metry
metty
micky
middy
midgy
miffy
mikey
miley
milly
milty
mimly
mimsy
mimzy
mincy
mindy
mingy
minny
mirky
mirly
misky
misly
misty
mitty
mizzy
mllly
mobby
mochy
moggy
moity
molly
monny
monty
moony
moory
mopey
moppy
mopsy
moray
mordy
morey
morly
morry
morty
mosby
mosey
motey
mothy
motty
moudy
mouly
mousy
muffy
mufty
muggy
muhly
muley
mulry
mumsy
muncy
mundy
mungy
murly
murry
mussy
muzzy
myopy

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 139 matches.

Most common letters

m139
y139
a50
o34
e29
i28
r28
u27
l26
n23

Vowel distribution

  • 1 with no vowels
  • 108 with 1 unique vowel
  • 30 with 2 unique vowels
  • 0 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -ty · 17 words
  • -ly · 16 words
  • -ey · 15 words
  • -dy · 14 words
  • -ry · 10 words

Strategy

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

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