5-Letter Words Matching S _ _ _ Y

167 valid 5-letter words match the pattern S _ _ _ Y, 42 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

42 common words167 valid words

Common Words (42)

Words most likely to be the answer.

sissy
seedy
spicy
spray
story
showy
soggy
study
stray
sadly
sunny
sorry
savvy
spiny
silky
stony
slimy
silly
shady
sassy
savoy
snaky
shyly
sulky
shaky
saucy
sally
scaly
sooty
smoky
shiny
salty
surly
sixty
scary
sappy
spiky
slyly
sandy
soapy
sully
snowy

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (125)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

sabby
sably
sacry
saggy
saify
saily
saimy
sairy
salay
salvy
sammy
sancy
santy
sarky
satay
saury
sauty
savey
sawny
scopy
scovy
scray
sealy
seamy
seary
seavy
sedgy
seely
seepy
seggy
seity
selby
selly
selry
seney
senvy
sepoy
serry
sexly
shaly
shapy
shawy
shily
shivy
sibby
sidky
sievy
signy
silty
sinky
sippy
sirky
skewy
skiey
skivy
skiwy
skyey
slaby
slaky
slaty
slily
slopy
smily
snapy
snary
snipy
snivy
soaky
soary
sobby
socky
soddy
softy
soily
solay
solly
soncy
songy
sonly
sonny
sonsy
sooey
sooky
soony
sophy
soppy
sorty
souly
soupy
soury
sozly
spacy
spary
spewy
spiry
splay
spoky
spory
spumy
stacy
stagy
stary
stevy
stewy
stimy
stivy
stogy
stomy
strey
stroy
stymy
suddy
sudsy
suety
suity
sukey
sunay
surfy
surgy
surry
sussy
suzzy
swamy
swimy
swipy

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 167 matches.

Most common letters

s167
y167
a60
o43
l38
i38
e30
t29
r28
p26

Vowel distribution

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

Most common endings

  • -ly · 23 words
  • -ry · 17 words
  • -ky · 15 words
  • -ty · 12 words
  • -py · 12 words

Strategy

42 answers (of 167 valid guesses) match S _ _ _ Y. Use a high-information guess that tests common letters in the empty positions, even if it's not in the candidate list.

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