5-Letter Words With Y

1,975 words. Combining several clues? Try the Word Solver.

List insights

Numbers below are counted from this exact list — use them to pick a word that also fits your other clues.

• Strong openers here: TEARY, EARLY, LAYER, RELAY, ROYAL, YEARN — recognisable words that cover a lot of common letters. More in best starting words.
• 1,269 of 1,975 use no repeated letters (e.g. ABSEY, ABYES, ABYSM, ACIDY, ACYLS, AGLEY) — these test more of the alphabet per guess. See words with no repeated letters.
• Most vowels (3): ABAYA, AIERY, ALEYE, ALIYA, AYRIE, BAYOU. Vowel-heavy guesses lock down the trickiest slots early — see words with many vowels.
• 477 contain a double letter (e.g. ABBEY, ABYSS, ACCOY, AGGRY, ALLAY, ALLEY) — worth remembering when a letter feels “used up.” See words with double letters.
• 192 of 1,975 are common Puzzico answers (e.g. AGONY, ALLEY, ANGRY, APPLY, BADLY, BALMY, BEADY, BELLY) — the rest are valid but rarer guesses, so lean on these when you think you are close.

Want to match several clues at once? The Word Solver filters 5-letter words containing Y by correct, misplaced and absent letters together.

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How to use this list

When the game locks a letter in this spot, or a yellow tile tells you Y belongs somewhere, scan the list above and pick a word that also fits your other clues. To filter by correct, misplaced and absent letters all at once, use the Word Solver; for openers and tactics see the tips page.

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