5 Letter Words with Y as the Only Vowel
Our list has 34 five-letter words with Y as the only vowel; 16 of them are common words that are likely Wordle answers.
B… (1)
- byrls
C… (2)
- crypt
- cysts
D… (1)
- dryly
F… (1)
- flyby
G… (3)
- glyph
- gypsy
- ghyll
H… (1)
- hymns
L… (2)
- lymph
- lynch
M… (3)
- myrrh
- myths
- mythy
N… (1)
- nymph
P… (2)
- psych
- pygmy
R… (1)
- rynds
S… (8)
- shyly
- slyly
- sylph
- stymy
- synch
- syncs
- synth
- syphs
T… (3)
- tryst
- thymy
- typps
W… (3)
- wryly
- wynds
- wynns
X… (2)
- xylyl
- xysts
wordle picks
Best Wordle Guesses From This List
If you know your answer is in this list, these words split its 16 common words into the most groups, so the colors you get back narrow it down fastest.
| Guess | Color patterns | Worst case |
|---|---|---|
| SYLPH | 14 | 3 left |
| GLYPH | 13 | 2 left |
| SHYLY | 13 | 2 left |
| SLYLY | 12 | 2 left |
| LYMPH | 13 | 4 left |
letter statistics
Most Common Letter in Each Position
| Position | Letter | Share of words |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | S | 24% |
| 2 | Y | 65% |
| 3 | Y | 35% |
| 4 | L | 18% |
| 5 | S | 32% |
Use the strongest open position for your next guess: a letter that appears in many of these words but not all of them tells you the most.
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