5-Letter Words With Y as the Fourth Letter

There are 67 words in our dictionary. The strongest Wordle guess among them is TRAYS, which narrows 8,938 possible answers down to about 384 on average.

Best Wordle guesses from this list

Each word was played against all 8,938 five-letter words in our list to see how far it narrows the field. Fewer words left is better. How this is calculated.

WordAnswers leftInformation
TRAYS3845.38 bits
SATYR3665.37 bits
TREYS3935.32 bits
DRAYS4215.22 bits
TROYS4485.21 bits
PRAYS4735.14 bits
PREYS4805.09 bits
BARYE4975.08 bits
CLAYS5005.06 bits
PLAYS5325.03 bits

Highest-scoring words in this list

  • ENZYM19·20
  • HEXYL18·17
  • XYLYL18·18
  • CALYX17·18
  • QUAYS17·17
  • QUEYS17·17
  • JOEYS15·16
  • OXEYE15·14

All 67 five-letter words with Y as the fourth letter

  • ABAYA
  • ALIYA
  • ALKYD
  • ALKYL
  • ALLYL
  • BARYE
  • BERYL
  • BRAYS
  • BUNYA
  • BUOYS
  • BUTYL
  • CALYX
  • CHAYS
  • CLAYS
  • CLOYS
  • DEBYE
  • DRAYS
  • EMMYS
  • ENZYM
  • ETHYL
  • FLAYS
  • FLEYS
  • FLUYT
  • FRAYS
  • GLEYS
  • GRAYS
  • GREYS
  • HEXYL
  • INBYE
  • JOEYS
  • KUMYS
  • NONYL
  • OBEYS
  • OCTYL
  • OFAYS
  • OKAYS
  • OXEYE
  • PLAYA
  • PLAYS
  • PLOYS
  • POLYP
  • POLYS
  • PRAYS
  • PREYS
  • QUAYS
  • QUEYS
  • REDYE
  • SATYR
  • SHAYS
  • SHOYU
  • SIBYL
  • SLAYS
  • SLOYD
  • SPAYS
  • STAYS
  • SWAYS
  • THUYA
  • TOLYL
  • TRAYS
  • TREYS
  • TROYS
  • TYIYN
  • UPBYE
  • VINYL
  • WHEYS
  • WOMYN
  • XYLYL

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