5-Letter Words With Y as the Third Letter

There are 123 words in our dictionary. The strongest Wordle guess among them is SAYER, which narrows 8,938 possible answers down to about 251 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
SAYER2515.73 bits
SAYED3205.48 bits
SLYER3295.41 bits
LAYER3565.37 bits
ARYLS3655.33 bits
RAYED4345.24 bits
TOYER4335.22 bits
SAYID4095.21 bits
PAYER4455.18 bits
STYLE4115.16 bits

Highest-scoring words in this list

  • SOYUZ17·17
  • ZAYIN17·17
  • FLYBY16·16
  • JOYED16·17
  • KAYAK16·15
  • THYMY16·14
  • CHYME15·15
  • PSYCH15·15

All 123 five-letter words with Y in the middle (third letter)

  • ABYES
  • ABYSM
  • ABYSS
  • ACYLS
  • ADYTA
  • AMYLS
  • ANYON
  • ARYLS
  • ASYLA
  • BAYED
  • BAYOU
  • BLYPE
  • BOYAR
  • BOYLA
  • BOYOS
  • BUYER
  • CHYLE
  • CHYME
  • COYED
  • COYER
  • COYLY
  • COYPU
  • CRYPT
  • DOYEN
  • DOYLY
  • DRYAD
  • DRYER
  • DRYLY
  • EMYDE
  • EMYDS
  • ETYMA
  • FAYED
  • FEYER
  • FEYLY
  • FLYBY
  • FLYER
  • FLYTE
  • FOYER
  • FRYER
  • GAYAL
  • GAYER
  • GAYLY
  • GHYLL
  • GLYPH
  • GOYIM
  • GUYED
  • GUYOT
  • HAYED
  • HAYER
  • HAYEY
  • HOYAS
  • HOYLE
  • IDYLL
  • IDYLS
  • JOYED
  • KAYAK
  • KAYOS
  • KEYED
  • LAYED
  • LAYER
  • LAYIN
  • LAYUP
  • LOYAL
  • MAYAN
  • MAYAS
  • MAYBE
  • MAYED
  • MAYOR
  • MAYOS
  • MAYST
  • ODYLE
  • ODYLS
  • PAYED
  • PAYEE
  • PAYER
  • PAYOR
  • PHYLA
  • PHYLE
  • PLYER
  • POYOU
  • PRYER
  • PSYCH
  • RAYAH
  • RAYAS
  • RAYED
  • RAYON
  • RHYME
  • RHYTA
  • RIYAL
  • ROYAL
  • SAYED
  • SAYER
  • SAYID
  • SAYST
  • SHYER
  • SHYLY
  • SKYED
  • SKYEY
  • SLYER
  • SLYLY
  • SLYPE
  • SNYES
  • SOYAS
  • SOYUZ
  • STYED
  • STYES
  • STYLE
  • STYLI
  • STYMY
  • THYME
  • THYMI
  • THYMY
  • TOYED
  • TOYER
  • TOYON
  • TOYOS
  • TRYMA
  • TRYST
  • TUYER
  • TWYER
  • WRYER
  • WRYLY
  • ZAYIN

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