5-letter words with Y as the fifth letter
There are 1,252 five-letter words with Y as the fifth letter in Unscrambly's open word list; the highest scoring is JAZZY at 33 points. B is the most common first letter among them (108), and the average score is 11.8 points.
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Pinning a letter to an exact slot is the core of Wordle strategy: a green Y in the fifth position leaves these 1,252 words as candidates. Every word below is exactly five letters with Y in slot 5, shown with its Scrabble score, and examples include JAZZY, FUZZY, FIZZY, FEZZY and HUZZY. Feed the letters you already know into the Wordle helper to narrow a puzzle with a Y in slot 5 further.
For Wordle, EARLY is a strong guess from this list: of the familiar words with five different letters, it uses the letters found in the most of these 1,252 words.
5-letter words with Y as the fifth letter in numbers
- Words
- 1,252
- Highest scoring
- JAZZY 33 pts
- Average score
- 11.8 pts
- With a definition
- 614 (49%)
- A40
- B108
- C76
- D94
- E16
- F72
- G85
- H64
- I7
- J31
- K20
- L60
- M86
- N40
- O11
- P105
- Q2
- R65
- S102
- T69
- U12
- V17
- W47
- Y14
- Z9
Highest-scoring 5-letter words with y as the fifth letter
5-letter words with Y as the fifth letter (1,252)
These 300 of the 1,252 are a spread sample: the 50 highest scoring first, then words taken in turn from every first letter; within each, words with a dictionary definition come first. The solver above searches all of them for your tiles, and the free JSON API has the full word lists.
Frequently asked questions
How many 5 letter words have Y as the fifth letter?
Unscrambly's list has 1,252 five-letter words with Y in the fifth position, 10% of all five-letter words.
How do I use this list for Wordle?
If your fifth tile turned green as Y, these 1,252 words are your candidates. Cross off any word that uses a letter you have already ruled out, and prefer a guess that tests new letters, such as EARLY.
What is the highest scoring 5 letter word with Y as the fifth letter?
JAZZY scores 33 points in Scrabble. Next come FEZZY (29), FIZZY (29) and FUZZY (29). The average is 11.8 points.