Five-letter position pattern
5 Letter Words with E as 2nd and Y as 5th Letter
Here is a quick guide to 5 letter words with E as the 2nd letter and Y as the 5th letter. E in the second box is one of the most common vowel placements, and it follows almost any consonant. A final Y works like a vowel and closes many adjectives, nouns and adverbs.
253matching five-letter words
5 Letter Words with E as 2nd and Y as 5th Letter
- beady
- beaky
- beamy
- beany
- beaty
- bebay
- becry
- beday
- beefy
- beery
- beety
- begay
- beigy
- belay
- belly
- bendy
- benny
- benty
- beray
- bergy
- berry
- bespy
- betty
- bevvy
- bewry
- cedry
- certy
- deady
- deary
- deawy
- debby
- decay
- decoy
- decry
- deddy
- deedy
- deely
- deeny
- deify
- deity
- delay
- delly
- denay
- denty
- deoxy
- deray
- derby
- derry
- featy
- feedy
- feely
- felly
- felty
- femmy
- fendy
- fenny
- ferly
- ferny
- ferry
- festy
- feyly
- fezzy
- geeky
- gehey
- gelly
- gemmy
- genny
- genty
- geoty
- germy
- heady
- heapy
- heavy
- heazy
- hedgy
- heedy
- heezy
- hefty
- heily
- helly
- hempy
- hendy
- henny
- henry
- herby
- herry
- jeely
- jeery
- jelly
- jemmy
- jenny
- jerky
- jerry
- jetty
- jewry
- kebby
- kecky
- kedgy
- kelly
- kelpy
- kelty
- kempy
- kerky
- kerry
- leady
- leafy
- leaky
- leany
- leary
- leavy
- leccy
- ledgy
- leeky
- leery
- lefty
- leggy
- lehay
- leppy
- lepry
- lesiy
- lethy
- lewty
- lezzy
- mealy
- meany
- meaty
- meiny
- melty
- mercy
- merry
- meshy
- messy
- nebby
- neddy
- needy
- neffy
- nelly
- nerdy
- nervy
- nesty
- netty
- nevoy
- newly
- newsy
- peaky
- peasy
- peaty
- peavy
- pecky
- peeoy
- peepy
- peery
- peggy
- penny
- pensy
- peony
- peppy
- perdy
- perky
- perry
- perty
- pervy
- pesky
- pesty
- petty
- ready
- reamy
- reasy
- rebuy
- reccy
- reddy
- redly
- redry
- reedy
- reefy
- reeky
- refly
- refry
- reify
- rekey
- relay
- renay
- reney
- renky
- repay
- reply
- repry
- resay
- resty
- retry
- revay
- seamy
- seary
- seavy
- sedgy
- seedy
- seely
- seepy
- seggy
- seity
- selly
- senvy
- sepoy
- serry
- sesey
- sexly
- teaey
- teary
- teasy
- teaty
- techy
- teddy
- teeny
- teety
- telly
- tenny
- tenty
- tepoy
- terry
- testy
- tetty
- tewly
- vealy
- veery
- vefry
- veily
- veiny
- veney
- veray
- verby
- verey
- verry
- verty
- weaky
- weary
- webby
- wedgy
- weedy
- weeny
- weepy
- weety
- wefty
- welly
- wemmy
- wenny
- westy
- wetly
- yechy
- yeply
- yesty
- yeuky
- yezzy
- zesty
How These Words Are Built
Openers to expect include D as in DELAY, R as in READY and P as in PERRY. The third box is usually R in MERCY, A in READY and N in HENRY. The fourth box is most often R in HENRY and T in PETTY.
Useful five-letter words
Start with READY, HEAVY, HENRY, REPLY and NEWLY. They are the easiest to recognise, which makes them safe tests. DELAY, MERCY and TERRY are worth keeping in reserve.
- READY
- HEAVY
- HENRY
- REPLY
- NEWLY
A Wordle Tip for This Pattern
The first box is the biggest unknown, and D, R and P are the strongest openers to test. If the opener comes back grey, test R in the third box, since it is the single most common middle letter here. The fixed E and Y do a lot of the work, so use your guesses on the three open boxes rather than on those two letters.
Scrabble and Other Word Games
In Scrabble, E is worth one point and Y is worth four points. Knowing words such as READY, HEAVY and HENRY helps you use both tiles quickly when they land on your rack.
Frequently asked questions
Which letters usually start words with E second and Y fifth
D, R and P are the usual openers, as in DELAY, READY and PERRY. Testing one of them in the first box is the quickest way to narrow the list.
What does a final Y tell me about the word
A final Y works like a vowel and closes many adjectives, nouns and adverbs. READY and HEAVY show the pattern.
What does E as the second letter tell me
E in the second box is one of the most common vowel placements, and it follows almost any consonant. READY is a good example.