A DY ending narrows this to 158 words, 38 of which are possible answers.
Of the 9 everyday words on this page, 9 could also be the answer.
Best First Guesses
Start with one of these. All three are among the 158 words below, and the number beside each is how many would still be left in the worst case.
- RANDY: takes 158 down to 54 at worst. It is on the answer list.
- READY: down to 59. It is on the answer list.
- DADDY: down to 67. It is on the answer list.
What These Words Have in Common
The company these words keep: A (58), O (43) and N (39). Only 9 of the 158 are everyday words. The rest belong to crosswords more than to conversation, so lean on the letters above rather than on the tail of the list.
Best 5 Letter Words Ending in DY
The strongest picks, with answer-list words first.
- BAWDY
- BEADY
- BIDDY
- BUDDY
- CADDY
- CANDY
- DADDY
- DANDY
- DOWDY
- GAUDY
- GIDDY
- GOODY
- HANDY
- HARDY
- HEADY
- HOWDY
- MOLDY
- MOODY
- MUDDY
- NEEDY
- NERDY
- PADDY
- RANDY
- READY
- REEDY
- ROWDY
- RUDDY
- SANDY
- SEEDY
- SHADY
- STUDY
- TARDY
- TEDDY
- TODDY
- WEEDY
- WINDY
- WOODY
- WORDY
5 Letter Words Ending in DY by Starting Letter
5 Letter Words Starting with B and Ending in DY
- BAWDY
- BEADY
- BIDDY
- BUDDY
- BADDY
- BALDY
- BANDY
- BARDY
- BENDY
- BEWDY
- BIRDY
- BLADY
- BLUDY
- BOODY
- BUNDY
Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with B
5 Letter Words Starting with C and Ending in DY
- CADDY
- CANDY
- CARDY
- CINDY
- COADY
- CODDY
- CORDY
- CRUDY
- CUDDY
- CUNDY
- CURDY
Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with C
5 Letter Words Starting with D and Ending in DY
- DADDY
- DANDY
- DOWDY
- DAWDY
- DEADY
- DEDDY
- DEEDY
- DIDDY
- DODDY
- DOODY
- DUDDY
Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with D
5 Letter Words Starting with F and Ending in DY
- FADDY
- FEEDY
- FENDY
- FINDY
- FOLDY
- FOODY
- FORDY
- FUDDY
- FUNDY
Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with F
5 Letter Words Starting with G and Ending in DY
- GAUDY
- GIDDY
- GOODY
- GANDY
- GARDY
- GLADY
- GLEDY
- GOLDY
- GOUDY
- GOWDY
- GRODY
- GUNDY
- GURDY
Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with G
5 Letter Words Starting with H and Ending in DY
- HANDY
- HARDY
- HEADY
- HOWDY
- HEEDY
- HENDY
- HODDY
- HOODY
Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with H
5 Letter Words Starting with M and Ending in DY
- MOLDY
- MOODY
- MUDDY
- MADDY
- MAIDY
- MANDY
- MARDY
- MENDY
- MIDDY
- MOUDY
Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with M
5 Letter Words Starting with P and Ending in DY
- PADDY
- PANDY
- PARDY
- PERDY
- PINDY
- PODDY
- PONDY
- PREDY
- PRIDY
- PRUDY
- PUDDY
- PURDY
Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with P
5 Letter Words Starting with R and Ending in DY
- RANDY
- READY
- REEDY
- ROWDY
- RUDDY
- RADDY
- RAWDY
- REDDY
- RHODY
- RINDY
- ROADY
Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with R
5 Letter Words Starting with S and Ending in DY
- SANDY
- SEEDY
- SHADY
- STUDY
- SADDY
- SCODY
- SKODY
- SODDY
- SUDDY
Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with S
5 Letter Words Starting with T and Ending in DY
- TARDY
- TEDDY
- TODDY
- TANDY
- TIDDY
- TOADY
- TOIDY
- TRADY
- TRUDY
Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with T
5 Letter Words Starting with W and Ending in DY
- WEEDY
- WINDY
- WOODY
- WORDY
- WADDY
- WANDY
- WENDY
- WIDDY
- WOADY
- WOLDY
- WUDDY
Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with W
5 Letter Words Starting with A, E, J and other letters and Ending in DY
- ABODY
- ACEDY
- ACIDY
- ALODY
- EXODY
- JUNDY
- KANDY
- KENDY
- KIDDY
- KINDY
- LADDY
- LALDY
- LARDY
- LEADY
- LINDY
- LORDY
- LUDDY
- NEEDY
- NERDY
- NEDDY
- NODDY
- NUDDY
- NURDY
- OUNDY
- VARDY
- VAUDY
- VODDY
- YANDY
- ZAIDY
Part of: 5 Letter Words Ending in Y
Less Familiar Words Here
This page carries a lot of words most players would not define. Reading them once is quicker than meeting them cold in a puzzle.
- FADDY: Intensely fashionable for a short time.
- MIDDY: Blouse with a sailor collar.
- SODDY: A house built of sod or adobe laid in horizontal courses.
- TOADY: Try to gain favor by cringing or flattering.
- WEEDY: Abounding with or resembling weeds. It is on the answer list.
- BIDDY: Adult female chicken. It is on the answer list.
- DOWDY: Primly out of date. It is on the answer list.
- KIDDY: A young child.
- BEADY: Covered with beads or jewels or sequins. It is on the answer list.
- CUDDY: The galley or pantry of a small ship.
- BANDY: Exchange blows.
- TODDY: A mixed drink made of liquor and water with sugar and spices and served hot. It is on the answer list.
- BAWDY: Humorously vulgar. It is on the answer list.
- REEDY: Having a tone of a reed instrument. It is on the answer list.
FAQs
Can a Wordle answer end in DY?
Yes. READY, STUDY and BUDDY all sit on the Wordle answer list, so the pattern is worth playing for rather than ruling out.
Do any of these use the same letter twice?
Yes. BUDDY and DADDY are two of them. Crossing off a letter after one grey square is the quickest way to miss an answer like these.
Is FADDY really a word?
Yes. Intensely fashionable for a short time. It is not on the Wordle answer list, so keep it for Scrabble.
Which one has the best chance of just being the answer?
READY. It is the most ordinary word here that the answer list carries, so it is the guess to make when you want to win the round rather than learn from it.
Are all of these accepted as guesses?
Yes. Every word on this list is a legal guess, including the ones that look wrong. ZAIDY and WUDDY are among them. Only a smaller set sits on the answer list, and those are the ones marked in green.
Which of these would most players overlook?
BAWDY, BEADY and BIDDY. All three are on the answer list, and none is a word you would reach for early, so they are worth remembering once the obvious guesses run out.