499 words carry U and Y somewhere. AUNTY, BAYOU, BUDDY are the strongest of them, and 71 sit on the answer list.
The green marks pick out the 71 words here that could still be the solution.
Best First Guesses
With 499 words to get through, the first guess decides most of the round. Each one below is on this list, so it could be the answer outright, and the number beside it is how many words would still be left in the worst case.
- RUGBY: takes 499 down to 128 at worst. It is on the answer list.
- TRULY: down to 143. It is on the answer list.
- STUDY: down to 161. It is on the answer list.
What These Words Have in Common
Y is the ending to expect here, closing 372 of these words. The company these words keep: R (125), S (124) and L (94). Only 18 of the 499 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 With U and Y
The strongest picks, with answer-list words first.
- AUNTY
- BAYOU
- BUDDY
- BUGGY
- BULKY
- BULLY
- BUNNY
- BURLY
- BUSHY
- BUYER
- CURLY
- CURRY
- CURVY
- DUCHY
- DULLY
- DUMMY
- DUMPY
- DUSKY
- DUSTY
- FULLY
- FUNKY
- FUNNY
- FURRY
- FUSSY
- FUZZY
- GAUDY
- GULLY
- GUMMY
- GUPPY
- GUSTY
- HUNKY
- HURRY
- HUSKY
- HUSSY
- JUICY
- JUMPY
- LOUSY
- LUCKY
- LUMPY
- LUSTY
- MUCKY
- MUDDY
- MUMMY
- MURKY
- MUSHY
- MUSKY
- MUSTY
- NUTTY
- POUTY
- PUDGY
- PUFFY
- PULPY
- PUPPY
- PUSHY
- PUTTY
- QUERY
- RUDDY
- RUGBY
- RUSTY
- SAUCY
- STUDY
- SULKY
- SULLY
- SUNNY
- SURLY
- SYRUP
- TRULY
- UNIFY
- UNITY
- YOUNG
- YOUTH
- YOURS
5 Letter Words With U and Y Starting With A
- AUNTY
- AGUEY
- ALUMY
- ANURY
- APPUY
- AURYL
- AYLLU
- AYOUS
- AYUYU
- AZURY
5 Letter Words With U and Y Starting With B
- BAYOU
- BUDDY
- BUGGY
- BULKY
- BULLY
- BUNNY
- BURLY
- BUSHY
- BUYER
- BLUDY
- BLUEY
- BOUSY
- BOYAU
- BRYUM
- BUBBY
- BUCKY
- BUDGY
- BUFFY
- BUFTY
- BULBY
- BULGY
- BUMPY
- BUNDY
- BUNGY
- BUNJY
- BUNTY
- BUNYA
- BUOYS
- BUPPY
- BURNY
- BURRY
- BURYS
- BUSBY
- BUSKY
- BUSSY
- BUSTY
- BUTTY
- BUTYL
- BUTYN
- BUTYR
- BUYIN
- BUZZY
- BYOUS
5 Letter Words With U and Y Starting With C
- CURLY
- CURRY
- CURVY
- CAHUY
- CLUEY
- COYAU
- COYPU
- CRUDY
- CRUSY
- CUBBY
- CUCUY
- CUDDY
- CUFFY
- CULLY
- CULMY
- CULTY
- CUMAY
- CUMLY
- CUMYL
- CUNDY
- CUNNY
- CUNYE
- CUPAY
- CUPPY
- CURBY
- CURDY
- CURNY
- CUSHY
- CUSPY
- CUTEY
- CUTTY
- CUYAS
- CYRUS
5 Letter Words With U and Y Starting With D
- DUCHY
- DULLY
- DUMMY
- DUMPY
- DUSKY
- DUSTY
- DAUBY
- DRURY
- DRUSY
- DRUXY
- DUBBY
- DUCKY
- DUDDY
- DUFFY
- DUMBY
- DUMKY
- DUNGY
- DUNNY
- DUPLY
- DUPPY
- DURGY
- DUROY
- DURRY
- DURYL
- DYAUS
5 Letter Words With U and Y Starting With F
- FULLY
- FUNKY
- FUNNY
- FURRY
- FUSSY
- FUZZY
- FLUEY
- FLUKY
- FLUTY
- FLUYT
- FOUTY
- FUBBY
- FUBSY
- FUDDY
- FUDGY
- FUFFY
- FUGGY
- FUGLY
- FUNDY
- FUNSY
- FURYL
- FURZY
- FUSTY
5 Letter Words With U and Y Starting With G
- GAUDY
- GULLY
- GUMMY
- GUPPY
- GUSTY
- GAUBY
- GAUCY
- GAUMY
- GAUZY
- GLUEY
- GOUDY
- GOURY
- GOUTY
- GRUYS
- GUARY
- GUCKY
- GUFFY
- GUILY
- GULFY
- GULPY
- GUMBY
- GUMLY
- GUNDY
- GUNGY
- GUNKY
- GUNNY
- GURDY
- GURLY
- GURRY
- GUSHY
- GUSSY
- GUTSY
- GUTTY
- GUYED
- GUYER
- GUYLE
- GUYOT
- GUYSE
- GYRUS
5 Letter Words With U and Y Starting With H
- HUNKY
- HURRY
- HUSKY
- HUSSY
- HOUSY
- HUBBY
- HUFFY
- HUGGY
- HULKY
- HULLY
- HUMPY
- HURLY
- HURTY
- HUSHY
- HUZZY
5 Letter Words With U and Y Starting With J
- JUICY
- JUMPY
- JUDGY
- JUMBY
- JUNDY
- JUNKY
- JUTTY
- JUYAS
5 Letter Words With U and Y Starting With L
- LOUSY
- LUCKY
- LUMPY
- LUSTY
- LAURY
- LAYUP
- LOUEY
- LOURY
- LOUTY
- LUDDY
- LULLY
- LUMMY
- LUNGY
- LURGY
- LURKY
- LURRY
- LUSHY
- LUSKY
- LUVVY
- LYCUS
- LYGUS
5 Letter Words With U and Y Starting With M
- MUCKY
- MUDDY
- MUMMY
- MURKY
- MUSHY
- MUSKY
- MUSTY
- MAUBY
- MAUMY
- MAUSY
- MAUVY
- MAUZY
- MOUDY
- MOULY
- MOUSY
- MUFFY
- MUFTY
- MUGGY
- MUHLY
- MUIRY
- MULEY
- MUMSY
- MUNGY
- MURLY
- MURRY
- MUSSY
- MUZZY
5 Letter Words With U and Y Starting With N
- NUTTY
- NOUNY
- NOYAU
- NUBBY
- NUDDY
- NUDGY
- NULLY
- NUMMY
- NUNKY
- NUNNY
- NUNRY
- NURDY
- NURLY
- NURRY
- NURSY
- NUTSY
- NYUNG
- NYUSE
- NYUZE
5 Letter Words With U and Y Starting With P
- POUTY
- PUDGY
- PUFFY
- PULPY
- PUPPY
- PUSHY
- PUTTY
- PAUKY
- PIYUT
- PLUMY
- PLUTY
- POUCY
- POUFY
- POUSY
- POYOU
- PRUDY
- PRUNY
- PUBBY
- PUBSY
- PUDDY
- PUDSY
- PUGGY
- PUKEY
- PULLY
- PUMPY
- PUNGY
- PUNKY
- PUNNY
- PUNTY
- PURDY
- PUREY
- PURPY
- PURRY
- PURSY
- PURTY
- PUSSY
- PUYAS
- PYRUS
- PYUFF
5 Letter Words With U and Y Starting With Q
- QUERY
- QUAKY
- QUALY
- QUAYD
- QUAYS
- QUEYN
- QUEYS
- QUEYU
- QUOYS
- QUYTE
5 Letter Words With U and Y Starting With R
- RUDDY
- RUGBY
- RUSTY
- REBUY
- ROGUY
- ROUGY
- ROUKY
- ROUPY
- ROYOU
- RUBBY
- RUCHY
- RUCKY
- RUELY
- RUFFY
- RUGGY
- RULLY
- RUMLY
- RUMMY
- RUMPY
- RUNBY
- RUNNY
- RUNSY
- RUNTY
- RUSHY
- RUSKY
- RUTTY
- RUTYL
- RYUGI
5 Letter Words With U and Y Starting With S
- SAUCY
- STUDY
- SULKY
- SULLY
- SUNNY
- SURLY
- SYRUP
- SAURY
- SAUTY
- SHOYU
- SOULY
- SOUPY
- SOURY
- SOYUZ
- SPUMY
- SUBBY
- SUCKY
- SUDDY
- SUDSY
- SUETY
- SUITY
- SUKEY
- SURFY
- SURGY
- SURYA
- SUSSY
- SUYOG
- SYRUS
5 Letter Words With U and Y Starting With T
- TRULY
- TAUTY
- THUYA
- TOUSY
- TOUZY
- TRUDY
- TUBBY
- TUCKY
- TUFTY
- TUMMY
- TUMPY
- TUNNY
- TURFY
- TURGY
- TURVY
- TUSHY
- TUSKY
- TUTLY
- TUTTY
- TUYER
- TYLUS
5 Letter Words With U and Y Starting With U
- UNIFY
- UNITY
- UAYEB
- UBITY
- UDYOG
- ULYIE
- UMPTY
- UNARY
- UNBAY
- UNBOY
- UNCOY
- UNDRY
- UNDYE
- UNEYE
- UNKEY
- UNLAY
- UNPAY
- UNPLY
- UNRAY
- UNSAY
- UNSHY
- UNSLY
- UNSTY
- UNWRY
- UPAYA
- UPBAY
- UPBUY
- UPBYE
- UPCRY
- UPDRY
- UPFLY
- UPLAY
- UPSEY
- UPWAY
- USURY
- UTCHY
5 Letter Words With U and Y Starting With Y
- YOUNG
- YOUTH
- YOURS
- YAGUA
- YAKUT
- YAMUN
- YAQUI
- YAUDS
- YAULD
- YAUPS
- YEUCH
- YEUKS
- YEUKY
- YOKUL
- YOMUD
- YOUFF
- YOUKS
- YOURE
- YOURN
- YOURT
- YOUSE
- YOUVE
- YOUZE
- YQUEM
- YUANS
- YUCAS
- YUCCA
- YUCCH
- YUCHI
- YUCKO
- YUCKS
- YUCKY
- YUFTS
- YUGAS
- YUKED
- YUKES
- YUKKY
- YUKON
- YUKOS
- YULAN
- YULES
- YUMAN
- YUMMO
- YUMMY
- YUMPS
- YUNCA
- YUPON
- YUPPY
- YURAK
- YUROK
- YURTA
- YURTS
- YURUK
- YUZUS
5 Letter Words With U and Y Starting With K, O, V and other letters
- KAURY
- KUMYK
- KUMYS
- KUYAS
- KYUDO
- KYUNG
- OCUBY
- OUNDY
- OUREY
- OUTBY
- OUTLY
- VAUDY
- VUGGY
- VUGHY
- VUTTY
- WAGYU
- WUDDY
- WURLY
- WUSSY
- WUZZY
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.
- RUNTY: Well below average height.
- RUSHY: Abounding in rushes.
- RUTTY: Full of ruts.
- SAURY: Slender long-beaked fish of temperate Atlantic waters.
- UNSAY: Take back what one has said.
- BULGY: Curving outward.
- MUSSY: Dirty and disorderly.
- FLUKY: Subject to accident or chance or change.
- NUBBY: Of textiles; having a rough surface.
- FUSTY: Stale and unclean smelling.
- SUDSY: Resembling lather or covered with lather.
- GOUTY: Suffering from gout.
- DULLY: Without liveliness. It is on the answer list.
- UNARY: Consisting of or involving a single element or component.
FAQs
Can a Wordle answer contain U and Y?
Yes. YOUNG, STUDY and FUNNY 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. FUNNY and FULLY are two of them. Crossing off a letter after one grey square is the quickest way to miss an answer like these.
Is HULKY really a word?
Yes. Of great size and bulk. It is not on the Wordle answer list, so keep it for Scrabble.
Which one has the best chance of just being the answer?
YOUNG. 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. YUZUS and YURUK 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?
DULLY, DUMPY and GUPPY. 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.