5-Letter Words With S as the First Letter and Y as the Fifth
There are 115 five-letter words with S as the first letter and Y as the fifth, including 43 common puzzle answers. These are the words matching the pattern S___Y (an underscore is any letter). A handy list for Wordle and other five-letter word games.
Popular 5-Letter Puzzle Words With S as the First Letter and Y as the Fifth
Common puzzle answers are everyday words of the kind word puzzles choose as solutions, most common first. Plurals and rare words are valid guesses but rarely answers, so they're listed separately below.
- STORY An account that tells about an act, occurrence, or course of events
- STUDY The activity of learning about a subject by reading or mental effort
- SORRY Feeling regret or sorrow over something done or undone
- SILLY Foolish or lacking good sense
- SCARY Causing fear or fright
- SANDY Resembling or containing or abounding in sand
- SPRAY Water in small drops in the atmosphere or thrown up by a waterfall
- SADLY In a sad manner or with sadness
- SUNNY Bright and pleasant, full of sunshine
- SALLY A witty remark
- SIXTY The number equal to six times ten
- SHINY Reflecting light
More Common Puzzle Answers
- SPICY
- STRAY
- SALTY
- SHADY
- SAVVY
- SNOWY
- SHAKY
- SMOKY
- STONY
- SILKY
- SASSY
- SOGGY
- SULLY
- SAVOY
- SLIMY
- SAUCY
- SURLY
- SEEDY
- SCALY
- SHOWY
- SPIKY
- SOAPY
- SAGGY
- SAPPY
- SPINY
- SOOTY
- SLYLY
- SHYLY
- SULKY
- SOUPY
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- SNAKY
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Useful Pattern Information
- Most common additional vowel: A, in 31% of these words
- Letters that most often appear alongside: A, O, L, I, T
- Most have 1 vowel (77%)
- 30% contain a repeated letter
- 43 of the 115 are common puzzle answers (37%)
Other Valid Words
72 additional dictionary words have S as the first letter and Y as the fifth — valid guesses, though rarely answers. Most common first.
- SONNY
- SAMMY
- SISSY
- SUCKY
- SWAMY
- SRSLY
- SIPPY
- SOPPY
- SATAY
- SEELY
- SOFTY
- SILTY
- SEPOY
- SPLAY
- SOPHY
- SLATY
- STARY
- SEAMY
- SAMEY
- SODDY
- SERRY
- SPACY
- SUDSY
- SONGY
- SIDEY
- SUBBY
- SAURY
- STROY
- SARKY
- SICKY
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- SMILY
- STAGY
- STEWY
- SOOKY
- SURFY
- SHALY
- SELFY
- SCRAY
- SHILY
- SINKY
- SWALY
- SESEY
- SOULY
- SLILY
- STIMY
- SAVEY
- SPIRY
- STIVY
- SEDGY
- SCODY
- SOILY
- SONSY
- SPUMY
- STOGY
- SELKY
- SEITY
- SNARY
- SKIEY
- SUETY
- SLOPY
- STYMY
- SONLY
- SURGY
- SADDY
- SKIVY
- SEEPY
- SENVY
- SPEWY
- SKYEY
- SOOEY
- SKODY
- SNIPY
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Generated from the TurnWord word database, the dictionary behind the Word Solver and Word Bot. Common puzzle answers are our curated answer list, the everyday words word puzzles tend to use as answers — not the official answer list of any game; every other word is a valid guess. Counts and statistics are computed from this list. Word database updated September 19, 2026.