5-letter words with T as the 4th letter and Y as the 5th letter

This pattern locks the final two letters as TY, leaving the first three slots to separate the candidates. P begins the most entries, with 17; B follows with 13, and M has 12, while familiar examples include PARTY, EMPTY, DIRTY, FIFTY, NASTY, UNITY, and TASTY. The full tournament list has 136 words, but only 31 meet our common-word cutoff, so unusual plays make up most of the search.

Key facts for 5-letter words with T 4th and Y 5th

• Every match ends in TY, and every word has five letters.
• P leads with 17 first-letter matches; B has 13 and M has 12.
• Collins includes 136 entries, against 107 in NWL2023 and 99 in ENABLE.
• ZESTY, ZLOTY, and ZOOTY each score 17 in Scrabble.
• PARTY, EMPTY, and DIRTY are among the familiar examples.

How should you use the T-Y pattern in Wordle?

The pattern matches 46 Wordle answers, and all 46 are also in tournament dictionaries. Use the fixed T-Y ending to confirm two slots, then test the first three letters against your greens and yellows; PARTY, DIRTY, and TASTY are recognizable candidate shapes, not a claim about the answer list. With only 31 common entries among 136, save rare-looking guesses for when the board points there.

Which T-Y words score well, and where are they accepted?

ZESTY, ZLOTY, and ZOOTY top the score list at 17 points apiece; SIXTY and JETTY each score 15. The average score is 10.3, so the trio's appeal comes from the opening Z, not from TY alone. Keep the fixed ending in mind when placing tiles: a premium square under T or Y changes the arithmetic, but the letters themselves do not make every play a high scorer.

For 5-letter words with T as the 4th letter and Y as the 5th letter, dictionary coverage is a constraint: Collins has 136 matches, NWL2023 has 107, and ENABLE has 99. Many are less familiar than PARTY or NASTY, and a legal Collins play may not appear in another game's list. Check your game's dictionary once, then narrow the remaining choices with the first three letters.

Among same-ending patterns, T in slot four has 136 matches versus 93 for R and 70 for S. That makes T-Y unusually productive in these comparisons. Keep both common candidates and points-heavy options open when you know the last two tiles.