5-letter words with Y as the 2nd letter and D as the 5th letter

The shape _ Y _ _ D is almost always a verb in its past tense, which is why the -ED tail dominates. G opens four of the words and T, S, P and L take three each. Only HYPED, SYNOD and TYPED count as everyday English, and a single entry sits in the Wordle answer list.

5-letter words with Y as the 2nd letter and D as the 5th letter

• 28 tournament words fit the frame _ Y _ _ D.
• 20 of them end in the -ED tail and the other eight do not.
• HYPED, SYNOD and TYPED are the only common words.
• PYXED leads the scores at 18, with FYKED on 16 and BYKED on 15.
• SYNOD is the only Wordle answer, and all 28 are accepted guesses.

Why does the ending look like -ED?

20 of the 28 words are past-tense verbs, and the group reads like a shelf of old spellings: BYDED, BYKED, DYKED, FYKED, GYBED, GYRED, GYVED, HYPED, LYSED, LYTED, PYNED, PYXED, RYKED, SYNED, SYPED, TYNED, TYPED, TYRED, WYLED and WYTED. Only HYPED and TYPED survive in everyday writing, so the rest belong to club lists.

The eight entries that break the -ED run are nouns and adjectives: CYCAD, GYELD, HYOID, LYARD, MYOID, MYSID, PYOID and SYNOD. Three of them, CYCAD, HYOID and MYOID, name shapes in plants or anatomy rather than actions.

Which letters lift the score?

PYXED reaches 18 because X carries 8 points, and FYKED follows at 16 on its K. The everyday entries look cheap beside them: HYPED scores 14, TYPED 11 and SYNOD 9. Only B, C, D, F, G, H, L, M, P, R, S, T and W can open these words, so a vowel in the first slot rules the whole pattern out.

Every match also spends a Y, so a rack without that tile cannot play the pattern at all. Dictionary reach is narrow: Collins carries all 28, while NWL2023 and ENABLE list 19 each. Nineteen of the 28 have a definition, which leaves nine that only a word list explains.

The one entry that is not a verb