When Wordle has eliminated A, E, I, O, and U, the answer is often hiding in a Y-only word. This page lists every official 5-letter Wordle answer that contains at least one Y and no other traditional vowels.
5-letter words with no vowels except Y – Wordle help
Browse 5-letter Wordle answers that use Y as the only vowel. Ideal for endgame puzzles where A, E, I, O, and U have all been ruled out.
Word list for this pattern
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Showing 52 answers and valid guesses.
B
byrls
C
chyndcryptcysts
D
dryly
F
flybyfyrds
G
ghyllglyphgryptgympsgynnygyppygypsy
H
hwylshymnshyphy
K
kydstkynds
L
lymphlynch
M
myrrhmythsmythy
N
nymph
P
phynxpsychpygmy
R
rhymyrynds
S
shylyskyfsskyrsslylysrslystymysylphsynchsyncssyndssynthsyphs
T
thymytrypstrysttympstypps
W
wrylywyndswynns
X
xylylxysts
Bright entries are official Wordle answers; dim entries are valid guesses only.
Strategy for this pattern
Y-only answers—like GLYPH and CRYPT—can be hard to spot because they don’t look like typical English words. Use this list late in the game when your vowel probes have failed, and open it in the Word Finder to combine the Y-only filter with your existing green and yellow tiles.