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.

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.

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.

Official answers and valid guesses

Showing 17 official answers and 35 valid guesses.Showing 17 official Wordle answers.

B

1 words0 words
  1. byrls
    Guess

C

3 words1 words
  1. chynd
    Guess
  2. crypt
    Answer
  3. cysts
    Guess

D

1 words1 words
  1. dryly
    Answer

F

2 words1 words
  1. flyby
    Answer
  2. fyrds
    Guess

G

7 words2 words
  1. ghyll
    Guess
  2. glyph
    Answer
  3. grypt
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  4. gymps
    Guess
  5. gynny
    Guess
  6. gyppy
    Guess
  7. gypsy
    Answer

H

3 words0 words
  1. hwyls
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  2. hymns
    Guess
  3. hyphy
    Guess

K

2 words0 words
  1. kydst
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  2. kynds
    Guess

L

2 words2 words
  1. lymph
    Answer
  2. lynch
    Answer

M

3 words1 words
  1. myrrh
    Answer
  2. myths
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  3. mythy
    Guess

N

1 words1 words
  1. nymph
    Answer

P

3 words2 words
  1. phynx
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  2. psych
    Answer
  3. pygmy
    Answer

R

2 words0 words
  1. rhymy
    Guess
  2. rynds
    Guess

S

12 words4 words
  1. shyly
    Answer
  2. skyfs
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  3. skyrs
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  4. slyly
    Answer
  5. srsly
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  6. stymy
    Guess
  7. sylph
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  8. synch
    Answer
  9. syncs
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  10. synds
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  11. synth
    Answer
  12. syphs
    Guess

T

5 words1 words
  1. thymy
    Guess
  2. tryps
    Guess
  3. tryst
    Answer
  4. tymps
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  5. typps
    Guess

W

3 words1 words
  1. wryly
    Answer
  2. wynds
    Guess
  3. wynns
    Guess

X

2 words0 words
  1. xylyl
    Guess
  2. xysts
    Guess

Legend

  • Official answers

    Brighter words are in the official Wordle answer list.

  • Valid guesses only

    Dimmer words are allowed guesses, but they are not official answer words.

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