DY closes a five letter word with a Y carrying the final vowel sound, and Wordle players confirm the pair once both tiles turn green. Those letters fix the last two positions, so the 5 letter words ending in DY leave the opening three unsolved.
A doubled D runs through much of this pattern. Buddy, Caddy, Daddy, Kiddy, Muddy, Paddy, Ruddy and Teddy all place a second D in the third position, which is why testing D there rules in or out nearly a third of the field.
There are 107 five letter words ending in DY. Ready, Study, Candy, Sandy and Handy are the strongest Wordle guesses because none of them repeat a letter. D in the middle position opens 31 of these words, more than any other letter.
5 Letter Words Ending In DY
D and Y take the final two slots, which leaves the first three letters carrying the guess.
| Acidy | Baddy | Baldy | Bandy |
| Bardy | Bawdy | Beady | Bendy |
| Biddy | Blady | Bludy | Boody |
| Buddy | Bundy | Caddy | Candy |
| Cardy | Coady | Crudy | Cuddy |
| Cundy | Curdy | Daddy | Dandy |
| Deedy | Diddy | Doddy | Doody |
| Dowdy | Duddy | Faddy | Fendy |
| Foody | Fuddy | Fundy | Gandy |
| Gaudy | Giddy | Glady | Goldy |
| Goody | Grody | Gundy | Gurdy |
| Handy | Hardy | Heady | Heedy |
| Hoody | Howdy | Kandy | Kiddy |
| Kindy | Laddy | Laldy | Lardy |
| Leady | Lindy | Lordy | Mardy |
| Middy | Moldy | Moody | Muddy |
| Neddy | Needy | Nerdy | Noddy |
| Nuddy | Nurdy | Oundy | Paddy |
| Pandy | Pardy | Perdy | Poddy |
| Predy | Puddy | Randy | Ready |
| Reddy | Reedy | Rhody | Rindy |
| Rowdy | Ruddy | Sandy | Scody |
| Seedy | Shady | Skody | Soddy |
| Study | Tardy | Teddy | Toady |
| Toddy | Vardy | Voddy | Waddy |
| Weedy | Widdy | Windy | Woody |
| Wordy | Wuddy | Zaidy |
5 Letter Words Ending In DY By Starting Letter
Five opening letters reach eight DY words or more, and B leads them with thirteen.
5 Letter Words Ending In DY Starting With B
| Buddy | Baldy | Bandy |
| Bawdy | Bendy | Bundy |
| Baddy | Beady | Biddy |
| Boody | Bardy | Blady |
| Bludy |
5 Letter Words Ending In DY Starting With C
| Candy | Caddy | Cuddy |
| Cardy | Coady | Cundy |
| Crudy | Curdy |
5 Letter Words Ending In DY Starting With D
| Daddy | Dandy | Diddy |
| Doody | Dowdy | Duddy |
| Deedy | Doddy |
5 Letter Words Ending In DY Starting With G
| Gaudy | Giddy | Goody |
| Gandy | Glady | Goldy |
| Grody | Gundy | Gurdy |
5 Letter Words Ending In DY Starting With R
| Randy | Ready | Reddy |
| Reedy | Rowdy | Ruddy |
| Rhody | Rindy |
5 Letter Words Ending In DY By Middle Letter
The middle letter narrows the field faster than the opener. Thirty one of these words take a second D in that position.
5 Letter Words Ending In DY With D In The Middle
| Buddy | Daddy | Muddy |
| Paddy | Teddy | Caddy |
| Cuddy | Diddy | Giddy |
| Reddy | Ruddy | Toddy |
| Baddy | Biddy | Duddy |
| Fuddy | Kiddy | Laddy |
| Middy | Neddy | Noddy |
| Puddy | Soddy | Waddy |
| Doddy | Faddy | Nuddy |
| Poddy | Voddy | Widdy |
| Wuddy |
5 Letter Words Ending In DY With N In The Middle
| Candy | Handy | Randy |
| Sandy | Windy | Bandy |
| Bendy | Bundy | Dandy |
| Kandy | Lindy | Cundy |
| Fundy | Gandy | Gundy |
| Kindy | Pandy | Fendy |
| Oundy | Rindy |
5 Letter Words Ending In DY With R In The Middle
| Hardy | Lordy | Nerdy |
| Tardy | Vardy | Wordy |
| Cardy | Gurdy | Lardy |
| Mardy | Pardy | Bardy |
| Curdy | Nurdy | Perdy |
5 Letter Words Ending In DY With O In The Middle
| Moody | Woody | Goody |
| Boody | Doody | Foody |
| Grody | Hoody | Rhody |
| Scody | Skody |
5 Letter Words Ending In DY For Wordle
Every word here uses five different letters, so one guess tests five positions at once.
| Ready | Study | Candy |
| Sandy | Handy | Randy |
| Hardy | Shady | Windy |
| Rowdy | Bundy | Nerdy |
| Howdy | Heady | Lindy |
| Gaudy | Moldy | Tardy |
Ready and Study give the widest letter spread. Candy and Shady work better once a vowel is already confirmed.
5 Letter Words Ending In DY For Scrabble
Z and W carry the scoring here, and Zaidy reaches 18 before any board bonus.
| Word | Points |
|---|---|
| Zaidy | 18 |
| Howdy | 15 |
| Kiddy | 14 |
| Bawdy | 14 |
| Wuddy | 13 |
| Widdy | 13 |
| Waddy | 13 |
| Voddy | 13 |
| Skody | 13 |
| Kindy | 13 |
| Kandy | 13 |
| Fuddy | 13 |
| Faddy | 13 |
| Dowdy | 13 |
| Wordy | 12 |
5 Letter Words Ending In DY And Their Meanings
Twenty of these words with what they mean.
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Baldy | A bald person |
| Bandy | To pass back and forth, or bowed outward |
| Bawdy | Humorously indecent |
| Bendy | Able to bend easily |
| Buddy | A close friend |
| Caddy | A person who carries golf clubs |
| Candy | A sweet made with sugar |
| Daddy | A father |
| Dandy | A man overly concerned with appearance |
| Gaudy | Bright and showy without taste |
| Giddy | Feeling dizzy or excited |
| Goody | Something attractive or tasty |
| Handy | Convenient to use or nearby |
| Hardy | Able to endure difficult conditions |
| Heady | Intoxicating or exhilarating |
| Howdy | A greeting |
| Muddy | Covered in mud |
| Needy | Lacking necessities, or wanting attention |
| Nerdy | Studious in an unfashionable way |
| Paddy | A field where rice is grown |
FAQs
The ones you meet most in everyday English are Ready, Study, Candy and Sandy. Handy, Muddy, Woody and Windy follow closely behind them.
There are 107 five letter words ending in DY in standard word game dictionaries. Around 45 of those are words most players already recognise.
Thirty one words take a second D in the third position. Buddy, Caddy, Daddy, Giddy, Kiddy, Muddy, Paddy, Ruddy, Teddy and Toddy are the strongest of them.
Thirteen words match both conditions. Baldy, Bandy, Bardy, Bawdy, Beady, Bendy, Biddy, Blady, Boody, Buddy and Bundy all qualify.
Try Study. It tests S, T and U alongside the DY pair and uses five different letters. Ready covers R, E and A instead and works equally well.
The top score is 18 points before any board bonus, which Zaidy reaches. Howdy scores 15, and Kiddy and Bawdy each reach 14.
Several do. Baldy names a bald person, Buddy a friend, Daddy a father, Dandy a vain man and Nerdy a studious one.
Twenty words take N in the third position. Bandy, Bendy, Candy, Dandy, Handy, Kindy, Randy, Sandy and Windy are the ones to know.
