5 letter words with no vowels

There are 64 five-letter words in English with no vowels. 14 of them appear on the curated Wordle answer list, so they are the most likely candidates if you hit this pattern in today's puzzle. Words with no vowels are extremely rare in English — most of them rely on Y as a vowel substitute or are short, foreign-origin terms.

Common words (14)

Words from the curated Wordle answer list — the most likely candidates for today’s solution.

  • pygmy
  • glyph
  • crypt
  • lynch
  • nymph
  • myths
  • tryst
  • slyly
  • dryly
  • wryly
  • myrrh
  • hymns
  • lymph
  • shyly

Other valid words (50)

Five-letter words from the broader English dictionary the game accepts as guesses, but which rarely show up as answers.

  • byrls
  • chynd
  • crwth
  • cwtch
  • cysts
  • dhtml
  • flyby
  • flynn
  • fyrds
  • ghyll
  • grrls
  • grrrl
  • grypt
  • gymps
  • gynny
  • gyppy
  • gypsy
  • httpd
  • https
  • hwyls
  • hyphy
  • kydst
  • kynds
  • msnbc
  • mysql
  • mythy
  • pgsql
  • phpbb
  • phpht
  • psych
  • rynds
  • sbjct
  • skyfs
  • skyrs
  • stymy
  • sylph
  • synch
  • syncs
  • synds
  • synth
  • syphs
  • thymy
  • tryps
  • tymps
  • typps
  • wynds
  • wynns
  • xhtml
  • xylyl
  • xysts

Most likely letters by position

For each slot, the letters that appear most often in these words. Color intensity reflects frequency.

Pos. 1
s19%
g14%
p8%
c8%
m8%
Pos. 2
y50%
r14%
h13%
l6%
t5%
Pos. 3
y30%
n17%
t11%
p11%
m8%
Pos. 4
p20%
l13%
c9%
m8%
h8%
Pos. 5
s34%
y20%
h17%
l11%
t9%

Most frequent letters overall

Useful for picking your next guess — frequent letters give you more information per try.

y
s
h
t
p
l
m
n
r
g

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