5 Letter Word Starting with RO and Ending with Y

Quick Answer: ROWDY

So you need a 5 letter word starting with RO and ending with Y? It's either ROOMY or ROWDY—and if you're here because of today's Wordle (August 19), congrats, it's ROWDY!

I actually got stuck on this one myself this morning. Started with CRANE (my go-to opener), got nothing, then tried STOMP... still barely anything useful. By guess four I was sweating a bit, not gonna lie.

ROWDY Meaning

ROWDY means rough, disorderly, or boisterously noisy—basically when things get a bit out of control but usually in a fun way. Think of a rowdy crowd at a concert, kids getting rowdy at recess, or that one friend who gets a little too rowdy after a couple drinks at karaoke night.

The word actually has a pretty interesting history. It showed up in American English around the early 1800s, possibly from the word "row" (as in a noisy disturbance). Back then, "rowdies" were what they called troublemakers or rough characters, especially in the American West. Cowboys would get rowdy in saloons you know, the whole stereotype.

Complete List: 5 Letter Words Starting with RO and Ending with Y

While there are limited options for this specific pattern, here are the valid English words:

ROOMY - Having ample space; spacious
ROWDY - Rough and disorderly; noisy and unruly
ROPEY (British spelling) - Of poor quality; feeling slightly ill

Today's Wordle Answer Aug 19,2025

Okay, so today's answer being ROWDY caught a lot of people off guard, myself included. Twitter is having a field day with it. Saw someone post that they went through ROCKY, ROOMY, ROPEY before finally getting ROWDY on guess six. The stress!

What made today particularly tricky:
That W in the middle isn't the most common letter
If you didn't get any yellows early on, finding that R-O combo at the start was tough
The Y ending could've been anything really

Related Word Patterns

If you're exploring similar patterns, consider these variations:

5 letter words ending in Y: HAPPY, CRAZY, PARTY, READY
5 letter words starting with RO: ROAST, ROBOT, ROCKY, ROUND
Words with double letters: ROOMY (double O), ISSUE (double S)