5-Letter Words Matching _ _ L _ Y
188 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ _ L _ Y, 38 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.
38 common words188 valid words
Common Words (38)
Words most likely to be the answer.
belly
pulpy
gully
folly
filmy
palsy
inlay
moldy
dally
silky
jolly
dolly
alley
delay
silly
relay
dilly
jelly
bully
sulky
holly
sally
filly
billy
salty
balmy
tally
hilly
rally
bulky
alloy
milky
fully
allay
dully
golly
sully
willy
Other Valid 5-Letter Words (150)
Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.
adlay
adley
afley
agley
ailey
arley
baldy
balky
bally
belay
bilby
bilgy
boley
bolly
bolty
bulby
bulgy
cally
calmy
colby
coley
colly
cully
culmy
daley
dalny
delly
diley
dolby
doley
dulcy
edley
enlay
fally
felly
felty
foldy
foley
folky
galey
gally
gelly
gilby
gilly
gilpy
gilty
goldy
gulfy
gulpy
haley
halfy
hally
halsy
halvy
helly
hildy
holey
hulky
imlay
islay
jilly
jolty
juley
kally
kelby
kelcy
kelly
kelpy
kelsy
kelty
kilby
kiley
killy
kilty
lally
lilly
lilty
lolly
lully
malay
malmy
maloy
malty
melly
miley
milly
milty
mllly
molly
muley
mulry
nally
nelly
nolly
obley
ohley
onlay
onley
oolly
otley
oxley
palay
paley
pally
palmy
pilmy
poley
polky
polly
relly
riley
rilly
roley
ryley
salay
salvy
selby
selly
selry
silty
solay
solly
splay
talky
telly
tildy
tilly
tilty
tolly
tully
unlay
uplay
utley
vally
valmy
valry
volny
waley
wally
walty
welby
welcy
welly
welty
wiley
woldy
wolfy
wolly
yolky
zolly
What These Words Have in Common
Letter patterns across all 188 matches.
Most common letters
l188
y188
a63
e61
o45
i39
b24
u24
t23
d22
Vowel distribution
- 1 with no vowels
- 143 with 1 unique vowel
- 43 with 2 unique vowels
- 1 with 3+ unique vowels
Most common endings
- -ly · 66 words
- -ey · 33 words
- -ay · 17 words
- -ty · 14 words
- -ky · 10 words
Strategy
38 answers (of 188 valid guesses) match _ _ L _ Y. Use a high-information guess that tests common letters in the empty positions, even if it's not in the candidate list.
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