5-Letter Words Matching _ A _ L Y

53 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ A _ L Y, 12 of which are common words. 3 green letters locked in.

12 common words53 valid words

Common Words (12)

Words most likely to be the answer.

badly
gaily
sadly
gayly
dally
sally
early
tally
daily
rally
madly
manly

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (41)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

baily
bally
barly
bawly
bayly
cally
carly
eably
eakly
fally
farly
fatly
gally
haily
hally
haply
kally
karly
lagly
lally
laxly
maely
marly
naily
nally
pally
parly
patly
pauly
radly
rawly
sably
saily
taily
vally
waily
wally
wanly
warly
yaply
yarly

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 53 matches.

Most common letters

a53
l53
y53
r12
b8
i8
d6
w6
p6
e4

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 40 with 1 unique vowel
  • 13 with 2 unique vowels
  • 0 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -ly · 53 words

Strategy

12 answers fit. Look at the most common remaining letters above and choose a guess that probes the unknown positions.

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