5-Letter Words Matching _ A L _ Y
42 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ A L _ Y, 7 of which are common words. 3 green letters locked in.
7 common words42 valid words
Common Words (7)
Words most likely to be the answer.
palsy
dally
sally
salty
balmy
tally
rally
Other Valid 5-Letter Words (35)
Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.
baldy
balky
bally
cally
calmy
daley
dalny
fally
galey
gally
haley
halfy
hally
halsy
halvy
kally
lally
malay
malmy
maloy
malty
nally
palay
paley
pally
palmy
salay
salvy
talky
vally
valmy
valry
waley
wally
walty
What These Words Have in Common
Letter patterns across all 42 matches.
Most common letters
a42
l42
y42
m8
s6
e5
h5
v5
t5
p5
Vowel distribution
- 0 with no vowels
- 36 with 1 unique vowel
- 6 with 2 unique vowels
- 0 with 3+ unique vowels
Most common endings
- -ly · 15 words
- -my · 5 words
- -ey · 5 words
- -ay · 3 words
- -ty · 3 words
Strategy
7 answers fit. Look at the most common remaining letters above and choose a guess that probes the unknown positions.
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