5-Letter Words Matching _ E _ L Y

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

5 common words37 valid words

Common Words (5)

Words most likely to be the answer.

belly
reply
jelly
mealy
newly

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (32)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

delly
feely
felly
ferly
feyly
gelly
healy
heily
helly
keely
keily
kelly
kenly
lesly
melly
nealy
neely
nelly
redly
refly
relly
sealy
seely
selly
sexly
telly
tewly
vealy
veily
welly
wetly
yeply

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 37 matches.

Most common letters

e37
l37
y37
f5
r5
a5
n5
s5
k4
w4

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 29 with 1 unique vowel
  • 8 with 2 unique vowels
  • 0 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -ly · 37 words

Strategy

5 answers match _ E _ L Y. With 3 green letters locked in, you're almost certainly one guess away.

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