5-Letter Words Matching _ L _ _ Y

68 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ L _ _ Y, 8 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

8 common words68 valid words

Common Words (8)

Words most likely to be the answer.

glory
alley
slimy
elegy
slyly
alloy
allay
flaky

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (60)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

alary
albay
alday
ality
alody
alogy
alroy
alsey
altay
alway
blady
blazy
blimy
bliny
blowy
bluey
clary
clavy
cloky
cluny
elery
elogy
elroy
elsey
flamy
flary
flawy
flaxy
fleay
floey
flory
fluey
fluky
fluty
flyby
glady
glaky
glary
glazy
gleby
gledy
globy
gluey
ility
mllly
olepy
olnay
olney
ology
platy
pleny
pliny
plumy
slaby
slaky
slaty
slily
slopy
wlity
zloty

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 68 matches.

Most common letters

l68
y68
a32
o18
e17
g13
f12
b11
r9
s9

Vowel distribution

  • 3 with no vowels
  • 48 with 1 unique vowel
  • 17 with 2 unique vowels
  • 0 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -ey · 8 words
  • -ry · 7 words
  • -ay · 7 words
  • -ty · 7 words
  • -ky · 5 words

Strategy

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

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