5-Letter Words Matching _ O _ L Y
48 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ O _ L Y, 11 of which are common words. 3 green letters locked in.
11 common words48 valid words
Common Words (11)
Words most likely to be the answer.
lowly
coyly
folly
godly
jolly
dolly
hotly
nobly
holly
wooly
golly
Other Valid 5-Letter Words (37)
Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.
boily
bolly
booly
bowly
coaly
colly
cooly
corly
dogly
doily
dooly
dowly
doyly
foaly
fonly
foxly
hooly
jowly
lolly
molly
morly
mouly
noily
nolly
nonly
oolly
polly
pooly
roily
soily
solly
sonly
souly
sozly
tolly
wolly
zolly
What These Words Have in Common
Letter patterns across all 48 matches.
Most common letters
o48
l48
y48
d7
w6
n6
b5
i5
c5
s5
Vowel distribution
- 0 with no vowels
- 39 with 1 unique vowel
- 9 with 2 unique vowels
- 0 with 3+ unique vowels
Most common endings
- -ly · 48 words
Strategy
11 answers fit. Look at the most common remaining letters above and choose a guess that probes the unknown positions.
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