5-Letter Words Matching _ U _ L Y
27 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ U _ L Y, 8 of which are common words. 3 green letters locked in.
8 common words27 valid words
Common Words (8)
Words most likely to be the answer.
gully
bully
curly
burly
surly
fully
dully
sully
Other Valid 5-Letter Words (19)
Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.
audly
cully
cumly
duply
guily
gumly
gurly
hurly
ludly
lully
muhly
murly
nurly
outly
ruely
rumly
tully
tutly
wurly
What These Words Have in Common
Letter patterns across all 27 matches.
Most common letters
u27
l27
y27
r10
m5
d4
g4
c3
t3
b2
Vowel distribution
- 0 with no vowels
- 23 with 1 unique vowel
- 4 with 2 unique vowels
- 0 with 3+ unique vowels
Most common endings
- -ly · 27 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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