5-Letter Words Matching S _ _ L Y

23 valid 5-letter words match the pattern S _ _ L Y, 8 of which are common words. 3 green letters locked in.

8 common words23 valid words

Common Words (8)

Words most likely to be the answer.

sadly
silly
shyly
sally
scaly
surly
slyly
sully

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (15)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

sably
saily
sealy
seely
selly
sexly
shaly
shily
slily
smily
soily
solly
sonly
souly
sozly

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 23 matches.

Most common letters

s23
l23
y23
a7
i6
o5
e4
h3
u3
b1

Vowel distribution

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

Most common endings

  • -ly · 23 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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