5-Letter Words Ending in LY
There are 104 five-letter words ending in LY in our dictionary; 68 of them are common words.
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All 104 words
- apply12 points
- imply12 points
- badly11 points
- fully11 points
- reply10 points
- daily9 points
- sadly9 points
- early8 points
- silly8 points
- truly8 points
- jelly15 points
- jolly15 points
- newly11 points
- curly10 points
- oddly10 points
- amply12 points
- dryly12 points
- dimly11 points
- filly11 points
- folly11 points
- hilly11 points
- holly11 points
- hotly11 points
- lowly11 points
- madly11 points
- slyly11 points
- aptly10 points
- belly10 points
- bully10 points
- burly10 points
- godly10 points
- manly10 points
- mealy10 points
- nobly10 points
- scaly10 points
- dally9 points
- doily9 points
- dolly9 points
- dully9 points
- gaily9 points
- gully9 points
- rally8 points
- sally8 points
- surly8 points
- tally8 points
- shyly14 points
- wryly14 points
- golly9 points
- laxly15 points
- coyly13 points
- fitly11 points
- wanly11 points
- wetly11 points
- billy10 points
- icily10 points
- dilly9 points
- sully8 points
- jowly18 points
- wally11 points
- welly11 points
- willy11 points
- bally10 points
- pally10 points
- girly9 points
- lolly8 points
- telly8 points
- haply13 points
- molly10 points
- feyly14 points
- kelly12 points
- fatly11 points
- felly11 points
- bialy10 points
- coaly10 points
- colly10 points
- cully10 points
- marly10 points
- patly10 points
- redly9 points
- nelly8 points
- roily8 points
- sonly8 points
- muhly13 points
- doyly12 points
- gayly12 points
- bigly11 points
- ferly11 points
- hooly11 points
- hurly11 points
- rawly11 points
- refly11 points
- shaly11 points
- shily11 points
- vealy11 points
- wooly11 points
- cooly10 points
- delly9 points
- dooly9 points
- drily9 points
- gally9 points
- gilly9 points
- noily8 points
- seely8 points
- slily8 points
Quick facts
- Total words: 104
- By usage: 45 very common, 23 common, 36 rare
Highest scoring (classic tiles)
- jowly 18
- jelly 15
- jolly 15
- laxly 15
- feyly 14
- shyly 14
- wryly 14
- coyly 13
- haply 13
- muhly 13
Most common
- apply
- imply
- badly
- fully
- reply
- daily
- sadly
- early
- silly
- truly
Definitions
- apply (verb)
- Put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose.
- imply (verb)
- Express or state indirectly.
- badly (adverb)
- To a severe or serious degree.
- fully (adverb)
- To the greatest degree or extent; completely or entirely; (‘full’ in this sense is used as a combining form).
The five-letter words that end in the letters LY number 104 in our dictionary. About 68 of them are common, which is the group most players will recognise on sight, and the remainder are rarer words that still count in the majority of games. The list is complete, computed from the full word list rather than typed by hand, so you can trust that nothing is missing. The best scorer is JOWLY, at 18 points.
How to use this page
Type your letters into the box at the top, including a question mark for any blank, and press search to filter this list to the words you can spell. Or read the list as it is: common words come first, scores are shown on each chip, and any word with a link has its own page of sub-words and anagrams.
Tips
A balanced rack has roughly three vowels and four consonants, and a lopsided rack is the most common reason players get stuck. If you are drowning in vowels, look for the words on this page with the most vowels and use them to reset. If you have too many consonants, a word with a single vowel will do the same job. When you cannot find a decent play, it is often better to swap tiles or play a short word that dumps the surplus than to force a poor score and keep the bad rack.
Questions
How many five-letter words ending in LY are there?
Our dictionary has 104 five-letter words ending in LY, of which 68 are common English words. The count comes from the public-domain ENABLE list, so it can differ slightly from the dictionary a particular game uses.
What is the highest-scoring word among the five-letter words ending in LY?
JOWLY scores 18 points with classic tile values, ignoring board multipliers. The full top ten is in the quick facts above; switch the tile set on the search tool if you play with different letter values.