5-Letter Words Ending In LY
We found 104 five-letter words that end in LY, about 1% of all 5-letter words. The most common are EARLY, APPLY and REPLY.
JOWLY scores the most in Scrabble, at 18 points. More of them start with S than any other letter (13 words). For Wordle, EARLY is a strong guess here because it tests five different letters.
- Words
- 104
- Top score
- JOWLY · 18
- Groups
- 21
Common 5-letter words ending in LY and their meanings
- early8 pts
- adjective: at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time
- apply12 pts
- verb: put into service
- reply10 pts
- verb: react verbally
- daily9 pts
- adverb: every day
- fully11 pts
- adverb: to the greatest degree or extent
- imply12 pts
- verb: express or state indirectly
- truly8 pts
- adverb: in accordance with truth or fact or reality
- badly11 pts
- adverb: to a severe or serious degree
- belly10 pts
- noun: the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis
- dimly11 pts
- adverb: in a dim indistinct manner
- newly11 pts
- adverb: very recently
- rally8 pts
- verb: gather
Definitions from WordNet®, Princeton University.
All 104 5-letter words ending in LY
Numbers show Scrabble points.
Starting with A 3
- amply12
- apply12
- aptly10
Starting with B 8
- badly11
- bally10
- belly10
- bialy10
- bigly11
- billy10
- bully10
- burly10
Starting with C 6
- coaly10
- colly10
- cooly10
- coyly13
- cully10
- curly10
Starting with D 12
- daily9
- dally9
- delly9
- dilly9
- dimly11
- doily9
- dolly9
- dooly9
- doyly12
- drily9
- dryly12
- dully9
Starting with E 1
- early8
Starting with F 8
- fatly11
- felly11
- ferly11
- feyly14
- filly11
- fitly11
- folly11
- fully11
Starting with G 8
- gaily9
- gally9
- gayly12
- gilly9
- girly9
- godly10
- golly9
- gully9
Starting with H 6
- haply13
- hilly11
- holly11
- hooly11
- hotly11
- hurly11
Starting with I 2
- icily10
- imply12
Starting with J 3
- jelly15
- jolly15
- jowly18
Starting with K 1
- kelly12
Starting with L 3
- laxly15
- lolly8
- lowly11
Starting with M 6
- madly11
- manly10
- marly10
- mealy10
- molly10
- muhly13
Starting with N 4
- nelly8
- newly11
- nobly10
- noily8
Starting with O 1
- oddly10
Starting with P 2
- pally10
- patly10
Starting with R 6
- rally8
- rawly11
- redly9
- refly11
- reply10
- roily8
Starting with S 13
- sadly9
- sally8
- scaly10
- seely8
- shaly11
- shily11
- shyly14
- silly8
- slily8
- slyly11
- sonly8
- sully8
- surly8
Starting with T 3
- tally8
- telly8
- truly8
Starting with V 1
- vealy11
Starting with W 7
- wally11
- wanly11
- welly11
- wetly11
- willy11
- wooly11
- wryly14
Frequently asked questions
How many 5-letter words ending in LY are there?
There are 104 five-letter words that end in LY in the ENABLE word list, which is widely used for word games.
What is the highest-scoring 5-letter word ending in LY in Scrabble?
JOWLY is for the highest score at 18 points, before any board bonuses.
What are some common 5-letter words ending in LY?
Common examples include EARLY, APPLY, REPLY, DAILY, FULLY and IMPLY.
Which 5-letter words ending in LY have no repeated letters?
48 of them use each letter only once, such as EARLY, REPLY, DAILY and IMPLY.
Can I use these words in Wordle?
Many of them are accepted as Wordle guesses, but Wordle answers are usually common words like EARLY, APPLY and REPLY. Use our Wordle Helper to filter by your green, yellow and gray letters.