5 Letter Words Ending in LY
Here are all 79 5 letter words ending in LY, from a standard word-game dictionary, with everyday words first. 27 of them are common words; the rest are rarer but still valid in most word games. Use the Wordle helper to add the letters you know.
Most of these words start with D, S, B. Good picks with five different letters include early, daily, truly, reply.
- Words found
- 79
- Most used
- early
- Most common first letter
- D
Wordle helper: 5 letter words ending in LY
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Common 5 letter words ending in LY
| # | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | early | at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time |
| 2 | daily | every day; without missing a day |
| 3 | fully | to the greatest degree or extent; completely or entirely; (`full' in this sense is used as a combining form) |
| 4 | truly | in accordance with truth or fact or reality |
| 5 | apply | put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose |
| 6 | reply | react verbally |
| 7 | badly | to a severe or serious degree |
| 8 | kelly | United States circus clown (1898-1979) |
| 9 | newly | very recently |
| 10 | silly | ludicrous, foolish |
| 11 | rally | gather |
| 12 | billy | a short stout club used primarily by policemen |
| 13 | sadly | in an unfortunate way |
| 14 | belly | the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis |
| 15 | sally | witty remark |
| 16 | holly | any tree or shrub of the genus Ilex having red berries and shiny evergreen leaves with prickly edges |
| 17 | bully | a cruel and brutal fellow |
| 18 | molly | popular aquarium fish |
| 19 | imply | express or state indirectly |
| 20 | jelly | an edible jelly (sweet or pungent) made with gelatin and used as a dessert or salad base or a coating for... |
| 21 | manly | possessing qualities befitting a man |
| 22 | tally | a score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely |
| 23 | curly | (of hair) having curls or waves |
| 24 | jolly | full of or showing high-spirited merriment; ; - Wordsworth |
| 25 | oddly | in a manner differing from the usual or expected |
| 26 | dolly | conveyance consisting of a wheeled support on which a camera can be mounted |
| 27 | wally | a silly and inept person; someone who is regarded as stupid |
| 28 | folly | the trait of acting stupidly or rashly |
| 29 | lowly | low or inferior in station or quality |
| 30 | telly | an electronic device that receives television signals and displays them on a screen |
| 31 | hilly | having hills and crags |
| 32 | madly | in an uncontrolled manner |
| 33 | filly | a young female horse under the age of four |
| 34 | aptly | with competence; in a competent capable manner |
| 35 | gully | deep ditch cut by running water (especially after a prolonged downpour) |
| 36 | sully | place under suspicion or cast doubt upon |
| 37 | hotly | in a heated manner |
| 38 | surly | inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace |
| 39 | burly | muscular and heavily built |
| 40 | lolly | informal terms for money |
5 letter words ending in ly, by first letter
A (3)
- apply
- aptly
- amply
B (7)
- badly
- billy
- belly
- bully
- burly
- bally
- bigly
C (4)
- curly
- coyly
- cully
- colly
D (11)
- daily
- dolly
- dimly
- dally
- dilly
- dryly
- doily
- delly
- drily
- dully
- dooly
E (1)
- early
F (4)
- fully
- folly
- filly
- felly
G (7)
- godly
- girly
- gully
- golly
- gilly
- gaily
- gally
H (5)
- holly
- hilly
- hotly
- hurly
- haply
I (2)
- imply
- icily
J (2)
- jelly
- jolly
K (1)
- kelly
L (2)
- lowly
- lolly
M (6)
- molly
- manly
- madly
- mealy
- marly
- muhly
N (3)
- newly
- nelly
- nobly
O (1)
- oddly
P (1)
- pally
R (2)
- reply
- rally
S (9)
- silly
- sadly
- sally
- sully
- surly
- scaly
- slyly
- shyly
- seely
T (3)
- truly
- tally
- telly
W (5)
- willy
- wally
- wooly
- wryly
- welly
More 5 letter word lists
ending in A ending in B ending in C ending in D ending in E ending in F ending in G ending in H ending in I ending in K ending in L ending in M ending in N ending in O ending in P ending in R ending in S ending in T ending in U ending in W ending in X ending in Y ending in Z ending in AE ending in AL ending in AN ending in AR ending in AT ending in CE ending in DE
Questions people ask
How many 5 letter words ending in LY are there?
This list has 79, taken from a standard word-game dictionary and limited to words seen in real English text.
What are common 5 letter words ending in LY?
early, daily, fully, truly, apply, reply, badly, kelly.
Which 5 letter words ending in LY are good Wordle guesses?
early, daily, truly, reply, badly, newly use five different letters, so each guess tests more of the alphabet.
Source: the ENABLE word list (a public-domain dictionary used for word games), ranked by how often each word appears in English text (the open wordfreq project), with short meanings from Princeton WordNet. Offensive words are left out.