Best words to try
Sorted by how many of this list's common letters they use: DAILY, DOILY, DALLY, EARLY, ROILY and SADLY. Words with no repeated letters test the most letters per guess; 48 of the 104 words have none.
Highest-scoring words
- JOWLY18 points
- JELLY15 points
- JOLLY15 points
- LAXLY15 points
- FEYLY14 points
Patterns in this list
The most common third-to-last letter is L (37 words), followed by I (9). 4 of them have no A, E, I, O or U: DRYLY, SHYLY, SLYLY and WRYLY.
More 5 letter words ending with Y
LY at other lengths
Questions
How many 5 letter words end in LY?
There are 104 5 letter words that end in LY in our word list.
What is the highest scoring 5 letter word that end in LY?
JOWLY, worth 18 points with standard Scrabble letter values.
What is a good Wordle guess that ends in LY?
MARLY, EARLY and DAILY use 5 different letters that are common in this list, so they rule out the most words.