- Average remaining
- 1.0
- Worst branch
- 1
- Information
- 2.32 bits
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Five-letter words ending in DLY
Our Wordle guess list has 7 five-letter words that end in DLY.
7 matching words
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This list has 7 Wordle guesses; 5 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 5 answers. Possible-answer status helps narrow a puzzle, but does not predict which word Wordle will choose.
Past Wordle answers: BADLY (November 12, 2021); MADLY (February 19, 2025); ODDLY (June 23, 2025).
ADSUM does not fit this page's clues. BADLY keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 1.8 (2 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.
Tight family:
_ADLY
BADLY, MADLY, SADLY differ only in the first position. Trying them one at a time can use several turns; ADSUM tests the family more efficiently.
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Where these letters usually land
The DLY suffix fixes these letters in positions 3, 4 and 5; the figures below show whether extra copies appear elsewhere.
- D most often the 3rd letter (100% of these words), also 2nd (14%).
- L most often the 4th letter (100% of these words), also 2nd (14%).
- Y most often the 5th letter (100% of these words).
Word notes
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BADLY
In a bad manner.
“Things are going badly for her: she did badly in her exams owing to a badly designed studying schedule.”
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Past Wordle answer: November 12, 2021.
GODLY
Of or pertaining to a god
“her godly powers = her superhuman powers”
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
MADLY
In a mad manner
“I'm madly in love with you.”
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Past Wordle answer: February 19, 2025.
ODDLY
In a peculiar manner; strangely; unusually.
“For December, it was oddly warm.”
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Past Wordle answer: June 23, 2025.
SADLY
In a sad manner; sorrowfully.
““Only when we climb up can we see it,” he said sadly.”
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
OLDLY
In an old manner.
“windows fashioned oldly”
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
REDLY
In a red manner.
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
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