- Average remaining
- 1.0
- Worst branch
- 1
- Information
- 2.0 bits
It is a deliberate probe rather than a possible answer here: the point is to separate the candidates cleanly.
Five-letter words ending in LAY
Our Wordle guess list has 10 five-letter words that end in LAY.
10 matching words
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This list has 10 Wordle guesses; 4 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 4 answers. Possible-answer status helps narrow a puzzle, but does not predict which word Wordle will choose.
Past Wordle answers: DELAY (August 20, 2024); INLAY (July 2, 2024); RELAY (October 4, 2025).
AAHED does not fit this page's clues. DELAY keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 1.5 (2 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.
No obvious one-slot trap. The possible answers do not form a three-word-or-larger family that differs in only one position.
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Where these letters usually land
The LAY suffix fixes these letters in positions 3, 4 and 5; the figures below show whether extra copies appear elsewhere.
- L most often the 3rd letter (100% of these words), also 2nd (10%).
- A most often the 4th letter (100% of these words), also 1st (10%), 2nd (10%).
- Y most often the 5th letter (100% of these words).
Word notes
Definitions are sourced or editorially reviewed and do not determine word-list status. Corrections.
ALLAY
To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm.
“to allay popular excitement”
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
DELAY
A period of time before an event occurs; the act of delaying; procrastination; lingering inactivity.
“the delay before the echo of a sound”
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Past Wordle answer: August 20, 2024.
INLAY
To place (pieces of a foreign material) within another material to form a decorative design.
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Past Wordle answer: July 2, 2024.
RELAY
A new set of anything.
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Past Wordle answer: October 4, 2025.
BELAY
To make (a rope) fast by turning it around a fastening point such as a cleat.
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
ONLAY
To lay or place something on a surface.
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
PALAY
paddy
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
SPLAY
To spread, spread apart, or spread out (something); to expand.
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
UNLAY
To untwist.
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
UPLAY
To lay up; hoard.
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
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