- Average remaining
- 1.0
- Worst branch
- 1
- Information
- 2.58 bits
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Five-letter words ending in YLY
Our Wordle guess list has 9 five-letter words that end in YLY.
9 matching words
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This list has 9 Wordle guesses; 6 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 6 answers. Possible-answer status helps narrow a puzzle, but does not predict which word Wordle will choose.
Past Wordle answers: COYLY (August 2, 2022); SHYLY (June 18, 2023).
ALODS does not fit this page's clues. DOYLY keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 3.0 (4 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 YLY suffix fixes these letters in positions 3, 4 and 5; the figures below show whether extra copies appear elsewhere.
- Y most often the 3rd letter (100% of these words), also 5th (100%).
- L most often the 4th letter (100% of these words), also 2nd (11%).
Word notes
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COYLY
In a coy manner.
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Past Wordle answer: August 2, 2022.
DRYLY
In a dry manner.
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
GAYLY
Cheerfully; in a gay manner.
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
SHYLY
In a shy manner.
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Past Wordle answer: June 18, 2023.
SLYLY
In a sly manner, cunningly.
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
WRYLY
In a wry or sarcastic manner; ironically.
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
BOYLY
Characteristic of a boy; boyish.
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
DOYLY
Archaic form of doily.
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
FEYLY
In a fey way.
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
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