Five-letter words starting with PAL and ending in Y (PAL_Y)

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PALSY is the only possible answer that fits.

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PALSY possible PALAY guess PALLY guess PALMY guess

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What fits PAL_Y?

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PALSY

Complete or partial muscle paralysis of a body part, often accompanied by a loss of feeling and uncontrolled body movements such as shaking.

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PALAY

paddy

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PALLY

Like a pal; friendly.

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PALMY

Of, related to, or abounding in palm trees.

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How many five-letter words match PAL_Y?
4 five-letter words match PAL_Y in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 1 is a possible answer.