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Five-letter words matching _A_LY

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Possible answers

BADLY DAILY DALLY EARLY GAILY GAYLY MADLY MANLY RALLY SADLY SALLY TALLY

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This pattern has 27 words in the Wordle guess list; 12 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 12 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.

Previously used by Wordle: BADLY (November 12, 2021); DALLY (September 26, 2025); EARLY (March 8, 2024); MADLY (February 19, 2025); MANLY (December 31, 2022); SALLY (March 25, 2024); TALLY (November 17, 2024).

Top-ranked splitter DIRTS
Average remaining
1.33
Worst branch
2
Information
3.25 bits

It is a deliberate probe rather than a possible answer here: the point is to separate the remaining answers cleanly.

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DIRTS does not fit this page's clues. DALLY 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.

Trap warning: _ALLY

DALLY, RALLY, SALLY, TALLY differ only in the first position. Trying them one at a time can use several turns; DIRTS tests the family more efficiently.

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Pattern guide

What fits _A_LY?

All 27 matching words are shown above. 12 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Useful letters still to test

D 19% R 19% I 15% G 15% P 15% M 11%

Words with five different letters

63% of the matches have no repeated letters.

BADLY DAILY EARLY GAILY MADLY

Common letter pairs

LY 25% AL 7% LL 7% AI 4% IL 4%

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 78% · two: 22% · three or more: 0%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match _A_LY?
27 five-letter words match _A_LY in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 12 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, EARLY has the highest feedback entropy at 5.32 bits against the possible answers.
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