Five-letter words matching __L_Y

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38 of the 119 matches are possible answers.

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Still undecided: 1st letter: A, B, D, F, G, H, I, J, M, P, R, S, T, W·2nd letter: A, E, I, L, N, O, U·4th letter: A, D, E, K, L, M, O, P, S, T

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26 more possible answers are in the full list below.

Pattern guide

What fits __L_Y?

All 119 matching words are shown above. 38 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Words with five different letters

49% of the matches have no repeated letters.

Common letter pairs

LL 11% LY 11% AL 6% OL 5% IL 5%

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 82% · two: 18% · three or more: 0%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match __L_Y?
119 five-letter words match __L_Y in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 38 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, RELAY has the highest feedback entropy at 5.3 bits against the possible answers.
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