Verified pattern list

5 Letter Words With LY

This verified list contains 78 CORE words with LY, plus 25 entries in the broader extended tier.

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Static CORE list

All 78 matching CORE words

Alphabetical, with base Scrabble points

amply12
apply12
aptly10
badly11
bally10
belly10
billy10
bully10
burly10
calyx17
coyly13
curly10
daily9
dally9
dilly9
dimly11
doily9
dolly9
dryly12
dully9
early8
filly11
fitly11
flyby16
folly11
fully11
gaily9
girly9
glyph14
godly10
golly9
gully9
haply13
hilly11
holly11
hotly11
icily10
imply12
jelly15
jolly15
jowly18
laxly15
lolly8
lowly11
lying9
lymph15
lynch13
lyres8
lyric10
madly11
manly10
mealy10
molly10
newly11
nobly10
oddly10
pally10
polyp12
polys10
rally8
reply10
sadly9
sally8
scaly10
shyly14
silly8
slyly11
sully8
surly8
tally8
telly8
truly8
wally11
wanly11
welly11
wetly11
willy11
wryly14

78CORE words

25extended words

103verified matches

10.7average CORE score

Useful CORE examples

Useful words

12 deterministic CORE selections

daily9
doily9
early8
gaily9
mealy10
amply12
aptly10
badly11
burly10
curly10
dimly11
godly10

Base tile values

Highest-scoring words

CORE words, highest first

jowly18
calyx17
flyby16
jelly15
jolly15
lymph15
laxly15
shyly14
wryly14
glyph14
lynch13
coyly13

Letter intelligence

What the LY list contains

Where LY appears

Position 10 words
Position 20 words
Position 30 words
Position 40 words
Position 50 words

Vowels per word

0 vowels8 words
1 vowel64 words
2 vowels6 words

Repeated letters

53%

41 of 78 CORE words repeat at least one letter.

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Popular letter patterns

5 Letter Words With Two-Letter Patterns

5 Letter Words Starting With CH69 CORE · 21 extendedchafe, chain, chair, chaos 5 Letter Words Starting With CO94 CORE · 37 extendedcoals, coast, coats, cobra 5 Letter Words Starting With SH76 CORE · 15 extendedshade, shake, shame, shape 5 Letter Words Starting With ST96 CORE · 19 extendedstage, staid, stain, stair 5 Letter Words Ending In CH74 CORE · 11 extendedbeach, epoch, leach, peach 5 Letter Words Ending In ED297 CORE · 26 extendedached, acted, arced, armed 5 Letter Words Ending In ER240 CORE · 64 extendedabler, after, alter, amber 5 Letter Words Ending In LY68 CORE · 14 extendeddaily, doily, early, gaily

Pattern guide

How to use 5-letter words with LY

The CORE list contains 78 5-letter words with LY in at least one position. Unlike a fixed tile, this preset does not assume where the letter appears.

Contains keeps required letters anywhere in the word. Sequence pattern is stricter: AR requires adjacent letters, A_R allows one intervening letter, and A__R allows two. The broader tier adds 25 extended entries.

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Questions about this word list

How many 5-letter words contain LY?

This verified set contains 78 CORE words and 25 extended words, for 103 total matches.

What is the average Scrabble score for this LY group?

The 78 CORE words average 10.7 base Scrabble points. Board multipliers are not included.

Do these LY words often repeat letters?