5-Letter Words Ending in LY
There are 107 five-letter words ending in LY on Word.ws, from amply to wurly. The most common are early, daily, fully, truly and apply.
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All 107 five-letter words ending in LY
A
- amply12adv. In an ample manner; extensively; thoroughly.
- apply12v. To lay or place; to put (one thing to another).
- aptly10adv. In an apt or suitable manner; fittingly; appropriately; suitably.
B
- badly11adv. In a bad manner.
- bally10adj. Bloody (used as a mild intensifier).
- belly10n. The abdomen (especially a fat one).
- bialy10n. A flat bread roll topped with onion flakes. Instead of a hole like a...
- bigly11adj. Habitable, liveable; hence delightful, pleasant, pleasing.
- billy10n. A fellow, companion, comrade, mate; partner, brother.
- bully10n. A person who is intentionally physically or emotionally cruel to...
- burly10adj. Large, well-built, and muscular.
C
- celly10n. A cellmate.
- cilly10n. Any predictable facet of the Enigma Machine cipher due to operator...
- coily10adj. Having coils; coiling.
- colly10adj. Black as coal.
- coyly13adv. In a coy manner.
- cully10n. A companion.
- curly10adj. Having curls.
D
- daily9adj. That occurs or attends every day, or at least every working day.
- dally9v. To waste time in trivial activities, or in idleness; to trifle.
- dealy9n. An object, especially a gadget, whose name the speaker currently cannot...
- delly9adj. Having many dells.
- dilly9adj. Redolent of dill (the herb).
- dimly11adv. In a dim manner; not clearly.
- doily9n. A small ornamental piece of lace or linen or paper used to protect a...
- dolly9n. A doll.
- dooly9n. A basic Indian litter or sedan chair made of poles, ropes, and a seat...
- dryly12adv. In a dry manner.
- dully9adv. In a dull manner; without liveliness; without lustre.
E
- early8adj. At a time in advance of the usual or expected event.
F
- feely11adj. Soft; smooth; velvety.
- felly11n. The rim of a wooden wheel, supported by the spokes.
- filly11n. A young female horse.
- fitly11adv. In a fit manner.
- folly11n. Foolishness that results from a lack of foresight or lack of...
- fully11adv. In a full manner; without lack or defect; completely, entirely.
G
- gaily9adv. Merrily.
- gally9adj. Characterised by or resembling gall; bitter.
- gayly12adv. Cheerfully; in a gay manner.
- gilly9n. The drink torpedo juice.
- girly9adj. Characteristic of a stereotypical girl, very effeminate, gentle...
- godly10adj. Of or pertaining to a god.
- golly9interj. A mild expression of surprise or enthusiasm.
- gully9n. A trench, ravine or narrow channel which was worn by water flow...
H
- haily11adj. Containing hail; involving hail falling.
- haply13adv. By accident or luck.
- helly11adj. Hellish, infernal.
- hilly11adj. Abundant in hills; having many hills.
- holly11n. Any of various shrubs or (mostly) small trees, of the genus Ilex...
- hooly11adj. Holy.
- hotly11adv. With great amounts of heat.
- hully11adj. Having or containing hulls (peel, shell etc.).
- hurly11n. A wheelbarrow.
I
- icily10adv. In the manner of ice; with a cold or chilling effect.
- imply12v. To have as a necessary consequence; to lead to (something) as a...
J
- jelly15n. A dessert made by boiling gelatine (or a plant-based alternative such...
- jolly15adj. Full of merriment and high spirits; jovial; joyous; merry.
- jowly18adj. Having conspicuous jowls; with a double chin.
K
- keely12adj. Relating to, or characteristic of keel (ruddle).
- kelly12n. A square or hexagonal pipe that is turned in order to rotate the rotary...
L
- lally8n. Leg.
- laxly15adv. In a lax manner; without rigor or strictness.
- lolly8n. A piece of hard candy on a stick; a lollipop.
- lowly11adj. Not high; not elevated in place; low.
- lully8n. Wet or drying linen.
M
- madly11adv. Without reason or understanding; wildly.
- maily10adj. Rough, rugged.
- manly10adj. Having the characteristics of a man.
- marly10adj. Containing or resembling marl.
- mealy10adj. Resembling meal (the foodstuff).
- molly10n. A woman or girl, especially of low status or prostitute.
- muhly13n. Any of the many species of grasses of genus Muhlenbergia.
N
- nelly8n. A person's life.
- newly11adv. Very recently/lately; in the immediate past.
- nobly10adv. In a noble manner.
O
- oddly10adv. In a peculiar manner; strangely; unusually.
P
- pally10adj. Like a pal; friendly.
- peely10adj. Tending to peel.
- pilly10adj. Covered in pills (particles created by mechanical wear).
- polly10n. A prefect at Uppingham School in Rutland, England.
- pully10n. A pullover.
R
- rally8n. A public gathering or mass meeting that is not mainly a protest and is...
- rawly11adv. In a raw manner.
- reply10v. To give a written or spoken response, especially to a question...
- rolly8adj. Rolling; having the ability to roll, usually due to wheels attached on...
S
- sadly9adv. In a sad manner; sorrowfully.
- sally8n. A willow.
- scaly10adj. Covered or abounding with scales.
- sealy8adj. Resembling or characteristic of a seal (the animal).
- selly8adj. Rare; wonderful; admirable.
- shaly11adj. Pertaining to or resembling shale.
- shyly14adv. In a shy manner.
- silly8adj. Laughable or amusing through foolishness or a foolish appearance.
- slyly11adv. In a sly manner, cunningly.
- sully8v. To soil or stain; to dirty.
- surly8adj. Irritated, bad-tempered, unfriendly.
T
- tally8interj. Target sighted.
- telly8n. Television.
- tilly8n. An extra product given to a customer at no additional charge; a...
- truly8adv. In accordance with the facts; truthfully, accurately.
W
72 rare five-letter words ending in LY
- airly
- antly
- apely
- artly
- awkly
- beely
- befly
- boily
- booly
- boyly
- bugly
- catly
- choly
- coaly
- dadly
- dogly
- duply
- exply
- eyely
- fatly
- feyly
- fixly
- fonly
- foxly
- gooly
- gurly
- hiply
- howly
- kaily
- kidly
- kinly
- lubly
- maply
- momly
- naily
- noily
- nunly
- offly
- oldly
- outly
- oxfly
- patly
- ratly
- redly
- refly
- roily
- rumly
- sably
- saily
- skyly
- soily
- sonly
- souly
- sunly
- swaly
- tuply
- unsly
- upfly
- urfly
- vealy
- veily
- vugly
- waily
- warly
- wealy
- weely
- winly
- wisly
- yelly
- yeply
- yowly
- zolly
Questions about these words
- How many five-letter words ending in LY are there?
- Word.ws lists 107 five-letter words ending in LY, plus 72 rare ones.
- What are common five-letter words ending in LY?
- early, daily, fully, truly, apply, reply, badly and kelly.
- Which of the five-letter words ending in LY has the highest letter score?
- jowly scores 18 points with the standard letter tile values.
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Word lists and meanings adapted from the Wiktionary entry of each word. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out names, abbreviations, misspellings and offensive words, and ordered the most common words by how often they appear in English (wordfreq). Meanings from Wiktionary; this is not an official Scrabble, Words With Friends or Wordle word list. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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