5 Letter Words Containing LY

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1. aclys Scrabble 10 · WWF 11
   noun. A type of ancient Greek javelin or dart.
2. allyl Scrabble 8 · WWF 10
   n.. An organic radical, C3H5, existing especially in oils of garlic and mustard.
3. amply Scrabble 12 · WWF 14
   adv.. In an ample manner.
4. apply Scrabble 12 · WWF 14
   v. t.. To lay or place; to put or adjust (one thing to another); -- with to; as, to apply the hand to the breast; to apply medicaments to a diseased part of the body.
5. aptly Scrabble 10 · WWF 11
   adv.. In an apt or suitable manner; fitly; properly; pertinently; appropriately; readily.
6. artly Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
   adv.. With art or skill.
7. awkly Scrabble 15 · WWF 15
   adv.. In an unlucky (left-handed) or perverse manner.
8. badly Scrabble 11 · WWF 12
   adv.. In a bad manner; poorly; not well; unskillfully; imperfectly; unfortunately; grievously; so as to cause harm; disagreeably; seriously.
9. bally Scrabble 10 · WWF 12
   a.. informal intensifiers; "what a bally (or blinking) nuisance"; "a bloody fool"; "a crashing bore"; "you flaming idiot"
10. barly Scrabble 10 · WWF 11
    adjective. Of or pertaining to barley; made from or resembling barley.
11. belly Scrabble 10 · WWF 12
    n.. That part of the human body which extends downward from the breast to the thighs, and contains the bowels, or intestines; the abdomen.
12. bialy Scrabble 10 · WWF 11
    n.. flat crusty-bottomed onion roll
13. bigly Scrabble 11 · WWF 13
    a.. In a tumid, swelling, blustering manner; haughtily; violently.
14. billy Scrabble 10 · WWF 12
    n.. A club; esp., a policeman's club.
15. blype Scrabble 12 · WWF 14
    noun. A piece or strip of skin, bark, or similar material that has been peeled off.
16. boily Scrabble 10 · WWF 11
    adjective. Having the characteristics of a boil; swollen or inflamed.
17. bolly Scrabble 10 · WWF 12
    noun. A type of hat, especially a bowler hat.
18. booly Scrabble 10 · WWF 11
    n.. A company of Irish herdsmen, or a single herdsman, wandering from place to place with flocks and herds, and living on their milk, like the Tartars; also, a p...
19. bowly Scrabble 13 · WWF 14
    adjective. Having the shape or characteristics of a bowl.
20. bully Scrabble 10 · WWF 13
    n.. A noisy, blustering fellow, more insolent than courageous; one who is threatening and quarrelsome; an insolent, tyrannical fellow.
21. burly Scrabble 10 · WWF 12
    a.. Having a large, strong, or gross body; stout; lusty; -- now used chiefly of human beings, but formerly of animals, in the sense of stately or beautiful, and...
22. calyx Scrabble 17 · WWF 18
    n.. The covering of a flower. See Flower.
23. clyde Scrabble 11 · WWF 12
    n.. a river in western Scotland that flows from the southern uplands into the Firth of Clyde; navigable by oceangoing vessels as far as Glasgow
24. clyer Scrabble 10 · WWF 11
    noun. A thief who picks pockets.
25. coaly Scrabble 10 · WWF 11
    n.. Pertaining to, or resembling, coal; containing coal; of the nature of coal.
26. colly Scrabble 10 · WWF 12
    n.. The black grime or soot of coal.
27. cooly Scrabble 10 · WWF 11
    n.. Alt. of Coolie
28. coyly Scrabble 13 · WWF 13
    adv.. In a coy manner; with reserve.
29. cully Scrabble 10 · WWF 13
    n.. A person easily deceived, tricked, or imposed on; a mean dupe; a gull.
30. curly Scrabble 10 · WWF 12
    a.. Curling or tending to curl; having curls; full of ripples; crinkled.
31. daily Scrabble 9 · WWF 9
    a.. Happening, or belonging to, each successive day; diurnal; as, daily labor; a daily bulletin.
32. dally Scrabble 9 · WWF 10
    v. i.. To waste time in effeminate or voluptuous pleasures, or in idleness; to fool away time; to delay unnecessarily; to tarry; to trifle.
33. delly Scrabble 9 · WWF 10
    noun. Informal term for a delicatessen.
34. dilly Scrabble 9 · WWF 10
    n.. A kind of stagecoach.
35. dimly Scrabble 11 · WWF 12
    adv.. In a dim or obscure manner; not brightly or clearly; with imperfect sight.
36. dogly Scrabble 10 · WWF 11
    adjective. Resembling or characteristic of a dog.
37. doily Scrabble 9 · WWF 9
    n.. A kind of woolen stuff.
38. dolly Scrabble 9 · WWF 10
    n.. A contrivance, turning on a vertical axis by a handle or winch, and giving a circular motion to the ore to be washed; a stirrer.
39. dooly Scrabble 9 · WWF 9
    n.. A kind of litter suspended from men's shoulders, for carrying persons or things; a palanquin.
40. dowly Scrabble 12 · WWF 12
    adjective. Dowie; sad, gloomy, or dull.
41. doyly Scrabble 12 · WWF 11
    n.. See Doily.
42. drily Scrabble 9 · WWF 9
    adv.. See Dryly.
43. dryly Scrabble 12 · WWF 11
    adv.. In a dry manner; not succulently; without interest; without sympathy; coldly.
44. dully Scrabble 9 · WWF 11
    adv.. In a dull manner; stupidly; slowly; sluggishly; without life or spirit.
45. duply Scrabble 11 · WWF 13
    adverb. In a double or twofold manner; doubly.
46. early Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
    adv.. Soon; in good season; seasonably; betimes; as, come early.
47. elymi Scrabble 10 · WWF 11
    noun. An ancient people of Sicily.
48. emily Scrabble 10 · WWF 11
    proper noun. A female given name.
49. fally Scrabble 11 · WWF 12
    adjective. Tending to fall; liable to fall.
50. fatly Scrabble 11 · WWF 11
    adv.. Grossly; greasily.
51. feely Scrabble 11 · WWF 11
    adjective. Relating to the sense of touch; tactile.
52. felly Scrabble 11 · WWF 12
    adv.. In a fell or cruel manner; fiercely; barbarously; savagely.
53. ferly Scrabble 11 · WWF 11
    n.. Singular; wonderful; extraordinary.
54. filly Scrabble 11 · WWF 12
    n.. A female foal or colt; a young mare. Cf. Colt, Foal.
55. fitly Scrabble 11 · WWF 11
    adv.. In a fit manner; suitably; properly; conveniently; as, a maxim fitly applied.
56. flyby Scrabble 16 · WWF 16
    noun. A flight past a point or object, especially in space exploration.
57. flyer Scrabble 11 · WWF 11
    n.. One that uses wings.
58. flype Scrabble 13 · WWF 14
    noun. A fold or flap, especially in a garment.
59. flyte Scrabble 11 · WWF 11
    verb. To scold or quarrel; to contend verbally.
60. foaly Scrabble 11 · WWF 11
    adjective. Resembling or characteristic of a foal; playful or young.
61. folly Scrabble 11 · WWF 12
    n.. The state of being foolish; want of good sense; levity, weakness, or derangement of mind.
62. fonly Scrabble 11 · WWF 12
    adv.. Foolishly; fondly.
63. foxly Scrabble 18 · WWF 18
    a.. Foxlike.
64. fugly Scrabble 12 · WWF 14
    a.. (slang) extremely ugly
65. fully Scrabble 11 · WWF 13
    adv.. In a full manner or degree; completely; entirely; without lack or defect; adequately; satisfactorily; as, to be fully persuaded of the truth of a proposition.
66. gaily Scrabble 9 · WWF 10
    adv.. Merrily; showily. See gaily.
67. gally Scrabble 9 · WWF 11
    v. t.. To frighten; to worry.
68. gayly Scrabble 12 · WWF 12
    adv.. With mirth and frolic; merrily; blithely; gleefully.
69. gelly Scrabble 9 · WWF 11
    n.. Jelly.
70. gilly Scrabble 9 · WWF 11
    noun. A variant of gillie; a male attendant or servant, especially in Scotland.
71. girly Scrabble 9 · WWF 10
    adjective. Characteristic of or suited to girls; feminine in a stereotypical way.
72. glyph Scrabble 14 · WWF 15
    n.. A sunken channel or groove, usually vertical. See Triglyph.
73. godly Scrabble 10 · WWF 11
    n.. Pious; reverencing God, and his character and laws; obedient to the commands of God from love for, and reverence of, his character; conformed to God's law; d...
74. golly Scrabble 9 · WWF 11
    interjection. An exclamation of surprise or delight.
75. guily Scrabble 9 · WWF 11
    adjective. Full of guile; deceitful.
76. gully Scrabble 9 · WWF 12
    n.. A large knife.
77. gumly Scrabble 11 · WWF 14
    adjective. Resembling or characteristic of gum.
78. gurly Scrabble 9 · WWF 11
    adjective. Rough, stormy, or surly (of weather or disposition).
79. gwely Scrabble 12 · WWF 13
    noun. A traditional Welsh bed, typically a wooden box bed with doors.
80. haily Scrabble 11 · WWF 10
    a.. Of hail.
81. haply Scrabble 13 · WWF 13
    adv.. By hap, chance, luck, or accident; perhaps; it may be.
82. heily Scrabble 11 · WWF 10
    adjective. Pertaining to or resembling a heil (a greeting or salute), often in a derogatory sense.
83. helly Scrabble 11 · WWF 11
    a.. Hellish.
84. hilly Scrabble 11 · WWF 11
    a.. Abounding with hills; uneven in surface; as, a hilly country.
85. hiply Scrabble 13 · WWF 13
    adverb. In a fashionable or trendy manner.
86. holly Scrabble 11 · WWF 11
    adv.. Wholly.
87. hooly Scrabble 11 · WWF 10
    adverb. Gently, cautiously, or slowly (archaic or dialectal).
88. hotly Scrabble 11 · WWF 10
    a.. In a hot or fiery manner; ardently; vehemently; violently; hastily; as, a hotly pursued.
89. hurly Scrabble 11 · WWF 11
    n.. Noise; confusion; uproar.
90. icily Scrabble 10 · WWF 11
    adv.. In an icy manner; coldly.
91. imply Scrabble 12 · WWF 14
    v. t.. To infold or involve; to wrap up.
92. italy Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
    n.. a republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula; was the core of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire between the 4th century BC and the 5th centur...
93. jelly Scrabble 15 · WWF 18
    n.. Anything brought to a gelatinous condition; a viscous, translucent substance in a condition between liquid and solid; a stiffened solution of gelatin, gum, o...
94. jolly Scrabble 15 · WWF 18
    superl.. Full of life and mirth; jovial; joyous; merry; mirthful.
95. jowly Scrabble 18 · WWF 20
    a.. having sagging folds of flesh beneath the chin or lower jaw
96. kelly Scrabble 12 · WWF 13
    n.. United States dancer who performed in many musical films (1912-1996)
97. lagly Scrabble 9 · WWF 11
    adv.. Laggingly.
98. lally Scrabble 8 · WWF 10
    n.. support column consisting of a steel cylinder filled with concrete
99. laxly Scrabble 15 · WWF 16
    adv.. In a lax manner.
100. lolly Scrabble 8 · WWF 10
     n.. ice cream or water ice on a small wooden stick; "in England a popsicle is called an ice lolly"
101. lowly Scrabble 11 · WWF 12
     a.. Not high; not elevated in place; low.
102. lully Scrabble 8 · WWF 11
     n.. French composer (born in Italy) who was the court composer to Louis XIV and founded the national French opera (1632-1687)
103. lycea Scrabble 10 · WWF 11
     pl.. of Lyceum
104. lycee Scrabble 10 · WWF 11
     n.. a school for students intermediate between elementary school and college; usually grades 9 to 12
105. lycia Scrabble 10 · WWF 11
     n.. an ancient region on the coast of southwest Asia Minor
106. lydia Scrabble 9 · WWF 9
     n.. an ancient region on the coast of western Asia Minor; a powerful kingdom until conquered by the Persians in 546 BC
107. lygus Scrabble 9 · WWF 11
     n.. plant-sucking bugs
108. lying Scrabble 9 · WWF 11
     p. pr. & vb. n.. of Lie
109. lyken Scrabble 12 · WWF 13
     v. t.. To please; -- chiefly used impersonally.
110. lymph Scrabble 15 · WWF 16
     n.. A spring of water; hence, water, or a pure, transparent liquid like water.
111. lynch Scrabble 13 · WWF 14
     v. t.. To inflict punishment upon, especially death, without the forms of law, as when a mob captures and hangs a suspected person. See Lynch law.
112. lyons Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
     n.. the council of the Western Church in 1245 that excommunicated Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II and planned a new crusade against the Holy Land
113. lyric Scrabble 10 · WWF 11
     a.. Alt. of Lyrical
114. lyrid Scrabble 9 · WWF 9
     n.. One of the group of shooting stars which come into the air in certain years on or about the 19th of April; -- so called because the apparent path among the s...
115. lysin Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
     n.. any substance (such as an antibody) or agent that can cause lysis
116. lysis Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
     n.. The resolution or favorable termination of a disease, coming on gradually and not marked by abrupt change.
117. lysol Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
     n.. a clear oily brown solution of cresols in soap; used as an antiseptic and disinfectant
118. lyssa Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
     n.. Hydrophobia.
119. lythe Scrabble 11 · WWF 10
     n.. The European pollack; -- called also laith, and leet.
120. lytta Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
     n.. A fibrous and muscular band lying within the longitudinal axis of the tongue in many mammals, as the dog.
121. madly Scrabble 11 · WWF 12
     a.. In a mad manner; without reason or understanding; wildly.
122. manly Scrabble 10 · WWF 12
     superl.. Having qualities becoming to a man; not childish or womanish; manlike, esp. brave, courageous, resolute, noble.
123. marly Scrabble 10 · WWF 11
     superl.. Consisting or partaking of marl; resembling marl; abounding with marl.
124. mealy Scrabble 10 · WWF 11
     superl.. Having the qualities of meal; resembling meal; soft, dry, and friable; easily reduced to a condition resembling meal; as, a mealy potato.
125. misly Scrabble 10 · WWF 11
     a.. Raining in very small drops.
126. molly Scrabble 10 · WWF 12
     n.. Same as Mollemoke.
127. newly Scrabble 11 · WWF 12
     adv.. Lately; recently.
128. nobly Scrabble 10 · WWF 12
     adv.. Of noble extraction; as, nobly born or descended.
129. oddly Scrabble 10 · WWF 10
     adv.. In an odd manner; unevently.
130. oxfly Scrabble 18 · WWF 18
     n.. The gadfly of cattle.
131. pally Scrabble 10 · WWF 12
     a.. (used colloquially) having the relationship of friends or pals
132. patly Scrabble 10 · WWF 11
     adv.. Fitly; seasonably.
133. plyer Scrabble 10 · WWF 11
     n.. One who, or that which, plies
134. polly Scrabble 10 · WWF 12
     n.. A woman's name; also, a popular name for a parrot.
135. polyp Scrabble 12 · WWF 14
     n.. One of the feeding or nutritive zooids of a hydroid or coral.
136. rally Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
     v. t.. To collect, and reduce to order, as troops dispersed or thrown into confusion; to gather again; to reunite.
137. rawly Scrabble 11 · WWF 11
     adv.. In a raw manner; unskillfully; without experience.
138. redly Scrabble 9 · WWF 9
     adv.. In a red manner; with redness.
139. reply Scrabble 10 · WWF 11
     v. i.. To make a return in words or writing; to respond; to answer.
140. roily Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
     a.. Turbid; as, roily water.
141. sadly Scrabble 9 · WWF 9
     adv.. Wearily; heavily; firmly.
142. saily Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
     a.. Like a sail.
143. sally Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
     v. i.. To leap or rush out; to burst forth; to issue suddenly; as a body of troops from a fortified place to attack besiegers; to make a sally.
144. scaly Scrabble 10 · WWF 11
     a.. Covered or abounding with scales; as, a scaly fish.
145. seely Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
     a.. See Silly.
146. sexly Scrabble 15 · WWF 15
     a.. Pertaining to sex.
147. shaly Scrabble 11 · WWF 10
     a.. Resembling shale in structure.
148. shily Scrabble 11 · WWF 10
     adv.. See Shyly.
149. shyly Scrabble 14 · WWF 12
     adv.. In a shy or timid manner; not familiarly; with reserve.
150. silly Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
     n.. Happy; fortunate; blessed.
151. slily Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
     adv.. See Slyly.
152. slyly Scrabble 11 · WWF 11
     adv.. In a sly manner; shrewdly; craftily.
153. slype Scrabble 10 · WWF 11
     n.. A narrow passage between two buildings, as between the transept and chapter house of a monastery.
154. soily Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
     a.. Dirty; soiled.
155. sully Scrabble 8 · WWF 10
     v. t.. To soil; to dirty; to spot; to tarnish; to stain; to darken; -- used literally and figuratively; as, to sully a sword; to sully a person's reputation.
156. surly Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
     a.. Arrogant; haughty.
157. tally Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
     n.. Originally, a piece of wood on which notches or scores were cut, as the marks of number; later, one of two books, sheets of paper, etc., on which correspondi...
158. telly Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
     n.. an electronic device that receives television signals and displays them on a screen; "the British call a tv set a telly"
159. tolyl Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
     n.. The hydrocarbon radical, CH3.C6H4, regarded as characteristic of certain compounds of the aromatic series related to toluene; as, tolyl carbinol.
160. truly Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
     adv.. In a true manner; according to truth; in agreement with fact; as, to state things truly; the facts are truly represented.
161. tully Scrabble 8 · WWF 10
     n.. a Roman statesman and orator remembered for his mastery of Latin prose (106-43 BC)
162. wally Scrabble 11 · WWF 12
     n.. a silly and inept person; someone who is regarded as stupid
163. wanly Scrabble 11 · WWF 12
     adv.. In a wan, or pale, manner.
164. warly Scrabble 11 · WWF 11
     a.. Warlike.
165. willy Scrabble 11 · WWF 12
     n.. A large wicker basket.
166. wooly Scrabble 11 · WWF 11
     a.. covered with dense often matted or curly hairs; "woolly lambs"
167. wryly Scrabble 14 · WWF 13
     adv.. in a wry manner; "`I see,' he commented wryly"
168. xylyl Scrabble 18 · WWF 18
     n.. Any one of three metameric radicals which are characteristic respectively of the three xylenes.