Words Ending In TLY
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The open ENABLE word list has 458 words that end in TLY, about 0.27% of the 172,434 words this site shows. Lengths range from 5 letters (APTLY, FATLY and FITLY) to 16 (COUNTERCURRENTLY, INTERDEPENDENTLY and NONSIGNIFICANTLY). The highest base score belongs to PHOSPHORESCENTLY (31 points), using commonly used tile values. 96 of them use no letter twice, which matters in games where every tile is separate. This is a general word list, not any game's official one; always check the rules of your game.
At a glance
| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Words in this list | 458 |
| Share of the ENABLE list shown on this site | 0.27% |
| Longest | COUNTERCURRENTLY, INTERDEPENDENTLY and NONSIGNIFICANTLY and 2 more (16 letters) |
| Shortest | APTLY, FATLY and FITLY and 3 more (5 letters) |
| Highest base score (common values) | PHOSPHORESCENTLY, 31 |
| No repeated letters | 96 |
Most common letter before TLY
| Letter | Words |
|---|---|
| N | 318 |
| S | 26 |
| C | 20 |
| H | 19 |
| R | 18 |
Patterns in this list
- None of these words is a palindrome (the same backward and forward).
- 42 leave another word when the final
TLYis taken off, for exampleBRISTLY,BRITTLY,CONJOINTLY,COSTLYandCOVERTLY→BRIS,BRIT,CONJOIN,COSandCOVER. - The most common number of vowels (A, E, I, O, U) is 3, found in 175 of these words.
- The average length is 10.0 letters.
- Before TLY, the letter
Nappears most often (318 words).
All -TLY words
5 letters 6
aptly fatly fitly hotly patly wetly
6 letters 25
auntly costly curtly daftly deftly featly flatly gently hostly justly lastly meetly mostly neatly nettly partly pertly portly raptly rattly softly subtly tartly tautly vastly
7 letters 46
adeptly adultly alertly beastly bluntly bristly brittly courtly erectly exactly faintly firstly fleetly gauntly ghastly ghostly greatly gristly inaptly ineptly inertly jointly lichtly licitly lightly moistly nightly overtly peartly quietly riantly rightly saintly scantly shortly sightly smartly squatly stoutly sweetly swiftly tacitly thistly tightly unaptly unfitly
8 letters 48
abjectly abruptly absently adroitly ardently arrantly augustly brightly cogently covertly decently devoutly directly dulcetly errantly expertly fluently honestly intently knightly latently lucently modestly momently natantly occultly patently pliantly potently priestly promptly quaintly recently robustly secantly secretly selectly silently slightly straitly strictly thwartly ungently unjustly unmeetly unsubtly urgently vacantly
9 letters 51
adamantly adjunctly anciently blatantly buoyantly clamantly clemently compactly correctly corruptly currently defiantly distantly earnestly elegantly eminently evidently exigently fervently fulgently gallantly illicitly inexactly instantly lambently leniently mordantly operantly opulently patiently peccantly perfectly piquantly presently prudently pungently radiantly rampantly reliantly saliently sapiently solvently sprightly unquietly unsightly uprightly vagrantly valiantly verdantly vibrantly violently
10 letters 78
aberrantly abstractly abundantly accidently adherently adjacently afferently affluently apparently arrogantly coherently conjointly constantly covalently decadently decrepitly diligently discreetly disquietly distinctly dominantly efferently eloquently esuriently explicitly exultantly flagrantly flippantly fragrantly frequently hesitantly ignorantly immanently imminently immodestly implicitly impotently impudently indecently indirectly indolently inexpertly inherently innocently insolently jubilantly luculently malapertly manifestly midnightly militantly obediently obeisantly outrightly penitently petulantly plangently pleasantly poignantly pregnantly pruriently redolently relevantly resonantly reticently reverently ruminantly sentiently sibilantly stagnantly stalwartly straightly stridently succinctly tolerantly vehemently vigilantly virulently
11 letters 82
abhorrently abstinently accordantly advertently ascendantly benignantly brilliantly competently compliantly confidently congruently consonantly continently corpulently deficiently dependently deterrently differently difficultly diffidently dishonestly dissonantly divergently downrightly ebulliently efficiently excellently expectantly expediently exuberantly flatulently fortnightly impatiently imperfectly importantly imprudently incessantly incipiently inclemently incorrectly incorruptly indignantly indulgently inelegantly insistently insurgently itinerantly luxuriantly maladroitly malignantly negligently observantly paramountly permanently pertinently pestilently prepotently presciently prevalently prominently providently quiescently recurrently redundantly reluctantly repellently repentantly repugnantly resiliently resultantly somnolently steadfastly stringently subjacently succulently suppliantly sycophantly transiently trenchantly truculently turbulently ungallantly
12 letters 55
adolescently ambivalently antecedently astringently beneficently benevolently coincidently complacently concordantly concurrently consequently consistently contingently conveniently delinquently despondently discordantly discrepantly distraughtly equivalently excrescently exorbitantly flamboyantly forthrightly fraudulently impenitently inapparently incoherently inconstantly indiscreetly indistinctly ineloquently infrequently insouciantly intolerantly iridescently irrelevantly irreverently malevolently munificently nonchalantly nonviolently omnipotently omnisciently opalescently overmodestly percipiently persistently preeminently preveniently proficiently subsequently sufficiently triumphantly unpleasantly
13 letters 40
acquiescently belligerently bittersweetly circumspectly clairvoyantly complaisantly concomitantly constituently disobediently equidistantly equipollently extravagantly impermanently impertinently improvidently inadvertently incompetently incongruently incontinently independently indifferently inefficiently inexpediently intelligently magnificently mellifluently obsolescently precipitantly predominantly protuberantly reminiscently remonstrantly resplendently reverberantly scintillantly significantly subserviently translucently transparently unrepentantly
14 letters 15
clairaudiently effervescently hypercorrectly incandescently inconsequently inconsistently inconveniently insufficiently intermittently intransigently magniloquently preponderantly supereminently transcendently unambivalently
15 letters 7
circumambiently grandiloquently insignificantly intransigeantly overconfidently superabundantly unintelligently
16 letters 5
countercurrently interdependently nonsignificantly phosphorescently superincumbently
Using these words
To find words ending in TLY from your own letters, use the Word Unscrambler with TLY in Ends with, or try a pattern such as ???TLY in the Crossword Solver. Words come from the open ENABLE word list. Different games use different dictionaries, so always check the rules of your game.