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Words Ending in LY

There are 6,375 English words that end in LY, spanning from ABASEDLY to ZOOPHILY. The Scrabble® high-scorer of this list is ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHICALLY at 47 points; the longest is ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHICALLY (27 letters). Handy for crosswords, Scrabble endgames and Wordle guesses. Average word length in this list is 10.6 letters.

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Showing the first 600 of 6,375 words. Use the pattern search to narrow further, or filter with the unscrambler.

Top 10 highest-scoring words

Scored on letters only (no board bonuses). WWF uses different tile values from Scrabble — J, Q, X and Z are all 10 points in WWF.

#WordScrabbleWWF
1electroencephalographically4755
2psychophysiologically4548
3quizzically4346
4immunoelectrophoretically4149
5immunocytochemically4148
6plethysmographically4145
7psychopathologically4145
8psychotherapeutically4144
9schizophrenically4144
10electrocardiographically4046

Strategy for this list

The -LY suffix is the standard English adverb ending. In Scrabble, -LY words are compact and rarely reach bingo length on their own, but they extend adjectives cleanly (QUICK → QUICKLY, LOUD → LOUDLY) and provide reliable four-to-six letter plays. The -LY ending is uncommon in Wordle answers (adverbs are usually not chosen), but appears often in the accepted-guess pool. The Y is worth 4 in Scrabble and the L is worth 1, so a two-letter -LY hook (adding LY to an existing word) scores 5 base plus the extension — occasionally 20-plus when the extension covers a bonus square.

FAQs

How many words end in LY?

6,375 valid English words end with LY.

Best Scrabble word ending in LY?

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHICALLY at 47 pts.

Longest word ending in LY?

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHICALLY (27 letters).

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