Daily word games to challenge your mind
A curated list of 6-letter words tailored to this exact pattern. Endings like ELY often mark word families—helpful to confirm tense or morphology. For example: barely, basely, bluely.
| Word | Definition | Length | Syllables |
|---|---|---|---|
| barely | 6 | 3 | |
| basely | 6 | 3 | |
| bluely | 6 | 2 | |
| cicely | 6 | 3 | |
| comely | 6 | 3 | |
| cutely | 6 | 3 | |
| direly | 6 | 3 | |
| finely | 6 | 3 | |
| freely | 6 | 2 | |
| gamely | 6 | 3 | |
| homely | 6 | 3 | |
| hugely | 6 | 3 | |
| lamely | 6 | 3 | |
| lanely | 6 | 3 | |
| lately | 6 | 3 | |
| likely | 6 | 3 | |
| lively | 6 | 3 | |
| lonely | 6 | 3 | |
| lovely | 6 | 3 | |
| merely | 6 | 3 | |
| mutely | 6 | 3 | |
| namely | 6 | 3 | |
| nicely | 6 | 3 | |
| nudely | 6 | 3 | |
| palely | 6 | 3 | |
| purely | 6 | 3 | |
| rarely | 6 | 3 | |
| rifely | 6 | 3 | |
| ripely | 6 | 3 | |
| rudely | 6 | 3 | |
| safely | 6 | 3 | |
| sagely | 6 | 3 | |
| sanely | 6 | 3 | |
| solely | 6 | 3 | |
| sorely | 6 | 3 | |
| steely | 6 | 2 | |
| surely | 6 | 3 | |
| tamely | 6 | 3 | |
| timely | 6 | 3 | |
| vilely | 6 | 3 | |
| widely | 6 | 3 | |
| wifely | 6 | 3 | |
| wisely | 6 | 3 | |
| yarely | 6 | 3 |
What’s typical about ELY-ending words?
ELY often marks suffix families; think about derivatives when guessing.
Do you include UK/US spellings?
Where they exist, both may appear.