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5-Letter Words (97):
balky (14 points)
Like a stubborn mule
Obstinate, as a mule
Stubborn, like a mule
B·3+A·1+L·1+K·5+Y·4 = 14 pts
barky (14 points)
Descriptive of trees
B·3+A·1+R·1+K·5+Y·4 = 14 pts
beaky (14 points)
Having a conspicuous nose
Describing the toucan.
(Of a nose) hooked
B·3+E·1+A·1+K·5+Y·4 = 14 pts
bosky (14 points)
Like a dell
Covered with bushes
Abounding in shrubs
B·3+O·1+S·1+K·5+Y·4 = 14 pts
braky (14 points)
Abounding in shrubs or ferns
B·3+R·1+A·1+K·5+Y·4 = 14 pts
bulky (14 points)
Like a heavy parka
Large and cumbersome
Like a heavy sweater
B·3+U·1+L·1+K·5+Y·4 = 14 pts
cakey (14 points)
""Lumpy, also CAKY""
C·3+A·1+K·5+E·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
casky (14 points)
Resembling a cask
C·3+A·1+S·1+K·5+Y·4 = 14 pts
choky (17 points)
Nick with radiators in order? Unknown!
Like smog.
Like smog
C·3+H·4+O·1+K·5+Y·4 = 17 pts
cocky (16 points)
Remove errors from (program)
Far from self-effacing
Cheekily self-assured
C·3+O·1+C·3+K·5+Y·4 = 16 pts
conky (14 points)
Full of a tree fungus
C·3+O·1+N·1+K·5+Y·4 = 14 pts
cooky (14 points)
Chef on a ranch
Treat with milk alt sp
Lunch box item.
C·3+O·1+O·1+K·5+Y·4 = 14 pts
corky (14 points)
Like spoiled wine say
Like spoiled wine, say
Colin Kelly's son.
C·3+O·1+R·1+K·5+Y·4 = 14 pts
dicky (15 points)
Sickening type of shirt (wordplay)
In precarious health - bird (wordplay)
Shirtfront of a kind
D·2+I·1+C·3+K·5+Y·4 = 15 pts
dinky (13 points)
Small and insignificant Slang.
Dainty (colloq.)
Small and neat
D·2+I·1+N·1+K·5+Y·4 = 13 pts
dorky (13 points)
Foolish, in slang
Out of style
Far from cool
D·2+O·1+R·1+K·5+Y·4 = 13 pts
ducky (15 points)
Dr. Mallard's apt nickname on "NCIS"
McCallum's 'NCIS' role
Dr Mallards apt nickname on NCIS
D·2+U·1+C·3+K·5+Y·4 = 15 pts
dumky (15 points)
Dumka
D·2+U·1+M·3+K·5+Y·4 = 15 pts
dusky (13 points)
Kind of dark
Like an overcast day
Dark, as twilight
D·2+U·1+S·1+K·5+Y·4 = 13 pts
ensky (12 points)
Praise to the heavens (literally)
Exalt to the heavens
Praise to the heavens literally
E·1+N·1+S·1+K·5+Y·4 = 12 pts
fakey (15 points)
{phony=adj}
F·4+A·1+K·5+E·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
flaky (15 points)
Like some pie crust.
Like a kook
Made up of chips.
F·4+L·1+A·1+K·5+Y·4 = 15 pts
fluky (15 points)
Uncertain, as a wind
Lucky to go by plane around Britain
Subject to random chance
F·4+L·1+U·1+K·5+Y·4 = 15 pts
folky (15 points)
Like hootenanny songs
Like Joan Baez songs
F·4+O·1+L·1+K·5+Y·4 = 15 pts
forky (15 points)
Like some lightning bolts
F·4+O·1+R·1+K·5+Y·4 = 15 pts
funky (15 points)
Prince-ly (wordplay)
Having a strong dance rhythm
Like James Browns music
F·4+U·1+N·1+K·5+Y·4 = 15 pts
gawky (16 points)
Clumsy wit upset discontented killjoy
All elbows and big feet
Clunky and ungraceful
G·2+A·1+W·4+K·5+Y·4 = 16 pts
geeky (13 points)
Overly intellectual stereotypically
Nerdy, socially inept
Not at all cool
G·2+E·1+E·1+K·5+Y·4 = 13 pts
gooky (13 points)
Sticky or viscous
G·2+O·1+O·1+K·5+Y·4 = 13 pts
gunky (13 points)
Hard to clean, maybe
Covered in grease say
Covered in grease, say
G·2+U·1+N·1+K·5+Y·4 = 13 pts
hanky (15 points)
Something up grandma's sleeve (wordplay)
Funeral square (wordplay)
Something up her sleeve (wordplay)
H·4+A·1+N·1+K·5+Y·4 = 15 pts
hokey (15 points)
- - cokey (dance)
Clearly contrived
Noticeably contrived
H·4+O·1+K·5+E·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
hooky (15 points)
It's played when one is out of form
What truants play.
Play skip school
H·4+O·1+O·1+K·5+Y·4 = 15 pts
hulky (15 points)
Sort of strong
H·4+U·1+L·1+K·5+Y·4 = 15 pts
hunky (15 points)
Dangling opener, you might say
Like soap opera actors, often
Like many soap actors
H·4+U·1+N·1+K·5+Y·4 = 15 pts
husky (15 points)
Dog with a frog in its throat (wordplay)
One might turn to mush
Hoarse; a dog
H·4+U·1+S·1+K·5+Y·4 = 15 pts
jacky (21 points)
Country singer Ward
J·8+A·1+C·3+K·5+Y·4 = 21 pts
jerky (19 points)
Sun-dried beef
Using abrupt movements
Rough as a car engine
J·8+E·1+R·1+K·5+Y·4 = 19 pts
jokey (19 points)
For the lolz
Pulling one's leg
Smurf with explosive boxes
J·8+O·1+K·5+E·1+Y·4 = 19 pts
junky (19 points)
Like many a jalopy
Inferior in quality
Of little value
J·8+U·1+N·1+K·5+Y·4 = 19 pts
kaury (12 points)
Tree of New Zealand
K·5+A·1+U·1+R·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
kelly (12 points)
Gene for dancing (wordplay)
Pogo's creator
"Singin' in the Rain" man
K·5+E·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
kelpy (14 points)
Abounding in seaweed
Rife with seaweed
Australian sheepdog
K·5+E·1+L·1+P·3+Y·4 = 14 pts
kerry (12 points)
He shared a ticket with Edwards
Irish dog with a long silky coat
Tralee's county.
K·5+E·1+R·1+R·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
kicky (18 points)
Pleasurably amusing: Slang
Thrilling in an unconventional way
Thrilling, in an unconventional way
K·5+I·1+C·3+K·5+Y·4 = 18 pts
kiddy (14 points)
Small child (Var.)
Kind of pool (var.)
For young children
K·5+I·1+D·2+D·2+Y·4 = 14 pts
kilty (12 points)
Certain British soldier.
Harry Lauder, for instance.
Dear Liar playwright Jerome
K·5+I·1+L·1+T·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
kinky (16 points)
Like leather perhaps
Like leather, perhaps
Like an Afro
K·5+I·1+N·1+K·5+Y·4 = 16 pts
kissy (12 points)
Suzuki Bond girl in You Only Live Twice
When doubled, very affectionate
Affectionate, in slang
K·5+I·1+S·1+S·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
kitty (12 points)
Where the chips may fall (wordplay)
PUSA song about a cat (wordplay)
Perhaps a small Abyssinian pot
K·5+I·1+T·1+T·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
kooky (16 points)
Off the wall
A bit daft
Like the Addams Family
K·5+O·1+O·1+K·5+Y·4 = 16 pts
lanky (12 points)
Lean in an awkward way
Squat's opposite
Tall, thin and somewhat ungainly
L·1+A·1+N·1+K·5+Y·4 = 12 pts
larky (12 points)
Frolicsome
L·1+A·1+R·1+K·5+Y·4 = 12 pts
leaky (12 points)
In need of a washer, perhaps
In need of bailing, perhaps
Unable to keep a secret (wordplay)
L·1+E·1+A·1+K·5+Y·4 = 12 pts
linky (12 points)
Full of interlocking rings
L·1+I·1+N·1+K·5+Y·4 = 12 pts
lucky (14 points)
On a can't-lose streak, say
Like lottery winners
What you must be to score a holeinone
L·1+U·1+C·3+K·5+Y·4 = 14 pts
milky (14 points)
Like some opals
Like some white opals
Like some complexions
M·3+I·1+L·1+K·5+Y·4 = 14 pts
mirky (14 points)
Obscure
M·3+I·1+R·1+K·5+Y·4 = 14 pts
mucky (16 points)
Full of gooey dirt
Really dirty, filthy
Covered with gunk
M·3+U·1+C·3+K·5+Y·4 = 16 pts
murky (14 points)
Steeped in gloom
Dark and gloomy
Like dirty water
M·3+U·1+R·1+K·5+Y·4 = 14 pts
musky (14 points)
Having strong smell
Like some perfumes
Like Gucci Eau de Parfum
M·3+U·1+S·1+K·5+Y·4 = 14 pts
narky (12 points)
Irritable
N·1+A·1+R·1+K·5+Y·4 = 12 pts
pawky (17 points)
{sly=adj}
P·3+A·1+W·4+K·5+Y·4 = 17 pts
peaky (14 points)
Reach top beside yard looking off colour
High-pitched, as a roof
Highpitched as a roof
P·3+E·1+A·1+K·5+Y·4 = 14 pts
pecky (16 points)
Spot-stained, as wood.
Spotstained as wood
P·3+E·1+C·3+K·5+Y·4 = 16 pts
perky (14 points)
Perhaps too cheerful
Quite cheerful according to Kerry
Like the hosts of morning shows
P·3+E·1+R·1+K·5+Y·4 = 14 pts
pesky (14 points)
Red Sox infielder Johnny (1942-52)
Negative adjective in infomercials
Annoying, like a gnat
P·3+E·1+S·1+K·5+Y·4 = 14 pts
picky (16 points)
A bit fussy to say Kerry's on the slide
*Hard to please (MS + KY)
Eating only certain things
P·3+I·1+C·3+K·5+Y·4 = 16 pts
pinky (14 points)
Digit raised by a tea sipper (var.)
Swear word (wordplay)
1949 Jeanne Craine title role
P·3+I·1+N·1+K·5+Y·4 = 14 pts
pocky (16 points)
Japanese candy sticks
Chocolate-coated snack stick
Japanese packaged sweet that comes in a 'Men's' variety
P·3+O·1+C·3+K·5+Y·4 = 16 pts
pokey (14 points)
Small and uncomfortable
Small and cramped.
Small and uncomfortable.
P·3+O·1+K·5+E·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
porky (14 points)
"That's all, folks!" sayer
Thththats all folks sayer
"That's all folks!" sayer
P·3+O·1+R·1+K·5+Y·4 = 14 pts
punky (14 points)
Very slowburning as a fire
Very slow-burning, as a fire
Like Ramones tunes
P·3+U·1+N·1+K·5+Y·4 = 14 pts
quaky (21 points)
Prone to tremors
Obviously nervous
Visibly nervous
Q·10+U·1+A·1+K·5+Y·4 = 21 pts
reeky (12 points)
Full of fumes.
Badly needing a bath
Beyond smelly
R·1+E·1+E·1+K·5+Y·4 = 12 pts
rekey (12 points)
Change, as a lock
Enter again as text
Type in again as data,
R·1+E·1+K·5+E·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
risky (12 points)
Like going all in, maybe
Having long odds
Kind of business
R·1+I·1+S·1+K·5+Y·4 = 12 pts
rocky (14 points)
Film proving difficult (wordplay)
Unstable US mountain range (wordplay)
Hard to be not so steady (wordplay)
R·1+O·1+C·3+K·5+Y·4 = 14 pts
rooky (12 points)
Full of crows
Abounding in certain birds
Novice.
R·1+O·1+O·1+K·5+Y·4 = 12 pts
sarky (12 points)
Like a biting remark, to a Brit
Like a biting remark in British slang
Like a biting remark, in British slang
S·1+A·1+R·1+K·5+Y·4 = 12 pts
shaky (15 points)
Likely to fall
Far from firm
Ready to collapse
S·1+H·4+A·1+K·5+Y·4 = 15 pts
silky (12 points)
Like a jockey's attire, perhaps
Like alpaca fleece
Adjective in shampoo ads
S·1+I·1+L·1+K·5+Y·4 = 12 pts
skiey (12 points)
Lofty
S·1+K·5+I·1+E·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
skyey (15 points)
Like the blue empyrean Poetic
Like the blue empyrean: Poetic.
Of great height Poet
S·1+K·5+Y·4+E·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
smoky (14 points)
Like an overused oven (wordplay)
Obscured by haze.
Like bars in noir films
S·1+M·3+O·1+K·5+Y·4 = 14 pts
snaky (12 points)
Like conga lines
Twisting and turning
Like mountain roads
S·1+N·1+A·1+K·5+Y·4 = 12 pts
spiky (14 points)
Like a punk rocker's hair, perhaps
Like a punkers hair
Like some punk hairstyles
S·1+P·3+I·1+K·5+Y·4 = 14 pts
sulky (12 points)
Two-wheeled vehicle
Vehicle in the Hambletonian.
Two-wheeled vehicle.
S·1+U·1+L·1+K·5+Y·4 = 12 pts
tacky (14 points)
Tom rejects Kerry - it's a sticky issue!
Cheap as nails (wordplay)
Naff, like a nail (wordplay)
T·1+A·1+C·3+K·5+Y·4 = 14 pts
talky (12 points)
Having too much dialogue
Full of chatter
Overstuffed with dialogue as some films
T·1+A·1+L·1+K·5+Y·4 = 12 pts
tokay (12 points)
Grapevine item (wordplay)
Wine of Hungarian origin
Sweet rich wine
T·1+O·1+K·5+A·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
wacky (17 points)
Oddly amusing (colloq.)
Like screwball comedies
Silly and outrageous
W·4+A·1+C·3+K·5+Y·4 = 17 pts
wonky (15 points)
Unsteady, to a Brit
Full of bugs, in computer slang
Preoccupied with arcane details
W·4+O·1+N·1+K·5+Y·4 = 15 pts
yeuky (15 points)
{itchy=adj}
Y·4+E·1+U·1+K·5+Y·4 = 15 pts
yolky (15 points)
Yellow in a way
Like the yellow parts of eggs
Having an unusually large yellow part
Y·4+O·1+L·1+K·5+Y·4 = 15 pts
yucky (17 points)
Eliciting an 'ugh,' maybe
Eliciting an "ugh," maybe
Full of bad taste (wordplay)
Y·4+U·1+C·3+K·5+Y·4 = 17 pts
zinky (21 points)
Containing a certain metal.
Containing a certain metal
Z·10+I·1+N·1+K·5+Y·4 = 21 pts

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